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DC Comics: Rebirth

I'm liking the new Superman series-I think Superman kind of got off on the wrong foot with the New 52 version, kind of making him more rebellious, troubled etc. (Something the Cavill movies are kind of doing too, although even they seem to 'get' Superman better). It's kind of funny that they killed him off and replaced him with the post-crisis Superman who of course is famous for being killed off in the 90's. It's also kind of interesting him interact with the sort of same-but-different post-Flashpoint DC.

Agreed. I also prefer this Lois to anything from the New 52. Their son is also a great addition (particularly his interactions with Damien Wayne).
 
There are hints that old Superman doesn't really belong in the new 52 verse. I'm still thinking that we haven't seen the last of new 52 Superman and at some point Lois and Clark are going to join with their new 52 counterparts somehow.

As for the Titans, in the first arc Abra Kadabra says that he was the one who threw Wally into the speed force. I haven't finished that first arc yet, but it doesn't say anything about the complete rewrite of time.
 
There are hints that old Superman doesn't really belong in the new 52 verse. I'm still thinking that we haven't seen the last of new 52 Superman and at some point Lois and Clark are going to join with their new 52 counterparts somehow.

As for the Titans, in the first arc Abra Kadabra says that he was the one who threw Wally into the speed force. I haven't finished that first arc yet, but it doesn't say anything about the complete rewrite of time.
Wasn't there some suggestion in the Lois and Clark series that ended with Rebirth that this Superman was not as powerful as he'd been on his own earth? I thought that angle was worth further exploration but it seems to have been quietly dropped.
 
I thought Swamp Thing got Superman in sync with the new Earth. I don't think he is going anywhere. They are planning that Super Sons series, and I doubt they want to make Superman's kid an orphan or to remove one half of the Super Sons from the equation.
 
I think the current Superman is pretty safe. New 52 Superman isn't exactly a character people seem to be clamoring for or really care is gone, while Super Dad seems pretty popular (and personally I think he's great, which isn't surprising since he's the same awesome Superman that we had pre-grim and gritty reboot), and his kid is also well received. I really don't think we'll be seeing the New 52 Superman again, at least not on a permanent basis, and I think that's a good thing.
 
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I'm not saying that new 52 Supes will return as a separate entity. I am thinking that some how the two characters will be joined so that pre-52 Superman and Lois become a definitive part of the new 52 universe along with their son but that the status quo of Clark and Lois at the Daily Planet returns.
 
Well, they've pretty much got that already

A "Clark Kent", who is apparently a real Clark Kent, is at the Daily Planet with the pre-reboot Lois Lane (who is somehow fooling peoiple into thinking she's the New 52 Lois, even though that woman must have been at least 10 years younger, but whatever).

I legitimately can't see any reality where they "join/merge" characters, but based on what I put in the spoiler they have literally no reason to do anything like that, anyway. DC currently have their cake and are eating it, too. The only thing they don't have is stupid Clark/Lois relationship drama, but they didn't have that for years pre-New 52 and it worked, and I think that the family dynamic is working out really well for them, so that stuff is unneeded. They have the Daily Planet stuff, they have a Superman people actually like, they have a dynamic with Superman that they really haven't done before, and its popular.
 
Is anybody reading Death of Hawkman and enjoying it? That wasn't the original name of the book but they changed it at the last minute for marketing purposes, I would imagine.
 
Is anybody reading Death of Hawkman and enjoying it? That wasn't the original name of the book but they changed it at the last minute for marketing purposes, I would imagine.

Absolutely. I'm only two issues in (I only get my US comics once a month per mail), but those two issues are very good, and I'm looking forward how this plays out.
 
Well, they've pretty much got that already

A "Clark Kent", who is apparently a real Clark Kent, is at the Daily Planet with the pre-reboot Lois Lane (who is somehow fooling peoiple into thinking she's the New 52 Lois, even though that woman must have been at least 10 years younger, but whatever).

I legitimately can't see any reality where they "join/merge" characters, but based on what I put in the spoiler they have literally no reason to do anything like that, anyway. DC currently have their cake and are eating it, too. The only thing they don't have is stupid Clark/Lois relationship drama, but they didn't have that for years pre-New 52 and it worked, and I think that the family dynamic is working out really well for them, so that stuff is unneeded. They have the Daily Planet stuff, they have a Superman people actually like, they have a dynamic with Superman that they really haven't done before, and its popular.
New Clark will allow Superman to be Clark again once the dust settles
 
New Clark will allow Superman to be Clark again once the dust settles

At some point, probably when the two-year Watchmen arc plays out, I do expect that the status quo in the Superman titles will revert to something closer to the pop culture idea of Superman -- Clark and Lois in Metropolis, both writing for the Daily Planet -- but with a few elements of the current status quo remaining, like Jon. Yet, I'll feel like something's been lost when that happens. I like the rural setting. I like Clark and Lois trying to give Jon the sort of upbringing Clark had. And I'll miss that.
 
There's an upcoming crossover between the Superman titles, called "Superman Reborn". In the finale of that story in "Superman" #20, the suit will be tweaked again:
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Classic boots (though with a metallic shine) and brighter blue, with a new wider belt and a golden diamond-shaped buckle, and the gauntlet-like sleeves are gone. At this point, though, DC's attempt to make the suit work without the red trunks seems kinda desperate, like they can't bring themselves to admit that they were wrong to ditch them.
 
That's because they weren't wrong to ditch them. They're awful, and the suit works so much better without them that I honestly don't see the issue.
I'm sorry I have to disagree with you. They were right to ditch the midnight blue/black ones from Batman's costume, but I really think they should have kept the red ones on Superman along with the yellow belt. Nobody seemed to have a problem with them for the first 73 years of the character's history, not to mention the 'Earth-One' graphic novel series. Its the same with the yellow oval and long(ish) ears on Batman's suit, why the hate?
My compromise suggestion - and this would also apply to Henry Cavill (and if he should reappear) Tyler Hoechlin is that instead of making the red area trunks, why not simply have an area around the crotch that is coloured red rather than blue? Think the 'Super Powers' action figures from the mid-80s. I know that they were supposed to be trunks and for practical purposes were painted on but still, work with me here.
 
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