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Superman meets Doctor Who
Action Comics #1-8 ch-ch-changes
- Superman’s parents are dead (all of them, adopted and Kryptonian)
- Superman was never Superboy, but he was Super-casual, rocking jeans and a t-shirt before getting his super suit.
- He never knew Lex Luthor in Smallville.
- Lex Luthor does not run Metropolis, yet, it
iswas run by Mr. Glenmorgan.- Clark worked as an investigative reporter for the Daily Star before getting his job at the daily planet.
- Clark has a place to stay, he now lives in a run down apartment on the bad side of Metropolis.
- So much for a secret identity, his land lady now knows he’s Superman.
- It was not love at first sight for him and Lois (screw you John Bryrne).
- Krypto died on Krypton with Jor El and Lara.
- Krypton’s core instability which resulted in the planets destruction may have been caused by an alien invasion (that Brainiac later warned Superman about) as apposed to natural causes.
- Kal El was a baby on Krpton and did not grow to be one in the “escape arc” that brought him to earth.
- John Corben becomes Metallo due to government research gone bad, specifically his body melding with Metal 0 which was developed by…
- Steel, who becomes a super-hero by using his Metal 0 to create an Iron Man-esque suit which he uses to stop Corben after the Metal 0 drives him mad.
- Brainiac is a form of artificial intelligence that infiltrates planets and lies dormant for a time before bottling them in an attempt to save them from some planet devouring entity. On earth Brainiac is called “the internet”.
- Brainiac is now under the control of Superman.
- Brainiac’s invasion ship is now Superman’s Fortress of Solitude (very sci fi).
- Superman now speaks Kryptonian.
Unconfirmed
- Mr. Mxyzptlk is now less cartoon-ish and far more sinister, possibly going as far as to drive Glenmorgan insane and orchestrating an assassination attempt on Superman.
Let me know if I missed anything!
Not sure Krypto’s dead, rather the Dog is in the Phantom Zone.
Action Comics: Why Morrison's Action Comics is brilliant
My friends and I were talking about Morrison’s Action Comics and one of us deeply hated his run so far, and he just didn’t get what it was about and why Superman was “being written like Batman”. What my other friend Jordan said was put so nicely, I just had to mention it.
Action Comics #4 variant.
Action Comics: Action Comics #3 Quick Review
The Rundown
- Rags Morales is still doing a good job on art, where he really exceeds in this issue is his portrayal of Kyrpton and all the intricate, elaborate spires of technology and shinny psuedo-superman armor looking suits they wear. Honestly everything but Clark Kent looks good,…
LEX INFORMS SUPERMAN ABOUT KRYPTON ➡ Birthright ♦ Action Comics #2
There are certainly parallels between Birthright and Morrison’s Action. And so there should be. They are telling the same story.
Both Waid and Morrison are also drawing on Siegel - and all the others before, indeed I could easily go back to Action vol1 #1 and Superman #1 and pick out stuff both writers referenced.
However where Morrison excels is in the detail and consistency of his story telling - I too saw the parallel in Flashpoint Superman #2 and Action #2 - but in the former is ridiculous, a shark jump. However Morrison’s take is believable.
I admire Waid’s work, but for me Birthright- which was pretty good up to this point - jumped the shark when Lex Luthor worked out how to use Kryptonian tech! That’s like a caveman working out how to replicate a pocket calculator.
(Something that Superman Earth One got right)
Morrison’s Luthor knows the name Krypton, but not what it means - that is a world away from Waid’s version - in fact the reason he knows the word Krypton is because something clearly Alien has told him. This is a very different dynamic.
Also Waid and Morrison worked together on the Superman 2000 pitch which in 1998. I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that some of those ideas ended up in Birthright.
Grant Morrison on Action Comics
hellyeahsupermanandwonderwoman:
Many fans from our Superman/Wonder Woman group have often felt Krypton had been undermined to make way for Byrne’s Clark is all I am Superman and it unfortunately made Krypton and his ancestors cold and not giving enough credit to the man he would become. It was all mostly given to the Earth and the Kents in the last 20 years and as much as we understand how important that is in molding him, we do feel Kal-El’s heritage should never bypassed as just some training and some history. Men and women search for meaning in themselves by always finding out about ancestors and our fathers fathers and generations before. It helps seal our identity too as much as good nurturing until we leave our parents house and strike out on our own. The idea that Krypton is an advanced race but still able to find emotional joy in life is promising. It reinforces how great a sacrifice Lara and Jor-El made to save this baby.
Looking forward to this.
(via hellacre13)
