PastePotPete
06-02-2006, 07:39 AM
I picked up Action Comis 839 yesterday, part 6 of a story I've been enjoying "Up, Up, and Away" by Mr. Busiek and Mr. Johns.
Anyone else who picked up this issue notice that the 'S' on Superman's chest is now raised? Uhhh, wassa word? Embossed? It's bas relief. 3-D.
When did Superman make this change to his costume? Sometime between the last issue of Superman and this issue of Action comics, apparently.
I understand that different artists draw characters differently, but this is a change to the costume. Superman got a new costume in the middle of a fight with Hellgramite, Silver Banshee, Riot, Livewire and that gun guy?
That's not what really bothers me though. It's that this is obviously an attempt to tie in Superman's look in the comic with how he looks in the movie. This is REALLY unnecessary! He's big! He's Blue! He has a red 'S.' Nobody who sees the movie is going to pick up the comic and go "Hey, why isn't the symbol on his chest raised like in the movie? This isn't the real Superman! I'm not buying this!"
Okay, it's a minor cosmetic change. Unnecessary, but I could live with it. But my anger really kicked in when Lex Luthor's plan was finally revealed. After five issues of a really great Superman story we find that Lex Luthor in the comic is doing EXACTLY THE SAME THING as Lex Luthor in the movie. He's growing Kryptonian crystals to re-create Metropolis. Or destroy it. Anyway, if you watch the Superman trailer carefully, you can see that a major part of the plot hinges on Luthor growing Krytonian crystals, and that's what Luthor is doing in the comic.
At another point in the comic, Perry White gives a speech almost identical to the one he gives in the trailer for Superman Returns.
This annoys me. A lot. I know I'm maybe overreacting, but I hate stuff like this. Why does the comic always have to jive with a movie that comes out? Do people who see the movie really come to the comic expecting it to be EXACTLY like the movie? Who would want the same story twice? Cross-marketing in this way is complete hogwash! It doesn't work! It's some idiotic marketing guy businessman piece-of-crap saying "Here's what we need to do..." But he's wrong!
Yes, people buy more Superman comics when a Superman movie comes out. Sure. No, they don't expect Superman comics to be EXACTLY like the movie. They don't. You don't want to have an energy-powers Superman when a Superman movie comes out, but you certainly don't need to emboss the symbol on his suit and lamely replicate the plot of the movie. Hogwash!
Anyone else who picked up this issue notice that the 'S' on Superman's chest is now raised? Uhhh, wassa word? Embossed? It's bas relief. 3-D.
When did Superman make this change to his costume? Sometime between the last issue of Superman and this issue of Action comics, apparently.
I understand that different artists draw characters differently, but this is a change to the costume. Superman got a new costume in the middle of a fight with Hellgramite, Silver Banshee, Riot, Livewire and that gun guy?
That's not what really bothers me though. It's that this is obviously an attempt to tie in Superman's look in the comic with how he looks in the movie. This is REALLY unnecessary! He's big! He's Blue! He has a red 'S.' Nobody who sees the movie is going to pick up the comic and go "Hey, why isn't the symbol on his chest raised like in the movie? This isn't the real Superman! I'm not buying this!"
Okay, it's a minor cosmetic change. Unnecessary, but I could live with it. But my anger really kicked in when Lex Luthor's plan was finally revealed. After five issues of a really great Superman story we find that Lex Luthor in the comic is doing EXACTLY THE SAME THING as Lex Luthor in the movie. He's growing Kryptonian crystals to re-create Metropolis. Or destroy it. Anyway, if you watch the Superman trailer carefully, you can see that a major part of the plot hinges on Luthor growing Krytonian crystals, and that's what Luthor is doing in the comic.
At another point in the comic, Perry White gives a speech almost identical to the one he gives in the trailer for Superman Returns.
This annoys me. A lot. I know I'm maybe overreacting, but I hate stuff like this. Why does the comic always have to jive with a movie that comes out? Do people who see the movie really come to the comic expecting it to be EXACTLY like the movie? Who would want the same story twice? Cross-marketing in this way is complete hogwash! It doesn't work! It's some idiotic marketing guy businessman piece-of-crap saying "Here's what we need to do..." But he's wrong!
Yes, people buy more Superman comics when a Superman movie comes out. Sure. No, they don't expect Superman comics to be EXACTLY like the movie. They don't. You don't want to have an energy-powers Superman when a Superman movie comes out, but you certainly don't need to emboss the symbol on his suit and lamely replicate the plot of the movie. Hogwash!