@Psycho_Soldier: Yep, Clark was definitely active as a hero for a long time prior to taking down Glenmorgan in Action Comics. He might've been not public/in-training but it still counts, so he was around for the same amount of time as Batman if not longer. :)
Good article! However, I always ran with the assumption that all the JL members were operating well before the formation of the JLA, only not in public. Superman was learning his powers, the Robins were being trained, Aquaman was leading the Others, the Green Lanterns were being selected and going to space, Wonder Woman was working with Steve Trevor, and Barry Allen was being boring. Only Cyborg was "born" in that story arc.
This is what I've been going with as well. There's even evidence to support it in Action Comics with Corben preparing to become Steel Soldier/Metallo for five years which means Superman could have been doing his Man Of The People routine for longer than we originally thought, not necessarily in Metropolis but maybe on his world tour bit. Or to put it in Smallville terms Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, etc could've been in a Blur period for the years prior to Action Comics/Justice League with only their names being spoken of as urban legends. Lots of wiggle room if one takes this approach.
@BushidoBlack: Of course it's not gonna be the graphic novel, I don't think anyone is realistically thinking that. X2 was pretty much God Loves, Man Kills and the movie did things its own way. It's probably gonna be a giant mash-up of several X-Men time travel stories and just use Days of Future Past as a jumping off point. And you know what, that's OK.
@VioletPhoenix: It doesn't even have to be Kitty. Could be Cable or Bishop like they did in TAS. They go back in time to help the X-Men stop the gov't from creating Sentinels(the X-Men chase the money trail, while the Brotherhood takes out thet people behind the program) but Bastion gets in the way ala the Yost X-Force run and creates Nimrods. So many ways they could go with this.
Definitely a GREAT idea, it's honors fans, the classic history of the X-Men, it bridges the continuity gaps between the several films (thus again making fans happy), it's a jumping off point to introduce time-travelling mutants and other X-Men and possibly undo any damage from the other films, AND IT'S A FREAKING AWESOME STORYLINE. I say HUZZAH! Also yay.
Couldn't have said it better. They have a real opportunity to make Last Stand and Origins out of continuity and clear up the issues those two movies created, thereby also seeding the opportunity for a proper X-Men vs Phoenix movie and a large interconnected Cinematic X-Men Universe that can take advantage of X-Force, X-Factor, New Mutants, Cable, etc.
Anyone who hates Superman but loves the Frank Miller-esque depiction of "Bat-God" can go live under a rock.....wait....they already are
This times a trillion. Batman, a street level vigilante with several billion dollars to his name and a personal tragedy that most people will never experience being more relatable and able to beat anyone in comics so long as he has an hour to prepare is the biggest example of being "willfully delusional" that I have seen.
Liking a character and finding him inspiring/awesome/cool is not the same thing as that character being relatable. Yet, the Batman is us argument pops up all the time.
when you are writing superman, essentially you are writing a GOD. he has so many powers. he can fly, super speed. he can beat or catch up with the flash. heat vision, x-ray vision, breath, no need to breathe or eat. who remembers "for tomorrow" when he saw the tumor in the priest but would do nothing? the man has every power you could think of. think of what would happen if a writer said "hm, lets make superman access the speed force!" heck, he is powered by a YELLOW SUN! but there is NO yellow sun when he is in DEEP SPACE! so how does he still fly? see where i am going with this? it is boring reading about a god, it is complicated and daunting writing about a god. that is why folks like action comics now. he doesnt have all of his abilities yet.
And yet just as others have been saying writers have no problem making great Thor(an actual full on god) stories when they want to. The problem with Superman is that writers and general audiences are too afraid of Superman, they get bogged down in their dated preconceptions, and don't go near him. They can't accept his boy scout-ness but they can in Captain America and find it endearing, they can't accept his God-like status, but they can accept that in Thor. Hell, I've seen people complain about the social crusader bit too. People (DC brass included) these days just seem to want to keep Superman down. Also interesting to note, a lot of the time you get the impression American writers feel the need to apologize for Superman's strength and downplay it as much as possible, yet British ones like Grant Morrison or James Robinson revel in it.
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