2012 Comic Book News Archives

June 13, 2012: Dan Jurgens Discusses "Superman" Issues #11-12

Superman #12 Superman #11 With the announcement that Scott Lobdell will be taking over the writing duties on the monthly "Superman" title with September's zero issue, Newsarama spoke with current "Superman" writer/artist Dan Jurgens to discuss his run on the book. Here's an excerpt from the interview...

    Now that you've delved into writing this relaunched Superman, what have you discovered are the biggest differences between this new character and the one you had written quite a bit before? Jurgens: I think the biggest difference that I see between this version and the previous version that I worked on is that this Superman is a little more isolated. And obviously, from what we've seen of him at the Daily Planet, the relationships he has there are more distant than what we would have been accustomed to. Certainly it is with Lois.

    If we look at the fact that his parents are no longer there in this part of the story, he doesn't have that point of contact. So what you have is a more isolated character.

    But I think he feels comfortable in Metropolis. I think he feels comfortable in his job and comfortable in his role. But at the same time, I would think it's fair to say that this Superman doesn't have a lot of people around him that he confides in. And because of that, I think he finds himself more isolated.

    And that's really odd when you think about it, from the context of the world's most powerful superhero, the world's most accomplished hero, and that he has this sense of isolation. But I think that's the difference between what we have now and what we had before.

Read the entire interview at Newsarama.com.



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