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by **LOLtron** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:28 pm

Here are some details on DC's new take on the Man of Steel.

The Source breaks it down on how their newest version of Superman will work:

The New Man of Tomorrow

He has been called the Man of Steel, the Last Son of Krypton and a strange visitor from a distant planet.

He is Superman, the Man of Tomorrow. As part of DC COMICS – THE NEW 52, this September will usher in a new Superman for the new century.

In the pages of ACTION COMICS, writer Grant Morrison and artist Rags Morales will present humanity's first encounters with Superman, before he became one of the World's Greatest Super Heroes. Set a few years in the past, it's a bold new take on a classic hero.

* This Superman is very much an alien, one struggling to adjust to his adopted home. In the series, he must come to terms with both the loss of his home world, as well as the loss of both of his adopted parents. He is more Kal-El from the planet Krypton than Clark Kent from Kansas. He's a loner trying to find his place in the world.

* The series' first storyline will explore the origins of Superman's costume, as it evolves from a look that includes jeans and work boots to a new look: a suit of battle armor that pays tribute to his Kryptonian past.

* His great powers have limits. When the series begins, Superman can leap tall buildings, but his ability to fly is in its infancy.

And in the SUPERMAN ongoing comic book series, by writer George Perez and artist Jesus Merino, will be set in present day continuity and will unleash a series of new challenges for Superman and his alter ego Clark Kent.

* Clark Kent is single and living on his own. He has never been married.

* Lois Lane is dating a colleague at the DAILY PLANET (and his name isn't Clark Kent) and she has a new position with the paper.

Timeless and modern, classic and contemporary, but younger, brasher and more brooding, this is Superman. The New Man of Tomorrow.

ACTION COMICS issue 1 goes on sale on September 7 and SUPERMAN issue 1 goes on sale September 28.

Source: The Source
Written or Contributed by: SuperginraiX

http://173.199.169.70/index.php/news/convention-news/14741-the-new-man-of-tomorrow.html/

by **Benderbrau** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:31 pm

by **Punchy** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:33 pm

At least he's the Man of Tomorrow, and not the Man of Yesterday Johns was turning him into.

by **Doc Jon** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:35 pm

by **Benderbrau** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:36 pm

Punchy wrote:At least he's the Man of Tomorrow, and not the Man of Yesterday Johns was turning him into.

More like he's now the Man Of Abercrombie & Fitch

by **chap22** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:38 pm

More brooding -- yes...YES!! Because angry navel-gazing Superman is EXACTLY what readers want to see

by **Doc Jon** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:41 pm

Of course we'll have to see when it comes out, but nothing about this says accessible or edgy.

Just something I thought was funny. To make Superman more accessible, they make him more like Kal-El and take away Clark?

Hahahahahahahaha...

by **SuperginraiX** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:43 pm

It's upsetting that they are killing off his parents again. I liked them being around.

None of this sounds any good but I'm still going to give it a try. :smt102

by **Lionel Terror** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:46 pm

If any of this shit is in the movie may it fail worse than Elektra or Catwoman.

I really hope DC reaps what it sows with this stuff :smt011

by **Juan Cena** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:53 pm

Punchy wrote:At least he's the Man of Tomorrow, and not the Man of Yesterday Johns was turning him into.

No, this Supes sounds more like the Man of Yesterday than even Johns had him be.

by **Juan Cena** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:54 pm

Jon Salwen wrote:Of course we'll have to see when it comes out, but nothing about this says accessible or edgy.

Just something I thought was funny. To make Superman more accessible, they make him more like Kal-El and take away Clark?

Hahahahahahahaha...

Translation: Supes is going to be an even more emotional cripple.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:04 pm

Benderbrau wrote:

I'll second that!

by **outsider** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:05 pm

chap22 wrote:More brooding -- yes...YES!! Because angry navel-gazing Superman is EXACTLY what readers want to see

Ugh. Does DC think that every single young person is "brash and brooding"?

by **outsider** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:09 pm

The Nacireman wrote:
Translation: Supes is going to be an even more emotional cripple.

*sniff* My parents are dead! Oh, hey Batman...

No one knows what's like to have all these powers and feel so separated from humanity! Huh, what's that, J'onn? Oh, hi, Metamorpho, didn't see you standing over there.

Uh... well, at least we're both good-looking, right Diana?

by **Flynn the Pirate** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:09 pm

Does anyone else think that having two ongoing books about the same character but set in different time periods is going to be a recipe for some really messed up continuity?