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New Superman Costume Revealed
comicbook.com ^ | June 11, 2011 | scott-johnson

Posted on 06/11/2011 7:40:29 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

In perhaps the biggest news of the DC Comics re-launch, a brand new look for Superman has been revealed. When DC Comics promised to unveil 52 new number one issues, the biggest controversy was over whether this meant even Action Comics would be starting over. As suspected, it is now official that after seventy-three years, there will be a new Action Comics #1. There will also be a brand new costume for the Man of Steel.

DC Comics has officially announced four new #1 issues involving the Superman family of titles. The longest-running monthly comic book of all time will restart in September 2011 with Action Comics #1. The new Action Comics will be written by Grant Morrison with artwork by Rags Morales. According to DC Comics, Action Comics #1 will present a Superman who is defending a world that doesn’t trust their first superhero. The cover image of Action Comics #1 shows Superman in a t-shirt with the familiar “S” emblem, a red cape, jeans, and boots.


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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Books/Literature; Society
KEYWORDS: comics; dccomics; superman
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To: Charles Henrickson

EEEEUUUUWWWWWW! :)


41 posted on 06/11/2011 8:51:32 PM PDT by luvie (RUN SARAH...R U N!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
feh...

42 posted on 06/11/2011 8:51:51 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

He used to live behind my house in Pleasant Grove, Alabama! Had to have super powers to get the bird feeder after all the things I did to stymie him. I finally gave up and started leaving pecans and sunflower seeds out on the other side of the house from the feeder. He had regular disagreements with the blue hornet (a Bluejay which liked the seeds, too).


43 posted on 06/11/2011 8:55:33 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Bobalu
SUPERO-1
44 posted on 06/11/2011 9:23:11 PM PDT by baddog 219
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To: Optimus Prime

Actually I think it looks pretty good. An update, but not a total departure from the classic Superman uniform. The red underwear on the outside of his pants really had to go.


45 posted on 06/11/2011 9:30:14 PM PDT by Astronaut
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Lose the cape comrade.


46 posted on 06/11/2011 9:34:04 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Bobalu
Apparently the desire to be a super hero is very common amongst lib moonbats.

Queer men can Save Democracy (Youtube video - actual moonbat)

47 posted on 06/11/2011 9:57:21 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
All hail Comrade Superman!

Maybe it's for the best. Superman was always something of a dick.

48 posted on 06/11/2011 10:06:02 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: FrankR

Actually, there’s going to be a black Batman. Batwing is a member of the League of Batmen (don’t ask) and is a superhero who operates throughout Africa. Personally, I would have chosen Knight and Squire (the British version of Batman and Robin) for a solo title.


49 posted on 06/11/2011 10:07:12 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
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To: Stonewall Jackson

“Batwing is a member of the League of Batmen”

They’re really a group of military officers’orderlies. And their theme song? “I was Kaiser Bill’s Batman”, admirably performed by Whistling Jack Smith.


50 posted on 06/11/2011 10:26:07 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: newheart

Looks like your typical Rehoboth Beach, DE queer on any given weekend evening.


51 posted on 06/11/2011 10:41:18 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It’s SEIU Man - fighting the evil, greedy, racist taxpayers.....


52 posted on 06/11/2011 11:04:00 PM PDT by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
I disagree:


53 posted on 06/11/2011 11:46:18 PM PDT by OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings
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To: Optimus Prime

Sure, nothing that isn’t made of Kryptonite can pierce his skin, but haven’t you ever wondered how his costume survives walking through fire, hail of bullets, etc. ? Maybe he needs armored boots so he doesn’t have to replace them constantly.


54 posted on 06/12/2011 12:14:52 AM PDT by Kellis91789 (There's a reason the mascot of the Democratic Party is a jackass.)
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To: PzLdr

No, Graphic Novels are one-shot stories and not part of the regular serialized story of the character. They are usually on larger paper and over 50 pages in length without any advertising. The standard comic book still exists as a 20 to 30 page (including ads) episode in the serialized continuing life of the characters.

I haven’t collected comics in twenty years, but I still see them on newstands and thumb through them once in a while. The art seems especially poor today compared to 20 years ago. The 80’s still seem like the heyday of comics to me. Writers and artists were paid big money compared to the 60’s and 70’s. Comic book prices went from 25 cents to over a dollar in that decade, were printed on high quality paper and with beautiful ink processes — in short, you saw where the extra money went. The best talent at Marvel and DC left and started their own companies like Image. Ah, I’m tempted to dig out my boxes of comics that have been bagged and boarded for 20 years just to admire the artwork.


55 posted on 06/12/2011 12:31:55 AM PDT by Kellis91789 (There's a reason the mascot of the Democratic Party is a jackass.)
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To: Charles Henrickson; FrankR; PJ-Comix; Roscoe Karns; martin_fierro
Weiner . Is . SPERMAN!

Photobucket

56 posted on 06/12/2011 8:51:51 AM PDT by mikrofon ("Faster than a spe- .... er, most mortal men!")
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To: Dr. Sivana; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; Slings and Arrows

There was a SuperCat?

57 posted on 06/12/2011 8:58:00 AM PDT by martin_fierro (*Streaky*? Really??)
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To: Kellis91789

I seem to remember that he made it out of the blanket he was wrapped up in as a baby when he was launched from Krypton?

The jeans would burn off the first time he flew really fast! Lex Luther would only laugh when he showed up.

Freegards


58 posted on 06/12/2011 9:00:08 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: martin_fierro

Somebody had to keep an eye on “Super-Monkey.”


59 posted on 06/12/2011 9:37:10 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: martin_fierro
There was a SuperCat?

Yup. Streaky was Supergirl's pet who ran into one of her experiments. That "Last Son of Krypton" thing wears a little thin when you figure he's got his cousin (Kara, Supergirl), his pet dog (sent off in an earlier experiment before Krypton exploded), the entire city of Kandor (thanks to criminal android Brainiac), all of the Kryptonians in the Phantom Zone and Survival Zone (thugs in the former, Superman's uncle Zor and Aunt in the latter), etc.


60 posted on 06/12/2011 10:44:21 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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