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February 4, 2015: Exclusive Interview with J. Michael Straczynski on "Superman: Earth One - Vol. 3"

Superman: Earth One - Vol 3 J. Michael Straczynski participated in an exclusive interview with the Superman Homepage to discuss the third volume in the "Superman: Earth One" graphic novel series.

    With SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE on its third volume, we have to ask, is this where you thought the Earth One series would go? Was Volume Three planned and if so have you known since Volume One where Superman would end up?

    J. Michael Straczynski: Yeah, this was the plan from the git-go, when we showed the back of someone speaking to the residents of another world about the possibility of destroying Krypton. Sooner or later we had to turn that guy around and let the readers see who it was... so yes, we're right where I'd hoped we would be in the story.

    How was writing SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, Vol. 3 different from writing the previous ones or anything else you wrote in comics?

    JMS: That's kind of a big question, but to try and wrestle it to the ground... v3 is the third act of the story we began with v1, so it's consistent with those previous volumes in tone and approach. However, we (and Superman) discover things about his past, and Krypton, that change the character in profound ways. If there's a difference within the books, it's that the first two volumes, despite having stand-alone stories, were a lot about set-up, so v3 is all about payoff, so it moves a lot faster.

    In terms of the body of my work, Superman has always been my number one icon, the character who sustained me as a kid in ways no other character ever has or could. You literally cannot go into any room in my house and not see Superman artwork or artifacts somewhere. As a kid who came from nothing and nowhere, with a brutal family life and nothing but limits in front of him, a character who could do anything, who could fly away from his surroundings, and could not be hurt... yeah, that meant everything.

Read the complete interview right here at the Superman Homepage.

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