Meet Lois Lane's New Boyfriend-of-the-Month (Superman #1 spoilers)

[stillanerd]

Courtesy of New York Daily News, here's an exclusive scene from the new Superman #1 in which Clack meets Lois' new boyfriend:




Annnnnd...I think I'll let the fail speak for itself here.  Other than to say maybe those "Superman hooks up with Wonder Woman" rumors may essentially be rooted in a "brooding and loner" Clark (ugh!) getting back at the, once again, all-too clueless Lois for "rejecting" him when she decided to shack up with an all-too obvious douchebag...who, of course, she'll end up dumping in less than a year. Way to alienate your readers and Superman fans alike here, DC. 

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buncha rambling

[leikomgwtfbbq]

Well, it is a show for kids that's doing fabulously in its current form. Hasbro seems to like it that way, and Hasbro's a business that probably knows a good thing when it sees one. They'll include little nods to the periphery demographic (Derpy Hooves/Ditzy Doo will now deliberately be inserted as a Where's Waldo-type character), but largely focus on the sugary girly fun that brought so many new fans (and so much extra money) in the first place.

It's the same with GI Joe: Renegade. Renegade is a whole lot darker and edgier than the original Joe cartoon, but it's easily accessible for both old and new fans because of vastly improved writing. The same guys are all there (Snake Eyes, Scarlett, Flint, Lady Jaye, etc), it's just written better.

I wouldn't be so goddamn against this all if it took the route of Renegade or FiM and focused solely on better storytelling. Same characters we've had forever, just with better stories. Tell a good frickin' story and people will throw money at the product; it won't matter if they're a new reader or an old fan. Old fans will love that the character gets to have cool adventures, new readers will be intrigued enough to keep on picking it up. Doesn't matter who the character is. A well-written character is always identifiable, no matter how different his life situation is from the reader's; going back to Friendship is Magic, I deeply identify with Applejack, even though I'm not a magic talking rodeo-pony athlete with a huge family and an apple farm and a business.

As it is, this reboot pisses off old fans and prospective new readers just don't care to begin with. It just seems a profoundly unwise move to destroy everything these characters are. I mean, even people who have never picked up a comic in their lives know that Supes is a nice, friendly Kansas farmboy who's involved with Lois Lane, and they'd only be baffled if they were to pick up a book that changed everything everyone is BORN knowing about the character.

I dunno if any of that made sense, but I tried.