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March 12, 2013: Justin Jordon on Taking Over "Superboy"

Superboy #21 Incoming "Superboy" writer Justin Jordan spoke with ComicBookResources.com about his plans for the Teen of Steel. Here's a portion of the interview...

    The solicits promise readers a Superboy who is more proactive in fighting evil. How is your take on Superboy different than what we've seen up to this point, and how does that tie into his new approach to crime fighting?

    Justin Jordan: A lot of super heroics is reactive, in that mostly they are responding the something the villain has done. Nothing wrong with that - a lot of real world police work is that way too, and for good reason. But Superboy is young enough and cocky enough to ask why they have to wait around. If they know that, say, Toyman is a super villain, then why wait? Why not track him down and stop him before he tries to turn the entire city into FAO Schwartz?

    Why this is a good or a bad idea is something Superboy is going to have learn along the way. He's aware of the rules, but he hasn't internalized them because he is, far more than Superman, actually kind of an alien in that he's learned about us without, until the last few months, actually experiencing us.

    Along those lines, your run is begins shortly after the "H'el On Earth" story arc, where Superboy had to tackle both H'el and his "family." What place does your Superboy hold in the Super-family (Supergirl and Superman)? Will that event continue to influence how he looks at the world and his fellow heroes?

    That's the question, I think. What is his role? How do these people who don't really know each other but absolutely have a connection interact? That's one of the elements we're going to explore: What does it mean to be part of the Superman "family," and should there be such a thing at all?

Read the complete interview with Justin Jordan at the CBR website.



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