2014 Comic Book News Archives

May 20, 2014: Greg Pak's Focus on Superman's Supporting Cast

Batman/Superman #11 As the writer of both "Action Comics" and "Batman/Superman", Greg Pak has shown a willingness to include Superman's supporting cast of characters into his stories, with Lana Lang, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and others heavily involved with the current "Doomed" saga. Sitting down for a chat with ComicBookResources.com, Pak talks about the importance of Superman's supporting characters, and his plans to bring in more. Here's a snippet from the interview...

    CBR News: Greg, I feel like one of the central elements you've focused on since coming to DC is Superman's supporting cast. What do you see in that extended family of characters that's so viable?

    Greg Pak: Superman's supporting cast is iconic, right? We've collectively known these characters for 75 years - longer than we've known any other characters. Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Jimmy Olson and Perry White have been in our heads forever. I remember when I started working on the Hulk, it felt like this too. In that very first issue of the Hulk, all the principal supporting characters are introduced, and it provided this great dynamic where all the supporting characters pushed the Hulk in different ways and provided all sorts of interesting opportunities. The Superman characters are very much like that, and there are certain characters that have been added to his cast over the years that flesh that out. John Henry Irons as Steel is a character I've had a ton of fun working with, recently. So I'm happy to be working with the classic characters and building them up as well as bringing in new characters like the Ghost Soldier, who we introduced in "Action Comics" alongside Baka the monster child from Subterranea. We will see Baka again. And Krypto is a character I obviously didn't create, but I've been writing him lately, and that's wonderful. All of these characters give us a great way to bring certain elements out in Superman.

Read the complete interview at the CBR website.



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