New Superman Costume Revealed

comicbook.com ^ | June 11, 2011 | scott-johnson

[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.

[JoeProBono]

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[Cboldt]

-- The squirrel might get lost in the shuffle. --

So, who does Super Monkey remind you of?

[Dr. Sivana]

They’ve been starting a new one every few years now.

Yup. Who can forget this loser from 1997? It all went downhill after artist Curt Swan retired.
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[Dr. Sivana]

The cover image of Action Comics #1 shows Superman in a t-shirt with the familiar “S” emblem, a red cape, jeans, and boots.

If those jeans aren't made out of denim blankets included in the rocket ship, they won't hold up so well when Supes starts flying around Metropolis at Mach 25 or so, assuming he can still do that.

[sten]

their intentions are clear

[Charles Henrickson]

Faster than a speeding e-mail . . .
More powerful than a local meetup . . .
Able to tweet small schoolgirls in his tights and cape . . .

"Look! Down on the screen!" "It's a nerd!" "It's a playah!"

No, it's . . . SUPERWEINER!

[Bobalu]

[Dr. Sivana]

Seriously how could he ever get piercings?

After a nasty bout with red kryptonite he needed Supergirl and Krypto to focus their combined heat vision on his face and fingernails to get rid of unwanted growth. Maybe they can focus the beam smaller for a piercing.

[savagesusie]

Looks like the homoerotica statues that Hitler loved so much. Has a Nazi look about it —that, and like the communist propaganda pictures.

[Dr. Sivana]

So, who does Super Monkey remind you of?

The monkey's name is Beppo. So I guess there should a "B" and an "O" in the answer.

[Buddygirl]

Oh, good grief! This new get up for Superman looks strangely like a Communist worker! At least, that is what is ringing a bell in my mind... I don’t like it!

[Buddygirl]

Biden?

[skr]

That’s why I liked Batman and Zorro better.

[PzLdr]

I beieve the shorts part of the tights are supposed to be gray.

[PzLdr]

What’s with the eyes? He a vampire, or a relative of Little Orphan Annie?

[VA_Gentleman]

Seriously, does anyone read Superman comic books anymore? It seems that comic books are a dying genre and so they stir up faux controversy to try to increase sales. It’s just my opinion as a non-comic book reader.

[PzLdr]

You must be close to my age. Now they call them graphic novels.

[Valpal1]

That was my first thought. Will Lois Lane dress like Daisy Mae? That would actually probably sell a lot of comics.

[buccaneer81]

I was half way expecting him to have a crescent moon and a scimitar on his chest.

Give it time (like next year, at this rate.)