tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887803566456874272.post5670061746363656227..comments2023-09-17T03:18:04.410-05:00Comments on Comicbook Crossfire: "Another Possible Red Flag... or I'm jumping the gun."Comicbook Crossfirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18118304440559168746noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887803566456874272.post-12891921242285028622011-07-23T20:41:33.548-05:002011-07-23T20:41:33.548-05:00The wording is weird, but I highly, and I stress h...The wording is weird, but I highly, and I stress highly, doubt we are going see a murderous Superman. One of the images released this weekend highlights what they mean by him "no longer being a friend of the law", it's the one of him holding up the old guy while being confronted by his security. He isn't going to let people who profit off of other people hide behind the letter of the law, he will confront them directly. This is also going to lead into him becoming a reporter for the Daily Planet where he is going to mainly write stories about people being mistreated (we can see this in the pages that introduces Lois's new boyfriend in Superman). Eventually I suspect that this is going lead to Clark quitting the Daily Planet when comes to logger heads with the new management. <br /><br />I am getting the impression that a major theme in the new DCU is going to be the idea of social justice. Not only with the traditional ones like Green Arrow (which after seeing the preview pages for I am getting) but also most of the "Justice League" titles in general.The Blue Sainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068533375215961251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887803566456874272.post-83364580753345021122011-07-23T18:13:36.026-05:002011-07-23T18:13:36.026-05:00But in the original issues of Action Comics Superm...But in the original issues of Action Comics Superman killed a criminal. Leading back to this fear. Again I may be jumping to conclusions and i hope I am. Just some wording scares me.Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10701393164311871116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887803566456874272.post-50619393369317217932011-07-23T17:04:27.822-05:002011-07-23T17:04:27.822-05:00I will support this with another quote:
" We...I will support this with another quote:<br /><br />" We want to go back to what originally drove Superman. He was created in the Depression to be a champion to the oppressed. We're in a different kind of depression now and I think to put Superman back in that place — to make him very much a champion of the oppressed, the underdog and an outlaw rather than a patriot figure or someone who works with the police — that's what we want to do. To bring him back to his roots."Tracie Maukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15424178899153027446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887803566456874272.post-58885434043846546322011-07-23T16:59:03.761-05:002011-07-23T16:59:03.761-05:00I haven't read anything to suggest that he wil...I haven't read anything to suggest that he will be more violent, much less murderous. I take "no friend of the law" as meaning that Superman will not uphold the laws of man arbitrarily. He is to be a champion of justice and a hero for the downtrodden. We have a lot of oppressive laws in our society, created out of bigotry and fear, and I think it's perfectly fine for Superman to transcend those in order to uphold actual moral justice, not "justice" as defined by man, centuries ago.Tracie Maukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15424178899153027446noreply@blogger.com