https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg1yUMqJMcw
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
Wasn't dead Superman In Space a bit g&g? He had a beard, at least.
This was before the Death, I think? He had to execute some Kryptonian criminals, because otherwise they would've killed more people, but breaking his "thou shall not kill" code caused a moral crisis, so he flew off to space to think about stuff. At least that's what I remember about those stories, it's been 20 years since I read them... Yeah, I guess that could be seen as an attempt to grittify Supes, but IIRC the storyline didn't end up changing him that much, and when he came back he was just as ethical as he was before.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 June 2013 10:35 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not really a huge Supes fan tbh, but I like this article:http://comicsalliance.com/superman-a-celebration-of-75-years-review-dc/?trackback=twitter_top
― Nhex, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
hmmm 2/3rds of those stories are exactly the same ones printed in my Best Superman Stories collection from the late 80s (Byrne issue being the final entry in that one)
dunno if that undercuts his argument or not
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 November 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
nah, that actually makes sense, the late 80s was when the dark, "realistic" edgy superhero themes took off. it's more surprising now that the wheel has turned back around
― Nhex, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:32 (ten years ago) link
yeah that occurred to me too
altho I didn't think my collection was about failure/sadness - there is that, but it also has the first appearance of Mxtylplyk, Superman's bday/Fortress of Solitude introduction, what if Krypton hadn't blown up etc. it has its share of fun.
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 November 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link
Martha Kent fanfic. Someone, get this woman a job at DC.http://archiveofourown.org/works/6447187
― Nhex, Monday, 4 April 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
heh, that's a fun read
― a lad of balls (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 14:06 (eight years ago) link
introduced 80 years ago today
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 April 2018 00:37 (six years ago) link