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Some people are impossible to please. I think this artwork is gorgeous. Who's that on the far right with Supes? Jor-El and Lara? I've not seen this look for them.
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There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
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Garth has a really smug look in that picture. For some reason, I'm now seeing Garth being played by the dude who plays Dean on Supernatural...
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I love Gary Frank's artwork. It's realistic, but at the same time, it is very over the top, which enhances its sort of magical sensation for me. Yeah, sometimes I don't make sense... On the other hand, this whole revisitation only serves to re-introduce Superboy to Superman's mythos and probably created the ultimate Doomsday (the Hulk on the last frame) or some dumb villain Geoff loves to create...
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That's already under discussion here. Down the thread there's even a smaller colored version of four issues covers that link together.
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Excuse me but can you please direct me to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles?
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I am not a fan of Gary Frank's Legion work. His style was better suited for the Squadron Supreme mini series (which was excellent). I have to agree with Tromium .... "perpetually stoned" ... I love it! Took the words right out of my mouth.
From: ontario | Registered: Feb 2007
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Oh my... so let's recap: Somewhen in the 80s somebody made the weak-minded decision to erase Superboy cause he at that time was just not cool. or whatever. The whole Superman story was rewritten, and the Legion continuity was majorly challenged by this one decision which lead to Pocket universe, and later on, as the even more weak-minded decision was made that Pocket universe was not enough, lead further to Valor and in the end Zero Hour. Because it simply got too convoluted for the average reader (or so the editors thought).
Now, some 20 years later, they decide that Superboy wasn't that uncool at all... "now that you think of it... maybe..." so they rewrite it again. Or re-rewrite it so that it's much closer to the old continuity that to Byrne Man of Steel.
I liked the old continuity and never understood the Man of Steel approach, but the question that remains is.... WHY??? Why did they have to destroy everything in the first place?
The Legion and Superboy had always kind of a natural connection. I never was a Superboy fan, but I never had a problem with the 20th century connection as well. So now we seemingly are coming full circle. But so much has been lost on the way...
For me, the return of the para-classic Legion and of Superboy is a positive event. But I certainly won't get the whole Origins series (only the Legion issue) cause.... IT HAS BEEN TOLD AND RE-RETOLD WAY TOO OFTEN! I don't believe that there is much to add to it. Just make the old be new again and be done with it - if you need my Man of Steel copy to flush down the toilet, I'll be happy to provide it...
From: Bamberg, Germany | Registered: Feb 2007
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I completely despise the crystalline Krypton.
EDE i know what you mean,..i mean it's been over 30 years since Superman:the movie and to my recollection they never added anything from the movie into the Superman mythos. now all of a sudden it's like it's 1978 all over again. and what is the deal with Jor-el looking like as if Marlon brando and Michael McDonald had sired a son?
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quote:Originally posted by Ricardo: probably created the ultimate Doomsday (the Hulk on the last frame) or some dumb villain Geoff loves to create...
What "Hulk" on the last frame? Have I gone blind? I don't see it.
Byrne: Did he ever give a reason for the removal of Superboy?
It's actually on the 5th frame, on the black and white Newsarama article, not on the colored version.
Byrne: I don't remember any specific reason. But I would say that it made more sense that Superman would appear as an adult in Metropolis out of a sudden than being for years and years stuck in Smallville being, you know, Superman and nobody knowing about it. It was a sign of times, I guess. I still don't like Superboy and I prefer Byrne's reading of Superman over Johns. I mean, Krypto? Gimme a break. Unless it has an Ambush Bug tagged along, I really don't see a reason for SuperPuppies back into chronology.
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From: Brasil | Registered: May 2008
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If memory serves I think part of Byrne's rationale was also that because we know that Superboy grows up to become Superman then any Superboy story inherently lacks tension because he's in no real jeapardy.
I'm sort of noncommital about this latest development. Is it the last step in banishing the reboot and threeboot teams? I don't neccesarily enjoy the John's version of the team so much that enshrining it as the current "official" version thrills me.
From: Douglasville, GA | Registered: Jul 2003
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Goes to personal tastes, i suppose. I liked the old Krypto stuff, as well as there being a Superboy with the legion. Much as i love the legion, it isn't Legion without Superboy.
After all, it is a classic origin, based on a Superboy story.
Superman was never my favorite, but for some reason, Superboy seemed like a completely different character, and one that, while not my favorite, worked in the context of the Legion.
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