2014 Comic Book News Archives

August 5, 2014: Injecting Optimism into "Superman" Comic Book

Superman #34 ComicBookResources.com sat down with the creative team behind the "Superman" comic book title, Geoff Johns, John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson, to see where things are at with the Man of Steel, and where things are headed. Here's an excerpt from the interview...

    With this new run, clearly you've introduced a lot of new elements, but you've also embraced a lot of familiar things, both storyline-wise and visually. Was it easy to find a starting point of what you want to say with Superman in 2014, to find that entryway into such a famous character?

    Geoff Johns: The most universal way into any story is through just the fact of the human condition; being alive, and emotion. Superman's story is timeless. His rocket can land here today, or it can land here 70 years ago. But the way into this story was looking at the stories that have been happening the last few years on "Superman." Saying, "What's Clark Kent experienced?" He's experienced quite a bit. And looking where he is in his life right now. He works at his apartment. He doesn't work for The Daily Planet anymore. There's no one that knows his secret identity, except another superhero. When we started talking about the book, and I started thinking about all these scenes, where Clark Kent would be able to talk about everything he's experienced, I had to have Batman or Wonder Woman or Green Lantern there. I realized, "Wow, he doesn't really have that many people he talks to anymore." So right away it was, "We've got to bring that Daily Planet cast back in," because they're important to Clark Kent. They're his friends, and he doesn't have friends he grew up with - he doesn't have cousins or family, or friends from high school. Pete Ross? He's been out of the picture forever. There's no one that really has been a constant in Clark Kent's life since he was a kid, because his parents aren't around anymore, either. To bring Clark back into a world where he can connect with people and friends was the first thing, and then the other side of it was, if we want to explore his isolation and his loneliness, and how he can channel that into something good, let's introduce a character like Ulysses, who in a lot of ways struggles with the same things Clark does, but Clark has the ability to help him overcome it - or maybe Clark can't overcome it himself.

Read the entire interview at the CBR website.



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