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SUPERMAN #681


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  1. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    October 27, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    pulling Superman comics on the reg? what is happening, is it the 90’s again?

  2. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    October 27, 2008 at 7:05 pm

    Stranger things have happened.  The real question is; will you stick around after New Krypton is over?  I can’t answer that question yet, but I’ll be pondering it for the next couple weeks

  3. Avatar photo torippu says:
    October 27, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    I’m wondering if I can get away with reading Action and Supergirl while skipping Superman?

  4. Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
    October 27, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    Why would you want skip SUPERMAN?

  5. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    October 27, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    Yeah, skipping a chapter in a story is just insane!!  Pick it up torippu, don’t be cheap! 😛

  6. Avatar photo Crippler says:
    October 27, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    I think that just like GL after Sinestro War, people WILL stick around because Johns & Co. are doing fantastic work.  It takes the event (perhaps) to get people to pay attention.  The quality of the event keeps them around for future issues, or not (I’m looking at you SI/Dark Reign).

  7. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    October 27, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    Well I’m not being cheap, I’m picking this issue up.

    But we all know my distaste for Robinson (and if you didnt know….well I dont feel like typing it up again lol), and that I have been on of the biggest critics of him since he came on this title. I hope this event changes my mind on him, cause I do not want to waste 3 bucks for each part in this series if it’s going to be bad.

  8. Avatar photo Kory says:
    October 28, 2008 at 4:08 am

    I think I have been transported to some strange Bizarro world where I am actually stoked to read Superman.  I like Superman, I just never intended to read Superman comics.

    @drakedangerz- I will be dropping Supergirl after New Krypton, but I will stick with Superman and Action Comics as long as Robinson and Johns are writing. 

  9. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    October 28, 2008 at 8:50 am

    @Kory – Speaking for Bizzaro:
    "Why would you want skip SUPERMAN?" – Bizzaro Conor (Do it with the Bizzaro voice from Superman TAS and it sounds exactly like something he would say.)

    Is this Conor’s very subtle hint that Bizzaro will make an appearance in this issue?

  10. Avatar photo AlexG says:
    October 28, 2008 at 10:39 am

    Like Kory, I can’t believe I’m looking forward to a Superman book…what’s going on!? I dropped Solomon Kane and X Men Legacy so that I can pick this up. (Recessionary times call for no net adds to my pull list)

  11. Avatar photo DemonBoy says:
    October 28, 2008 at 2:03 pm

    I’m looking forward to the New Krypton arc to see what it will do for these books.  I’ve been following and enjoying Action pretty much since the One Year Later jump.  Superman has been up and down for me (really down since Robinson took over) and Supergirl has been non-existant for me since the Kandor story early in that series.

    Now the last issue of Supergirl was decent so we’ll see where that new team will take it.

  12. Avatar photo Kimbo says:
    October 28, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    this is such a fantastic idea for a Superman event I’m surprised it hasn’t been done before.  It’s like the guy that created the transportable liquid coffee boxes, I sit here mulling over, ‘why didn’t I think of that.’

  13. jaredninej9 says:
    October 28, 2008 at 5:14 pm

    Superman 681 looks great and that might be the best cover of the year and all superman fans will love this for sure

  14. Avatar photo smeeeeee says:
    October 28, 2008 at 6:05 pm

    haha im dropping x-force this week so i can pickup superman. i hope this "epic" arch is worth it. even though x-force is some crap right now…

  15. edward says:
    October 28, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    i can’t believe how many people are pulling superman!! heh heh 

     ahh, what’s wrong with me? 

  16. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    October 28, 2008 at 11:21 pm

    @edward: Check your Equilibrium, the best sign of someone going insane is some picking up all 3 Superman titles.

    Which would make me insane as well.

  17. Avatar photo JD says:
    October 29, 2008 at 8:44 am

    Ya know, I bought the last few Supes specials… Jimmy & New Krypton and was thinking of staring to pick up this New Krypton series.  But, man… that cover is terrible.  That coupled with a stong disliking for Franks’ Superman art has me second guessing my thoughts about picking this series up.

  18. Avatar photo jachism says:
    October 29, 2008 at 9:12 am

    If Jimmy and New Krypton are any indication this story arc is going to rock!

  19. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    October 29, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    Oh wow…..This was terrible!

    I’m sorry but this issue wasnt groovy pants, it was painful. Seriously. The art is a mixed bag of washed out colors and the writing is just blah. It doesnt have the weird quirks like the Krypto arc but man there is nothing special about this. In all seriousness this title will be dropped once New Krypton is over with.

  20. Avatar photo s1lentslayer says:
    October 29, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    This was a bit of a letdown after the special issue.

  21. Avatar photo insight says:
    October 29, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    yeah…  was a bit of a disappointment…  and i didn’t realize i was going to need to pick up some special coming out next week…  i am a lot less enthusiastic about New Krypton after reading this…  thinking i will miss Geoff Johns and Gary Frank doing their own thing :-

  22. Avatar photo SuperMoore says:
    October 29, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    The art was poor, hopefully Doomsday will take out President Bush.

  23. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    October 29, 2008 at 9:47 pm

    @Super: If only that could happen in real life…..Anywho…..

    What insight said about picking up a seperate issue for a seperate event. Why do I need to do that? Like how they advertised in Superman last time to pick up Jimmy Olsen special? Do I really need to pick that up? Now I know the answer is yes because the first and second part of New Krypton has somewhat referenced it….But why should I waste more money on a writer I dont like to get more into a story? Like the Astonishing X-Men mini out this week: Why cant this be in the damn regular series?

