Superman #16

[superfangirl1]

Comments

[sun_man]

Cyborg looks like a transformer

[silverhammerman]

Yeah, Cyborg has looked really overdesigned since the reboot and it only serves to make him seem even more out of place in the Justice League.

[sun_man]

Ivan Reis and Gene Ha do a good job of drawing him normal sized.

Cyborg has had moments but it wasn't until the latest issues of Justice League and Aquaman that he really came into his own as a member of the Justice League imo.

As far as the story goes I think Cyborg works, but why he is drawn with like a hundred extra parts is beyond me

[darkknightjrk]

This issue wasn't really as good as Lobdell's previous, but still pretty fun. Looking forward to see what happens next. :D

[silverhammerman]

I'm really not liking how naive Supergirl is here, even if it is understandable as something that the character would do given her situation right now. I think it's unfortunate that her role in what is to my knowledge the first real Superman Family story since the reboot is to that of misguided flunky to a boring villain like H'el.
Not sure I like that caption about Wonder Woman either, describing her only as a princess and "Superman's current lover" I mean yeah it's technically accurate I guess, but I would have preferred they mention something about her being a status as a superhero in her own right, as well as a demigoddess and a warrior. It seems like they're really framing her just in terms of her relationship to Superman and I don't like that.
Also, as much as I like Superman's Bruce Springsteen jeans and a t-shirt look, I find it just seems out of place as anything but his Year One era costume. Granted it's still better than the awkward onesie that is his New 52 costume, but the casual look is out of place among other superheroes.

[practicalcat]

Not sure I like that caption about Wonder Woman either, describing her only as a princess and "Superman's current lover" I mean yeah it's technically accurate I guess, but I would have preferred they mention something about her being a status as a superhero in her own right, as well as a demigoddess and a warrior. It seems like they're really framing her just in terms of her relationship to Superman and I don't like that.

But she's a chick! That means that she has no personality or abilities or anything interesting about her outside of which big strapping male-power-fantasy character gets to see her without her clothes on!

I'm absolutely 100% certain I loathe that crap.

[jaybee3]

I actually thought at first the rebooted Supergirl seemed like one thing out of the reboot for the Super-Family I liked. She wasn't obnoxious like the pre-reboot Kara but she still seemed tough. That's all gone down hill though.

[akodo_rokku]

Hopefully once this storyline's over she'll be back to being interesting.

[kenn_el]

Superboy's wearing his clothes. He had to make do.

[aravis]

So, this issue has Superman telling Supergirl to let go, or he'll hurt her, when she's well, not exactly threatening, more sorrowful than anything. And then Superboy rushes in like somebody not very bright and messes up the situation completely. Then again, if Superman would have acted sensibly, and instead of threatening her would have just, like, told her why they want to stop H'el, the story couldn't continue, since Kara's begun showing doubt.

Storytelling by making everybody stupid... Superman not being very good at communicating, especially with Kara. *sigh* I suspect it's editorial edict that Kara & Kal must be kept distant from each other.

[akodo_rokku]

To be... well I want to say "fair" but I'm not sure that's the right word.

Anyway, post-reboot Superman has not shown himself to be good at communicating with *anyone*.

[mrstatham]

So, um, 'Prince' Diana of the Amazons? I'm all for challenging gender roles, but... 'Prince'? Someone getting the whole secret ID/social status thing mixed up there?

[espanolbot]

It's a typo I think. Making this a situation which requires an editor doing their actual job and not dictating stories.

[nate_abril96]

I hate to sound like a pervert (then again I am 17), but am I the only one who noticed that Diana's boobs are like really gigantic in that first scan? I mean she must have some really magical armor to keep those things from popping out. Then again I am a teenage boy, so I'm just working off of what I read on the internet. Also, is it wrong for me to say that she looks like a pornstar in those scans? If it is, I apologize in advance.

Mod Note

[salinea]

Yup, it's pretty wrong to say that she looks "like a pornstar". If you want to criticise sexual objectification in art, it's better to frame it as they're being drawn that way rather than targeting the characters themselves.

Re: Mod Note

[nate_abril96]

Whoops! Sorry about that. That's what I was trying to say. Guess I should have phrased it a little better. I wasn't trying to criticize the character, just the way she was drawn is all.