tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post6171828669489332853..comments2024-02-29T14:12:01.955-05:00Comments on Flashback Universe Blog: Flashback Five On: Post Crisis SupermanJim Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006833955333061262noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-47165716415691077392012-02-18T18:17:44.122-05:002012-02-18T18:17:44.122-05:00John Byrne is GOD!!!John Byrne is GOD!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-78192149446276758592011-08-29T21:39:36.856-04:002011-08-29T21:39:36.856-04:00I think too often people want Superman to be dark ...I think too often people want Superman to be dark and angry or to be "ground level". But I think rather than yanking him out of the sky and trying to make the character compensate for and feed a cynical popular culture Superman can and should offer a much needed alternative.MattComixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015552734150732758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-64162826051015289532011-08-29T15:46:07.028-04:002011-08-29T15:46:07.028-04:00"Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?&qu..."Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" I found the plot was weak if not lazy, 'Kill and destroy everything we can'. No real story to it at all, just a concept. Not Moore's best outing.<br /><br />Byrne's take on Superman was great. The early stories were bang on (even the new villain Bloodsport wasn't that bad). And it was a credit to the DC crew that they decided to retell the stories rather than redesign the costumes. That's the heart of any comic.<br /><br />I am getting a bit excited about Grant Morrison's spin on Superman. I am not a fan of all of his work but form what I have seen it looks like he will take Supes back to his very early roots and make him more of a vigilant being sought by the police rather than an ally right off the bat. There is there, again, a lot more opportunity for newer or novel storytelling. The demi-god Superman seems very difficult to write for or to and I think it is a big reason why the public attaches so much more to Batman these days than Superman. Put him back down on the streets, in between the buildings where we dwell. The angry god version I heard Mark Millar promoting a few years ago gave me chills. What you needs is an every-man's Superman.JP Cotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147704252567241149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-6906566262347783902011-08-26T09:11:13.875-04:002011-08-26T09:11:13.875-04:00The only real problem I had with the post-Crisis S...The only real problem I had with the post-Crisis Superman was the alteration from the "Superman is the real identity and Clark Kent is the facade" dynamic to "Clark Kent is the real identity".<br />To me, it was one of the main "selling points" of the character, that he was a near-omnipotent demi-god who <i>chose</i> to be nerdy.<br /><br />The fact that none of the post-Crisis artists "revamped" the classic costume is a credit to them.<br />BTW, here's an interesting question:<br />In the mid-1980s, DC had Jack Kirby redesign the Fourth World characters' costumes for the Super Powers line so they could legally pay him royalties by claiming the redesigned characters were "new" characters for licensing purposes!<br />(Kirby's old contract didn't include licnensing, reprints, etc), but Paul Levitz, Jeanette Kahn and several others figured out the "workaround" to help the King!)<br />Did Jim Lee and the rest do the same thing so <i>they</i> could collect royalties on future licensing from the characters?<br /><br />And the final pre-Crisis tale(s) "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" is one of the greatest comics stories ever.<br />Too bad there's no equivalent this time around...Britt Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com