Comments | mithen: Scans: World of Krypton (1/2)

mithen

Scans: World of Krypton (1/2)

Feb 26, 2009 09:56

John Byrne's influence on the Superman character and mythos is deep and far-reaching. After Crisis of Infinite Earths, he was tapped to re-make Superman, and he took the character in very different directions. There had been, in the late pre-Crisis, a tendency to see Clark Kent as the real persona and Superman as the "mask"--Byrne's envisioning of ( Read more... )

ch: lara, scans: superman, ch: jor-el, ch: clark kent, ch: lois lane

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starsandsea February 26 2009, 19:09:39 UTC

Argh, for some reason most of the scans aren't loading for meeeeeeeee!!! *whines* I'll come back later and see if they're working then. :)

mithen February 27 2009, 08:02:12 UTC

Are they there yet? They seem to be working for everyone else, hmmm...

starsandsea February 27 2009, 19:31:01 UTC

They are there, yay!! My internet connection has been spotty recently... *sighs*

All I can say is RUFFLES!!!! So many ruffles. *ahem* And I really want to see what Kelex and Alfred think of each other. Also, scantly clad Kryptonians, yay!! :P

mithen February 28 2009, 09:43:18 UTC

It's...RUFFLETASTIC! :D I like them, in an odd way. It's so clearly alien, lol...

Kelex and Alfred would be so funny together! I must remember him when I write something he could be in again...

liarashadowsong February 27 2009, 00:37:22 UTC

Interesting... I both do and do not like this re-envisioning of Krypton. On one hand, the detail is spectacular. The clothing is fabulous. The characters seem so three-dimensional. On the other, it is cold and sterile. It is not just that Kal-El grew up on Earth as Clark Kent, but also that it was probably distinctly in his best interests to do so, considering that even if Jor-El was a lot like him he wasn't really happy except for falling in love with Lara ( ... )

mithen February 27 2009, 11:14:18 UTC

I totally agree about the detail! Byrne sees this world so clearly, and the characters and the setting...it's so impressive. I just don't like it, lol.

Hm, I do wonder about the alien origins thing! I've never really heard anyone in canon (that I can remember) positing it, but it would be kind of cool if there was a common ancestor between humans and Kryptonians...

liarashadowsong February 27 2009, 14:59:12 UTC

Sooo much detail, I know! I don't like his details much, though. I want this kind of detail from canons that I like better, instead ( ... )

liarashadowsong February 27 2009, 15:00:32 UTC

Shoot. The above anonymous reply is me. I didn't realize I wasn't logged in.

rjunkie February 27 2009, 07:38:19 UTC

So is this retcon or just a different take on the story?

And have you read about the first issue of Action Comics going up for auction? There was a brief mention of it in the AP today. The guy selling had saved his Action Comics no. 1 from 1939.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29407097?GT1=43001

mithen February 27 2009, 11:26:50 UTC

I think I had read some of that! Can you imagine owning that? Wow...

Byrne's Krypton is...not exactly a retcon, more of a full reboot. After the Crisis of Infinite Earths in 1987 or so, when DC restarted the whole universe, they asked Byrne to re-write Superman's origin to get rid of what at the time they considered some of the "cheesier" elements (Krypto, Kandor, the Fortress, etc.) Byrne took the opportunity to shift a lot of the tone and make Clark a lot more human.

Since then, although technically Byrne's vision remained canon, more and more of the "cheesy" bits of Superman's canon sneaked back in. Eventually there was a moment when Clark was surfing different realities and had a chance to choose between Byrne's vision of Krypton or the more Silver-Age type version. He chose the latter, so technically Byrne's vision is gone now. *wipes brow*