Earth-2 Superman: Before and After
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scans_dailyOh boy. Just when I was starting to get excited for the rebirth of the Earth-2 universe, they just HAD to come out with THIS.
So do you remember what was special about the Earth-2 Superman and Lois?
That's right. They were the first incarnations of the characters to get married and live happily ever after, up until Crisis on Infinite Earths anyway.
And then, DC had to come out with this shit for their new Earth-2 Universe.
“Mourning the death of his beloved, Superman carries both a sadness in his heart along with the weight of Earth 2′s welfare upon on his shoulders, while never showing this and seeming to all that he is this world’s peerless champion,” said EARTH 2 writer James Robinson.
“What would you have to do to teach Superman to kill?” asks EARTH 2 editor Pat McCallum. “He’s endured the loss of his home world, and now the Last Son of Krypton must weather the death of his soul mate Lois Lane. Just how far can you bend the Man of Steel before he breaks?”
Sigh. So much for the Superman marriage. Whoever speculated on the last post that Lois Lane would be dead on Earth-2, you were right mate. DC why you do this? D:
James Robinson, if this was your "bright" idea, I think you should've campaigned to write an Earth-3 book instead. Earth-2 IS NOT Earth-3 damnit! I can understand making Batman's world dark, but extending death and tragedy over to Wonder Woman and Superman as well is a bit much. So far the only happy person from Earth-2 is Power Girl.
I'm not sure I want to still read about an Earth-2 where BOTH Selina and Lois--two of DC's most awesome women--are fridged in order to inspire both Batman and Superman into becoming killing machines, and Earth-2 Paradise Island is massacred on top of that so that Wonder Woman can gleefully chop heads off in rage. Seriously, DC. What the HELL are you doing? This is neither new, original, or compelling storytelling material. This is the same exact shit you wrote post-Crisis, only now it seems less dark compared to this new Earth-2.
At this point, if I pick up this book at all it'll only be for Peege and Hunts.
So do you remember what was special about the Earth-2 Superman and Lois?
That's right. They were the first incarnations of the characters to get married and live happily ever after, up until Crisis on Infinite Earths anyway.
And then, DC had to come out with this shit for their new Earth-2 Universe.
“Mourning the death of his beloved, Superman carries both a sadness in his heart along with the weight of Earth 2′s welfare upon on his shoulders, while never showing this and seeming to all that he is this world’s peerless champion,” said EARTH 2 writer James Robinson.
“What would you have to do to teach Superman to kill?” asks EARTH 2 editor Pat McCallum. “He’s endured the loss of his home world, and now the Last Son of Krypton must weather the death of his soul mate Lois Lane. Just how far can you bend the Man of Steel before he breaks?”
Sigh. So much for the Superman marriage. Whoever speculated on the last post that Lois Lane would be dead on Earth-2, you were right mate. DC why you do this? D:
James Robinson, if this was your "bright" idea, I think you should've campaigned to write an Earth-3 book instead. Earth-2 IS NOT Earth-3 damnit! I can understand making Batman's world dark, but extending death and tragedy over to Wonder Woman and Superman as well is a bit much. So far the only happy person from Earth-2 is Power Girl.
I'm not sure I want to still read about an Earth-2 where BOTH Selina and Lois--two of DC's most awesome women--are fridged in order to inspire both Batman and Superman into becoming killing machines, and Earth-2 Paradise Island is massacred on top of that so that Wonder Woman can gleefully chop heads off in rage. Seriously, DC. What the HELL are you doing? This is neither new, original, or compelling storytelling material. This is the same exact shit you wrote post-Crisis, only now it seems less dark compared to this new Earth-2.
At this point, if I pick up this book at all it'll only be for Peege and Hunts.
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Date: 2012-03-04 02:14 pm (UTC)Wonder Woman - Steve Trevor (Still her longest standing relationship)
Donna Troy - Terry Long (civilian)
Starfire - Dick Grayson (mortal)
Jean Grey - Cyclops (Powered, but not even CLOSE to her power levels)
In each case,
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Date: 2012-03-04 03:38 pm (UTC)Also the iconic relationship in her history, as I said before, but one that has been written out of continuity a long time ago and never returned to.
Killed off in an insignificant way and there seems to be a lot of fan dislike for him.
Also Robin/Nighthawk. That's like saying Batman isn't at Wonder Woman's power level. Technically true, but he's Batman.
When the relationship started, he was more powerful than her. He's also, at various points, the team leader. I don't follow X men, but according to Wikipedia, her growing power was one of the things that brought about the end of her relationship with Cyclops.
Of those, the strongest relationship was WW/Steve, but that's one. For hero male/civilian female, you've got:
Superman/Lois Lane
Superman/ Lana Lang
Batman/ various civilians(Selina isn't really at the same level as far as power goes, but as with Dick, she's such a significant part of the mythos that she might as well be.)
Flash/Iris West
Elongated Man/ Sue Dibney
Spider-Man/ various civilians
Ben Grimm/ Alicia Masters