The relationship of Lois Lane and Superman.
Especially since he's dating Wonder Woman. Yes. Wonder Woman. Fanboys must have ejaculated simultaneously everywhere! The plus? Wonder Woman gets another book out of it. So, that's cool. (Aptly titled: Superman/Wonder Woman.) I know it's temporary. But, I’m not here to talk about that. I’m talking about one very interesting surprise: The comic book: Earth 2. It’s an alternate reality where the war with Darkseid and Apokolips has claimed Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman as its first casualties and a new evolution of “Wonders” have begun appearing. No Justice Society of America from the World War. No Huntress, daughter of Catwoman and Batman. (Yes, but no.) A new era of heroes "reborn" with a great deal of cultural diversity.
But, you get what they give you. Get onboard or get off. I got onboard.
Then, there was Lois Lane.
!!!SPOILER
ALERT!!!
Yes, I'm talking about her again. She turned 75 this year and she was commemorated with her own book. I’m sick of Lois getting killed off in order to set Superman off. (I’m looking at YOU, Ms. Superman
Injustice: Gods Among Us! and Kingdom Come.) Earth 2 was no better in killing off my favorite non-powered heroine, but it completely redeemed itself with …
--the
consciousness of Lois Lane being reborn in the form of a female robot
version of Red Tornado. Personally, I’m
fine with it. It’s Earth 2. It doesn’t affect comics continuum anyway. A Gay Green Lantern. A Black Hawkgirl. A young Jay Garrick, Flash. An Egyptian Dr. Fate. A black Aquawoman. A Jimmy Olsen so genius, he had to be locked
away. A gun-toting vengeful Batman who quickly
killed the imprisoned Joker rather than release him. (Whoever is beneath that cowl will be
revealed in Earth 2 Annual #2. Soon!) A murderous re-born Superman as a Darkseid
zealot. And, newly revealed --- a black
Kryptonian!!!
More
importantly? Lois Lane lives.
And, I'm ready for it!!!
1 comment:
You're such a comic book nerd! lol
I learn so much from your posts sometimes because you really keep up. I've also kept away from DC because with this new 52 they've had a habit of...ugh. Ruining themselves.
Like, I also really enjoyed Justice League Dark. In the beginning it was a good book and I was totally into it and then suddenly...the writing took a nose dive after the first arc and things stopped making sense. Like the book no longer had any idea what it wanted to be anymore. after a point I just set it down and walked away -_-
I haven't read anything else, really, from the New 52 besides that. At least not that I can recall. I've been reading DC's "Masters of the Universe" line of books and...not liking it all that much.
But I may check out Earth 2. I'd been seeing it on Comixology and wanted to read it for quite some time but I feared it may be full of the New DC's anti-everything vein (DC seems to keep hiring men with the maturity of children to write some of their books). But this one sounds like it may be different...So I'll check it out.
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