Whitechapel - Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:57:44 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302675#Comment_302675 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302675#Comment_302675 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:08:10 -0700 jmmurrow
This makes sense to me as I seem to remember one of the first people that Supes acutally went up against was a wife-beater. Superman was born out of the great deprestion, and as we are currently weathering a new great resession, I kinda think its fitting to have superman go back to his roots. Thoughts? ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302678#Comment_302678 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302678#Comment_302678 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:20:01 -0700 Ananzitusq Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302682#Comment_302682 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302682#Comment_302682 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:40:31 -0700 Jay Kay
Shut up and take my money!

@Ananzitusq -- My understanding is that the "alieness" is more linked to Action Comics, which honestly makes sense considering Morrison's take on the character in the past and how a real person might react. Like, you grow up, and you realize you're different from everyone else--more than that, you find out you can see differently from everyone else--you see the cells in your mother's heart grow, or see electromagnetic waves blanketing everything. If there is a soul, Superman can see it. That's gotta be enough to make you see the world in an entirely different way from everyone else.

I think it was Elliot S. Maggin in Miracle Monday that really set this up--with his power, he could have become detached, cold, a twisted observer and manipulator of mankind. However, because he had Ma and Pa Kent to raise him right to treat everyone with kindness and dignity and stand up for what's right, he uses that power to be a protector of mankind.

Sorry if I'm fanboy wanking too much--I just really love the character. :) ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302692#Comment_302692 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302692#Comment_302692 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:09:35 -0700 mister hex
Superman has been : blue, red, electric, not electric , with a mullet, without a mullet, best friends with Batman, enemies with Batman, Superboy, not Superboy, etc. Superman is whatever you make him.

And by the way, his dad owned a hardware store. (Pa Kent, that is. Jor-El is just his biological dad. Although, he MIGHT have sold laser-nails or whatever the Kryptonian equivalent was. Let's see Grant set his story-telling dogs loose on THAT one.)

This isn't the Superman with knee-pads we're talking about, is it? ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302695#Comment_302695 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302695#Comment_302695 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:14:33 -0700 Jay Kay
Perez's book is the one with the more armored costume, but it looks like they've toned down the knee-pad look. In Morrison's book, where they're doing more of the "champion of the oppressed" thing, he starts off with a T-shirt, jeans, and a little cape:



Not sure if the cape works with jeans, but hey, little fanboy nitpick, I can live with it. ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302698#Comment_302698 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302698#Comment_302698 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:18:32 -0700 Beamish
Edit to clarify, general web posts, not thread posts here. ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302700#Comment_302700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302700#Comment_302700 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:25:25 -0700 mister hex
If anyone can make Superman interesting, it's probably Grant Morrison.

Or maybe John Byrne. EH? EH? GET IT? REMEMBER? REMEMBER?

Seriously, I wish Grant good luck. And that art DOES look nice.

Someone explain the knee-pad version, though. ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302701#Comment_302701 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302701#Comment_302701 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:25:47 -0700 Ananzitusq
I'll go and say that I prefer the jeans costume over the "battle armor" costume. ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302703#Comment_302703 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302703#Comment_302703 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:27:39 -0700 Jay Kay
Someone explain the knee-pad version, though.


I think one of the things about Action Comics will be him eventually making his way into that costume, which is some sort of ceremonial Kryptonian wear. ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302704#Comment_302704 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302704#Comment_302704 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:29:34 -0700 James Cunningham
So yeah, heavy anticipation. ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302706#Comment_302706 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302706#Comment_302706 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:35:12 -0700 James Puckett Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302708#Comment_302708 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302708#Comment_302708 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:40:10 -0700 mister hex
Not sure about Jeans and A Tee Shirt Superman, where he'll be ranked. Next to Dick Superman (of the 1950s, natch!), probably.

Am I the only one who misses Curt Swan? ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302711#Comment_302711 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302711#Comment_302711 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:46:48 -0700 Beamish Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302713#Comment_302713 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302713#Comment_302713 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:57:01 -0700 Ananzitusq
we all do.

Morrison's Action Comics is the only thing that gets me really, really excited about the DCnU or whatever the hell they're calling it. ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302726#Comment_302726 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302726#Comment_302726 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:11:57 -0700 Jay Kay Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302731#Comment_302731 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302731#Comment_302731 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:35:28 -0700 James Cunningham Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302733#Comment_302733 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302733#Comment_302733 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:07:56 -0700 BettyBoolean a little more interesting than DCU stuff? ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302759#Comment_302759 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302759#Comment_302759 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:44:34 -0700 James Puckett I'll be buying it but am I the only one wishing Grant Morrison was working on something a little more interesting than DCU stuff?

I think plenty of people feel that way about every artist and writer working on DCU titles. ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302793#Comment_302793 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302793#Comment_302793 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:28:05 -0700 Jay Kay
He has been doing other stuff--his Supergods book comes out this week, he did a mini-series for Vertigo called Joe the Barbarian (which I haven't read, but the art looks AMAZING), he's writing two screenplays, one is a strange sci-fi road trip movie called Sinitaro, and the other is called Dinosaurs vs. Aliens, which he's also doing a graphic novel adaptation of the latter. ]]> Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302822#Comment_302822 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302822#Comment_302822 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:19:55 -0700 Alan Tyson Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302835#Comment_302835 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302835#Comment_302835 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:38:58 -0700 Jay Kay Superman: Enemy of corrupt landlords and the rich or superman reborn? http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302853#Comment_302853 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10059&Focus=302853#Comment_302853 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:09:08 -0700 SBarrett
I got Supergods in the mail on Monday and reading his thoughts on Superman there have just made me more excited to see what he does. ]]>