Philosophía
"The devil made me do it"
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Morrison said he had wanted to write Superman regularly after All-Star Superman. "This is kind of taking those ideas I had time at the time, and I'm able to do them now in a new form."Morrison said Lex Luthor in Action Comics is kind of a good guy, a scientist working for the government who is an "up and coming" rich guy that's sold a few patent.
Morrison said Superman is "halfway between leaping and flying" in Action Comics #1, which is part of the story.
Is there an end point to Superman's powers? Morrison said that he hasn't thought about it with this story, since he's dealing with Superman in his prime.
Plans for Superboy Prime? Lobdell said that's the first time the idea has entered into his head, so — no.
"It doesn't add anything to the mythos," Lobdell says, adding that there's been a lot of "duplication" of superheroes in recent years, and that's something he wants to avoid. When a character that hasn't been seen for a while shows up, it'll be for a reason.
Will elements of All-Star Superman be used in Action Comics? Not a lot, it looks like. "I want to make this a very different book, feel very different," Morrison said, adding that he has 16 issues planned out so far of Action Comics and will probably keep going.
CBR coverage
September's "Action Comics" #1 was up first as Morrison explained "This is Superman five years before the current continuity" adding that he wanted to explore what makes people care about Superman, which was apparantly that he wore his underpants outside his pants. "People go crazy when they think you're going to change everything, but this is about how Superman got his costume and why he got it...the whole idea of being a 17 year old guy whose mom sews your costume [is a bit ridiculous.]" The book explores the realism of what a young man in Superman's position would be. "'All-Star' was Superman at the end of his life, but this Superman is young and brash and more take-charge...we want to see this guy fight on the streets for the common man."When a reader asked if Superman would fight the New Gods, Morrison said, "You're asking me" before promising the characters in his forthcoming "Multiversity" series rather than in "Action Comics." Morrison also told the fan that as far as what Superman's armored suit will do for him, the books will "give you a reason why" it exists so it stands for something. Morrison argued that "capes should come back" in modern fashion. In "Action Comics" the cape will be Kal-El's "baby blanket" that he's had since he left his home planet as an infant.
Morrison described Lex Luthor as an up and coming science whiz and businessman who's working with the government. "He's not a mad scientist," but there will be twists to the villain's presentation that cast him more like a hero. "All the old stories are still there...Superman's a pop culture myth who reflects the times we live in...you've got to understand that these characters are in constant flux," the writer added of the constant retelling of the origins that had wore out a fan. "You shouldn't be exhausted reading superhero comics, it's supposed to be fun."
The writer followed up a comment on Superman as the Bruce Springsteen of the DCU saying he's "Born to Fly."
Since Morrison has plans for Steel in his first "Action" arc, he hopes that the interest in the character will remain high so a spinoff series could be possible in the future. He also promised a fan who wanted to see a tougher, more powerful Superman that "Superman's going to kick a lot more ass in this book."
Jimmy Olsen and Clark Kent were described by Morrison as "two geeks together" and that the friendship between the pair will be pretty natural for the characters. The writer won't use a lot of the big, sci-fi villains of "All-Star" like Solaris in "Action." Instead, he's creating new villains to make this a very different book. He has plans for around 16 issues of the series so far and "I'll probably just keep going."