Comments on: Review: ACTION COMICS #1025 – The Last Stand of Conner Kent?

By: deevo

deevo — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:49:14 +0000

Honestly, there was something sobering and dignified about Superman loving his humanity so much that he would choose to live as a human being, without the need to reveal himself and literally be Superman 24/7. I liked the idea of the restraint and discipline he lived with every day, as a reminder to be grounded. He can’t do that as a celebrity. Revealing himself just appears garrish and uncharacteristically self-indulgent, no matter how much Bendis papers over the actual consequences with wokka wokka humour.

The ID reveal also looks like a sad reminder and this dopey need on social media to constantly offer, share , gut-spill and over-exhibit yourself publicly. I’m reminded of examples of stoicism and dignity like Chadwick Boseman. He could have made it all about his personal cancer struggle, but it wasn’t necessary. We didn’t need to know and he knew that. He let the public know about him just what he saw we needed to know- and that’s it.

Just like narratively Clark would have never needed to tell the world everything intimate about himself and grab the spotlight and honestly, no matter what Bendis tries to say the world never needed to know either ( that’s not an affront to ‘truth’ in truth and justice).

I sincerely hope DC just undoes this stunt as soon as Bendis leaves. Don’t care how. Hell, get Mephisto to cross over and one-more day things.

By: deevo

deevo — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:33:53 +0000

Yeah, Bendis really did not do a good job with Superman. He’s likely alienated a lot of fans with his preening, jawing, all hype but no payoff villains ( also refusal to properly work with established villains). The secret ID reveal was also an empty stunt that literally made no sense. Bendis merely employed a garbled trendy coming-out narrative as though somehow Clark wasn’t happy or comfortable living as a human. Previous stories made it abundantly clear why he guarded his double life. Family or not Clark cannot be Superman 24/7. THAT made sense. Even now, Bendis can barely explain it, despite his media shmoozing ( how was Clark being Clark somehow narratively restricting or making the stories predictable?). How is it Clark has no problem getting preferential treatment ( as if anyone would read or judge his work fairly) It seemed more like a selfish attention grabbing act Homelander would pull off,

There are no actual consequences despite that being an obvious result. And how is it Smallville or Daily Planet isn’t a smoldering hole in the ground? How come Lex hasn’t done ANYTHING yet? Remember he did that Daily Planet thing BEFORE the reveal. Superman has more problems with the stupid FBI.

The reveal didn’t make things better. He killed a successful status quo to put his stamp on things. But what we got back was not worth it at all. New writer please.