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I actually don't disagree with that. I myself love "outlandish." But, based on the description, it sounds like it's more about the world and less about the character's journey. Or, to put it in the vernacular of the entertainment industry: the character has no hook.

I find Ritter cloying and one note. Her perf in Breaking Bad was no different than her flat work in everything else she's been in.

Alias was a great series, but I'm skipping this.

Sooo, essentially, Marvel is taking a character that has always had trouble connecting w/an audience, and distancing him further by putting him off-world in off-beat stories that it sounds like distance him more from both Marvel U proper and the reader.

Love the cover, always felt the character had great potential...but this doesn't strike me as the right venue for him.

@d9000 said:

This was awesome

Agreed. My favorite detail is the small image of Jughead running toward us w/groceries -- well, snacks.

My faves are the Ultron and Storm images by Tan (not a big fan of either character, but those drawings are incredible). And Spider-Man by Takara.

What Moon Knight?? I don't see it.

Umm...actually, if you understood what I was saying, you'd know that what he looks like has NOTHING to do with my point.

But, with that said, the long-haired black-outfitted version also smacked of desperation. And, actually, DC pretty much admitted that's that what it was.

I agree. I have those early '90s issues, and they were fun, but even then, I really wanted her to tell him, not the other way around.

Sadly, I find the current Superman book unreadable. Writer after writer (and apparently the editor who keeps bringing them on) seems to not understand the character at all. Trying to make him all bad-ass w/a crew cut and riding around on a motorcycle has more than a whiff of desperation to it. I get they think de-powering him and revealing his identity all make him more "relatable," but they've missed the most obvious way to do that: Contrast his upbringing with his experience as Superman.

He's a guy brought up in rural America, whose values and ideals about America would likely differ greatly from most people around the world and contrast w/what America really is. Seems there's PLENTY to have fun with there in terms of personality quirks, interaction with other characters, conflict with heroes, and so on. It's quite the well of personal stories for Clark (meanwhile, Superman should be beating the %$#!! out of powerful aliens, outsmarting world-dominating baddies, and taking on things that make the rest of the Justice League hide under the covers).

I see the spirit and the emotion there, my friend, but (if you don't mind) I would highly recommend working on the anatomy. A Gray's Anatomy book would do you quite well!

@luisescobar: haha! Neat!

@egod THAT'S AWESOME! Just a really great design, well thought-out and absolutely captures the Amalgam concept. Well done.