ACTION COMICS #904: Lois and Clark Ends The Final Issue With A Romantic Dinner

[superfangirl1]

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[darkknightjrk]

The semi-subtle jabs at the citizenship story and Grounded were funny, but this was a great scene--definitely worthy of being the "final" scene of the two in Action Comics...for now. :)

BTW, on your creator tags--Rocafort didn't draw this issue, he left Action at around #902, probably to draw Red Hood.

[aaron_bourque]

. . . SEEE? This is all you needed. One conversation with Lois.

One awesome conversation.

But alas, the marriage is over.

Stupid reboot.

[sinisterlink]

Wow, this is like exactly what happened with Peter and MJ before One More Day. A little bit before OMD started, they put out an annual for Spectacular Spider-man that ended with this exchange:

Mary Jane: Maybe the rest of the world thinks that marriage is something to do between other marriages, but it means something to me. You're my partner and my husband and I love you. This is our life.
Peter: Yeah. You and me. Forever and Always.

Aaaaaaand then One More Day happened and all that got thrown away. Nice to see it happening again. :/

[nightauditguy]

Here's to hoping they get together in DCnu.

/And here's to hoping I win the lottery.

[brilliantnova]

I get the idea Lois/the writer is trying to get across. I just got all heebie jeebie when she bought Hitler and Stalin into it.
It was just weird.

[tauruschick12]

CLOIS MY LOVE NOT YOU TOO

We need another clois week, man. Something to counteract this depression I feel.

[golden_orange]

Damn, I'll miss scenes like this.

I'm willing to give it a go, but the new status quo with Superman better be f**kin' amazing to justify losing this...

[proteus_lives]

And then the Reboot Monster killed them both.

[starwolf_oakley]

"Clark, coming from Krypton didn't make you Superman, Martha and Jonathan did."

I've said a line like that should be in the next Superman movie, but somehow I never thought Lois would say it. She hit the proverbial nail on the head. Cool.

Also, I'll give the Post-Flashpoint "Lois and Clark aren't together" status quo a chance if we get a new "Here's how Lois and Clark fell in love" story out of it.

[kenn_el]

The problem with the issue was that the wonderful last scene was tacked onto a horrible 'event' that just dragged on and on, and affected too many characters at points where they didn't need to be dragged into the mess. The problem is that we have no indication that NEW DC will avoid the big mess stuff (despite their protestations about not writing for trades), but certainty that they're willing to toss out the good stuff, as in the dinner scene.

[an_idol_mind]

Good scene. Unfortunately, it reminds me of A) how stupid and useless "Grounded" was, and B) how DC feels it necessary to throw out a good husband/wife relationship so they can tell the same "will they or won't they" story that they told from 1938 to 1996. Because nearly 60 years of the story apparently wasn't enough.

I'm going to try to put the marriage out of my mind and enjoy the stories that are coming, but it's just annoying to me that one of the only superheroes out there who has had a good marriage and a stable family life is getting his marriage magically annulled and his parents killed off so he can have the same status quo that just about every other superhero in comics has.

[werehawk]

Y'know, I was a very verbal OMD basher. I LOVED Peter and MJ. And I still agree with that, but from an editorial/story perspective, its the moment that they get together and get married that is important on an emotional level. Who doesn't remember the first kiss of their favorite fictional characters (right now Im thinking Chuck/Sarah on CHUCK)?

So, if Supes and Lois get together, and together in the right way, it would be good from a more novice reader perspective (and what DC wants is new readers). What has been wrong with Spidey/MJ has been 1) The devil stole the marriage - with MJ's consent! and 2) the execution and Peter's attitude towards women and 3) the reason: Spidey is better single, implying he will never be married again.

[mullon]

I feel like I should pick this up, just to have it.

[pyrotwilight]

*First page and panel* Jimmy, take off that ridiculously fake mustache right now!

[crabby_lioness]

See, this is the kind of writing we could have ALL THE TIME if it didn't keep getting interrupted by those stupid "events". Why can't we have nice things?

[fredneil.livejournal.com]

Why would anyone want to change this?

[timgueugen]

Can't say I like how Clark is draw here.

[rdfox]

Can I make a suggestion here, for a way to tell DC what we think of this reboot?

Everyone here... go out and buy a copy of EVERY "last issue" from August.

And then *don't* buy anything starting on the 31st. Show them a bump in readership at the *end* of the continuity, and then a dropoff with the reboot.

Even Dankor won't be able to spin that to his bosses.