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February 5, 2014: Tom Taylor Talks Superman and "Earth 2"

Earth 2 #18 In an interview with Newsarama.com comic book writer Tom Taylor talks about "Earth 2", and the recent trend of stories with a corrupted Superman. Here's a portion of the interview...

    This Batman and his "team" are fighting against a dark version of Superman. Although you didn't make the original decisions to create the two "bad" Superman characters in Injustice and Earth 2, they do seem to be part of a trend, with even Justice League 3000 featuring a jerk Superman. Why do you think creators seem to find a dark, twisted Superman such an interesting concept?

    Taylor: I don't know. I have no idea.

    I love Superman. I want to write him good. He's so good when he's good.

    No, there's something appealing when true good gets corrupted. There's something appealing in that story, and I understand that - even if I wish it were otherwise.

    It's interesting being the writer of not one, but two evil Supermen, and having my absolute hero be Superman.

    Your favorite?

    Taylor: Yeah. I just want to tell the good stories about him, and have wonderful, wonderful things happen with him. I just want him to have tea parties and fight crime on the side, and have glorious, glorious days in the sun.

    Is there no chance of that happening? No hope?

    Taylor: Well, I should mention that there is a new Kryptonian in all of this, and I wouldn't underestimate what's coming from either.

    So there's a chance of you writing a "good" (maybe even "Super") hero through this new Kryptonian character, Val?

    Taylor: Maybe. We can only hope.

Read the complete interview at the Newsarama website.



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