tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post6612698822601100354..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Superman: Shadows Linger trade paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-62417097082312050932009-02-28T17:15:00.000-06:002009-02-28T17:15:00.000-06:00Kurt Busiek himself claimed here at Collected Edit...<A HREF="http://collectededitions.blogspot.com/2008/10/review-superman-third-kryptonian-trade.html?showComment=1225738740000#c3993543027634347383" REL="nofollow">Kurt Busiek</A> himself claimed here at Collected Editions that he and Geoff came up with and worked toward <I>New Krypton</I> and other events together, but when you read each's run on Superman, it certainly does seem that Johns' run has more "heft" than Busiek's.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I'm not sure how Busiek's run carries over into <I>Trinity</I>; that might make all his Superman stories seem more relevant.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-40873420221861680032009-02-27T10:20:00.000-06:002009-02-27T10:20:00.000-06:00Been thinking about your review a bit, specificall...Been thinking about your review a bit, specifically your point on the "heft" differential between Johns and Busiek's runs. Both writers seemed to have set out with very different goals. For his entire run, Kurt Busiek's goal seems to be pure entertainment. He's written what he thinks would be fun, interesting, modern stories about Superman. It's more old-school in that regard.<BR/><BR/>For Geoff Johns, his stories generally revolve around the "NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME" mantra. Throughout his entire Superman run it's all about big moments and changing/redefining Superman's history. Zod. The Legion. New Krypton. It's why I think his run has felt more "important" - any and all significant changes to Superman happens in his run and <I>nowhere else</I>. If this were a lesser writer we're talking about, we'd say his run has been nothing but gimmicks.<BR/><BR/>I've enjoyed both men's stories. Kurt Busiek's run has been a little spottier compared to Johns's, but considering that he wrote a lot more issues (with generally shorter and denser arcs, at that), he gets a pass as far as I'm concerned. I'd just like to see Johns eschew the "important" stuff for just a couple of issues for once and write something entertaining on its own merits.Jeffrey Hardy Quahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011880432832659089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-16945513551000094622009-02-26T19:53:00.000-06:002009-02-26T19:53:00.000-06:00I was pretty cold on the previous trade, Third Kry...I was pretty cold on the previous trade, Third Kryptonian, but Shadows Linger is a nice return to form for Busiek, I thought. Highly entertaining superheroics, with occasional surprises. (Like Paragon somehow becoming the best thing about the book. I didn't see that coming at all.)Jeffrey Hardy Quahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011880432832659089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-36888886062873496322009-02-26T18:27:00.000-06:002009-02-26T18:27:00.000-06:00The Superman books have become increasingly hostil...The Superman books have become increasingly hostile to people who are actually and literally waiting for the trades. If I didn't at least have a vague osmotic idea what's going on in Camelot Falls v2 and Last Son, this trade would have made almost zero sense whatsoever...Jeff R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10010142887152619337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-12602479665284792682009-02-26T09:09:00.000-06:002009-02-26T09:09:00.000-06:00though not, unfortunately, tying this Insect Queen...<I>though not, unfortunately, tying this Insect Queen to the one Lex Luthor worked with in JLA: World War III</I><BR/><BR/>I believe that was actually Grant Morrison's version of Queen Bee, who recently resurfaced in <I>Flash</I>. Or will soon resurface, I guess, from a waiting-for-the-trade perspective.B.G. Christensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604354633985676126noreply@blogger.com