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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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)

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