So..... Is this Majestic? My words likely read as calm and collected, possibly even nonchalant, but that is a mask, a lie. I'm excited beyond imagining at even the possibility that I've seen Majestic fly into current continuity. First, the reason I think it's Majestic. The biggest/clearest indicator are the solicits for future issues of Team 7 and the multiple heavy-handed hints in past issues that Majestic will be arriving. What makes me think this particular character is Majestic are the black hair (not unique, I know) and red and white costume with what looks like a big V shape on the chest. For comparison:
The lit up eyes and "Birth of a Superman" title don't hurt either.
To me, all signs point to Majestic, which brings us to the next bit: How I feel about it...after the fanboy excitement fades. Until Stormwatch proved otherwise, I would have said that the fanboy excitement never fades, but I've learned that it does. And Stormwatch is probably what worries me most about Majestic. Stormwatch showed me that a great group of characters, kept mostly true to their concept and set up in context as similar to the original as the new universe could likely allow, can still become a fustercluck. Looking at Majestic, I have no idea how this character relates to the one I liked before, but it doesn't look like he's coming from the same place at all, and if he's starting from a different place, who knows where he'll end up. Will I get something similar to the millennias-old scientist warrior Superman I loved? I can't say "no" but it certainly doesn't look like "yes". Does that mean he'll be bad though? Not really. As with any comic character, most of that is up to how he's used, and that could still be good. The writer of Team 7 is certainly handling characters better than the ongoing Stormwatch teams were, so that gives me hope that Majestic will at least have a solid start in this new universe, whatever he ends up being like. We'll have to wait and see though.
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