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Finished Superman #1.

I don't like it.

Long story short: The Daily Planet, which has apparently been both a newspaper and tv program (at least) is sold to black Rupert Murdoch. Lois's old tv position is given to Bill O'Reily with the hair of Glenn Beck. Lois is also seen f&cking Glenn O'Reily at the end of the book.

I'm sorry, but this was just full of bullshit.

For one, Superman has apparently "been gone from Metropolis" for a while, despite [I]clearly[/I] still doing DP journalism, negotiating and bitching about the change, and there is no "five years ago", or "damn, I must become superman again depsite retiring" to explain what the hell is going on.

The bad guy? A fire monster which has something to do with Stormwatch #1 - go buy it today true believer!

You know, if I read this as an elseworld story, like Red Son meets Fox News, it fails to be inspiring or interesting. If I read this as "the new status quo", I don't like it. And if I read it as someone who doesn't have sex with any idiot with a pretty face/big chest, then I'm completely annoyed at Lois Lane. Either Glenn Beck here becomes a sympathetic character, which would be horrible, or Lois Lane is having sex with an asshat. Which is pretty terrible.

I don't know - maybe it's me and my modesty, but if you're gonna have your main character's love interest [I]go around having sex with other people[/I], those people either (a) have to be good guys, or (b) have to be bad guys who are using them/lying to them pretending to be good guys. To have Lois go around having sex with an asshole [I]is[/I] a stain on her character. Maybe some of us would rather not be judged by our sexual histories. Too damned bad! I wouldn't want to be judged on my speeding tickets [I]but I rightfully am![/I] And it's one thing going 70 in a 60 zone, it's quite another to be plowed by Glenn Beck. Especially a Glenn Beck who [I]works for you and you probably got him the job.[/I] For ^&&$$%*s sake!

PS - Clark "got another interview with Superman"... if there's supposed to be a thing between Lois and Superman based on their interviews, you've got to wonder why there isn't a big "Clark Kent is Superman's homosexual life partner" thing. I mean they're always sneaking off, and no one has ever seen them together... but Clark Kent keeps getting all of these choice interviews, which Superman confirms while winking.

The sad fact of the matter is that Lois Lane is a villain in this book. She is a sell out with poor taste in men.

PSS - Is this book supposed to be pro-Fox News? I actually can't tell! Lois Lane defends it, Clark contributes to the paper even after it has been bought out, and the only "bad" thing about the takeover is that Black Rupert Murdock expected the journalists to be more daring. Hell, they actually hack the city's computers, and seemingly get away with it, a direct homage to Fox New's sister company hacking the personal emails of a victim and deleting messages, thereby giving her faimly false hope.

OMFG. I may borrow DC books from friends, but DC will NEVER get another penny from me.

@Dernman said:

@danhimself said:

@Avenging-X-Bolt said:

so im guessing the Scarlet Spiders are all dead.

Patrick is still alive

Wonder for how long. We don't need two Scarlet Spiders and we all know that if you are named Scarlet Spider you're not going to live very long..

They'll forget him, and then whoever finds him again will call him Iron Spider. Simple.

@DeathpooltheT1000 said:

Is that Oracle; out in the middle of nowhere, in her wheelchair oggaling a Ken Doll?

@The Stegman said:

If Starfire becomes the Batfamily slut I'm never buying any DC comic again.Ever.

wow, that's kinda drastic, Starfire's not important enough to me to make me want to completely drop all titles... anyway, she's obviously going in order, Dick was the first Robin, then Jason, so Tim's next in line...then Damian

Really?

DC has crossed a line here. I don't give one lick about Godzilla, but I know if IDW were to have Godzilla literally rape King Kong, I'd be far less likely to buy any of their comic books until they apologize and a few people get fired.

Meanwhile Catwoman 1 involves CW literally raping Batman. Yup.

Dude, that's not you 2. You're seeing what other people have told you to see. You're seeing what you want to see. Sorry.

I know - I don't like something, I should stop reading it! Then it'll go away and never hurt anybody!

Remember when all those KKK guys were selling books on linching, and I destoryed racism by not buying those books?

Remember when not buying Hitler's book totally prevented WWII? I do.

You know what? Maybe instead of "don't buy it", you should PAY SOME GOSH DARNED TAXES! Raise them taxes! Teach people to THINK critically. And then maybe they'll begin to see something wrong with depicting beloved female characters as talking tits with mouth vaginas.

"Ignore the problem, it'll go away" is a coward's solution. And it doesn't work.

@PowerHerc said:

Template, Rip-off, inspiration, . . . it's a case of semantics. Timber Wolf came first. Wolverine came next

That's like saying the original Batman design came first, so any superhero who wears black is a batman ripoff.

And yet they're threatening to put X23 on Avengers Academy? Fail.

In a sense I agree, but Emma's had several recent arcs where she's doing stuff alone, w/o cyclops, and she's been fine.

If she looks like she does whatever Scott says now... I think that's because of the dire situation. There's no "this is how I want to run the school" debates because there's no school, more or less - it's just a bunch of losers on an island. And she's not thinking about tomorrow because that's the mindset Scott, and everyone, are in. Emma, like Scott, has thrown all her eggs into the Utopia basket. And maybe she'll debate whether Wolverine's right later on, but for now... she'll stick by Cyclops.

And when somebody "retcons" her into mind controlling Scott all this time, we'll look back on this and laugh.

See Flash traveled back in time and [insert something] Wonderwoman is latina now. She's a twofer on the Justice League now.