tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post6931692877750040636..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Superman Reborn (Rebirth) hardcover/paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-36020696933535054322017-09-26T17:17:35.920-05:002017-09-26T17:17:35.920-05:00That's the point, Superman stole back part of ...That's the point, Superman stole back part of the timeline from Manhattan. It isn't easy to explain, but at least i got what happened.<br /><br />Anyway, i liked this crossoverAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17650932675294811949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-10346496353852236402017-09-19T19:50:39.328-05:002017-09-19T19:50:39.328-05:00I imagine we'll have more to discuss about thi...I imagine we'll have more to discuss about this after the fourth collection of Action Comics comes around, but that's not what specifically bothered me here (you're welcome to what bothers you, of course). Character ages in my opinion are always going to be loopy in comics precisely because a comics character, as opposed to a physical actor, never has to age. How can Bruce Wayne be X age and Dick Grayson be X age but Bruce has a son who's X age, etc. -- for me, the answer is, "It's fiction," and sometimes fiction gets to bend the rules. <br /><br />Now, whether Jurgens hews to Johns or Byrne for the origin and how much of the New 52 will get left in or taken out, there I'll have some opinions ...collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-49091081371280634622017-09-18T14:48:57.160-05:002017-09-18T14:48:57.160-05:00To me, this crossover was the straw that broke the...To me, this crossover was the straw that broke the camel's back. And by camel's back, I mean the DCU's current continuity.<br /><br />I understand the need to simplify the origins of the current versions of Superman and Lois, who had come from a different universe, and restore their relationships with Batman, Lex Luthor, Perry White and others. The problem is, how old are they supposed to be? I mean, if they had 10 years to raise Jon, then how long had Clark and Lois known each other before they got married and had a child? About 5 years? Does that mean the Justice League first got together 15 years ago? Then what does that mean for the 5-year timeline of the New 52? Are all of Superman's contemporary fellow heroes in their 40s all of a sudden?<br /><br />I wish I could say the aftermath issues by Jurgens provided answers to all of those questions, but everything remains irritatingly vague. I think it could have been solved if they had simply established that after Lois got pregnant, she and Superman traveled 10 years into the past so they could raise their child away from all super-hero craziness, and once they caught up to the point when they had made their trip, they simply told everyone they adopted a 10-year-old boy (with Batman's help to forge the necessary documents, of course). The only problem would be their co-workers not noticing they look 10 years older all of a sudden, but hey, it's not like anyone noticed the difference when pre-Flashpoint Lois replaced her dead New 52 counterpart in the Daily Planet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com