Superman General

I read today's issue, the good news is Lois refuses to even entertain an offer as soon as Lex's hologram kicks in, but he entrusts her with a mysterious box

I really don't like Lightning Lad's Hillbilly Fascist Undermullet look.

Also, let's just be honest with ourselves, no human in the 31st century will be white.

Okay, I'm black and even I have to ask why you say that.

Bonin'.

Ballin'

We got preview art for Gene Luen Yang's 3-issue, 80-pages per issue story, Superman Smashes the Klan!

80 x 3 is 240 pages, so I wouldn't be surprised if this gets collected and sold as a graphic novel later on.

Dig the art and pulp fiction aesthetic for the super villain. Wonder why they don’t just release it in GN format rather than 3 expensive floppies.

In the last battle, Superman was overwhelmed by the teamwork of Banner and Hulk. But now, voiced by a new rapper, Superman returns. Can Clark win?

x3 - I looked at the comments unfortunately. Naturally despite being an update of an 80 year old story, everyone is condemning it as Leftist propaganda.

Reading some of the comments it looks like they’re condemning the story for even being political in the first place. Really though what did they expect from Gene Luan Yang? I wouldn’t worry too much about it because really what kind of people would get upset about Superman fighting the KKK to protect Chinese Americans?

A lot of people. I’m not going to post links to avoid drama importation, but there are a lot of people furious at the book and everyone involved.

I would point out both Batman and Black Panther have also fought the Klan, but the Superman radio show is probably the most famous example, hence the update. It feels like a lot of projection with the people being upset.

On a more positive note - Here’s an interview with Gene Luen Yang about the story.

Edited by Beatman1 on Jul 16th 2019 at 5:02:14 AM

How messed up is this country when depicting as evil people so cartoonishly racist that Superman was used to show the world how bad they were Leftist propaganda?

I remember reading an anecdote once where a Klan member saw his son playing with his outfit as the villain to his friend's Superman, and that made him realize he had to leave.

I meant that as a rhetorical question. I probably didn’t get that across well, sorry.

What I was trying to say was I’m not worried about how people getting offended about Superman, or really super heroes in general, fighting the KKK since really if they think that’s something that shouldn’t happen ever it says a lot more about them than anything. I do worry how the writer and artists are being treated online though.

Anyway, that article makes me more excited for the book. Here’s hoping it does well. Especially with its target audience.

DC released October and November solicitations, most Super titles were included

October: Jon and Damian reunite and play catch up

November: Clark's fortress goes missing, and because it's Year of the Villain, the cover indicates Lois turns against Clark (obviously not everything is as it seems here)

So, a lot of discussions happen over whether or not Superman is relatable as a character, and given that the Man of Steel is one of my favourite superheroes, I thought I'd write an opinion piece on it for my blog.

https://thephoenixact.home.blog/2019/07/24/my-opinion-on-why-superman-could-be-relatable/

Great article.

I think some of your statements match with what Gene Luen Yang said in an interview (specifically the part about Superman needing to be perfect.) I’d suggest checking it out if you haven’t already, it was posted not to far above. Yang makes a great argument about how Superman works as a metaphor for immigrants.

<Reads the article>

I...have been saying this for years. I'm glad somebody else sees it.

As Grant Morrison once put it: "Somewhere, in our darkest night, we dream of a man who will never let us down."

Grounded is stupid stupid stupid but that little fakeout where you think Superman is going to pass by the kid in the basement calling for help is kinda brilliant? Like no, of course Superman isn't going to let this kid down.

How come Post-Crisis they decided to make Lois Lane's dad the DC version of Thunderbolt Ross? I get changing him from a farmer because they already had that for Jonathan Kent, but I'm wondering if they were thinking of Thunderbolt Ross when they re-tooled Sam Lane to a gruff military man who doesn't like the super-powered being who's also his daughter's partner.

Maybe because of Smallville, where Michael Ironside portrayed Lois's father as a career military officer and made that version of her a Military Brat.

Wasn’t she always a Military Brat?

No, originally a daughter of two farmers, similar to Clark.

From what I remember, Smallville's Sam Lane was nothing like the bastard his comic counterpart became. At worst, he was a little distant from his daughters but overall seemed like a decent man.

He was an Inspector Javert to Clark during the VRA, but pulled a 180 after Clark saved his life and his daughters as the Blur. However, he was still bound by his orders, so he could not publicly endorse vigilantes and was in no position to offer them any real help.

Lois Lane#2 preview

Lois is being discussed on several morning news and panel shows. They're running with the Superman kiss and her recent ejection from the White House press conference, and are also now buying into the rumours that Lois and Clark are separated