Jor-El Man Of Action!

[superfangirl1]

Superman 80-Page Giant 2011

Non has been lobotomized for opposing the council but before that happened he was able to give Jor-El security access to the mining facilities. With Zod's military forces in pursuit Jor-El is in a race against time.

Retrieving a sample of Krypton's core Jor-El prays he can use it as evidence to present to the council.

Comments

[psychopathicus_rex]

Yeah, this is well-written action and all, but it strikes me as, well, somewhat unnecessary. I mean, one of the beautiful parts of the Superman origin is its SIMPLICITY. Jor-El goes to Science Council, says 'Krypton go BOOM, we must vamoose', they laugh at him and do nothing, Krypton DOES go boom, cities fall, everybody dies, and Kal-El goes bye-bye for Earth. How exactly does making Jor-El a two-fisted man of action add anything to this? We already know he's going to fail, and we already know that the Science Council aren't going to listen - what's the point of adding fresh complications to a story everyone already knows the outcome of?