There will be no feelings this week, just comics.
Unless, of course, I’m feeling about comics. Then it’s alright.
Let’s see… I read JLA: The Lightning Saga ( If you are reading that in your head, I think the voice you should use should be that of James Earl Jones. Can’t you just imagine him saying that? !”THE LIGHTNING SAGA”! I don’t know if writing it like that helps you imagine a deep voice, but I thought I’d give it a try… I’m silly, I know). Anyway…
I read JLA: The Lightning Saga this week (You read it in James Earl Jones’ voice didn’t you?) and it was pretty good. It was a bit confusing at times, I don’t know if this was because Geoff Johns and Brad Meltzer traded off writing it or what. Not that it wasn’t interesting or that I didn’t enjoy it, it just didn’t always seem linear. I don’t know, maybe I was just tired when I read it.
The artwork, however, was fantastic. I loved the colors and I especially liked the two page spreads. The first of which gorillas of all things are riding on dinosaurs, raptors to be specific, and then the one where all the superheroes are fighting with the computer octopus thing. It was eye candy all the way through. I’m a visual person, so when you have these complicated drawings with ten different things going on at the same time it drives I crazy (pardon the pun), in a good way.
But let’s step away from JLA: The Lightning Saga (The voice happened again, didn’t it? “Luke, I am…”) and turn to other comics.
This week Superman: New Krypton Special was released. I mention this because A) I had the pleasure of meeting one of the writers, Sterling Gates, since this weekend he was doing a signing at the local comic store, and B) because it’s a really good comic. Supergirl, who I’ve written about before, was featured in it and it served to help continue her story, which was cool.
It also presented this huge dilemma for her and Superman. Basically, for reasons that I’m not going to take the time to explain, there are 100,000 kryptonians now on earth. All of whom have super powers.
So it begs the question: What makes Superman and Supergirl special?
With all these people out there with the ability to save (or destroy, but the writers haven’t gotten that far yet) what sets Superman and Supergirl apart?
Now, people might be upset with this. They may say things like “Aren’t there enough superheroes already?” or “We like to read about them because they are special, one of a kind, not because they are one in one hundred thousand.”
But I do not concur with these dissenters (although they may be completely imaginary), I think this problem creates an interesting dynamic. It will show that there is more to being a superhero than just having powers. It takes gumption (yes I use that word), compassion, time etc., to do what a superhero does, not just the fact that the sunlight makes them strong, or allows them to fly, or zap people with their eyeballs.
Oh, switching topics here like the true ADD wannabe that I am, I have to say that whoever decided to put the whale in the comic , thank you. It made me giggle. . . like a girl.
There are some silly people over there at DC and I must say I like it.
Although, I’m not sure how Superman and Supergirl could have left it on the balcony like that. How could they go into dinner with the smell of rotting whale right outside the open window? There is no way that the stench would not ruin anyone’s dinner, I don’t care how superhuman you are. Dead fish stink. And dead whale… well you can imagine.
