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    Default Alternate Ending for COIE

    I just read on wikipedia that an alternate ending pitched to Wolfman for COIE was to have Silver Age Superman die after defeating the Anti-Monitor and GA Superman takes over the Superman role in the new combined Earth. Kal-L will be become Kal-El. His grey hair would have been revealed to be hair dye and he would explain how he stopped aging after a certain time and he was still actually young. the MAn of Steel mini would have then been about the original Superman back to being the only one and readjusting to the new life and new origin. Can anyone confirm this?

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    I haven't heard of that before, but it sounds like a terrible idea

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    Quote Originally Posted by dancj View Post
    I haven't heard of that before, but it sounds like a terrible idea
    It's just bad enough to be true.

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    well it was in the COIE wiki page.

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    Well then it MUST be true

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    Quote Originally Posted by dancj View Post
    Well then it MUST be true
    not necessarily, WIKI has been known to be inaccurate many times and is not really the official word on such things, which is why I wanted to confirm it in this forum in case anyone eheard of such a thing elsewhere.....

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    If this was true, then everyone is glad it never happened. Because DC's plan with Crisis was to start over. If the "new" Superman was the E2 Superman, then it wouldn't work with their plans because it would be against it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DayWing View Post
    not necessarily, WIKI has been known to be inaccurate many times and is not really the official word on such things, which is why I wanted to confirm it in this forum in case anyone eheard of such a thing elsewhere.....
    Looks like my sarcasm was lost on you...

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    Quote Originally Posted by dancj View Post
    Looks like my sarcasm was lost on you...
    I'm reminded of something yesterday where people were spamming Yahoo Answers.com anxious to know if there really was a rape scene in "Kingdom of the Crystyal Skull" after watching South Park.

    People are seriously that stupid.

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    Marv Wolfman had too much respect for the character of Superman to have done anything like this. It's just some jerk trying to get Superman fans upset.

    ANYBODY can post ANYTHING on wiki, and if the 12-year-old editors LIKE you, it'll stay up. If not, it doesn't matter HOW true the statement is. If they don't like it, OUT it goes!

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    Maybe everybody else is reading it differently but I think the idea was for Kal-L to "BECOME" the Byrne Superman, reinforcing the idea that the post-Crisis Superman was Siegel and Shuster's original, folded into the DCU with a new past.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dancj View Post
    Looks like my sarcasm was lost on you...
    not really, felt like pretending to be a straight arrow and see your reaction....yay me!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZT4 View Post
    I'm reminded of something yesterday where people were spamming Yahoo Answers.com anxious to know if there really was a rape scene in "Kingdom of the Crystyal Skull" after watching South Park.

    People are seriously that stupid.
    er....dude.....I was just having fun by being "counter-sarcastic" with danj's sarcasm, but I admit to be lost with your post.....are you calling me stupid Whats up with that? Wrong day of the month?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gernot View Post
    Marv Wolfman had too much respect for the character of Superman to have done anything like this. It's just some jerk trying to get Superman fans upset.

    ANYBODY can post ANYTHING on wiki, and if the 12-year-old editors LIKE you, it'll stay up. If not, it doesn't matter HOW true the statement is. If they don't like it, OUT it goes!
    yeah, I guess....I was a little suprised because it actually stated that Claremont sugested this to Wolfman and wondered why something like this never was quoted before, seriously there should be better content control at wiki.....

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    I really don't see that happening - maybe it was bandied around, as the creative team brainstormed, but I really can't see it passing muster.
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