If they were planning to change it anyway? DC can't have a great writer redo the origin of superman(and have be high quality) and then just toss it out 2 years later.
Superman
Character » Superman appears in 18942 issues.
Sent to Earth as an infant from the dying planet Krypton, Kal-El was adopted by the loving Kent family and raised in America's heartland as Clark Kent. Using his immense solar-fueled powers, he became Superman to defend mankind against all manner of threats while championing truth, justice, and the American way!
Why did DC have Johns redo the Superman origin......
When did he redo Clark's origin? Morrison has been handling that the entire time. Johns has merely pointed towards his origin during Justice League.
@Deranged Midget said:
When did he redo Clark's origin? Morrison has been handling that the entire time. Johns has merely pointed towards his origin during Justice League.
@Jonny_Anonymous said:
@Eternal19: Grant Morrison redid Superman not Johns
He's talking about Superman: Secret Origin. He's wondering why Johns was allowed to create that origin story only to have it erased about a year later by Grant Morrison in The New 52.
@Eternal19: I'm most certain that The New 52 wasn't in the works at the time Johns was writing Superman: Secret Origin, so he probably believed that the origin he wrote would stick around for awhile. When The New 52 was sprung onto the writers at DC, it was at very short notice and a lot of hasty, continuity changing decisions were made. Thus giving us yet another origin in The New 52.
@The_Tree: Ah, thank you for clearing that up mate!
Personally, I never really liked Secret Origin. I vastly preferred Birthright as an ideal origin story for the Man of Steel.
To be fair, Superman's origin gets redone every now and again...expect to see a different one in next year's 'Man of Steel'
I was all ready to read Secret Origin when the tpb hit. Then I heard about the New 52 and didnt even bother. I love the other Johns/Frank Supes stories though. I really should still give it a read.
@Gambit1024 said:
Meh, don't worry about it. Birthright was a million times better anyway.
Yes it was. Secret Origin was boring as fudge.
@SmashBrawler said:
@Gambit1024 said:
Meh, don't worry about it. Birthright was a million times better anyway.Yes it was. Secret Origin was boring as fudge.
Agreed
@Wolfrazer said:
So...how does one redo Superman's story anyway?...Like what changes, could there possibly be? Or is it just more like minor changes and added stuff?
The basics remain, but details such as whether the Kents live to see their son reach adulthood or become Superman or whether Superman had a career as Superboy as a teen change. One significant difference in the New 52 origin is in his first year as Superman, he can't fly and his strength and durability are greatly reduced, closer to golden age levels. In previous versions, Superman's powers are mostly developed by the time he first takes on the name.
@Eternal19 said:
@ShowboatingPenguin said:
I guess I'm the only one who likes Secret Origin...I like it to.
me too the art work is great
Johns is only part of the bigger DC elite, Geoff is only one person of the big group of DC Illuminati driving the Universe forward for the next 30 years. Jim Lee, Dan DiDio, Rags Morales, Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns are making the decisions together, its a team of people like you have a presidency with political advisers, economic advisers, war councilors and vice presidents....many people have a say in decisions. People like to blame problems on one face which is why everyone flamed Obama, Bush or Bendis, its human nature to try and blame a problem on one single person.
Why did Batman and GL stay in continuity while the rest of DC was reset? That's because the powerful writers at DC hate the continuity behind Wonder Woman, Superman etc and they only enjoy Batman and Green Lantern comics. Of course the lawsuits against Superman copyright wasn't helping either
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