Superior #4

[superboyprime]

I recently read an old interview with Paul Cornell where he said Mark Millar is responsible for his current comic book career. Millar called him up after watching an episode of DOCTOR WHO he wrote, "Human Nature," offering to connect him with Marvel editors. Before that, he'd been trying to get into the industry but not really getting anywhere.

So if Millar weren't a big name, none of Cornell's work for Marvel and DC would exist. That's funny.









Amidst dealing with various disasters and crimes, "Superior" handles a bully who beat up his best friend.

Comments

[psychopathicus_rex]

There is actually a track record for this sort of thing working out - several 'edgy' writers who otherwise loathe superheroes with a passion have admitted to at least having an appreciation for what Superman stands for, and have written him accordingly. If Millar follows through on this attitude regarding a character who's basically a Superman/Captain Marvel archetype, we may actually be able to get to the end of the story without anything horrible happening.
Interesting that the evil space monkey is playing both sides against the middle. It's not often the same guy who gives both the hero and the villain their powers - although I suppose this could be a commentary on the wizard Shazam and Black Adam.

[shatners_bassoon]

Millar's got a long track record of respect for Superman - many people consider his Superman Adventures comics the best thing he ever wrote, and his Superman:Red Son is my favourite elseworlds fiction that isn't New Frontier.
Garth Ennis has a similar thing - his depiction of Superman in Hitman, for example, is pretty respectful.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Right. So there may yet be hope. (Or, alternately, he's chosen to write a Superman expy so he can do all the horrible things to him that he would NEVER do to Supes. But I prefer going the hope route.)