tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post2785230012259173940..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Saturday Bits and PiecesAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-40127129971913937542014-05-20T20:39:41.287-04:002014-05-20T20:39:41.287-04:00He feels alone because its hard for him to fit in....He feels alone because its hard for him to fit in. Which makes sense. He's been different all his life. This isn't post-Crisis where he didn't gain a single power till his teen years thus spend all his childhood feeling pretty normal. Not only has he always been different, he's back to always FEELING different. That's a powerful thing, regardless of him always having loved ones in his life up until Ma and Pa passed on. <br /><br />Now, I don't want Superman being someone who refuses to let anyone in his life in any shape or form. But to this point, at least before Diana, a Superman who feels alone because its just been very hard to find anyone who can relate to him and whom he can be completely honest with? To me that's just a classic element of the character that I'm rather glad to have back. I had 20 years of the fully assimilated and fully comfortable from a human POV Superman. I'm glad they went back to a more classic mold.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-14311514682582669242014-05-18T19:55:04.121-04:002014-05-18T19:55:04.121-04:00I know I've complained about that 'I'v...I know I've complained about that 'I've always been alone' thing before, Superman/Wonder Woman #3, if I recall, where Supes tells Batman he knows nothing about his people, etc. when he has a cousin born on Krypton who could share everything he could want to know with him! Now, I can deal with the estrangement between them that they're writing in the books - even if I don't actually LIKE it - but when they write Clark as if he barely remembers she exists, it gets on my nerves, because it just makes him look like an ass.<br /><br />If Pak, Soule and Bedard keep them estranged at the end of Doomed and after the end of RDoK, I'll be very disappointed. The two characters have encountered each other and been through major events enough times by now for some progress to be made. If the climax of H'el on Earth and Krypton Returns weren't significant enough, one would think the third major Superman event would be it. So I'm glad she's part of Doomed and interested in seeing how her book ties into it.AndNowInStereohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021894582408478305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-17744942525710842552014-05-18T19:52:10.923-04:002014-05-18T19:52:10.923-04:00Interesting that you think of the 'alone' ...Interesting that you think of the 'alone' as him being shy.<br /><br />But I also think that the 'every day ... until now' is still off. Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-40785492433188566322014-05-18T15:00:27.216-04:002014-05-18T15:00:27.216-04:00That line jumped out at me too, Anj. I hate it, it...That line jumped out at me too, Anj. I hate it, it's so wrong. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-5140033999341119032014-05-18T11:36:39.192-04:002014-05-18T11:36:39.192-04:00About Superman feeling alone is a big part of Geof...About Superman feeling alone is a big part of Geoff Johns Superman, present the last time he wrote the character.<br /><br />I actually like it, because it creates a connection with the timid guy. Superman always had an appeal to the timid person, the guy that nobody pays attention and would love the girl next door would notice that he is a "Superman" inside.Supertorresmonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-65820129041214069632014-05-17T21:32:14.633-04:002014-05-17T21:32:14.633-04:00You have been pushing this so much that I feel rem...You have been pushing this so much that I feel remiss that I haven't actually gone out and bought it.<br /><br />I promise, next trip to the LCS I'll look for the Morales trade.<br /><br />Thanks again!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-53197579124949680092014-05-17T11:01:51.418-04:002014-05-17T11:01:51.418-04:00Hey Anj, (I'll be posting this comment in the ...Hey Anj, (I'll be posting this comment in the most recent post too) about Ultimate Spider-Man, you could always start with the first trade "With Great Power..." but if Peter Parker has never grabbed you I would totally recommend to give the Miles Morales era a shot, it has the things you like, a new young hero trying to live up to the mantle of the one before him, people just trying to do the right thing, and it's funny and upbeat. <br />The first trade of the Miles era is "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man vol.1: Who Is Miles Morales?" Hopefully you'll find a copy and read it, and I really hope you'll like it, let me know how that went! :)<br /><br />P.S: Yes, I totally recommend you to read the Miles Morales trade, forget about the Parker trades, read Miles first and you'll like it just fine. Trust me!LJ-90https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786120657682897989noreply@blogger.com