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FLASHPOINT PROJECT SUPERMAN #1 (OF 3)

FLASH FACT! They experimented on him in a lab for years!

Plot by SCOTT SNYDER; Script by LOWELL FRANCIS; Art and cover by GENE HA

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  1. Avatar photo mrfrost says:
    June 27, 2011 at 1:15 pm

    The preview Newsarama solicited of this looked gorgeous! I don’t care how long it takes to come out, i’d wait forever for Gene Ha’s art.

  2. Avatar photo martinNL says:
    June 27, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    Snyder’s on this book too? That’s three books by/with him this week 🙂 Love that cover art!

  3. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    June 27, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    @mrfrost  – This could be in the early running for POTW!

    @martinNL  – I know! I’m willing to bet these three will be on the top 5 POTW list.

    My Mock POTW is this one for now ….

  4. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    June 27, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    By the way, by Mock POTW, I am mean like MOCK Draft in the NFL, NBA. Picks before the picks.

  5. Avatar photo shiveringking8 says:
    June 27, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    Pysched for this.  Dying to know what’s up with Superman in Flashpoint, and Snyder’s my man!

  6. Avatar photo ato220 says:
    June 27, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    This looks awesome. Supe’s been sleeping for most of flashpoint. Didn’t even have his own territory.

  7. Avatar photo keith7198 says:
    June 27, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    The preview art doesn’t look that impressive but this feels like a book that’s gonna carry a lot of weight.

  8. Avatar photo Avistann says:
    June 27, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    I wish Snyder was actually scripting this as well but I will not pass up a superman story

  9. Avatar photo JimBilly4 says:
    June 27, 2011 at 5:39 pm

    Alternate history Superman stories are generally the only good Superman stories. With Gene Ha art I am definitely excited.

  10. Avatar photo onetone says:
    June 27, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    Lab rat Superman. Should be interesting.

  11. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    June 28, 2011 at 4:39 pm

    @onetone  – guinea pig Supes. Check to see if Pavlov’s theory on Supes works.

    The story kind of sounds like the Captain America origin, which is interesting …

  12. Avatar photo wangman31888 says:
    June 28, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    okay so i saw somewhere else that the cover had a dude standing and screaming in the background, what’s up with that?

  13. Avatar photo aluiscarrillo says:
    June 28, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    @wangman31888  yeah, it looks as though that is the official cover, which is too bad. I thought that image up there was way better.

  14. Avatar photo MacAoidh says:
    June 29, 2011 at 4:36 pm

    Gene HA?! Sold.

  15. Avatar photo Kamilo says:
    June 29, 2011 at 11:05 pm

    That’s right folks, Goku is now in the DCU

  16. Avatar photo WilliamKScurryJr says:
    June 29, 2011 at 11:34 pm

    I didn’t really get this. It was unclear what was happening from page to page. Who were those people he was killing at the end?

  17. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    June 30, 2011 at 12:00 am

    Not my thing. I shall not be continuing. The good Flashpoint minis are really few and far between.

  18. loki2486 says:
    June 30, 2011 at 2:21 am

    Is he suppose to be Doomsday?

  19. MisterJ says:
    June 30, 2011 at 10:15 am

    Not as good as I was hoping for.

  20. Avatar photo Franktiger says:
    June 30, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    Wonder what those Chinese characters were? This guy is all into Zen proverbs and all, the one he liked I could espouse to as well.

    Thought this was good, Gene Ha’s art has evolved in an interesting, more conventional style, but can still see his uniqueness in it.

  21. Avatar photo wallythegreenmonster says:
    June 30, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    kinda disappointing for me. What’s a guy gotta do to get a good Superman book these days? Geezz…

  22. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    June 30, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    I have to echo CaseyJustice’s comment. I was excited for this and it didn’t leave me the way I had expected it to. It was ok, but nothing great.

  23. Avatar photo Impossibilly says:
    July 1, 2011 at 9:59 am

    I enjoyed this tremendously. I’ll be back for #2.

  24. Avatar photo Malecema says:
    July 1, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    He stole the Viltrumite chop!

  25. Avatar photo Franktiger says:
    July 1, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    @Malecema ha! That’s where I seen that before!

  26. Avatar photo MacAoidh says:
    July 2, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    Really disappointed with Ha’s art. :/

  27. Avatar photo ComicGeek1975 says:
    July 2, 2011 at 4:53 pm

    Pretty cool story. Looking forward to seeing where this goes and how (if at all) it ties into the reboot in the fall.

  28. Avatar photo mrfrost says:
    July 3, 2011 at 12:09 am

    Enjoyed this. I liked the concept and the dialogue, but I think this was executed poorly. i had a bit of trouble figuring out what was going on. ON a plus note, I had high expectations for Gene Ha and his art, and they were filled.

  29. Avatar photo mgriffith says:
    July 4, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    I will await the trade.  I think this will read better in the collected edition.

  30. Avatar photo kennyg says:
    July 6, 2011 at 5:28 pm

    @loki2486  He is not Doomsday, but this does tie into the Doomsday story…

    For those who may not recall the Doomsday origin story, he was created by Kryptonian scientists thousands of years ago. Genetically engineered to adapt, he was killed and cloned over and over to force him to evolve to be invulnerable, super strong, grow the stone claws, etc. Each time, he got more powerful, and what was done to kill him did not work anymore.

    If you read the Booster Gold issue, it had Doomsday, referred to as Project 6, being remote controlled by the military. Project 6 is referenced in this issue as the source of some genetic material they used on Lt. Sinclair to give him powers. That is why he became resistant to the various things they exposed him to over the years and evolved his powers.

    I liked this quite a bit, 4/5. I think that having that back-story knowledge made it easier to get into and enjoy. Execution could have been better in some areas, and he does have Goku hair as someone said, but none of that diminished my enjoyment. Sinclair was creepy, and I loved the depiction of his x-ray vision. I am eager to see what happens with the arrival on the last page. Sinclair already has a lot of emotional issues and feels neglected, so I can’t wait to see how this makes him react.

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