2010 Comic Book News Archives

Superman #700

March 8, 2010: J. Michael Straczynski Writing "Superman"

DC Comics has announced that J. Michael Straczynski will be taking on the writing duties on "Superman" beginning with issue #701.

    "For as long as I've been doing conventions (starting in the early Cretaceous period, when it was just me and a handful of pterosaurs on a panel debating whether or not mammals with opposable thumbs were really necessary to the writing of quality comics, a point still hotly debated today), there has always been the same question from folks in the audience: "Is there any one character who is your dream character to write for?" The answer has always been the same: Superman. When I first came over to DC, that dream was realized in part by Dan DiDio's gracious invitation to write the first of potentially many Superman original graphic novels. Now the dream has come fully true with the opportunity to write for the mainstream title, in a story that returns Superman to his roots in a way that will have the whole country talking about him in ways that we haven't seen in a long time."

DC haven't yet announced the artistic team joining JMS on "Superman".

JMS did post an essay at DC's "The Source" blog about his new appointment.

    We plan to bring Superman back to his roots, to really explore who he is...how he sees us, and how we see him, in a much more personal way than we've seen in a while. This is part of a larger effort that will have national ramifications, but I can't say much more about it than that for now. Keep an eye on this website for more information when the time is right...but for now, let's just say that Superman may be a lot closer in proximity to you, the reader, than you ever guessed.

Read more of Straczynski's thoughts on Superman at The Source.



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