Come September 2012, a new team will take up the Superman book. This will be the third team. After months of me complaining about the title, I can only hope that third time's a charm. But let me do say, it can't be worse than what we got. I hope Scott Lobdell is up to the task. Kenneth Rocafort's art looks beautiful so I don't think we'll have issue with that.
The title has been boring no end. So far we have had Perez, who complained this was not his Superman and Jurgens who seemed to be there to limit Giffen and more or less want to keep one foot back in the status quo pre the reboot. It feels as if these guys are just too old school and cannot get into the head of a young man who would be Superman in 2012. Any good writer should be able to do this and give us the social crusader envisioned by Siegal and Schuster but with a modern sensibility. Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns ( if and when he can allow the guy to speak) is capable to giving us that guy. So far just the image of Superman on that preview by Rocafort seems to line up with the one in Action and Justice League. This Superman is not the Clark of last canon. He is passionate, proactive and defiant and nothing about him should be naive or black and white, preachy and whiny nor should he define his measurement as a man and hero because of Lois Lane. Superman was never Superman for one person.
September will see #0 issues for Action Comics, Wonder Woman and Earth 2 and seems all of DC's new 52 #0 titles are going into the past.I hope we don't see more whining and moping Superman in Earth 2 who thinks once Lois is dead he has no purpose. (eye roll)
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