Welcome to Earth One!

[Mystirious]

i'm 6'4 and i don't even believe in ME

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

It's not the same thing really. Stuff like that came out of an out and out reboot of the mainstream universe, this is a separate universe that'll run while the main universe goes, based on this hypothetical idea of what if these characters were literally created today. It's pretty much a copy and paste of what Marvel did with the Ultimate Universe concept.

I was talking in terms of the risks they took with the changes to updating the origins.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Okay, but it's still not the same deal. What DC did with their origin stories in the 80s was the then definitive origins for the mainstream characters. Ultimate and Earth One are alternate versions of the character that run side by side. What DC did with those books you mentioned where in an entirely different league than the whole Ultimate/Earth One concept. It'd be more comparable if DC keep the main books going with the same continuity post-Crisis, but still had 'New Earth' going on the side with MOS and Year One being the origins for that world's version of Superman and Batman

 

[Kurosawa]

Okay, but it's still not the same deal. What DC did with their origin stories in the 80s was the then definitive origins for the mainstream characters. Ultimate and Earth One are alternate versions of the character that run side by side. What DC did with those books you mentioned where in an entirely different league than the whole Ultimate/Earth One concept. It'd be more comparable if DC keep the main books going with the same continuity post-Crisis, but still had 'New Earth' going on the side with MOS and Year One being the origins for that world's version of Superman and Batman

Exactly. While I will say that MOS was a more radical departure than Earth: One, the more important thing is that it was the official mainstream version and replaced the prior version, alienating fans of that version forever. Earth: One is much less harmful-in fact it doesn't harm the regular, Earth-0 version at all. Not that version isn't in bad shape, but Earth: One doesn't hurt it more.

The worse effects of Earth: One will be in other media if it's bad ideas creep into it.

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

Wheter or not it's the same deal, this is the comic equivalent of Superman Returns. Failson every level for me and wont sustain. It has a chance however because itseasier to redeem with good follow up stories but I'm skeptical.

 

[Daybreak_st]

Wheter or not it's the same deal, this is the comic equivalent of Superman Returns. Failson every level for me and wont sustain. It has a chance however because itseasier to redeem with good follow up stories but I'm skeptical.

Afraid not, he actaully has a worthwhile conflict in this, he hits something, kryptonite is no where in sight, neither is luthor, it's a nice change of pace even offering some fresh ideas such as those surrounding kryptonian tech. It's not a boring rehash of what's come before with little to no action. Nothing like Superman Returns.

 

[Assassin]

Superman Earth One was a dreadfull emo version of the 'Lois & Clark' pilot. Didn't like the writing or the art. I'm not a Birthright fan but even that was better than Secret Origins and this garbage. Somewhat flawed MOS still remains the best. Season 1 of 'Lois & Clark' probably is still the best origin overall for Superman.

just read it last night, i liked it for what it was, an alternate timeline superman story.

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

Afraid not, he actaully has a worthwhile conflict in this, he hits something, kryptonite is no where in sight, neither is luthor, it's a nice change of pace even offering some fresh ideas such as those surrounding kryptonian tech. It's not a boring rehash of what's come before with little to no action. Nothing like Superman Returns.

All executed badly making it extremely boring, just like Singerman. The mopiness of Clark also reminded me of that film too. Deffo the comic equivalent in how it has polarised opinion amongst the fans. Only time will tell on this one like it did with SR.

 

[SrsBsns]

I got Earth One yesterday and read it immediately. I thought it was pretty damn good actually. I didn't find Clark to be emo at all, just understandably confused on where to go with these amazing powers in such a large city. The reasons for that are, IMO, extremely good ones too:

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-Promising Johnathan that he would always take care of Martha before he died in his arms.

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-Having the option to take ANY job that could pay him millions (scientist, pro athlete, etc)

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Also, Metropolis wasn't exactly the most inspiring cities in this adaption.

Also, I may be in the minority from the reviews I've read, but I actually liked

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the way Krypton was destroyed. It was different so I give that to JMS

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

I got Earth One yesterday and read it immediately. I thought it was pretty damn good actually. I didn't find Clark to be emo at all, just understandably confused on where to go with these amazing powers in such a large city. The reasons for that are, IMO, extremely good ones too:

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-Promising Johnathan that he would always take care of Martha before he died in his arms.

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-Having the option to take ANY job that could pay him millions (scientist, pro athlete, etc)

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Also, Metropolis wasn't exactly the most inspiring cities in this adaption.

