On Kingdom Come
I have heard of it years ago, before I even started reading comics. All I know of it is that it's a Superman-centric tale and that there's the issue of the end of the world as we know it (well, it is). I remembered its existence when I was reading in National Bookstore this coffee table book that compiles the artwork of Alex Ross in DC. Of course, I, being a DC fan, took my time trying to finish it. I think I did, or at least read almost all of it, and there I saw Kingdom Come artwork. So boom! I DL-ed Kingdom Come when the sembreak arrived.
The thing about Superman is that he's the iconic superhero. He's THE superhero, but he's not considered the best superhero by quite a number of people. Well, I don't, but I am greatly biased for Batman, so that should not merit much consideration from you. The thing about Superman is that he is too fantastical, too ideal and too amazing that there is a tendency for people to actually see him as one-dimensional. He's the idealized version of a hero, and people seem to have a beef with idealized versions.
Kingdom Come does not really break any conceptions about Superman. It's really Superman; it only shows what would happen when this certain event comes. I guess what I really liked about this story is how it shows what would really happen when one sticks to morals, ethics and principles and how there would be consequences when you do stick to them. Some say that every now and then, you might have to do something against your principles, and judging by the consequences shown in Kingdom Come, maybe you do. Still, Superman stuck with his, and while there was a near-apocalypse that followed, things turned out relatively fine, so maybe, sticking to one's principles still pays off, after it has payed for something.
In all honesty, Kingdom Come has some sort of political statement of being more conservative. The metahumans were not controlled by those in charge and the JLA has retired so there are no enforcers of order and protectors of mankind, so naturally, chaos happened. I could see how this could happen, and I could see how controlling the powerful does make sense. The politics of it all does not really make enough sense to me and I am not one to analyze political statements and all. My political alignments might actually be anarchist, or whatever it is you call it. I would only end up looking wrong here since I am not one to explain political stands. I am not reliable about politics. That's all.
(However, I found Luthor's plans quite silly and very villainous despite the objectives. Well, I guess that's Luthor.)
#writtenataroundoneamandiamincoherentandsilly
The thing about Superman is that he's the iconic superhero. He's THE superhero, but he's not considered the best superhero by quite a number of people. Well, I don't, but I am greatly biased for Batman, so that should not merit much consideration from you. The thing about Superman is that he is too fantastical, too ideal and too amazing that there is a tendency for people to actually see him as one-dimensional. He's the idealized version of a hero, and people seem to have a beef with idealized versions.
Kingdom Come does not really break any conceptions about Superman. It's really Superman; it only shows what would happen when this certain event comes. I guess what I really liked about this story is how it shows what would really happen when one sticks to morals, ethics and principles and how there would be consequences when you do stick to them. Some say that every now and then, you might have to do something against your principles, and judging by the consequences shown in Kingdom Come, maybe you do. Still, Superman stuck with his, and while there was a near-apocalypse that followed, things turned out relatively fine, so maybe, sticking to one's principles still pays off, after it has payed for something.
In all honesty, Kingdom Come has some sort of political statement of being more conservative. The metahumans were not controlled by those in charge and the JLA has retired so there are no enforcers of order and protectors of mankind, so naturally, chaos happened. I could see how this could happen, and I could see how controlling the powerful does make sense. The politics of it all does not really make enough sense to me and I am not one to analyze political statements and all. My political alignments might actually be anarchist, or whatever it is you call it. I would only end up looking wrong here since I am not one to explain political stands. I am not reliable about politics. That's all.
(However, I found Luthor's plans quite silly and very villainous despite the objectives. Well, I guess that's Luthor.)
#writtenataroundoneamandiamincoherentandsilly