2008 Comic Book News Archives

New Krypton

September 27, 2008: DC Nation Panel at Baltimore Comic Con

DC Comics opened their Baltimore Comic Con schedule with the DC Nation panel on Saturday morning, with Dan DiDio, Geoff Johns, James Robinson and Sterling Gates revealing details on the up-coming Superman/Supergirl books.

    Following the Red Lantern slide was a cover of the Superman: New Krypton cover, with DiDio pointing out that as October has five Wednesdays, there will be an important Superman book coming out each week, with the New Krypton special being chief among them. As Johns explained the larger story, when Kandor is expanded on Earth and 100,000 super-powered Kryptonians are released, every superhero thinks they are out of a job - as does every supervillain.

    Robinson added that the ramifications of the nine part story will examine life both in Kandor (at the North Pole) as well as in Metropolis and the rest of the earth with the addition of its new residents. The Jimmy Olsen Special will also be part of the larger storyline, Robinson said, noting that its story will lay clues and subtle elements that will pay off down the line. "Jimmy Olsen was too big of a story, so we also did a Guardian Special which slots into the middle of the Jimmy Olsen story," Robinson added.

    Also weighing in on the story, Gates said that the storyline will offer a huge payoff for Supergirl, as all she's wanted to do since she landed on Earth was to return to Krypton and be reunited with her parents, and now "Krypton" has come to Earth, and her parents are alive. The parent and daughter reunion happens in New Krypton, Gates said.

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