Here we talk Classic Superman. DCnU need not apply. (Sorry)

[shingi70]

Not really Classic Superman per say but this is probably my favorite non comic superman momment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88qCnkXA7YQ


The Williams theme playing with the montage, then getting the suit from his dad and doing what superman does best while everyone else watches and are given hope. Love ir hate smallville but that moment was pure superman.

what are yout thoughts on that scene classic fans?

Hoping the this weeks end to the action comics arc has a similar ending but since justice league is all heroes are bad i doubt it.

[OldSchoolfan]

I have been a solid Superman fan since the Byrne era. Prior to that my first/favorite Superman was the first Schwartz edited issue #133 Kryptonite Nevermore. Superman has changed a lot over the years, some of the changes I liked more than others.

My all time favorite version of Clark/Kal/Superman was by Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdonove and Dennis Janke. This team blended all the stuff I liked about the character and just told great stories. Obviously its hard to separate them from the rest of the Superteam during that period but I looked forward to the work that they did every month.

As I read through the PreCrisis material, I am finding things that worked for me and don't work....but I am gaining an appreciation for the different approaches writers would take with the character. Also, I am noticing a distinct difference in the way Action stories were told as opposed to the Straight Superman books.

My all time favorite DC Superman editior is Mike Carlin. I still believe what he did with the character in the 90's will be regarded with great respect because it really wasn't easy steering that much talent working in concert to produce a book weekly over a period of several years.

Lastly, I think think that the Nu52 Supes is actually better than the last three or four years of Superman material that has come out.

[Esoteric J]

I have been a solid Superman fan since the Byrne era. Prior to that my first/favorite Superman was the first Schwartz edited issue #133 Kryptonite Nevermore. Superman has changed a lot over the years, some of the changes I liked more than others.

My all time favorite version of Clark/Kal/Superman was by Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdonove and Dennis Janke. This team blended all the stuff I liked about the character and just told great stories. Obviously its hard to separate them from the rest of the Superteam during that period but I looked forward to the work that they did every month.

As I read through the PreCrisis material, I am finding things that worked for me and don't work....but I am gaining an appreciation for the different approaches writers would take with the character. Also, I am noticing a distinct difference in the way Action stories were told as opposed to the Straight Superman books.

My all time favorite DC Superman editior is Mike Carlin. I still believe what he did with the character in the 90's will be regarded with great respect because it really wasn't easy steering that much talent working in concert to produce a book weekly over a period of several years.

Lastly, I think think that the Nu52 Supes is actually better than the last three or four years of Superman material that has come out.

Hell yeah, Simonson and Bogdonove and Janke were a great team. In my opinion, Bogdonove had the best art work at the time. So stylish, dynamic, full of action and his Superman still retained the Golden age Superman look.

[wyokid]

I'm a big fan of Loeb's run.

[ForeverYoung8]

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Would love to see DC publish a omnibus editions of either the 90's or the 70's. From the few issues that I have read from other eras, these two really strike me as the most fun periods to read. Is there any way to make DC take it into consideration?

I think Ian Sattler is still the go-to guy at DC regarding tpb's and collections (if I'm wrong, I'm sure someone around here can correct me). His contact info should be easy enough to find. Shoot him an email and request something. Obviously it doesn't mean he'll listen, but you just never know how many others may have requested the exact same thing!

There was a sort of online petition a while back to get Dark Knight Over Metropolis collected; shame nothing came of it.

But letting Ian know what you want is about the only power any of us have. I've heard he often replies to well-written (i.e. non-fanboy "DO IT DC!!") emails and requests. And on the Superman Homepage, Matt Idelson pops up for "Ask Matt" segments. You could always try to contact him through Idelson too. Good luck!

[An Ear In The Fireplace]

Since DC has already put out the Kirby 4th World Ominbi, I'd like to see them do the same with all the Superman titles (other than Jimmy Olsen which was included with Kirby) that were coming out at the same time. So that would include Superman, Action Comics, World's Finest and optionally Lois Lane, Supergirl, and Superboy (the non-LSH stories).

[mdg1]

My favorite Superman is the Bronze Age version (though Morrison's current version is pretty brilliant), written by greats such as Elliot S! Maggin and Cary Bates.

This. Pity most folks seem to forget that the 1970's DCU existed. Even in the pic at the top of this thread, it goes straight from the Silver Age to post-Crisis

[Superdog]

I still really like Golden Age Superman. I was just reading Superman Chronicles volume 4 and there is a part where someone is trying to run Clark off of a bridge. He just opens his car door and kicks the other car, sending it flying over the edge of the bridge. I smiled at that.

[SJNeal]

Lastly, I think think that the Nu52 Supes is actually better than the last three or four years of Superman material that has come out.

While my personal favorite era is 1986-1995ish, I strongly agree with this statement. The Superman franchise went downhill almost immediately after the conclusion of Johns' Braniac arc, in my opinion.

While I'm not crazy about Morrison's Action, the Superman proper title more than makes up for it. So much so that I'd rather re-read the first 6 Perez issues than anything from the New Krypton/Nightwing/Flamebird days...

[Mr. Holmes]

While my personal favorite era is 1986-1995ish, I strongly agree with this statement. The Superman franchise went downhill almost immediately after the conclusion of Johns' Braniac arc, in my opinion.

In my opinion, the franchise went downhill after Joe Kelly's Action Comics run. I hate Johns's Donnerman.

[refrax5]

I still really like Golden Age Superman. I was just reading Superman Chronicles volume 4 and there is a part where someone is trying to run Clark off of a bridge. He just opens his car door and kicks the other car, sending it flying over the edge of the bridge. I smiled at that.

That's fantastic. Golden Age Superman makes me burst out laughing while I'm reading it sometimes.

[Superdog]

That's fantastic. Golden Age Superman makes me burst out laughing while I'm reading it sometimes.

There's another part where someone tries to stab him with a hot poker and he just bites the end of it off and says something cheesy like "Thanks for the snakck!" Golden Age Superman is the man.

[It's Superman]

I LOVE thia thread. Here's one of my favorite classic Superman pics.

[The Frozen Reptile]

This. Pity most folks seem to forget that the 1970's DCU existed. Even in the pic at the top of this thread, it goes straight from the Silver Age to post-Crisis

To be fair, the two main regular artists doing Superman at the beginning of the 70's (Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger) were the same as at the end of the 70's, with only some issues handled by other artists.

[An Ear In The Fireplace]

Actually I think the artist that's missing from this Brian Stelfreeze tribute is Wayne Boring. The first pic looks like it's meant to be Shuster-esque (or maybe Paul Cassidy). The Swan-esque image could be 60s or 70s. Swan's earlier Superman had more of a receding hairline. Boring was the Superman artist from the 40s well into the 60s.

By the way, Ross Andru was the Superman artist in the late 60s and returned to doing most covers in the late 70s. I thought there was a distinct difference between his first stint as a Superman artist and his second.

Kurt Schaffenberger seemed to go away at the very end of the 60s and didn't come back to Superman family work until around 1973. And then there's Al Plastino who was a reliable Superman artist from the 40s through the 60s. He got work on the Batman newspaper strip in the late 60s. The only Superman work I recall him doing after that was putting Superman's head on some of the Kirby art for Forever People in the early 70s.