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SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #3 (OF 6)


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  1. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    November 23, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    This is good stuff.  Is it just me or does Lois look similar to the Lois from All Star Supes?

  2. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    November 23, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    Wasn’t too impressed with last issue, so hopefully this will be better.

  3. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 23, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    It’s been a great mini so far. Possibly the best Superman Origin I have read. I hope DC sticks to this for longer then a couple years though.

  4. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    November 23, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    @TNC – I  think they will stick to this for a while.

  5. Avatar photo FACE says:
    November 23, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    I love this. Everything that makes Geoff Johns the best can be found in these pages.

  6. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    November 23, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    Super-excited for this. 

  7. MisterJ says:
    November 23, 2009 at 6:13 pm

    That’s my favorite cover for the series so far.

    Really been enjoying this.

  8. Avatar photo Reform says:
    November 23, 2009 at 7:58 pm

    I’ve read the first two as soon as I got them home, the 3rd has me just as ready to read.

  9. Avatar photo ShonenRafa77 says:
    November 24, 2009 at 12:22 am

    @stuclach

    Hey stuclach that’s what I though too! Y’know I always felt that the All-STar Lois kinda sorta looked like she was drawn to evoke Kristin Kreuk’s Lana Lang; I could be totally off on that (I’m a huge Kristin Kreuk fan so it would make sense for me to read into it like that) and it may just be the straightened hair but I got the same sorta vibe from this fantastic cover.

     So in short, yeah, I thought the same thing when I saw the this cover! 😀 

  10. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 24, 2009 at 12:29 am

    Yeah the cover definitelt envokes a little Frank Quitely doesnt it?

  11. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    November 24, 2009 at 12:35 am

    I’m scratching my head at these Frank Quitely comparisons. Not that I don’t think Frank and Quitely are both good artists (they certainly are) I just don’t see the comparison. Interesting what we all see in and take away from art. I have to say, Jimmy Olsen’s gotta creepy face on in that shot.

    @shonen, stuc I’m not sure Quitely was basing his looks for any of the All-Star Superman characters off of existing character models be it live action or from the page. While All-Star Supes is meant to evoke Silver Age Kurt Swan Superman, he’s also supposed to evoke this iconic Superman image that Morrison met in person one night after a convention. (The multi-part Newsarama exit interview with Morrison is a must read for that series. They should collect that in any future editions, I know they won’t, but I can dream.) Quitely’s women tend to look a little Asian/Pacific Islander though. 

  12. Avatar photo ShonenRafa77 says:
    November 24, 2009 at 1:37 am

    @PraxJavin

    Yeah you know what man now that I think about it, that observation you made, about how Quitely’s women could tend to look Asian/Pacific Islander at times is probably what led me to (combined with my love of Kristin Kreuk) make that connection. Thanks for the article recommendation, I think I missed that one when it was published!

    I think one thing Mr. Quitely and Mr. Frank definitely share, though, is their ability to render Superman’s world FANTASTICALLY well; seriously, after Curt Swan, their’s are the interpretations which my brain immediately goes to when I think Superman in comics 

  13. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 24, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    I like how sheepish Perry White looks in the background.

    "Well no one is paying attention to me…..Guess I’ll smoke"

  14. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    November 24, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    I don’t mean to imply that Frank’s style is even remotely similar to Quitely’s.  I simply think the Lois on that cover looks similar (physically) to the one Quitely drew in All Star Supes.  She looks slightly darker than normal with an ethnic twist.  She doesn’t look like the all american brunette anymore (or at least the idealized version of an all american brunette).

    That may be due to the fact that Quitely tends to draw women to look a bit Asian, as you said. 

  15. edward says:
    November 24, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    yep, i don’t see the frank/quitely connection.

    I think the only connection is that both artist’s version lois has dark dark hair.

  16. edward says:
    November 24, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    sorry, both artists’ version of lois have dark dark hair

  17. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    November 25, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    Very nice.  I like how Mr. Johns is changing little pieces of the origin (thus improving it, in my opinion) without changing any of the key components.  He is working his magic.

  18. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 25, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    Fan-Fucking-tastic this issue was. POTW for me no question.

