Superman man of steel costumes
It was the most entertaining Superman since the Byrne days: soaring, humanistic and exciting.Īnd while I admit I’m not entranced by the current comics, like Superman I remain ever the optimist. I never really lasted - until the last few years.ĭC’s Rebirth gave us a Kal-El whose roots were in the post- Man of Steel era. Over the years, I tried Superman again and again, in a vain attempt to capture that magic. Some of the elements - like LexCorp - remain to this day but Superman’s origin has been retconned so many times now that The Man of Steel and the issues that followed have become something of a relic. Byrne only worked on Superman for about two years. This was a stripped-down but still mighty Man of Steel, one that should have been allowed to flourish. To this day, I’ve never liked a comic-book Superman better.
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Lois, meanwhile, was a stylish cross between Margot Kidder and Barbara Stanwyck. The Luthor you saw in the Bruce Timm cartoons was pretty much lifted whole cloth from Byrne. Lex Luthor got a similar update: He no longer wore purple-and-green costumes - choosing instead Fortune 500 tailored suits. Clark Kent was more an affable guy than buffoon - and got his own makeover in the process. He was a contemporary - and no longer “Uncle Superman.”Īnd it wasn’t just when he was in the cape. Like the previous version, Clark liked being Superman and was likeable - but now he was relatable. Superman was made of steel but he was also a man. The characterization was humane and distinct. The art was bright, clean and powerful - soaring even. This was the Superman I’d been waiting to see on the page. So when Man of Steel came out that summer - Issue #1 evidently came out July 10 - I was blown away. It sounded an awful lot like Superman: The Movie, which was my favorite version of Superman (and remains so today).
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(Again, not to knock Superboy but I always thought that idea was an especially long stretch.) It would feature a Kal-El who really was the Last Son of Krypton - no Supergirl, Krypto, Kandor, none of it. The more I heard, the more I liked: Superman would start over from scratch with a biweekly, 6-issue miniseries called The Man of Steel. This was as if Boston’s clean-up hitter came to the Yankees. Byrne, to a lot of people, was Marvel in those days. If you don’t remember, or weren’t there, it’s hard to explain what a big deal that was - even in that pre-Internet era. Then along came 1986 - 30-plus years ago now - and the announcement that John Byrne, after years as one of Marvel’s heaviest hitters, was coming to DC to revamp Superman post- Crisis on Infinite Earths. That’s not a knock on those who wrote and drew Superman - it’s just a matter of taste. Curt Swan’s art just didn’t do it for me and it was hard for me to root for a god when my favorite character had to dodge bullets and skulk in the shadows.
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I was not a huge fan of Superman comics as a kid. It’s Byrne’s birthday, so here we are again! Oh, and if Marvel’s more your speed, click here for the TOP 13 ALPHA FLIGHT STORIES - RANKED. UPDATED 7/6/20: I first posted this four years ago and like to re-present it periodically, with minor tinkering, when the opportunity presents itself. Posted By Dan Greenfield on | 28 commentsĬonsidering a classic, more than three decades later.