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[…] Legal | No, the lengthy battle over the rights to the Man of Steel still isn’t over. Attorneys for Warner Bros. and the family of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel on Tuesday were back before the Ninth Circuit to argue once again whether Siegel’s daughter Laura Siegel Larson was entitled to rescind a 2001 settlement agreement. The outlook doesn’t appear promising for the Siegel family. [Courthouse News Service, The Beat] […]

Interesting stuff, lots of creators there I like. I do hope Gage and Googe get the regular gig, they’re both top talent and it’d be interesting to see where they go. And Parker on Aquaman, yay! (Would that it be #25? #15 is long gone. )

And please God let Bedard cheer up the Supergirl title, that woman never gets a break. As for art, it’s great to see LSH alumnus Cinar attached to the book.

Based on the solicit, I suspect Injustice will relaunch digitally showing what happens in that world after the game.

Love that McDaniel Nightwing cover. :)

This is interesting stuff. I’m bookmarking it to read later.

Interesting stuff. Thanks for making it available in such an accessible format.

Levitz: “I was disappointed when I learned when I learned that the Shuster family filed their termination claim.”

I’m kind of disappointed in Levitz. He comes across as playing a sort of corporate “good cop”, convincing the heirs he’s genuinely interested in Shuster’s contribution to comics history and that the pittance DC’s paying is the best deal he can get them. I don’t know if his interest is genuine, but I can see that by filing the termination, the heirs were able to get an offer, that they rejected, which would have paid a guaranteed $4 million dollars from 2005 to 2033 (and probably considerably more, unless DC was planning on playing accounting games with the profits. Just the 1% cover price royalty on comics should cover the guaranteed amount with just direct market sales), more than five times that deal Levitz got them, even assuming DC was willing to modify that deal to cover Shuster’s nephew and niece after his sister passes away.

I think this looks great. Never thought I would say that about a SUPERBOY comic.

It looks fun.
Though part of me would love to see an actual “boy” in the role of “Super Boy” instead of a full-sized young man (and I’d say the same for “Super Girl”, too). Of course, that would go against continuity and such; which would drive many insane.

Bonus points to the superpooch for keeping Ma Kent’s hat out of the dirt.

Good boy, Krypto!

Connor’s not exactly a “new” clone, though, is he?

Adding to the pull list!

Psst, Conner’s not a “New” clone, having been around since the Death of Superman arc. And I also highly doubt it has much to do with the lawsuit, as Clark *IS* running around as Superboy over in Adventure Comics and has been for months now.

4 pages, 12 panels with a splash page and half a splash.
Yeah, that’s decompression in action.
Booh!

So Lemire was really writing Suberboy when he wrote that first issue of Essex County, because that first page certainly looks familiar.

Superboy now looks about the same age as the new JMS/Davis SuperMAN over in “Earth One”.

The character was more of a “boy” when he was introduced. At the time Karl Kesel had the rather clever idea of having him “stuck” in mid adolescence due to the circumstances of his origin, the perfect excuse for keeping him a boy…. until they decided not to.

Not to nerd out too much, but don’t we already know there’s more to Smallville beneath the surface? Weren’t there Manhunters down there, operating in Smallville during the Millenium series?

Gee, that wristband makes him look just like Chachi. Because the young people LOVES them some Chachi!

Chachi?

Who’s Chachi?

(Young people are lucky enough to have no idea who Chachi is or who his lovely wife Joannie is either.)

Personally, I like me some Pinky.

Tuskadero, not the Brain.

Okay, I like me some Brain… in my head, not in my Pinky.

He looks 25 to 30 years old. And way too buff to be a “BOY.” So yes, it’s a problem.

The opening exposition reads like a lame excuse for willfully avoiding this incarnation’s “now-muddled-by-retcons” origin.
And the Phantom Stranger’s appearance just seems completely out of place as well. Not a promising start.