My mom picked up Superman/Tarzan today on a laff, that should prove worthy of ridicule (but we knew that spending the $10).
Dom wrote:I think you just put way more thought in to it than DC did. And, even if you are completely right, the armour still looks stupid.
Not false.
Did anybody who did not read comics care about "Crisis on Infinite Earths" though?
Definitely, it made big news, people really reacted quite strongly at the time to what was being done. Secret Wars also had a bit of a significant impact back then, but COIE came in and delivered real changes, it had big impact.
The armour might make sense. (Even Superman might need it against some opponents. The problem is that DC is trying to push it as a cool new thing and it looks like something that a 14 year old would come up with and feel vaguely ashamed of after the fact.
Bah, it's super-armor then, not super-man.
Superman does hide though. His Fortress of Solitude and his secret identity are as much about giving him breathing room as they are about protecting his friends and family. (Post-Crisis, it was shown that Superman maintained the Clark Kent identity to give himself grounding as much as anything else.)
First off, what, he shouldn't have a place to hang out? He's not hiding the fortress, he's just got it locked up nice and tight. Second, Lois & Clark actually said it really well, Superman is what he can do, Clark Kent is who he is.
The "feared and hated" schtick is one of my least favourite things about Marvel as a whole. I do not expect every character to be loved by those around hm. But, damn. To paraphrase the old saw about the difference between Marvel and DC: DC characters act like grown-ups. Marvel characters sit in their rooms listening to Kurt Cobain while cutting themselves and writing poetry.
I disagree, DC characters act like 2-dimensional "adults" as seen through the eyes of young teens; Marvel characters act like older teens who haven't gotten all their heads together just yet. Which is more like real life? I'll give you a hint, I know a lot of adults and very few of them actually have their shit together. High school is forever, mostly.
Sales in the 90s were high. (Yes, they were artifically high. But, they were also verifiably high.) Warner Brothers and Disney look at those numbers, and are driving the comics to be more like they were in the 1990s.
Yes, the logic would be flawed if this theory proves to be true. But, it is also comprehensibly flawed.
Theory comes from the '70s or '80s, and in fact evidence comes from the '60s in the form of Jim Shooter's teenage run on LOSH.
Sparky wrote:Basing it off the story of the "Flashpoint" comic itself, of course. While I fully expect the movie to be a bit different from the comic, the general story should still be pretty similar.
DC animated features come in a lot of flavors, most of them aren't terribly accurate to the comics - Crisis on Two Earths is an example, Superman/Doomsday another - but some stick closer too I suppose: All-Star Superman, Batman Year One (slavish to the book to the point of hurting for it, then they change some of the ending for no reason to make everybody stupider). Anyway, we'll see if the ending really matters or is just more animated cop-outery.
Anderson wrote:Adventures of Superman #2
Welcome back, Superman. You've been missed.
This is the second issue collecting the digital-first Superman series, and like the first, it contains three different stories. And by and large they're an improvement on last issue. It's got to be difficult to tell anything other than a bare-bones story in 10 pages, but we get a little more depth this time around than last time. And Superman is treated in a couple of these stories as a legend, as someone larger than life who people look up to and remember long after he's gone. There's a very Silver Age feel to the writing and format, though it's all done with a modern sensibility.
The first story features a man who keeps appearing everywhere that Superman goes and knows all about him, with one of those fun explanations at the end that demonstrate Superman being remembered long after his time. I can see Grant Morrison writing a story like this. The second story has Clark and Lois competing for a story and betting on the outcome, only for Clark to face problem after problem as Superman, leaving him racing to win the bet. The final story covers a lot of ground in the few pages available to it, and has a nice twist ending with another Kryptonian and a tough decision for Superman. Each story has a different author and set of artists of course.
This is a really fun comic, and if you want your classic Superman fix every month (red trunks and all), this is the book for you. If you just don't recognize the New 52 character at all, this book will solve that problem since it's very much the Superman I read for years.
Thanks for the advice, my mom and I were leaving the comic shop talking about the need for something like this, "classic supes", I'll point her towards it.
