reid@dciem.UUCP (Reid Ellis) (09/09/85)
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I just wanted to comment on something that hasn't been discussed here
except in passing ("I'll be reading it soon"). This is the character
"Superboy-prime". Ok, at first this sounds like yet another Super-person,
but stop to consider: could DC be preparing to pull of the Big One? Could
Supes bite the big one? This Superboy-prime character seems to be an ideal
way to replace Superman. Let us face it, there isn't very much you can do
to the Most Powerful Being In The Known Multiverse (as he was described in
'Crisis' by Alex Luthor). You can throw Kryptonite at him, shine Red Sun rays
on him, kidnap everyone with the initials "L.L." and he would still find a way
to come out on top! This man is just too darn *good* at what he does.
Now there is this new Superboy. What does he know? Just about as much as
you and I do. In fact almost exactly, since he was a comic reader on Earth
prime. Here we have someone who doesn't know everything there is to know
about alien races. Someone who says "Good Lord" instead of "Great Krypton".
This is a great opportunity to do some good characterization and throw
away some of the deadwood at the same time. The gang at the Daily Planet
and WGBS are becoming a *tad* stale these days. We know everyone who lives
in Clark Kent's apartment building. We have seen scores of Kryptonians
despite Kal's "orphan" status. Even his parents survived!! (They are
currently in suspended animation in the asteroid belt - as soon as they
are revived, they will die of kryptonite poisoning!)
Enough is enough! Here we now have a young man who has some self-doubt,
and even better, is not omniscient! If the Superman Revenge Squad writes
a new joke in a bathroom stall, Superman would know it.
I'm sorry for the length of this, but I am just hoping that DC goes for it
and bumps off the Big S.
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