2008 Comic Book News Archives

JSA Kingdom Come Special: Superman #1

August 22, 2008: Alex Ross Talks Kingdom Come Superman in JSA

Alex Ross spoke to Newsarama.com about his work on the "Justice Society of America" comic book and the involvement of the Kingdom Come Superman in that series. Here's an excerpt from the interview...

    Q: How would you characterize the storyline you and Geoff are doing with Superman?

    AR: By borrowing its biggest character, and having him plucked out of it for a moment to have him play in the modern universe...it should be obvious - it's The Last Temptation of Christ story. That's the story I've been doing - the story that Geoff is allowing me to tell in the pages of JSA. If you go specifically to the movie, you see Christ on the cross plucked from that moment, and shown the life of a man that he could not be. So effectively, during Superman's kind of crucifixion in Kingdom Come, he is pulled from that world into our mainstream DCU - and maybe with the consequences of finding out that he may not be saved from the fate that was intended for him.

    I've been thrilled with how it's worked out - Geoff took very well with my characterization to the counterpart to Magog, Gog, the giant character that I envisioned ten years ago.

Read the complete interview at Newsarama.com.



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