mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (11/23/85)
The latest CBG has more information about Byrne's plans for Superman:
Byrne is "in charge of Superman. It's in his contract. No one else can
add to the mythos without Byrne's permission.
Dick Giordano will ink Byrne's pencils.
DC Comics Presents has been canceled, but there will be a new team-up comic
that Byrne will write but not draw.
Marv Wolfman will be writing Superman in Action [Blech! I *hated* Marv's
Superman stories.]
Julius Schwartz is no longer editing; Andrew Helfer will edit at least
Superman (or rather the title that replaces "Superman". They apparently
don't have a name for it yet.)
Only one piece of green kryptonite exists. There are no other colors.
Superman has no girl friend. "There's no way it could work."
[Byrne has clearly read "Man of steel, woman of kleenex".]
No time travel stories, although Superman CAN fly through space.
Superman will not have the powers of super-ventriloquism, super-hypnotism,
or similarly silly abilities.
Superman will have a very limited rogues gallery. Byrne is creating a new
Metallo, and Lex Luthor will still be around as Superman's greatest rival.
[It doesn't say if Byrne is going to get rid of Luthor's stupid looking
costume. I would assume he will.]
There will be no great effort to discover Superman's secret identity
because it does not occur to anyone that he has a secret identity.
There will be a Superboy and Supergirl, to protect DC's copyright,
but they will not be connected to Superman. Superman is the sole survivor
of Krypton.
Scott McEwan
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Nicely put together summary of the CBG article. A few comments and questions generated by several statements: >Dick Giordano will ink Byrne's pencils. I'm very glad to hear this, as I would think Giordano's style would mesh with Byrne's nicely (didn't they do "The legend of the Batman" a few years ago, together?) -- but isn't Giordano still DC's Executive Editor? >Only one piece of green kryptonite exists. There are no other colors. Good idea, but that is going to make for marked competition for that little item... >Superman has no girl friend. "There's no way it could work." >[Byrne has clearly read "Man of steel, woman of kleenex".] Well, perhaps no girlfriend who he can have sexual relations with -- but what about dat ol' unrequited love stuff? I'm not sure Byrne can cancel out all the romantic overtones -- and as the Kent/Superman/Lois triangle was a big part of the early Supes, and Byrne is on a nostalgia kick, I expect some of this to stay. >Superman will have a very limited rogues gallery. Byrne is creating a new >Metallo, and Lex Luthor will still be around as Superman's greatest rival. >[It doesn't say if Byrne is going to get rid of Luthor's stupid looking >costume. I would assume he will.] Hmmm... if Metallo is still around, I guess we know where that one piece of kryptonite is, don't we? Glad to see that Luthor will be back to #1. All in all, I'm looking forward to Superman in a way I haven't ever before -- I considered it pretty dry reading even at an early age. Good show, all... "But like the Good Book says... There's BIGGER DEALS to come!" Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA UUCP: {uw-beaver, sun, allegra, sb6, lbl-csam}!fluke!moriarty <*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>