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From: cgf@infinet.UUCP (Chris Faylor)
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Subject: Re: John Byrne/DC rumor
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 09:16:01 EDT
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Am I the only one who gets an awful pang of sorrow when I hear about the
"revitalization" of the Superman mythos?  I grew up with things like the
Phantom Zone and Krypto and Supergirl...  And I always liked the idea that
Superman and Batman were friends.  It didn't make a heck of a lot of sense,
but in the old days, it didn't have to.

I am not convinced that the changes had to be so sweeping.  I will buy the
fact that Superman has become too powerful, even though he supposedly lost
fifty percent of his powers in the early 70's (you might remember, that
was a radical period - Clark Kent actually started wearing green jackets
and STRIPED shirts).  I will also buy the fact that there are too many
survivors of Krypton hanging around.  But, why get rid of Superboy?
And, especially, why resurrect the Kents?  Having Jonathan and Martha
(or Eben and Sara or whoever) around is not part of any version of
the Superman story that I am aware of.  I was also sort of interested
in seeing where the half-hearted attempts at a continuing relationship
between Superman and Lana Lang were leading.

Oh well, maybe I'll just have to consider the Superman I grew up with
as having died in Crisis #10.  It should be interesting to see what
Mr. Byrne does with his successor, even without the creative guidance
of his mentor, Jim Shooter. :-)

-- 
			-cgf-

I feel more like I do now than I did when I first got here.

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