COMICS: First Look At Scott Lobdell And Kenneth Rocafort's SUPERMAN #13

that's art befitting the father of all super heroes.

Great art.

Not too crazy about the art, but I'm hoping Lobdel finally gives the greatest superhero the treatment he deserves, third times the charm.

Love the art haven't read a Superman book in a while though.

That's the nicest art Superman has had in quite a while. What's with the 'S' shield on his chest when not in costume now though? Please don't tell me he has some stupid costume gimmick like Flash's dumb costume ring?

Ok yeah, the art is great and testing his upper limits is cool but...wow does he Overpowered and Naive. So he has been benching the weight of the world for 5 days and we only get one drop of sweat and right away he goes and charges back up? No wonder it's hard for anyone to write a decent story for the guy. How can anyone touch that? As for the "someone has to pay the bills" and "wish i could make saving the world my day job," ummmm just go xray the ocean and get a free and clear treasure chest like Aquaman to fill your pockets. Can't wait for the next Writer/Artist combo.

Great art. Such an upgrade.

He could pay his rent by carrying a cargo ship directly from point a to point b once a year.

@ellispart3 - bench pressing the equivalent weight of the Earth for 5 days straight without sunlight to recharge himself -- and then just barely breaking a sweat afterwards.

@dnno1
right. that's what i'm saying, it looks like they are bringing back the days of god-mode superman. if done well, then cool. but his books were sometimes stale because he couldn't be defeated by any enemy and he knew it.

Hopefully we wont have bitch Supes anymore. I'm stoked on his power up.

love Rocafort

I think the problem I have with the power up is you lose anything you can relate to. He may have grown up as a human but when you can move the moon (or earth @Nomis) how can you still feel anything like one? How can you empathize with others when it took five days of benching the weight of the earth to even get 1 drop of sweat? How can you understand their struggles? How can you not start to feel like Dr. Manhattan?
Different strokes for different folks and that is fine. The main reason I read these stories is to see an invidual or group of individuals struggle at all cost to beat evil, even to the death. It doesn't seem he is capable of struggle anymore on human terms. So unless you are fighting GOD's every wednesday, you don't really need him and he won't really need you. By the looks of it, Superman could race around the earth, stop every crime, every bad guy (super or not), build every building and destroy everybomb....without ever breaking a sweat. Which kinda defeats the purpose of every others characters drive to do well...anything. Again, it's just an opinion.

Great, finally a good artist on the series!!! Now DC has to put Ben Oliver on Action Comics and everuthing will be alright with the man of steel!!!

Sweet

I'm glad Superman has silver age power levels again. Now the writers have to come up with better stories and more powerful villains. It seems also from this preview that he's thoughtful of his words and actions.
One of the main reasons Superman has been popular over the years is that even being someone with god like powers, he was raised to be humble and compassionate. The opposite of absolute power corrupts absolutely. That's what makes Superman the greatest of superheros.
I love the art of Rocafort and hopefully Lobdell will give us Superman stories to remember.

Also, loving the thought bubbles!

MutantEquality@ i like your opinions. i guess the only way to really think about superman is compare him to Dr Manhattan. the only difference is Dr started human and maintains some of his human personality traits. but you just have to dig deep into the mentality of a "god" - which superman really is if you think about it. i think a lot of writers get it backwards. don't treat him as if he's a human because he grew up on a farm. this guy is absolutely NOT human and everything he thinks and says should reflect that. ya know like - "im a god, i don't understand or relate to you at all. but i want to and i want to do good in the world."

@MutantEquality that's where him BEING Clark comes in. But, since they said they'd take the other direction with this, gues the whole "I AM Clark, SUperman is what I DO" gos out the window