DC Shows Off 'Superman: Earth One' by J. Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis [Preview]

I mean seriously...he's not going to be walking around dressed and acting like this and wear red and blue tights and a cape under his street clothes right? How would you make that leap?

It's not possible they still pay Straczynski to write comics is it? I mean the man was never that good and this kinda proves his imagination is pretty much bankrupt.

It looks very promising. And I'll reserve judgement till I read it.

God, I think this is what Superman needs. Because while I don't really advocate making all super-heroes dark and brooding, Superman really needs to have some character development. All the comics we read of him portray of being this guy who automatically knew what he was going to do with no hesitation. That's admirable, but even some of the more patriotic and self-less superheroes had to do some soul-searching at first; even Captain America (who might as well be the Marvel equivalent of Clark) lost himself for a time.

This could fail, no doubt, but it's only five pages. I think I'll give Michael the benefit of the doubt considering he's proved himself numerous other times. (Silver Surfer Requiem pls?)

Sounds basically like JMS' current Wonder Woman arc (young hero enters TODAY! WOW! it's like the Ultimate line...or post COIE 1987 DC...). That should have been an "Earth One" title, too - that way we could disregard it just as easily rather than watch it eff up continuity.

So... It's basically Superman - Birthright without all the things that make Birthright worth reading? I thought, with this being the final season of Smallville, that we were finally going to be done with dark and angst-ridden young Superman. Honestly, from the dialogue to the art, none of this looks or feels like Superman to me. Just looking at him in each of those panels, I don't think, "Superman." I think, "emo James Dean with laser eyes." Does not want.

Who graduates in November? Has the month of December been all booked up in the DC universe for the annual alien invasion?"

I love seeing Superman doubt himself. That's what the character is all about, right? Moping. He embodies our ability to feel sorry for ourselves, rather than the ability to not bother with angsty self-pity bullshit and do something practical and moral with our lives.

He's really a wonderful character like that.

And when you add in the amazingly-awesome-badassery in the form of the red-eye glares it only gets better and better. I know exactly how he feels. I utterly love SuperMoping-Man, I hope JMS writes him forever, he has a real gift for his voice and personality!

I like the new direction superman is going, at least for a little while. I used to hate superman because the stories were so brain dead beat em up. The direction is gonna go back to that eventually of course, and then i'll quit reading it. Superman has always been too perfect for me, as long as he stays flawed and filled with guilt, i stay with superman. I doubt it will be for long though.

@KET

Surely the whole point of the Earth One range is to appeal to people who would not usually read Superman. It's aimed primarily at the book market, not the comics store. If you want to read Superman stories drawn and written in a traditional style, there are more than enough available.

I can't say I'm that I'm too impressed so far, but I'll reserve judgement until this is actually published, as opposed to basing an opinion of a book that's over 120 pages long on five pages (and probably not even the first five pages at that)...