2010 Comic Book News Archives

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May 19, 2010: Cary Bates Talks "Superman: The Last Family of Krypton"

If you checked out the recent DC Comics Solicitations for August 2010, you would have noticed that Cary Bates is returning to write Superman. The 3-issue "Elseworlds" mini-series looks at the familiar tale of baby Kal-El flying to Earth from the destruction of Krypton... with a twist. What if Jor-El and Lara came with him?

Newsarama.com spoke with Cary Bates to talk to him about "Superman: The Last Family of Krypton". Here's an excerpt from the interview...

    Bates: Up till now, Superman has always been portrayed as an orphan, the lone alien living among humans who had the good fortune to be raised by the kindly Kents.

    But now that Jor-El and Lara are never far from his side, the orphan/lone alien card goes out the window. Kal-El is now a child celebrity being raised by super-powered parents who seem like gods to the rest of the human race. That's a monumental sea change that will upend just about every aspect of the Superman mythos. How Kal-El's alternate life unfolds in this alternate reality should fuel the whole nature-vs.-nurture debate for years to come.

Read the complete interview at Newsarama.com.



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