tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post3338810924315665873..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Review: Superman #30Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-65607066167846535152014-05-03T00:26:24.631-04:002014-05-03T00:26:24.631-04:00Oh I'm with you, that's basically what I w...Oh I'm with you, that's basically what I was saying, that the blame for these dangling plot threads really only falls to Lobdell himself. Essentially it would seem he bit off more than he could chew.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-86317625143482023862014-05-02T11:12:42.221-04:002014-05-02T11:12:42.221-04:00Thanks for comments.
I agree Jay that Doomed has ...Thanks for comments.<br /><br />I agree Jay that Doomed has been around for a while. But that means that Lobdell could have been wrapping things up more organically than this issue.<br /><br />I don't know if the Starfire issues 'needed' to happen. Maybe those issues could have been used to move these things along more easily.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-59222607559181740662014-05-02T09:16:14.506-04:002014-05-02T09:16:14.506-04:00The Doomed storyline wasn't shoved in at the l...The Doomed storyline wasn't shoved in at the last minute. Its been planned for eight months, with Lobdell a contributer. All these plot threads lingering and having to be tackled quickly is not the crossover's fault.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-86348741893027091312014-04-30T23:19:41.752-04:002014-04-30T23:19:41.752-04:00Wow. Just... WOW. I am SO glad that I didn't p...Wow. Just... WOW. I am SO glad that I didn't pick this book up.elknight20https://www.blogger.com/profile/07672586149558816018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-20554881198590787172014-04-30T17:08:44.766-04:002014-04-30T17:08:44.766-04:00Good analysis, I agree with every single point. Th...Good analysis, I agree with every single point. This issue was so poor that for the first time I couldn't be bothered reviewing it. I have enjoyed Scott Lobdells work on the title but with these last two issues I see a complete collapse in quality. Undoubtedly the news of his leaving is partly due to this but in his defence I do think that he is a writer who is from the oldschool, he cut his teeth in the early 90s and the days of newsstand distribution and mass audiences, this was an environment that allowed for long-distance plotting of the kind he has applied to Superman - Helspont's schemes, Brainiac and The Twenty, H'el and Jor-el, Clarkcatropolis... with the news of his departure he is now in the position of having to address these varied subplots and with the Doomsday storyline shoved in at the last minute it's all too much. On top of that the loss of Kenneth Rocafort was a serious blow, he has had a succession of artists filling in and this issue Ed Benes' art was decidedly underwhelming and swamped by some incredibly dark colour tones. DC seem to have a death wish when it comes to assigning artists like this - remember Legion of Super-Heroes?<br /><br />The one scene this issue that particularly grated for me was the Superman's arrival in Smallville and Colonel's extraordinary response. <br />Coming on top of General Lane's attack on Superman in Unchained, and the nonsensical motivations of Harrow over in Action, this latest jab at Superman's authority was too much. I do wonder if writers think about what it is they are writing, with hundreds of thousands of people in a sudden coma and possibly dead soon this Colonel's response to an arriving Superman (SUPERMAN!) is... <i>this</i>?<br />In every way it was Utterly unbelievable. <br /><br />I found this scene too much, DC need to come to terms with the fact that they have fostered a very disagreeable paradigm with this and are repeatedly driving the message that there is a permanent wedge between Superman and the US army. They are selling the US army as evil reactionaries. This is Superman we are reading, not the Hulk. <br />What message is this sending out?Dave Mullennoreply@blogger.com