tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post1358055040475126885..comments2024-03-29T10:05:57.545-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Bullet Review: Red Hood And The Outlaws #14Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-86384622722119201232012-11-29T11:07:36.068-05:002012-11-29T11:07:36.068-05:00I wouldn't exactly say his fellow leaguers don...I wouldn't exactly say his fellow leaguers don't trust him. Only one who really shown any level of distrust was Batman who just wants precautions invade for any reason(mind control, possession, etc) Superman goes rouge and the JL might be the one who has to take him out(basiacally said in Action Comics#10) but there have been more new 52 scenes with Batman/Superman as growing friends/best friends instead of all out enemies.<br /><br />That being said it's understandable from a perspective (at least to me) why they want to portray certain people not trusting Superman. From the chunk of humanity and the military not trusting Superman, he is an alien with superpowers, just because he wears the mask and helps people doesn't mean people don't feel a level of fear or mistrust especially based on how Superman started out as a champion for justice( this was something talked about in plenty versions of Superman and isn't a new concept). DC is doing this to show what a modern/real world might deal if someone like Superman would exist in real life. Do I like it. Depends on how it is used/talked about. Does it make sense. Yes.<br /><br />Michealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888574626825965738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-16813705173707834642012-11-29T06:33:34.934-05:002012-11-29T06:33:34.934-05:00The Outlaws have something of a complex about auth...<i>The Outlaws have something of a complex about authority figures, so this is not a "scary alien" mistrust, it is more of a "boyscouts are stupid" mistrust.<br />As for Starfire, Lobdell has been playing around with the idea that her psyche is different from humans </i><br /><br />Thanks for the post.<br /><br />I will say I don't read Outlaws and they sound like they set up to be on the fringe. Therefore they would reject Superman and his authority. <br /><br />That said, this would have been so much better if this was the first time we saw Superman portrayed this way. If this was a new viewpoint where the borderline heroes waver between trust/mistrust.<br /><br />But this is how Superman is looked upon everywhere. His fellow leaguers don't trust him. The military doesn't trust him. His family doesn't trust him. A chunk of humanity doesn't trust him. So this was just another brick in the wall of how I think DC has no concept of what Supes should be in their own universe.<br /><br />And thanks for the info on Kory. I am glad she is more than what I saw in the first issue!<br /><br />Thanks again for the post.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-43581116772333695862012-11-29T06:29:51.043-05:002012-11-29T06:29:51.043-05:00I'm ppuzzled by this claim of Kory's as Lo...<i>I'm ppuzzled by this claim of Kory's as Lobdell seemed to say in Superman #0 that Krypton didn't have any space program, the planets gravity precluded it.</i><br /><br />Great post and great point. I wonder if we will ever hear of it again.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-84714139970372764622012-11-29T06:29:09.564-05:002012-11-29T06:29:09.564-05:00If I remember right Lobdell said at the SD Comic C...<i>If I remember right Lobdell said at the SD Comic Con, DC Superman panel. He hoped to build up one day to a new DC team series of true "alien" aliens, which he would be writing. </i><br /><br />Thanks for the post Val.<br />I had not seen that. And while interesting in concept, I think all those characters would already be on another team. So it would seem unnecessary.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-9147227480375200402012-11-29T03:04:06.879-05:002012-11-29T03:04:06.879-05:00A couple of things...
I feel like you're bein...A couple of things...<br /><br />I feel like you're being unfair to Lobdell here, largely because you are unfamiliar with the tone of Outlaws; They are meant to be expressly outside the mainstream, and while decidedly not villains, would regard any "good" hero with mistrust. In fact, I think the episode shows Superman for what he should be, the representation of ultimate good. The Outlaws have something of a complex about authority figures, so this is not a "scary alien" mistrust, it is more of a "boyscouts are stupid" mistrust.<br />As for Starfire, Lobdell has been playing around with the idea that her psyche is different from humans, to a degree that her memories and impressions of people are decidedly unique. The odd nature of her helspont related recollections you noted is almost certainly intentional.<br /><br />I'm reasonably excited for Lobdell's take on Superman, and Rocafort (who only does the cover here) is fast becoming a favorite of the new 52.mathematicscorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439579069513071094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-81204164337471494372012-11-28T14:15:21.329-05:002012-11-28T14:15:21.329-05:00And to add another layer of distrust, we learn tha...<i>And to add another layer of distrust, we learn that Tamaran and Krypton had strained planetary relationships. So Kory is going to keep Superman at a distance because of the politics of a planet which no longer exists and which Superman never stepped foot on.</i><br /><br />I'm ppuzzled by this claim of Kory's as Lobdell seemed to say in Superman #0 that Krypton didn't have any space program, the planets gravity precluded it. That sounded a bit odd as an explanation given the technology Krypton had but it's always been a problem with the origin, that everybody died with the planet as it had no active space program and no other means to escape...<br /><br />Dave Mullennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-53336856946825489902012-11-28T10:48:16.121-05:002012-11-28T10:48:16.121-05:00If I remember right Lobdell said at the SD Comic C...If I remember right Lobdell said at the SD Comic Con, DC Superman panel. He hoped to build up one day to a new DC team series of true "alien" aliens, which he would be writing. <br /><br />They would be all of the Earth bound aliens Helspont contacted personally and tried to get join him.<br /><br />I sure hope not, DC has plenty of teams at this time.valerie21601noreply@blogger.com