CBR Annotated Edition: "Action Comics" #1

[CBR News]

CBR contributor Alan Kistler delves deep into Grant Morrison and Rags Morales' "Action Comics" #1, revealing the history and Easter Eggs behind the Man of Steel's first New 52 appearance.


Full article here.

[thebong]

good timing annotation. because I am reading a "Action comics" now. when is next annotated edition?

[walkinspanish]

Awesome! More, please.

[NapoleonBlownapart]

Am I the only who thinks that the part where he stops the train is supposed to be a reference to the old "Faster than a speeding bullet, more power than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!" tagline?

[oneamcoffee]

Something else of note about how Quietly presented the difference between Clark and Superman was through posture. As Superman, he puffed out his chest, appearing taller and muscular. As Clark, he kept a more relaxed posture, which made him look a few inches shorter. There was still some bulk there, but not enough to make him seem more than well fed.

[manofsteel1979]

Huh. Totally missed the Chris Reeve reference.


Say what you will about Morrison and this book, he knows his Superman lore. This first issue was so steeped in it, it's not even funny.

Looking forward to future instalments of this. I wonder what else I missed...

[Space_Butler]

Am I the only who thinks that the part where he stops the train is supposed to be a reference to the old "Faster than a speeding bullet, more power than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!" tagline?

Indeed. The final image of the issue was him pinned by a bullet train against a tall building.

[pogofan]

"Note also that Superman passes through the corner of Kimberly Ave. and Glenville Rd. Superman creator Jerry Siegel grew up on 10622 Kimberly Ave in the town of Glenville, Ohio (the same hometown of co-creator Joe Shuster)."

No; they lived in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland. Glenville had been a village, but was annexed by Cleveland in 1905. Also, Shuster was born in Toronto (which honors him with a street named Joe Shuster Way) and lived there until he was 9, so I'm not sure he thought of Cleveland as his home town.

[RoughNTumble]

I actually have read this issue like 10 times now so I pretty much noticed most of this stuff besides the will eisner and street sign references.

One thing I was still confused about though was how clark knew to warn lois and jimmy not to get on the train, but this article cleared that up.

[mikesang]

Mike San Giacomo here, reporter for the Plain Dealer in Cleveland. Nice job, just one quick note: GLENVILLE is not a suburb of Cleveland, it's a neighborhood within the city. I only mention this because recently this error is popping up in a few places. We here in Cleveland would like to set the record straight. Thanks!

[Talisman]

Am I the only who thinks that the part where he stops the train is supposed to be a reference to the old "Faster than a speeding bullet, more power than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!" tagline?

No, as that's exactly what I got from it as well.

[Talisman]

I actually have read this issue like 10 times now so I pretty much noticed most of this stuff besides the will eisner and street sign references.

One thing I was still confused about though was how clark knew to warn lois and jimmy not to get on the train, but this article cleared that up.

The references aren't just in here, but in the Superman proper series as well. George had sprinkled them throughout his run from the beginning.

[Bo-Man]

This is just awesome ! I love the Superman books, especially Action Comics. I love the social crusader Superman.

[Superlad93]

One thing I was still confused about though was how clark knew to warn lois and jimmy not to get on the train, but this article cleared that up.

Oh well he most likely got a tip from is informant (shown in issues 3) to go after Glenmorgan then he got the info from him and knew to tell Lois and Jimmy. I gotta look back but I think Jimmy told Clark he was on the train so Clark warned him. Or maybe he just knew they were chasing the same story.

Lol I hope this helped some.

[Tra-EL]

Pretty cool. I usually fly through my comic reading and only go back to things 2-3 times so I missed some things along the way. Pretty cool to see these articles come about. It's nearly impossible to think what Morrison can reference next.