Superman General

11 page preview of Superman: Leviathan Rising

Can we get a summary, for those who don't have the time to read the pages?

Clark visits Lois in Chicago to tell her some people are waiting at their apartment in Metropolis to kidnap him. He tells her he's going to allow them to capture him as Clark. Lois wishes him luck and advises him to try to get into the moment as she feels he can sometimes suck at lying. Clark goes back to their apartment and allows his capture, and is brought to Talia Al Ghual.

We switch to Jimmy Olsen, who's having a little trouble with a cat shredding his clothes.

Another preview of Leviathan Rising

Lois is smoking again

Leviathan Rising

It looks like Action Comics is now the book that's ahead of Superman in regards to the continuity, as Kara returns to Earth. Kara's "parents" Jeremiah and Eliza have separated, both divided over what to do with their lives after the DEO is destroyed. Jeremiah wants to avenge them, Eliza wants nothing to do with it. Jimmy goes on a bender in Gorilla City with a dimension-hopping theif, they get drunk and wake up to find they've had sex and married, the thief requests an annulment and leaves, and Jimmy is left with a cat that shreds his clothes and barfs up pools of blood that drench Jimmy. Lois eventually rescues Clark from Talia (her efforts occur off-panel) when Supes allows himself to get kidnapped

Edited by Zarius on May 29th 2019 at 5:10:43 AM

So basically typical Jimmy Olsen stuff

For a minute, I thought Jimmy ended up rooming with Dex-Starr. Which, to be fair, sounds like something that'd happen to Jimmy.

Young Justice

Looks like Conner being a dad was a misdirect after all. He was simply pretending to be a husband because his wife's actual mate had been murdered

Has Mongul ever referred to or talked about Darkseid? He is out of universe based off Thanos/Darkseid, and Darkseid is the Galactic Conqueror of the DCU. I can't imagine he never heard of the dark lord of Apokolips. Similarly, who thinks its weird that Trigon has never even mentioned Darkseid given his own ambitions?

Event Leviathan#1 preview

Lois and Batman investigate the remains of ARGUS. Lois reveals Clark is off-world (which means this takes place during the current events of the Superman title with Clark and Jon off helping Jor-El) and they meet up with Steve Trevor.

...Erm..wait a minute, if Clark is off-world, then that means Kara ought to be in space with him...only the Leviathan Rising special revealed she came back to Earth around the same time Leviathan captured Clark Kent...oh Bendis, you fudged up your continuity again

Just read Event Leviathan

Nothing much happens, lots of talking, then Steve Trevor gets all paranoid, tries to shoot Lois and manages to graze her in the shoulder before Oliver knocks him out

Edited by Zarius on Jun 12th 2019 at 3:18:33 AM

"That's what Superman gets for making out with my girl!"

So it looks likes Jon's going to be offered a place in the Legion, he chats with his mom about things in Lois Lane#4, and Lois will be listening to dark secrets from Lex Luthor, possibly even keeping it from her husband, so Bendis is really upping the ante on drama in the Super-Family and marriage.

Preview of Lois Lane#1

I feel there should be an example of someone trying to pull Tricked Out Time on Krypton. Figure some way to Mass Teleportation the Kryptonians right before it explodes on them and bring them to the modern day/Legion of Superheroes era. Maybe one of Superman's bucket list is to set that scenario up for Krypton.

Lois Lane#1 was the best Lois has been written in a year.

Edited by Zarius on Jul 3rd 2019 at 4:02:49 AM

Jon officially joins the Legion

And apparently it's a miniseries.

Guess they're testing the waters?

I'm the minority here since still don't like this unnecesary decision actually feels forced with no plan in motion. I don't want that this is all wrong. Jonwent from Crazy grandpa, instant teenager, to trapped in volcano, to future.... The age up was not necessary to get to this point like what the f*ck. I just don't understand the reason it happened I feel he's not even trying to make it make sense. *sighs* I don't care anymore I already said I'd ride this shit out. Let's see where this is going. *shrugs*

Edited by DragonKent17 on Jul 8th 2019 at 6:28:12 AM

I don't its a minority to dislike this.

I think the Bendis stuff has been kinda mixed in reception though that's just me.

Yeah the moment when i saw Bendis writing Superman by replacing Gleason my heart got crushed into million pieces when i heard that announcement cuz i know from the bottom on my heart Bendis won't stay long writing Superman if the books get's low sales and mixed reviews from fans and critics since Bendis of course polarizing among readers since he hasn't do anything good after Ultimate Spider-Man (New Avengers I also count as well though it's also suffered from their inconsistency from crossovers)

Bendis will also devote a couple of issues over the summer to Lois listening to Lex Luthor's offer and possibly taking him up on it, I get Bendis' long-term goal is to put the Super-Marraige through some drama to show it can overcome all these hurdles, but Lois accepting anything from Lex even if it's in her family's best interests is a stretch

Yeah and i'm not exited or thrilled about LOSH getting another reboot and those redesigns are godawful (except Man-Eater Lad) i don't this mini would get than 15 issues if they're a godd buzz from critics and fans.

Cuz i'm stll praying that Jon gets back to his original age because this meaningless status quo is not doing any favours from the fans which is a reason i have legit criticism over DC's current direction after Harras and Didio took charge. Ridiculous