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July 25, 2008: Comic-Con - "Superman: Man of Tomorrow" Panel

Comic Book Resources filed a live report from the "Superman: Man of Tomorrow" panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego yesterday. The panelists for the first DC Comics related panel of 2008's Comic-Con included Senior Editor Matt Idelson, "Action Comics" writer Geoff Johns, "Superman" writer James Robinson, "Supergirl" artist Jamal Igle, "Supergirl" writer Sterling Gates, "Superman" artist Renato Guedes and "Action Comics" fill-in artist Joe Prado.

Some of you might consider the information to be spoiler-ish in nature so you've been put on notice.

The Superman books are planned until 2010. This includes "Superman", "Action Comics", and "Supergirl". Johns explained that "Superman/Batman" is not under the purview of the Superman creative team, that its considered more on its own, though they will be examining the relationship between Superman and Batman more in the Superman titles.

Among the major revelations: The triangular numbering system is returning, though not on all the Superman titles. It will be used when there's a continuing storyline that specifically crosses the three super-titles.

Here's some of the more interesting parts of CBR's report:

Any ideas beyond New Krypton? Johns: Books are planned into 2010. "One of my favorite characters is coming up: Superwoman....

Johns said Captain Atom will play a role in future Superman storylines.

Rumor: the triangle numbers are coming back? Yes. They won't be on every single issue, but they will be present for crossover issues.

What happened to Donner on Action Comics? Johns: "He was always meant to be on for a year, and with the delays that meant we worked together for about a year. But we're eight months ahead now, I'm really excited."....

What's your take on Supergirl? Gates: "I think she's the strongest girl in the world, she's just inexperienced. She's a teenager."

Is there anything in store for Lois Lane? Johns: "Many, many things. She's obviously one of the most important characters, if not the second most important character. We have a major storyline coming up. She has to be cool. If Superman's going to marry her, she has to be the coolest girl in the world."

Does the Lois Lane storyline have anything to do with Superwoman? Johns: "No."

Johns said that books like his run on "The Flash" and Robinson's "Starman" are kind of models for the approach to the Superman titles whereby character is the focus.

Robinson said he is eager to bring Jimmy Olsen back to "being a guy who one day will be the greatest reporter Metropolis has ever seen. He still stumbles, but one day he'll be this great guy. It's meant to be an interesting dichotomy of a young man finding himself. Jimmy will be around and we'll make him almost as important as Lois and Clark."

Any chance of the Superman team becoming involved in the Superman films? Johns: "We have no connection to that, but we'd love to do it. It'd be fun to see Brainiac on the big screen."

Read the complete report at the CBR website.

CBR also caught up with Geoff Johns to ask him about the up-coming "New Krypton" saga...

"It's obviously a very personal story for Superman, and Supergirl gets caught up in the action pretty quick."

Read the full Geoff Johns interview also at the CBR website.

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