Action Comics #1 Preview: Superman Has Zero Tolerance for Crime

@Sekele said:

@Aiden Cross said:

Ditto.  This is just not the Superman I know and grew up with. Superman, in my eyes, should be the example for everyone. This guy however, just isn't. He may have Superman powers, he may wear the symbol and look like him. But he just isn't Superman to me (yet). Maybe it'll be different later on.

 And yet, he is EXACTLY how his creators Siegel and Shuster intended him to be  The version you grew-up with was a result of decades of character developed and executive meddling   This version could be considered Superman in his purest form 

That's your opinion and you're completely entitled to that. I just disagree with your assassment that it's Superman in his purest form. It's just Superman in his earliest form. I'll quote what I said before:
 
@Aiden Cross said:

They moved away from his Golden Age character and motivations for a reason and build him up to how we know him today. If this is just a tribute to his Golden Age years and he'll go back to the Supes we know (or at least close to him) then i'm fine with it. But just because he was this way in the Golden Age, doesn't mean he should be this way now.

What the heck is this? Ultimates Supes? Blechhh.....
Maybe they'll dress Bats in a black hoodie and black jeans next and WW can fight crime in a cocktail dress too!
 
Oh and Supe's cape attached to the t-shirt makes him look like a gigantic 5 year old PRETENDING to be the real thing.

Some panels I love, others.... I think maybe his face needs to be drawn a little more consistently. I STILL can't wait to read the full issue. Action Comics is great, no reason to believe this one will be any different.

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

I love Grant Morrison, but I do not like that preview at all. That's just not who Superman is. Of course, he may learn humility (and make JL #1 even more pointless), or stay a jerk, so we'll just have to wait and see. 

These are both set during the same Time period. Five years ago. He'll grow up.

Anyone notice is is also not flying?  He is running really fast.  Just like in the original comics by Seigel and Shuster, before the radio show added that he could fly and that was brought into the comics.

I can't believe people are talking about how superman hasn't changed from this time to JL #1. we only saw the guy for like 2 pages in that issue! How can people judge what he's like from that.

@ReVamp said:

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

I love Grant Morrison, but I do not like that preview at all. That's just not who Superman is. Of course, he may learn humility (and make JL #1 even more pointless), or stay a jerk, so we'll just have to wait and see. 

These are both set during the same Time period. Five years ago. He'll grow up.

 I think this takes place quite awhile before the events of JL #1, probably at least five years before it, so maybe ten years before the present. If we are to accept that in this new universe Superman was the first superhero, he probably debuted right before, or around the same time as Batman, who should have been operating at least five years, probably more before the formation of the Justice League.

Awesome

I'm on the fence with this one. Its good he goes after more than the normal super crook or mechanical nightmare but in all honesty this approach just wouldn't work IMO. Trying to fight evil on every layer of humanity is like saying beat up more than half the population on earth. lol

@noj said:

@ReVamp said: . 

These are both set during the same Time period. Five years ago. He'll grow up.

 I think this takes place quite awhile before the events of JL #1, probably at least five years before it, so maybe ten years before the present. If we are to accept that in this new universe Superman was the first superhero, he probably debuted right before, or around the same time as Batman, who should have been operating at least five years, probably more before the formation of the Justice League.

No. That's highly unlikely.

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

I love Grant Morrison, but I do not like that preview at all. That's just not who Superman is. Of course, he may learn humility (and make JL #1 even more pointless), or stay a jerk, so we'll just have to wait and see. 

Actually, this is EXACTLY how he used to be during his early years 

Wow, they did a great job of making Superman look a bit younger here and I like the action portrayed. Initially I didn't like this but now I am interested. Will I ever make up my mind about this? Ha!

I saw a cover tyhat said it was $3.99
Its that true?  What about the drawing the line at 2.99?

I saw a cover tyhat said it was $3.99 Its that true?  What about the drawing the line at 2.99?

