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**Nowhere Man** · 10-24-2012, 03:48 AM

So in DC's never-ending attempt to make DCnU Superman completely unrecognizable from the character he's been for the last 74 years, Clark Kent is quitting his job at the Daily Planet. So no more Perry White, no more Jimmy Olsen, no more Lois Lane (though she was pretty much done as an important character as soon as Clark started boning Wonder Woman). Clark's been bitching about the Planet being bought out by Morgan Edge ever since the reboot began, and now he's apparently so fed up with having to write trashy info-tainment that he's quit the paper altogether and is going to start a new career as a blogger.

Scott Lobdell's backing it up by saying, "Superman is arguably the most powerful person on the planet, but how long can he sit at his desk with someone breathing down his neck and treating him like the least important person in the world?" (source)

.....because apparently the guy they're trusting to write their flagship hero doesn't understand the entire concept of how the Clark Kent persona works.

The fact that he's got a crap job and has to deal with getting hassled by co-workers and berated by bosses to make ends meet is how we're able to relate to him in the first place. Sure, in the tights he's an invincible demigod, but he's not a billionaire super-genius like Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark. Yeah, he can do incredible stuff, but when he's not participating in super-heroics, he's just a normal guy, who has to deal with normal-guy problems.

But hey, that's cool, it's not like we need to humanize Superman and give him ways for audiences to identify with him. We already got rid of his human wife so he could shack up with another invincible demigod, so why not just have him quit his everyman job too? Then we'll just have the all-powerful alien that everyone complains about being too powerful to like.

This is another one of those things that just reeks of someone higher up at DC forcing a stupid change on one of their A-List franchises in order to seem "timely." Or the writers using the character as a soapbox to start preaching about whatever issue's gotten under their skin, like how Superman renounced his American citizenship during the recent turmoil in the Middle East, or how Marvel has Captain America either quit or get killed every time there's a Republican in office. Either Dan DiDio or Scott Lobdell has a beef with the news media, and therefore Superman isn't a reporter anymore.

Yeah, I know it's not going to stick, like any of the other gimmicky bullshit they've done in the New 52, and I know sooner or later someone who actually gives a shit about the character will set things straight. But for now, I'm starting to think I should just start looking for some decent indie comics to read.

10-24-2012, 03:48 AM	#2669
Nowhere Man Now. Here. Man. Posts: 8,370	So in DC's never-ending attempt to make DCnU Superman completely unrecognizable from the character he's been for the last 74 years, Clark Kent is quitting his job at the Daily Planet. So no more Perry White, no more Jimmy Olsen, no more Lois Lane (though she was pretty much done as an important character as soon as Clark started boning Wonder Woman). Clark's been bitching about the Planet being bought out by Morgan Edge ever since the reboot began, and now he's apparently so fed up with having to write trashy info-tainment that he's quit the paper altogether and is going to start a new career as a blogger. Scott Lobdell's backing it up by saying, "Superman is arguably the most powerful person on the planet, but how long can he sit at his desk with someone breathing down his neck and treating him like the least important person in the world?" (source) .....because apparently the guy they're trusting to write their flagship hero doesn't understand the entire concept of how the Clark Kent persona works. The fact that he's got a crap job and has to deal with getting hassled by co-workers and berated by bosses to make ends meet is how we're able to relate to him in the first place. Sure, in the tights he's an invincible demigod, but he's not a billionaire super-genius like Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark. Yeah, he can do incredible stuff, but when he's not participating in super-heroics, he's just a normal guy, who has to deal with normal-guy problems. But hey, that's cool, it's not like we need to humanize Superman and give him ways for audiences to identify with him. We already got rid of his human wife so he could shack up with another invincible demigod, so why not just have him quit his everyman job too? Then we'll just have the all-powerful alien that everyone complains about being too powerful to like. This is another one of those things that just reeks of someone higher up at DC forcing a stupid change on one of their A-List franchises in order to seem "timely." Or the writers using the character as a soapbox to start preaching about whatever issue's gotten under their skin, like how Superman renounced his American citizenship during the recent turmoil in the Middle East, or how Marvel has Captain America either quit or get killed every time there's a Republican in office. Either Dan DiDio or Scott Lobdell has a beef with the news media, and therefore Superman isn't a reporter anymore. Yeah, I know it's not going to stick, like any of the other gimmicky bullshit they've done in the New 52, and I know sooner or later someone who actually gives a shit about the character will set things straight. But for now, I'm starting to think I should just start looking for some decent indie comics to read.