Superman: Space Age

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Freudian Excuse: The Joker targets Bruce Wayne because he lost his daughter to the fires the company set when Maxwell Lord was CEO. Taking You with Me: The Joker refuses to let the children he's holding hostage go unless Bruce wears a clown mask and lets the police snipers shoot him so he can make a clean getaway with a Bruce Wayne mask. Bruce instead makes it so both he and the Joker are shot dead. Superman comics were published in the 1960s, but they didn’t lean into contemporary events the way this story does. How did these events shape your version of the character? I would say it's about the need for hope in a world without it. I think if you're a Superman fan, you're going to get that. If you're not a Superman fan, you probably need to get that.

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Uniting the critically acclaimed writer Mark Russell and Eisner-winner Mike Allred for the first time, this series promises fans an unforgettable journey through U.S. history and culture starring our beloved characters. Bittersweet Ending: Superman dies, but his actions gave everyone on his Earth a new chance at life and gave an alternate Superman a whole Earth's worth of hope. This is a dream project for me,” said Mark Russell. “Not only because I get to work with a genius like Mike Allred, but because I’ve always found Superman such a philosophically fascinating character, one which forces us to ask how different would the world be if we chose to be our best selves?” Demoted to Extra: The main five Justice League members all get some highlights and character moments except for poor Aquaman, who isn't even seen participating in the final battle.

Pyrrhic Victory: Lex cements his victory over Batman, Wayne Enterprises, and the world the day the world ends. To add insult to injury, the fact that he refused Superman's DNA extraction means nothing of him remains on the new Earth. It's definitely a Superman story, but I wanted it to be about how Superman is sort of the product of all the people around him, and about how as the symbol of hope, what you hope to accomplish is that other people will be drawn to it. Other people will follow or at the very least will try to also create hope where they can. That's really what this story is about, and that is where the rest of the Justice League and the DC Universe comes into play.

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One of Superman's great powers, which never really gets talked about much in the comics, is his ability to listen. How he absorbs the wisdom of others, and lets it become part of him. How he takes the best attributes of other people and uses them to grow, without which he would be an absolute terror. You don't want somebody in power who doesn't have that ability to listen and to grow and to respect the wisdom of others. So, I wanted to really make that an important part of his development in this first volume.Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Bruce retiring as CEO to focus on being Batman leads the unscrupulous Maxwell Lord to take over, directly leading to Gotham's gentrification and Bruce's own death years later.

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TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. This comic also has an interesting role for Lex Luthor. How did you come up with this interpretation of him? It is implied that this story is set on a Pre-Crisis universe and the events in the present (1985) take place during the first Crisis. Death Equals Redemption: Bruce lets himself be killed fighting the Joker to both stop his plan and atone for his own mistakes. Meet Clark Kent, a young reporter who just learned that the world will soon come to an end (Crisis on Infinite Earths) and there is nothing he can do to save it. Sounds like a job for his alter ego...Superman! Superman: Space Age from critically acclaimed writer Mark Russell (One-Star Squadron and The Flintstones) and Eisner-winner artist Mike Allred (Silver Surfer and Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams) will be available in comic shops on July 26, 2022.Rogues' Gallery Transplant: Lex Luthor is ultimately more of a Batman enemy than a foe of Superman. He competes with Bruce Wayne at the beginning of the story, and is sent to prison before Superman becomes publicly known. When he's released 20 years later, he focuses his efforts on trying to absorb Wayne Enterprises, dismissing Otis' idea to use Kryptonite against Superman, and never directly confronts the Man of Steel once in this story. Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: Superman and Batman are never as close here as they are in the comics and most other adaptations. Notably, despite both being active for over 20 years, Superman never learns that Batman’s secret identity is Bruce Wayne, even after Batman’s death. The 1960s were a turbulent time for our world. While we thrilled to the music of the Beatles, TV shows like Star Trek and spy thrillers like the James Bond movies, outside the realm of entertainment, things were chaotic. America experienced a Presidential assassination, the torrent of the civil rights movement, a high-stakes space race, and the always looming threat of nuclear war. It was a difficult time for everybody, but what if they were Superman? Journalism plays a major role in this story. Can you talk about Superman’s relationship with the medium? I love the contrast between Superman's relationship with both of his fathers. What was your take on that?