Anyone notice is is also not flying?  He is running really fast.  Just like in the original comics by Seigel and Shuster, before the radio show added that he could fly and that was brought into the comics.

the sort of civilian costume sucks i much prefer the fully armored costume

@ReVamp said:

How come? I remember hearing an interview somewhere that said that Batman had been active awhile as an "urban myth" before what is going to be his public debut in the Justice League. He had to have been if  his son Damian being 10 in the present makes any sense at all. Same with all the other Robin's tenures. That means that he has probably been Batman for at least 12 years before whats going to be the present, and like I said if Superman is going to have been the first Superhero he would have to have debuted just before Batman became Batman,

LOL look what bleeding cool did!

Looks great! I have no problem with Superman being a bit more forceful just like he was in his earliest days of the Golden Age incarnation.  It actually is starting to coincide well with how this New DCU's emphasis is on the public being wary and frightened by superhumans, metahumans and mutants.  Way to go Morrison! Can't wait till next week :)

the sort of civilian costume sucks i much prefer the fully armored costume

@Sekele said:

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

I love Grant Morrison, but I do not like that preview at all. That's just not who Superman is. Of course, he may learn humility (and make JL #1 even more pointless), or stay a jerk, so we'll just have to wait and see. 

Actually, this is EXACTLY how he used to be during his early years 

Exactly. This is a direct homage to the story in the original Action Comics #1 where Superman terrifies a corrupt senator into confessing his crimes (check out pages 12 and 13):http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug02/yeung/actioncomics/cover.html Supes started off very much as an action man. He had no hesitation stepping in where he thought he needed to. People need to stop thinking they know who Superman is by what he has been through the 90's and 2000s. This is a fresh start.

It actually looks like superman has a giant foot in one of the pannels and it looks like hes going to crush the building with his foot

love it, cant wait

@Primmaster64 said:

LOL look what bleeding cool did!

Thats F***ING awesome!

I like how Superman's more a cocky jerk here instead of being born with the whole "Truth, Justice, and the America way!" burned into his mind. Be interesting to see how Clark grows from cocky superhero to the world's most famous superhero. But from what it seems in Justice League, he still seems to be a little bit cocky which personally I like.

@ArtisticNeedham said:

I saw a cover tyhat said it was $3.99 Its that true?  What about the drawing the line at 2.99?

There is no line. Some comics will be $3.99

@Primmaster64 said:

LOL look what bleeding cool did!

Thats F***ING awesome!

I, for one, am glad that things are being mixed up. Treating comic book characters as immutable objects that can only be one way is pretty much inherently boring. Superman could be a deranged murder and I would be stoked because it would be something new.

@azza04 said:

@Primmaster64 said:

LOL look what bleeding cool did!

Thats F***ING awesome!

Hell to the Yeah.
 
@War Killer: XD

@xkoenig said:

@ArtisticNeedham said:

I saw a cover tyhat said it was $3.99 Its that true?  What about the drawing the line at 2.99?

There is no line. Some comics will be $3.99

The line is still technically drawn, it just that the first few issues are going to be oversized and the 2.99 line never applied to those in the first place. If an issue is oversized, it will be 3.99.
@ReVamp: Where did you hear about the artificially aging Damian thing?

Jim Lee Variant much better :)

Now this is more like it c'mon no one with the level of superpowers this great would not act a little cocky

They moved away from his Golden Age character and motivations for a reason and build him up to how we know him today.

I wanna check this out but Morrison himself said "I feel this book isn't going to go anywhere." and "This is all a desperate attempt of getting people to buy these book." Makes me worried for how much effort he'll actually put into writing a good story with excellent pay-off.

I belong the school of thought that considers Superman to be an icon, the guiding light and the example to follow.  A noble man who tries with every fibre of his being to do the right thing.
 
The Superman in this preview to me looks like an icon for the "Booyah" crowd who still think that the deluge of poorly written 90's borderline psychos is the pinnacle of comicdom.
 
DC is rewriting itself for a major media offensive, going after Marvel to produce movies/games etc.  And it reminds me of the mid-eighties when WB thought they could just muscle DC into submission as a property pool and serve WB's needs.  The people at DC didn't like that heavy-handed approach and showed at least some signs of artistic integrity and refused to bow to WB, upon which WB decided that Superheroes weren't that hot after all (letting Batman slide into nipplegate etc ...).  Of course it took WB quite a while to understand their mistake, at least until Marvel got their act together.
 
