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Yeah, that was a *tough* era of Superman. But the Luthor motivation thing stems from there. I'll find some examples...just in my usual time frame of replying to such things
(I know, I know, it takes days to get a reply from me...forgive me population of LW!)
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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I'm disappointed that Clark is meek again. I kinda thought they were going to take him in a the crusading reporter direction. Reading the first couple issues, I hoped that they'd riff off those old Mr. & Mrs. Superman backup stories where Clark's career kinda blossomed after Superman disappeared for a year.
Come to think of it, I'd love to see Showcase Presents: Mr. and Mrs. Superman. Its going to be years before the Superman Family reprints get up there though. Though I'm hoping the pure stupidity unadulterated with realism that is Superman's Girlfriend: Lois Lane will keep me amused.
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I thought the parallel between this week's 52, which basically shows Clark adopting the "crusading reporter" persona, and this week's "Superman", which deals with his adopting his "meek" persona, was kind of neat.
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Just read Superman #654 by Busiek and Pacheco. I think it was the first Superman comic I've read since that time he died. And before that I read some of Byrne's Superman. In other words in the last 20 years I've read a dozen Supers comics. He never did it for me.
This was good. I'm a HUGE fan of Pacheco (and Kurt) so I decided to give this a try.
Legion related small spoilers. We get introduced the Science Police. They are technology cops in Metropolis. They help Superman against Neutron. Guy made of energy in a suit. The word ERG was mentioned. Nice Legion tip of the hat.
I know Kurt and Carlos are both big fans of the Legion. Wouldn't mind them on the title personally.
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Also I enjoy Kurt's use of first person narrative with Clark. Does a good job of showing him do some streaming in his mind.
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Kurt and Carlos' run on Superman has been very enjoyable so far. And Kurt's story in Action Comics is a lot of fun too--in my mind, Superman post-IC is the most fun its been in nearly a decade.
Loving in Action how Kurt is using Nightwing, Firestorm and some others, while still showing why Clark is the 'big guy'.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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So we had the first Johns/Donner issue last week.
It was okay, but not anything spectacular. We'll see what happens with the kid.
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The Johns/Donner arc has gotten better than I've expected, but its moving along pretty slow.
Busiek on Superman is...okay. Actually, while the writing/pacing/art has been really great, the actual story itself just isn't grabbing me. And the Lois/Clark interaction seems very off. I can't really reccomend it.
Supergirl remains atrocious.
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I haven't picked a Superman title up for awhile. It was pretty cool at the beginning of OYL, but I lost interest, especially with issues delayed and such...
From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
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Figured I'd update the title of this thread to reflect the new status quo.
I've got to say, quite suddenly I'm enjoying the Superman titles more than I have in years! The writing just seems to be clicking for me across the board. And the growing cast of characters and subplots is also working very well. I’m reading all three Super-books among the first comics I get each week now. I haven’t done that since the 90’s.
Supergirl has suddenly gone from DC’s worst comic to one of the most enjoyable out there. Sterling Gates has made Kara likeable and relatable, woven a great mystery with ‘Who is Superwoman?’, made the series connect to the Superman books but stand out completely as Kara’s title and has given Lana Lang and meaningful role for the first time since…oh, the 1960’s?
I’m actually pretty excited about where all three of these are heading, and I’ve been a pretty anti-DC person for several months now (don’t get me started on the Bat-books).
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As I'm sure you can imagine, I'm picking up Action, Superman and Supergirl.
Supergirl has been a struggle from the start but the recent stories have finally seemed to hit a stride. Kara is finally someone likable as Cobie says.
Of course, I have ulterior motives for picking up Action & Superman now though I can honestly say that I have never collected either (except for Action when the Legion was the back up story!)
Mon is back! And I'm doing back flips.
I'm a little worried about how they may screw up his history but I'll wait to see how it plays out before I get too worked up. For example, how does he overcome the lead poisoning for an extended period? We know that Superman never came up with a way of curing Lar. That has to wait for Irma and eventually Brainy. But if he can now stay outside the Zone for extended periods of time why would he have to go back in and remain for a thousand years? If he doesn't, it takes away a very important component of what makes Mon such a unique & tragic character.
But it's more than just Lar's presence that has me picking Action & Superman up.
The Guardian is also back! One of my all time favorites. So far, I really like this version even though he's a clone (apparently) I'm looking forward to seeing his story play out. Will he connect with Roy? The original was Roy's revealed to have been Roy's uncle years ago. He also had a long history with Jimmy. And it would be fun to see a return of the Newsboy Legion
Finally, there's also Tellus which is very cool. How did he get here and what happens to him now? This is where I hope to get my quasi-Legion fix for a while once Lo3W concludes.
All in all, I give em all a thumbs up!
-------------------- "Hey Jim! Get Mon out of the Zone!! And...when do we get Condo back?"
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Oh I forgot...there's also the appearance of the new Nightwing & Flamebird. A pair that I've always had a soft spot for, though I regret the loss of Dick as Nightwing. I'll be curious to see how this all plays out.
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Hey, did any pickup the latest issues of Action and see who Nightwing and Flamebird really are?
Click Here For A Spoiler its Thara- the security chief and Supergirls former BFF as Flamebird and a rapidly aging Christopher Kent himself as Nightwing
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Though I'm hoping the pure stupidity unadulterated with realism that is Superman's Girlfriend: Lois Lane will keep me amused.
