I'm trusting you, Gibson...

If you don't like it I'll refund your money.  Great stuff.  With this run Gary Frank became second favorite living Superman artist.

Just ordered it -- along with Pt2 of the SINESTRO WARS.  I picked up the first part to see what all the blather was about.  Mostly, I was suprised that most of those Green Lanterns were still floating around the DC universe.  Who knew Kilowog had such potential for longevity?

Is this first pages long comics discussion we've had in this thread?

Shhh.... don't tell anybody.  We might have to renegotiate the charter.

We might have to renegotiate the charter.

Shit! I do that as work all the time! I'm zipped!

Just ordered it -- along with Pt2 of the SINESTRO WARS.  I picked up the first part to see what all the blather was about.  Mostly, I was suprised that most of those Green Lanterns were still floating around the DC universe.  Who knew Kilowog had such potential for longevity?

I don't know how Sinestro Corps Wars reads as a trade, but I loved it when it was coming out monthly.  I felt like a classic comic epic and not one of these marketing driven events (like Infinite Crisis, Final Crisis, Crisis Crisis, Oh Vey! A Crisis and so on and so forth).  Ivan Reis is a damn good artist.

My favorite character is Superman.  And its not his powers that make him "Superman" -- its the quality of his character.  The best writers get that.  JB got that. So does Geoff Johns.  Its not the SUPER thats important its the MAN! 

When people complain about him being boring or a "boy scout" I think isn't that what's appealling?  That he is, at heart, a decent thoughtful man?  Not perfect, he gets angry, he seeks vengance, but he knows when to pull back.  He knows when not to punch.  Perhaps his greatest power is his kindness.  And that power is the humanity, given to him not by Earth's Yellow Sun, but the Kents.

Add to that Superman is a uniquely American character.  An immigrant, he evokes the immigrant experience, but he is wholly a symbol of America as well.  He is the sum of traditional farmland "horsesense" with cosmopolitan nuance and sophistication.  He is the best of us, of what we hope to be. 

I get that Batman is "cooler;"  that Spider-Man is more "accessible."  But Superman will always be my favorite hero.

Is this first pages long comics discussion we've had in this thread?

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It sure is the first time for me.

The reason Superman resonates with me is that he is inherently gentle.  His greatest fear is his power out of control -- harming others.  And thats exemplifies his thoughfulness.  I think Christopher Reeve really nailed that in his performances.  For someone with the power to bend steel he seemed so gentle.

*Edited to add: Getting me started on Superman is very, very bad idea I could write this stuff all day!