Come 2011, DC is now a bonafide property pool.  Their characters have been redesigned to be effortlessly inserted into other media, without breaking the continuity or the "Yellow Spandex incident" about costumes in comics and on screen.
 
It's a very smart move by DC, and it has great potential.
 
I'm not overly impressed by this preview, but I'm curious to see how this turns out.

Oh what the hell DC?  The reboot wasn't enough, you had to go and turn Superman into fricking Batman? What don't you understand when we say "WE LIKE SUPERMAN AS A BOY SCOUT" DC?! This isn't Superman, this is freaking Batman with super powers. 
 
Shame on you Grant Morrison. 

I wanna check this out but Morrison himself said "I feel this book isn't going to go anywhere." and "This is all a desperate attempt of getting people to buy these book." Makes me worried for how much effort he'll actually put into writing a good story with excellent pay-off.

God i hope they know what their doing because Superman isn't just another superhero. People are suppose to look up to Superman. People Tries to become like him everyday. 

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

I love Grant Morrison, but I do not like that preview at all. That's just not who Superman is. Of course, he may learn humility (and make JL #1 even more pointless), or stay a jerk, so we'll just have to wait and see. 

Ditto.  This is just not the Superman I know and grew up with. Superman, in my eyes, should be the example for everyone. This guy however, just isn't. He may have Superman powers, he may wear the symbol and look like him. But he just isn't Superman to me (yet). Maybe it'll be different later on.

I wanna check this out but Morrison himself said "I feel this book isn't going to go anywhere." and "This is all a desperate attempt of getting people to buy these book." Makes me worried for how much effort he'll actually put into writing a good story with excellent pay-off.

Oh what the hell DC?  The reboot wasn't enough, you had to go and turn Superman into fricking Batman? What don't you understand when we say "WE LIKE SUPERMAN AS A BOY SCOUT" DC?! This isn't Superman, this is freaking Batman with super powers.   Shame on you Grant Morrison. 

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

@GraveSp said:

It kinda seems like Superman is going to be fighting a different type of crime in the beginning which is interesting.  Its not every day that a superhero goes after the guy with the corrupt business practices.  And if he is going after businessmen it could be the starting point for the Luther animosity.  And honestly it seems to be an effective way of getting a confession 

Under duress though, it's completely inadmissible in any court. The police probably wouldn't even bother arresting the guy.  

I was gonna say the exact same thing.  This is gonna be Supes' first lesson in how the law works.

I'm not sure what to make of this, it looks like Superman, but that sure doesn't sound like Superman. I'll give it a shot none the less, but I do hope we see him mature and cool down when the series progresses.

But, just from the preview, this isn't what I was expecting at all, I'm almost disappointed, especially the dialogue, it just feels..off.

It's not the Superman I know but it's damned sure one I want to read about. White collar criminals are who people are defenseless against in this day and age. The justice system lets us down here more than any other area. I think it's genius for Morrison to have Supes step in.

@sparty-dbq said:

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

@GraveSp said:

It kinda seems like Superman is going to be fighting a different type of crime in the beginning which is interesting.  Its not every day that a superhero goes after the guy with the corrupt business practices.  And if he is going after businessmen it could be the starting point for the Luther animosity.  And honestly it seems to be an effective way of getting a confession 

Under duress though, it's completely inadmissible in any court. The police probably wouldn't even bother arresting the guy.  

I was gonna say the exact same thing.  This is gonna be Supes' first lesson in how the law works.

Well the Comic book courts may be a little bit more forgiving of those confessions under duress if there was also evidence.  Also though the initial confession may be inadmissible the person may confess again out of fear that superman may come back for him which could be a more admissible confession.  Courts in comic books never really seemed to be a big issue because when we think about courts its with our ideas of the legal system and that is incompatible with superheros and super villains.  

WOW! a batman like demeanor with spider man snark! WIN!

I love Grant Morrison, but I do not like that preview at all. That's just not who Superman is. Of course, he may learn humility (and make JL #1 even more pointless), or stay a jerk, so we'll just have to wait and see.