World What's the symbol?

[Chris Wallace]

What He Said.

 

[Mister J]

I like the current interpretation of the \S/ as 'hope'. It carries a deeper symbolism of what Superman is all about, beyond the other meanings it's held.

According to 52-Week 2, when the symbol is inverted, it then translates to 'resurrection'.

 

[Superman79]

I personally like the Krytonian origin in Birthright and S:TM. The pure conicidence that the Kryptonian symbol looks like an S always struck me as kind of cool. Plus , Clark is not the pompous ass type who would ever voluntarily put an S on his chest thinking..."Gee, I hope they catch on and call me Superman" or somthing.

 

[Whack Arnolds]

I personally like the Krytonian origin in Birthright and S:TM. The pure conicidence that the Kryptonian symbol looks like an S always struck me as kind of cool. Plus , Clark is not the pompous ass type who would ever voluntarily put an S on his chest thinking..."Gee, I hope they catch on and call me Superman" or somthing.

Yup. Spot on analyzations here. The fact that it is a symbol of hope for Krypton ala Birthright, then translated to Earth as a symbol of hope (I.E. Superman) makes for an awesome story and brillaint backlog and connection of the two species. Clark making the "S" and CALLING HIMSELF Superman is just plain ******ed. As is the rest of Man of Steel.

 

['N']

matches malone made a comment ways back on page 1, about

"for all seasons being better" the birthrite and i have to agree that any orgins written by loeb, and drawn by sale, including batman long hollow and dark victory,