scans_daily: Superman #691

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char: superman/clark kent, creator: james robinson, creator: renato guedes, event: codename patriot, title: superman

Superman #691

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	no subject sailorlibra.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 02:49 am UTC (link)
	Oh, the world hates Superman again. Whoop dee do. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 16 comments) (Show 16 comments)

	no subject box_in_the_box.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 02:58 am UTC (link)
	Seriously. Plus, the general public having a singular opinion, and being uniformly swayed by single events, is a trope that needs to fucking die, in ALL fiction. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

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	no subject zordboy.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 03:02 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I guess it's that time of the year again when DC rolls this storyline out. Like clockwork. Aren't they bored with it by now? I know I am. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

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jaybee3.insanejournal.com
2009-08-28 05:23 am UTC (link)

This is Sam Lane (aka James Robinson's) master plan? To have everyone hate Superman - again. The same plan Luthor came up with in Loeb's S/B: Public Enemies and upteenth times before that? I hate when writers have to make everyone in the DCU so fickle that they always turn on the greatest hero in the universe in a second. I also hate how they've turned Sam Lane who was always a hard-ass but never a b*stard into an even more one-dimensional Snidely Whiplash villain than Zod. So they kill Lois's sister (a character who goes back to the 50s) and make her father a super-villain, the next Wade Eiling. How lame. Is this the kind of stuff we have to look forward in Didio's "Year of Superman" next year.

And once again I have to say that Allura's insta-hatred and distrust of Earth is looking to be the right one. I wonder if Supergirl will realize this? Or Kal?

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	no subject lieut_kettch.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 02:25 pm UTC (link)
	Because he's the hero ~~Gotham~~Metropolis deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A ~~Dark Knight~~Man of Steel. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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	no subject thokstar.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 02:52 am UTC (link)
	If Norman Osborne using the Skrulls to set himself up as a national hero doesn't interest me, why would I like General Lane using the Kryptonians to set himself up as a national hero? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject box_in_the_box.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 03:00 am UTC (link)
	Because DC looked at Marvel's sales figures? Don't get me wrong; I'm in complete agreement with you. However, the majority of readers who haven't already quit superhero comics seem to just love the shit out of evil assholes running the world, so ... (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

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	no subject jlbarnett.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 03:09 am UTC (link)
	Am I the only one who thinks this pro-Mon-El blitz would last just long enough for him to express him complete support of Superman and his discomfort at being used against Superman's good name? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject batcookies.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 06:39 am UTC (link)
	To be fair, Mon-El's been captured. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject jlroberson.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 03:19 am UTC (link)
	Lane bores the living shit out of me. As for Kal...well, it's been said again and again that Superman is as much image as individual(this is after all the whole point of ALL-STAR), and Kal wrecked that image, so what does he expect? He's now particularized. In some ways it's good, it's interesting. But once you particularize Superman, he stops being Superman. (Reply to this)

	no subject thanekos.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 03:19 am UTC (link)
	... you know, General Lane's presumably-brainiac-derived-or-luthor-created (I blame the color scheme for that thought) 'bots/mecha make me think of the Decepticon Lugnut, of TF: Animated fame. seriously, the build, the mono-eye, the arm with the deadly payload... (Reply to this)

	no subject bluefall.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 03:59 am UTC (link)
	Please, please, please tell me that Alura is somewhere on Earth for some reason and Clark did not just hear her call for him across the soundless vacuum of space. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 9 comments) (Show 9 comments)

	no subject superfan1.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 04:23 am UTC (link)
	No she wasn't on earth and yes. He was able to hear her call him back to krypton,from the soundless vacuum of space sorry. :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

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	no subject jupiterrhode.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Hmm, I thought it was much more interesting how those Superman death squad guys are cosplaying as Wondy. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject bariman1987.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 08:07 am UTC (link)
	The panel where she's talking is focused on his belt, so presumably his belt buckle has a transmitter in it. Not quite a bat-utility belt, but he's getting there. (And yet, the thought of Superman with pouches just brought on some existential 90s terror. Odd.) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

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	no subject kenn_el.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 12:31 pm UTC (link)
	In space no one can hear you nag. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject milleniumrex.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 03:59 am UTC (link)
	Superman on New Krypton dealing with his native culture and its many flaws = epic win. Chris, Thara, and Mon carrying on his legacy on Earth = epic win General Lane cosplaying Marvel's Dark Reign = epic fail. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	no subject interrobamf.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 05:37 am UTC (link)
	Pretty much. Lane has been the worst part of this storyline, which has been good otherwise. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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2009-08-28 12:36 pm UTC (link)

Despite the lame way they took the Supers out of the picture (and still no mention of Conner's return in the main books?), my major quibble is with Mon-El's names. The general public doesn't know the "House of El", so why use the 'Mon-El' name in Metropolis? And why 'Jonathan Kent', when a variation of Lar Gand like Larry Gandy or somesuch would do just as well without making a connection to the Kent Family that is supposedly maintaining at least two secret identities already?

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	no subject mullon.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 04:30 am UTC (link)
	Crossing fingers that this leads to Lois laying the smackdown on her father. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject bariman1987.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 08:04 am UTC (link)
	It will be EPIC. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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	no subject arilou_skiff.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 06:08 am UTC (link)
	"Or feeel the Might of America!!" Snerch!? BWAHAHAHAHA! (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject cmdr_zoom.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 07:12 am UTC (link)
	If they weren't still clinging to the tatters of the Code, you know that would have a "FUCK YEAH!" after it. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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bariman1987.insanejournal.com
2009-08-28 08:04 am UTC (link)

So I'm really not understanding General Lane's plan here. He fakes his death several years ago and starts building an anti-Kryptonian army, at a time when the only Kryptonian they know of is Superman, who isn't a threat. He just happens to have all of this when thousands of more Kryptonians no one knew about show up.

I just bet that the real General Lane is actually dead and this guy is actually a ~~Skrull~~ White Martian who knew about Kandor. This is all part of some elaborate plan to... thing.

So I've been wondering, exactly what part does Kon-El play in this whole New Krypton stuff? I'm trying to figure out DC's timeline here and I think my brain is leaking out my ears.

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	no subject daningram.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 11:03 am UTC (link)
	Did they ever state that Lane went underground directly because of Superman/Krypton? For people in the army, in comics, faking one's death is simply a means of acquiring more influence and less oversight than anything else. Sorta like a secret promotion. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

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	no subject thanekos.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 03:29 pm UTC (link)
	... at some point, these guys are gonna end up being called the Superman Revenge Squad, aren't they? (Reply to this)

	no subject 04nbod.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 03:32 pm UTC (link)
	FEEEEL the might of America. LMAO (Reply to this)

	no subject dustbunny105.insanejournal.com 2009-08-28 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	Uh huh. Props to Lane for being able to stand fists-on-hips and say, "FEEL THE MIGHT OF AMERICA!" with a straight face. (Reply to this)

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