Also, I may be in the minority from the reviews I've read, but I actually liked

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the way Krypton was destroyed. It was different so I give that to JMS

Gotta agree with you on all of these. What this book did was made Superman more human (in a matter of speaking). I mean honestly if you had the powers of Superman it would be very hard not to use them for your own personal gain or to help out the family. The struggles he went through in that book is 9 out 10 the same struggles anyone of us would go through if we had his powers. I think it is a great book and look forward to the next volume as well as Batman: Earth One. I just wish they switched up the format though and made the origin a graphic novel then did the rest of the series monthly. I hate having to wait another year or two for a sequel.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Im interested in how he will be around other heroes, espicially Batman/Wonder Woman. And how they will be presented in Earth One novels.

 

[Drz]

Superman Earth One Sequel in the works. Not really a fan that JMS is delaying his Wonder Woman and monthly Superman arcs simply because of this, but hey business is business. I really can't wait to read this 2nd volume, since this should be *the* Man of Steel volume, not "Superman Begins". Here's hoping for Brainiac/Zod, i'd really like if they can kinda keep Lex Luthor and even more importantly: Plot Device Kryptonite as far as away from this.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Nah, you have to have Luthor at some point, some fairly early point. It's like the Joker, it's a kind of a huge thing that you can't, and shouldn't try to, avoid. Not having in the origin was fine, preferably really, but they have to introduce him fairly early in Superman's career.

 

[HighFivingMF]

I hope if they include Lex there's also another new villain. I liked this new guy quite a bit.

 

[taskmaster]

Superman Earth One Sequel in the works. Not really a fan that JMS is delaying his Wonder Woman and monthly Superman arcs simply because of this, but hey business is business. I really can't wait to read this 2nd volume, since this should be *the* Man of Steel volume, not "Superman Begins". Here's hoping for Brainiac/Zod, i'd really like if they can kinda keep Lex Luthor and even more importantly: Plot Device Kryptonite as far as away from this.

He's not delaying his ongoings, he's not going to be writing them anymore. Phil Hester is taking over Wonder Woman and Chris Roberson is taking over Superman. They'll be using JMS' notes to finish the current story arcs and then will probably start doing their own thing.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Phil Hester on Wonder Woman could be cool. I've liked some of his comics. Hopefully Wonder Woman will be back to normal by then.

 

[kguillou]

I think i remember reading a recent interview with JMS where he revealed that he was battling some kind of sickness that was preventing him from keeping up with the monthly schedule. If thats the case I'm glad he's just focusing on the graphic novels. I would like to see more original graphic novels being made with a beginning, middle and end.

 

[kguillou]

double post.

 

[Gabe99]

From CBR:
"Earth One" Creators Focus On Sequel

DC Comics has officially announced a sequel to the best-selling "Superman: Earth One" from the original's creative team of writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Shane Davis in a move that will see the writer step back from his ongoing monthly comics work for the publisher.

From The Source:
BREAKING NEWS: SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE sequel in the works

JMS quits Superman and Wonder Woman comics!



BLEEDING COOL SCOOP: JMS To Quit Monthly Comics – Graphic Novels Are The Future

It cannot have escaped people’s notice that the Superman Earth One graphic novel has done rather well. Mass media attention, instant sell out, instant second print. And probably more prints to come.

The result of which, as I understand it, is that Babylon 5 creator Joe Michael Straczynski, the writer of Superman Earth One and both the Superman and Wonder Woman monthly books has decided that this is the future. And will conclude writing monthly titles for DC in favour of going the original graphic novel route for his future work for the company.

Isn’t that a pip?

DC didn’t choose to comment.

JMS Talks To Bleeding Cool About The Move To Graphic Novels – And The Future Of The Twelve

From Bleeding Cool:
Post-Straczynski — Hester on Wonder Woman, Roberson on Superman

 

[Tron Bonne]

Lol, Ultimates flashback for the win

 

[HighFivingMF]

I liked Earth One better than the ongoings he was doing. Sooooo, awesome!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Just as long as pretty much no one else at DC agrees with him that OGNs are "the future." I take my comics in monthly periodical format, thankyouverymuch.

 

[Mystirious]

Just as long as pretty much no one else at DC agrees with him that OGNs are "the future." I take my comics in monthly periodical format, thankyouverymuch.

Darn right Corp

I prefer monthly comics

 

[lixdexia]

Just as long as pretty much no one else at DC agrees with him that OGNs are "the future." I take my comics in monthly periodical format, thankyouverymuch.

you kidding? much as many, myself included, may hate it, ogn's ARE the future. just compare the crowd at your lcs to the crowd of kids standing around the manga/gn section of your book store.

 

[kguillou]

I personally am gravitating much more towards GN's these days. I'm starting to get sick of having all these loose single issues all over the place and GN's are more practical in that sense. I think graphic novels are going to get bigger and bigger and more accepted in the general public. I would love to see more original stories done in this format with marvel and DC characters. Like an original Spider-man GN or Daredevil or whatever.

Btw, does anyone have any idea how well Superman sold? Have they released the numbers for that yet?