Mister Mets
12-01-2006, 10:04 PM
I've been in a Superman mood lately (I've recently enjoyed both the Donner cut of Superman 2, the novel It's Superman and a few of the comics) and I started thinking about how cool it would be if DC were to launch a series of OGNS/ mini series with the adventures of a Golden Age Superman with modern storytelling sensibilities. This was inspired by some comments Erik Larsen made about characters like Superman belonging the most to the time in which they were created.
Superman: Gold
The story would be about 200 pages, either as an OGN, or a The Golden Age type mini series. It follows a Superman who emerges in the late 30s. It differs from the Earth 2/ Golden Age Superman in that it can use elements from later Superman stories (Bizarro, Jonathan & Martha Kent, Mxyptlk, Zod, Brainiac, Doomsday, Jor-el, etc.) One rule is that it's written in a modern decompressed/ cinematic style (maintaining the pre-World War 2 setting/ sense of wonder), so the writer makes no efforts to emulate a Golden age style.
If the first storyline is a hit, there may be sequels, although the series would have a definite end eventually (unlike the "actual" comics.)
So the big questions.
Could something like this be successful?
How could it be done>
What creators would you put on it?
Superman: Gold
The story would be about 200 pages, either as an OGN, or a The Golden Age type mini series. It follows a Superman who emerges in the late 30s. It differs from the Earth 2/ Golden Age Superman in that it can use elements from later Superman stories (Bizarro, Jonathan & Martha Kent, Mxyptlk, Zod, Brainiac, Doomsday, Jor-el, etc.) One rule is that it's written in a modern decompressed/ cinematic style (maintaining the pre-World War 2 setting/ sense of wonder), so the writer makes no efforts to emulate a Golden age style.
If the first storyline is a hit, there may be sequels, although the series would have a definite end eventually (unlike the "actual" comics.)
So the big questions.
Could something like this be successful?
How could it be done>
What creators would you put on it?