scans_daily: The Curse of the Superman

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@ 2012-05-03 01:20 am UTC

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char: superman/clark kent, creator: gene ha, creator: grant morrison, title: action comics

The Curse of the Superman

ACTION COMICS 9 brings us a tale of parallel Earths...

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	no subject icon_uk 2012-05-02 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	Agreed, but let's face it, who else COULD they be meaning. The little Superman and co were fun and light hearted and goofily adorable, so of course they became fodder for the DCnU. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

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darkknightjrk
2012-05-02 06:24 pm UTC (link)

Well, to be fair, that is kind-of the point of this evil Superman (I think he was called Superdoom somewhere)--he is a corruption of the Superman archtype who only twists and distorts and destroys all that's good and decent. Hopefully that means that this crew of Superman and Lois will team-up with our Superman and some others to whoop Superdoom's ass and fix those broken worlds.

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arbre_rieur
2012-05-02 06:33 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, he represents the very idea of the 90s anti-hero, that specific distorted sub-class of the archetypal hero, and how the same mentality behind it insists on stamping out light-heartedness and innocent fun.

"They had 500 experts lined up, thinking in harmony to streamline the Superman brand for maximum cross-spectrum, wide platform appeal. They built a violent, troubled, faceless anti-hero..." It's all very meta.

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	no subject baihu 2012-05-03 08:23 am UTC (link)
	Well the design isn't really that marketable to be honest. I mean, he doesn't even look human enough to identify with, looks even vaguely like a mecha or an EVA suit at best, I'm not seeing that design to be marketable. When they said brooding hero, I definitely envisioned at least someone sleek. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject cainofdreaming 2012-05-02 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	But the Superman in that picture looks like Rocket Raccoon wearing Kal's suit. Or are my eyes just playing tricks on me again? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject his_spiffynesss 2012-05-02 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	I think that's just what's left of him. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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