Superman: Space Age

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And perhaps more importantly, how does a man with the power to change the world alter the course of its history? As each decade passes and each new danger emerges, he wonders if this is the one that will kill him and everyone he loves. But I also wanted that Kooks and Kranks article to become important to the story in that one of the Kooks and Kranks turns out to be the Pariah, who is not a Kook or Krank at all—he's telling Superman, in a very real fashion, what's going to happen to the world. I wanted to show those influences and how characters like Jonathan and Martha Kent, and the holographic projection of Jor-El, as well as meeting Lois Lane for the first time, how these things helped make Superman into Superman. In this series, the Joker doesn’t appear until the 1980s, two decades after Batman showed up on the scene.

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And Batman sees it and thinks this is the consequence of the elites thinking they're above everything and someone needs to be thinking about the people on the ground, and the space age is going to be what gets us all killed. Taking You with Me: The Joker refuses to let the children he's holding hostage go unless Bruce wears a clown mask and lets the police snipers shoot him so he can make a clean getaway with a Bruce Wayne mask.Demoted to Extra: The main five Justice League members all get some highlights and character moments except for poor Aquaman, who isn't even seen participating in the final battle. And I knew also that I should probably just give him as few notes as possible and just let him dazzle me with the artwork. Adaptational Late Appearance: The Joker is normally one of Batman’s earliest enemies to show up, having debuted only a year after the Dark Knight, in the first issue of his ongoing series. Fans familiar with Russell’s other work, like Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles and The Flintstones, know that he likes to use pop-culture icons and nostalgia to comment on the modern day. Meet Clark Kent, a young reporter who just learned that the world will soon come to an end, and there’s nothing he can do to save it.

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Outliving One's Offspring: The origin of this continuity's Joker involves him wanting vendetta against Wayne Enterprises because of his daughter Tabitha dying in a fire that was caused under Maxwell Lord's ownership of the company. Readers living through the climate crisis, the pandemic, and much more are sure to identify with the feelings of apprehension and helplessness that Superman is grappling with.Meanwhile, Laura brings a vibrancy and brightness to the comic, complimenting the themes of hope, even in the more heartbreaking moments. When Superman and the League fight him to a stalemate, he withdraws, and decides not to destroy Earth because it would lessen Superman's chances of joining him. Meet Clark Kent, a young reporter who just learned that the world will soon come to an end ( Crisis on Infinite Earths) and there is nothing he can do to save it. Superman: Space Ageis a new limited series by Mark Russell and Michael Allred that places the Man of Steel smack dab in the middle of this pivotal decade.

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Starting in the early 1960's and continuing to 1985, the year of Crisis on Infinite Earths, the story is a Period Piece exploring Superman and Batman as they wrestle with the hardships of saving humanity, as well as what that means as the world both changes around them and stubbornly stays the same. Talented comic book creators Mark Russell and Mike Allred are teaming up for the first time in a brand new DC Comics prestige series, Superman: Space Age, which will explore the hero through the ages and see him confront humanity's march towards self-destruction. Superman decides to give that world renewed hope by transporting his Earth's inhabitants' DNA structures there. Notably, despite both being active for over 20 years, Superman never learns that Batman’s secret identity is Bruce Wayne, even after Batman’s death.Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Bruce retiring as CEO to focus on being Batman leads the unscrupulous Maxwell Lord to take over, directly leading to Gotham's gentrification and Bruce's own death years later. But nothing lasts forever, as Pariah notes, and the end of days approaches faster than one could guess. This new three-issue prestige series will follow Superman as new threats emerge through the decades as he balances trying to save a planet that's hellbent on destroying itself.