Superman Matters: A blog dedicated to the Man of Steel

Our pleasure. Its nice to know, we meet your expectations :)

Its even better than what I expected.

I'm British so I spell recognised differently to you Americans :P But thanks for getting the message of our blog and what we were trying to get across. We were trying to inform people about what the character was really like for those not so familiar with him or non fans/critics of the character. And what volumes are you gonna read then? :)

Glad you were impressed by it RR :)

That's a really cool Article. And i really love Superman.

Great post loved how you broke down into sections

@lvenger: I was thinking of doing Action Comics Volume one, really. (I like reading books in order,) and working forward from there.

I can only speak for myself, but my problems with Superman is, he is boring. I say that as someone who used to really like Superman. I grew up on the Christopher Reeve movies, hell I even loved Superman 4 (until I got older and watched it again.) I used to love the show Lois and Clark, I watched it every Sunday. I even bought every issue of "The death of Superman" run that I could find. But what really turned me off is his boring factor. The man behind the suit, Clark Kent, is probably the most boring guy you could ever meet. He is such a goodie two shoes. He isn't the kind of guy I would like to hang out with in real life. I wish I could hang out with Logan or Peter Parker or even Bruce Wayne would be cool, but not Clark. I just don't relate to the character anymore. Superman has amazing powers, no doubt about it. But the whole boyscout routine just doesn't do it for me. Marvel has their boyscout as well in Cap, and he is one of my least favorite Avengers tbh, but his last movie was pretty awesome. I just prefer more of the good yet bad type of good guy, but that's just me. Having said that, Superman has without a doubt earned his place on the MT Rushmore of Superheros, along with Bats, Wolverine, and Spidey. All things considered, they have to be the big 4. Even The Hulk hasn't been able to carry a film franchise like Wolvie or Spidey (quality not included, lol).

Thanks a lot for the kind words :D

They were always popular but they weren't just as popular as today(or at least Wolverine wasn't). They were popular but in the end of the day the Man of Steel was always on the top while they were underneath him but nowadays Batman seems to be at the top followed closely by Spider-Man. Things have changed and the main reason of why SUperman isn't that popular is the DC staff.

The reboot managed to hit a lot of characters' previous history and most of their old fans are beyond disappointed and Superman is one of those characters. The staff of DC doesn't seem to know what they want Superman to be like and what they should keep from his pre-New 52 counterpart and that is a big problem. Everything about him was reinvented and that hurt his character a lot, Hal Jordan and Batman fans aren't disappointed because of the old things about the characters stuck and were never erased, the only problem they have is that it is unclear when did all of those things exactly happen.

Glad to have a fellow Superman fan read this piece :)

@godzilla44 said:

Great post loved how you broke down into sections

Thanks, we wanted to make sure that several different topics and points of contention/interest were covered. Including areas where people say stuff like "Superman doesn't matter" or "He's too overpowered." Stuff like that.

The New 52 volume? That is some good stuff despite the occasional Golden Age roughness. Morrison does at least blend a modern and Golden Age takes on Superman quite well along with standing up for the downtrodden more. Despite a rocky start, the New 52 Superman line has evolved into being much better than it was. Johns, Pak and even Snyder (despite the fact he was supposed to be finished months ago) make for a good collection of Superman writers.

Why Superman matters to me. I enjoy his comics.

At the end of the day, that's all it truly matters :P

Hear hear. So have you read Superman 34 yet? I haven't gotten my copy yet so I'm still in the dark.

I did. It's awesome. We get more background on Ulysses, more details on his powers, more bonding between characters, some awesome action, the motive of the Machinist and a shocking (really, it was unexpected and I really felt shocked) ending :D

Oh damn I better not spoil myself till I read this issue. It sounds awesome! I was going to miss this one due to Unchained originally solicited for August 27th but with that issue moving along with Wonder Woman, I could get this issue instead. And it sounds like it'll be worth the wait! :D

Excellent stuff, guys. When I heard that you two were making this blog I couldn't wait to see the results and honestly, you didn't disappoint.

Thanks a lot mate :D Its nice to know we meet the expectations of more demanding viners like yourself.

Thanks very much for the praise, I'm glad our little post met the expectations of site regulars like yourself :)

Oh my, that was some really awful spelling.

@lvenger: @squalleon: No problem, keep up the good work! Also, your responses were eerily similar.

@smashbrawler: You only misspelt honestly so it's not that bad :P

Its time to come out and say it. We are the same person. Yes I feel so lonely that I made Squalleon as an alt :'(

(Said in robotic voice) We are one. Resistance is futile. Submit or die.

(Said in the same robotic voice) All your base are belong to us.

LOL nice.

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