I tend to withhold judgement before I read something but between the Brett Booth art and the concept of Teen Titans, I feel like I'm looking at a bad Image comic.

Writen by Sterling Gates, art by guess who. :)

Craig Bogart –

"There was a subtext to the Lois/Clark/Superman triangle that was very, very important to the character that marrying them completely screwed up-- the idea that the pretty girl in class would love the nerdy guy in glasses if she knew who he really was.” 

Wouldn’t her marrying him reinforce the subtext?  And subtext or no, I’d really like to read the stories that triangle fans think of when they talk about how it’s a vital part of the mythos. 

I’ve read a lot of Superman stories, and with the notable exception of the JB period (and even then her attraction to Superman came across as an initial fascination that went away before too long), I’m just not seeing what they are. 

The whole idea that Lois is too blind to realize that Clark is Superman is preposterous given that she figured it out time after time forcing him to go to extravagant lengths to prove to her he isn’t.  (Which I’ll admit Grant Morrison put to good use in All-Star Superman.) 

Saying that Lois should love Clark at all pre-JB is odd simply because the pre-JB Clark Kent was a fictional construct (within the bounds of the series I mean) who behaved the way he did solely to preserve Superman’s secret id.  Falling in love with Superman WAS falling in love with the real man.

The idea that Clark wanted Lois to love him as Clark didn’t make much sense either.  In the Weisinger period, Clark and Superman both seemed to consider Lois an annoyance rather than a potential mate.  In the Schwartz period he dated Lois as Superman (before they split up due to the demands of the job).  The only time he seemed to pursue Lois as Clark (since the 40s anyway) was in that one story where he quit being Superman.

Just not seeing it.  (I still say the only one to really do the “Clark, Lois, Superman” triangle in the way that reflects the legend was John Broome over in Green Lantern.)

“Actually having them get together sucked everything that was emotionally compelling out of their relationship."

Disagree completely.   Her finding out his id is the first time I could ever take them seriously as a couple, potential or otherwise.  Before that, it just seemed like she was part of a (frequently disturbing) game he played, especially during the Weisinger period.

Five more books, and I finally have a couple I can plan on buying (the two Legion ones).  Is it sad that the first thing I find exciting about the whole relaunch is that they don't appear to be screwing with one of the books I was enjoying beforehand?

<in Indiana Jones voice>  Liefeld..... why did it have to be Liefeld? </in Indiana Jones voice>

DC makes a big to do about making sure they have 3 issues completed by August 31st, and they hire Liefeld.  A guy who had 2 Teen Titans scripts sitting on his desk for months before beginning to draw it, only to have the first part barely come out on time and second part of the story be months late.  There is not a "face/palm" picture big enough to show my reaction to this.