Superman-related news and notes for the week of August 7, 2009: Back after a week's absence due to mine forgetfulness.
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The biggest news of the week is that, as I mentioned earlier, the
Ruby-Spears Superman series is finally coming to DVD in November!
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Warner Bros. has also announced they will release
"Superman: The Complete Animated Series" in November. The seven-disc set will contain all 54 episodes of "Superman: The Animated Series," as well as commentaries and other bonus items.
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CBR talked with
Matt Sturges about the upcoming new JSA title, JSA ALL-STARS. The leaders of this new team, which as I understand it will feature the younger members of the current Justice Society roster, will be Power Girl and Magog.
Nrama: What's the dynamic going to be between Power Girl and Magog as leaders of the team? Those are two pretty head-strong leaders, aren't they?
Sturges: Yeah, and we're going to see from the beginning that they don't agree on everything. They have fairly different takes on how to approach their jobs, even though, as you'll see in the JSA arc that Bill and I wrote together, they have similar attitudes about what the problems are and how they should be addressed in a macro sense. Power Girl has always been a little more aggressive. She's always been a little more strong-willed. I think she and Magog have that in common. They're the ones that want to go after the bad guys and put them down then keep them down. So I think that's what helps them come together at the start of this team.
But Magog's approach to fighting villains is a very military attitude. He's a Marine and he sees what's going on between heroes and villains as a war that's to be fought, whereas Power Girl has the more traditional superhero view, even if she is a little tougher than a lot of heroes around.
More at the link.
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The
fourth and
fifth Superman strips from WEDNESDAY COMICS are up at USA Today's Web site. They've also got an
interview with Lee Bermejo, who is handling the art duties on the strip.
Q: In a relatively young career, you've already had the rare opportunity to provide your artistic interpretation of some of the most iconic characters in the comic-book world —Superman, Batman, and the Joker. Did you intentionally seek out these characters or did the opportunities just find their way to you?
A: It's incredible, really. I mean, who doesn't want to draw Batman or Superman? Everyone would like to be able to draw them. I've been really lucky when it comes to the characters that I get to illustrate. There wasn't a plan for it to be that way. It's just kind of worked out like that. The Joker was kind of a fluke, actually. I'm still amazed it (the graphic novel) did as well as it did.
More at the link.
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Sterling Gates talks with Newsrama about what's going on with Supergirl, both the character and the book as well as what's on the road ahead. It is a good interview. Check it out.
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DC's The Source blog posted the
cover art for ADVENTURE COMICS #4 featuring a certain fanboy analogue that has plagued DC in the last few years.
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THe blog has also posted a preview of
Guillem March's variant cover for POWER GIRL #6. T&A fans take note, there's a whole lotta the latter to behold there. Unusual for a character who typically specializes on the former.
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DC's sales for June 2009 are out. Like May, June sees the Superman books floundering around the 40k mark. July's will no doubt see them all dip below it.
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More CCI news roundups:
- CBR's report on the
DC Universe Animated panel and
another report on the same panel
- CRB's report on the
DC Universe Online MMRPG panel