  24. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    October 29, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    I’m not picking up that stupid olsen special.  This issue didn’t do too much to keep me pumped for more.  Writing was pretty good, and I loved the scene with the other heroes, the part with Hawkgirl not being a Thanagarian was hilarous to me.  But mostly it was just sort of bland.  I have real problems with the art too, it bounce from being pretty good to just plain ugly at times.  Krypto made me smile though.  Too early to judge the whole thing, but that last panel definitly did the job of hooking me for the next issue.

    Question: has Doomsday appeared at all since the Death of Superman?  

  25. boostergold4 says:
    October 30, 2008 at 8:32 am

    Lets stop the Bush bashing…

  26. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    October 30, 2008 at 9:05 am

    This just in:
    Mark Millar wants to make an 8 hour Superman epic spread over 3 films: http://www.cinematical.com/2008/10/30/mark-millar-wants-to-make-an-8-hour-superman-epic/
    News at 11?

    I am not sure Mark Millar is who I want doing this.  Red Son was cool, but Geoff Johns seems like a better fit right now.

    @boostergold4 – That’s what she said (to you, not me).

  27. Avatar photo Kory says:
    October 30, 2008 at 11:31 am

    I know our president is unpopular, but let’s not wish harm on anyone.

    What was so terrible about this issue?  Granted, the exchange between Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl was a little strange, but I don’t understand the hate, I enjoyed it. It was a little bland, but we are still in the setup phase of the story.  I expect things to pick up soon.

  28. boostergold4 says:
    October 30, 2008 at 11:55 am

    @stuclach- lol

  29. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    October 30, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    I think Red Son proved that Millar is capable of writing a great Superman story.  But I agree that Johns would do an awesome job. 

  30. Avatar photo AlexG says:
    October 30, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    err…Well, Superman is different when Johns writes it huh? It wasn’t bad, but this shouldn’t be a setup issue, we already had the setup issue.

  31. Avatar photo Grayghost says:
    October 30, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    It’s nice to care about Superman again.  Can’t wait for the next issue.

  32. Avatar photo Kory says:
    October 31, 2008 at 11:01 am

    I made this my pick of the week.  Granted the art left a little to be desired, but overall I thought this was a good issue.  It moved the New Krypton story along nicely, showing the growing uneasiness between the Kryptonians and the people of Earth as well as other heroes in the DCU.  And if the ending is any indication, things are certain to pick up in part 3.

  33. Avatar photo roadcrew1 says:
    October 31, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    Doomsday is back!!!!!

  34. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    October 31, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Ugh… This issue was all right, but I was really expecting better from Robinson. I’m a little disappointed in Doomsday being brought in, but I did really enjoy the Jimmy Olsen special and am looking forward to the Guardian special. 

  35. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    November 1, 2008 at 11:16 am

    The best part of this was the last page. That was a real jaw dropper. Totally out of left field for the story.

    I’m really not digging Robinson’s take on Superman so far. His first arc & now this is starting to show me his style of dialogue does not suit these characters at all (IMO). The dialogue is so clunky, it’s distracting. Dialogue is not the most important thing in the world, but in a medium where most of your information comes from it — it helps if it flows smoothly & seems natural. Add to this that there was alot of stuff about Atlas that was explained in a seperate book (the Jimmy Olsen Special) … if Superman wasn’t crossing over with Action comics right now I’d be dropping this title for the first time in years.

  36. Avatar photo WinTheWonderboy says:
    November 1, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    @drakedangerz: I think Jeph Loeb brought Doomsday back during his run on superman and he was also used as weapon in the Our Worlds At War crossover a few years ago.

  37. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 1, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    @Win: Yeah, so the fact that Doomsday has been used after ‘Death of’ arc makes his appearence lose that much luster. If he was never used at all til now: yes this would’ve been huge! But since he’s used so much in comics, TV, DVD’s, and so forth….no wonder I didnt care for it as much as I should’ve.

    Oh and I think DC lied in their summary’s again. What threat behind Atlas surfaced in this? Or what long standing member did Sups say bye too? Dont tell me this is RIP all over again….

  38. Avatar photo fleaman says:
    November 2, 2008 at 1:35 am

    I’m not a big Super Man fan and I picked up this issue with the hope of really getting into it.  I didn’t have a huge problem with the art and the story I didn’t find to be engaging.  The last panel with Doomsday was anticlimactic. Why does it even matter if Doomsday is back?  There are thousands of Kryptonians that could take him down.  Maybe I’m missing something.

  39. southbymidwest says:
    November 2, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    I like that Alex Ross (I didn’t see it as well with the artist on this issue) is incorporating Kryptonian garb from all the different eras. Very cool.

  40. Avatar photo Mithel says:
    November 2, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    My first thought is that a this will be a sort of false reveal; the next issue of the arc will have the Kryptonians dispatch Doomsday in five panels or less, demonstrating(aptly) the sheer power of Earth’s newest visitors.

  41. Avatar photo Kory says:
    November 3, 2008 at 10:03 am

    I think the comment above me pretty much sums things up.

  42. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    November 3, 2008 at 11:43 am

    Maybe Luthor will make 100.000 Doomsday clones & we will have the biggest battle royal in the history of comics?

  43. Avatar photo WinTheWonderboy says:
    November 3, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    Im so glad Luthors back in the superman books and i cant wait to see what Johns, Robinson and Gates have in store for him, now that he doesn’t 1 but 100,000 kryptonians to deal with. 

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