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July 10, 2015: Superman: Are You Ready? - SDCC Panel Report

Alien American Alien American Earlier today DC Comics hosted a Superman comic book panel titled "New DC Universe: Superman: Are You Ready?", which was moderated by DC's Vice President of Marketing John Cunningham, and included panelists Gene Luen Yang, Greg Pak, Heath Courson, and Max Landis.

Here are some of the key announcements from the panel:

"The Coming of the Supermen" by Neal Adams launches in December. This six-issue miniseries will feature "all of Jack Kirby's characters fighting Superman; beginning with Kalibak." Adams concluded saying that "someone's stolen Superman's blood," to nefarious purpose.

Max Landis will be writing a book called "Superman: American Alien".

    "I've wanted to write a Superman comic my entire life, and I'm surprised that DC is letting me write the one I wanted to write."

    He described "American Alien" as "the anti-'All Star Superman.'" "That connected with everything that was mythic, and bright ... and I couldn't compete with that."

    The seven stories are "stories Clark might tell you if you were having a beer with him," and only three of them involve Superman. "Clark Kent is a guy from Kansas that you might know, and no one knows that he's Superman."

    The artists are Nick Dragotta, Jock, Francis Manapul, Jae Lee, Joëlle Jones, cover artist Ryan Sook, and more.

Other key points regarding Superman's main comic book titles included:

    Pak and Kuder's "Action Comics" will deal with Superman's new physical vulnerability with the loss of some of his powers, as well as the emotional impact. "For Clark, everything's falling down around his ears." Pak also clarified that Yang's four-issue "Truth" storyline takes place before the "Action" issues; each of Superman's titles take place at a different time.

    "He could do a million things back in the day, but now he's just a dude - but he's still Superman," Pak said. "He's still going to try to do the right thing and stick up for the people who need sticking up for." The writer noted, however, that he won't always get it right.

    Superman #43 For "Batman/Superman," which Pak is also writing, Scott Snyder's shake-up in the Batman titles also leads to a new dynamic, with Jim Gordon taking over as the Dark Knight.

    Heath Corson talked about "Bizarro," which has Jimmy Olsen taking Superman's imperfect double on a road trip to Canada. "Jimmy agrees to it because he thinks he'll get a coffee table book out of it; Bizarro just wants friends." In an upcoming issue, Jimmy and Bizarro will see Zatanna perform, "and Bizarro realizes he can understand what she's saying. So he becomes a very powerful backwards-speaking magician."

Read the full report at ComicBookResources.com.



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