tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post5801028712943299318..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Argo City - Silver Age Part 2Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-11838391655393068402012-03-06T08:08:16.210-05:002012-03-06T08:08:16.210-05:00Thanks for the comments!
It is a weird capstone f...Thanks for the comments!<br /><br />It is a weird capstone for the Superman Silver Age. Moore's 'Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow' is a much better love letter to the mythos than this inscrutable and dark story in DCCP #97.<br /><br />And thanks for the link Dave. Great stuff!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-26470609498731407482012-03-06T06:09:06.048-05:002012-03-06T06:09:06.048-05:00I knew I'd reaad about the origins of this sto...I knew I'd reaad about the origins of this story!<br /><br />http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/04/01/comic-book-legends-revealed-254/Dave Mullennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-84508852948232190522012-03-06T05:21:22.115-05:002012-03-06T05:21:22.115-05:00I'm going to have to read DC Presents #97 agai...I'm going to have to read DC Presents #97 again, I certainly remember it as a very dark story and it struck me that it's canocity was open to question.<br />This was possibly the very last pre-crisis Superman story that was published and while it has its merits I think it was way way too dark and out of character to be any sort of fitting end for that era. It always surprised me DC would commision it.<br /><br />On the other hand though during the last year or so before the big revamp the Superman books had become notably more dark and sombre in subject matter and tone - stories on nuclear war, the Devil, werewolfs and ultimatly the death of Supergirl. The tone of that last year of Superman was downright depressing, but as with the Superman/Batman schism over in Worlds Finest it was just a sign that times were most definitly changing, the world was moving on from that old fashioned Superman.Dave Mullennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-75726040932204408572012-03-05T21:58:35.582-05:002012-03-05T21:58:35.582-05:00Over and above the death blown dealt to the Bronze...Over and above the death blown dealt to the Bronze Age in COIE #7, I sometimes think the era simply self destructed under the weight of so many bad scripts and worse artwork.<br />Win Mortimer being Exhibit A IMHO....<br /><br />As for the Phantom Zone story DC was intent on besmirching and then eliminating the memory of Supergirl, first with her "secret marriage" and secondly with this "Argo City" as a doomsday weapon mishaugas.<br />In all it was tough time to like Kara Zor El, DC was vound and determined to expell us from the ranks of fandom.<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com