    I loved everything about this issue and Johns is certainly working his magic here. Frank is killing it on this book and that page of Clark opening his shirt to reveal the outfit…..God damn that gave me goosebumps.

    Amazing issue.

  19. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    November 25, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    @TNC – That page had me tearing up.  I flashed back to the first time I watched Superman: The Motion Picture with my dad.  Unbelievable.

  20. Avatar photo FACE says:
    November 25, 2009 at 6:01 pm

    Phenomenal. It’s such a relief to have a bit of settled down Johns, where the story’s driven more by dialogue than action, and not hampered down quite so much by continuity and exposition. It’s simple, flowing, natural. 

    Not to fuel the fire but I see the Quitely similarities, and I like it! However, has there ever been an artist who delivered more on cheeks than Frank? Sometimes I’m thinking he goes overboard (last ish’ much more than this). That little peeve aside, the art’s been wonderful: well paneled/ structured and dancing a fine line with his detail, but certainly not crossing it.

    and..

    Lois Lane has THE best legs in all of comic-dom.  

  21. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    November 25, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    @FACE – Good call on Ms. Lane’s legs. Damn fine.

  22. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 25, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    @stuclach: You know I normally dont think of the Superman theme from the movie when reading comics. But once I saw that page and the rest of the sequence…..I couldn’t get it out of my head. Amazing issue all around.

  23. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    November 25, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    This was a great comic adaption of some scenes from the original Superman movie … but, where’s the “secret” part? Just seems like a (really well done) 400th retelling of Superman’s origin.
    The art is off the scale, though. If Frank doesn’t do the best facial expressions in all of comics, I’d like to know who does.

  24. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    November 26, 2009 at 12:07 am

    Wow, if you didn’t think Geoff Johns loved the original Superman movie before, you should after reading this.

  25. Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
    November 26, 2009 at 4:06 am

    @WadeWilson: The “Secret” designation isn’t literal. That’s how DC has branded their origin stories for decades.

  26. Avatar photo Spoons says:
    November 26, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    Absolutely loved this.  Though Blackest Night was good I kept coming back to the scenes of the reserved Clark interacting with Lois for the first time.  POTW for me.

  27. Avatar photo Zeppo says:
    November 27, 2009 at 7:13 am

    Loved it, but it seems like we missed a step. Last issue high school clark caught a falling space ship, now a grown-up clark is at the DP. What happened with that space ship?!

     A small nickpick because the issue itself was solid.

  28. flapjaxx says:
    November 27, 2009 at 9:42 am

    I’m enjoying this series more than I thought I could possibly enjoy another Superman Origin story. On the other hand, what is with the way Gary Frank draws people smiling nowadays? They look like they’re criminally insane with those grins. Other than that, perfect issue. Personally, I loved Byrne’s Man of Steel, but this is just as great for the new generation.

  29. Avatar photo Reform says:
    November 27, 2009 at 10:45 am

    Anyone get the V.cover?  It was soo nice but I had to go with the original, I love the way the covers set the tone for each chapter.  The V/cover was so nice though, it just was too different from the rest to go together.  

     

    P.O.T.W. for me for sure, so far 1. 2. and now 3. have been my pick of the week, I wonder if any book could beat it in the weeks to come.

  30. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    November 27, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    Great issue of a great series. I love this… except for the fact that it is clearly just an updating of Superman the movie… and that’s great and fantastic…. but a little annoying. It doesn’t feel quite as fresh, despite the snappy dialogue and outstanding art. The film(s really) stands up on its own, it doesn’t need "in continuity" status to help that. Still, 5/5 for me.

    @Zeppo That was Krypto in that. Consider this the Superman origin highlights reel.

  31. Avatar photo robsavino says:
    November 28, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    Unbelievable! First 2 issues were good but this one killed it. I actually flashed back to being a kid and seeing Superman 1/2 for the first time. Magical. Def POTW.

  32. Avatar photo Gabe says:
    November 30, 2009 at 1:04 am

    Best issue in a loooonnnggg time.  Had to go watch the Christopher Reeve movies after this.  Could hear the music in my head.  Just sooooo good. 

  33. Avatar photo cutty says:
    November 30, 2009 at 9:33 am

    POW.  Probably the best single supes story I’ve read since coming back to comics 3 years ago

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