Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 13:15:50 -0500 
From: Anatole Wilson <aw3a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Action Comics 686 (clones)

>In article <11JAN199317431550@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>  
>sewon@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (WAYNE WONG) writes:
>> In article <C0pCH5.1BG@news.ucs.mun.ca>, cwelsh@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Craig  
>Welsh  ) writes...
>> > 
>> >In case people missed my post on the weekend, Superman WILL NOT be
>> >coming back as a clone in any form. This was reported on CNN on the
>> >weekend with the source being an editor at DC comics. He definately  
>will
>> >not becoming back as four clones, or clones in any way, shape, form, or
>> >manner. The DC spokesperson wanted to set the record straight because  
>of
>> >the wild specualtion on his return.
>> 
>> I don't have all of the details, but the latest Comic Buyer's Guide 
>> (#1000?) had an interview with one of the Superman writers (Jurgens?).   
>The 
>> writer commented that the creators of the four Superman books would not  
>be 
>> jobless after Funeral For a Friend.  Rather, the creative teams will  
>work 
>> on four new series, each featuring a *new* hero.  He points out that the 
>> heroes are not the ones to be featured in Legacy of Superman #1  
>(waverider, 
>> and a few others I don't recall).  In response to questions about the  
>four 
>> new characters, the writer responded:
>> 
>>  "Something old, something new.  Something borrowed, something BLUE."
>> 
>> Hmmm....  The "four clones" theory would fit.  
>> 
>> The writer was more specific, but my recollection of the details are a 
>> little fuzzy since I only skimmed the interview.  If there's interest, I 
> could dig it up.
> 

According to ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT (1/11), apparently the TOP source for
Superman information (They did break the four clone story back in
December), There will be four "Supermen," or at least four beings who
*claim* to be Superman. I didn't get the whole story, but one will be a
construction worker, another will be a cyborg from space. Each being has
powers and a "believable" story to back up theior claim of being
Superman. They showed artwork from future issues, (with white
silhouettes representing Superman, to avoid giving too much away.) each
character will appear in his own book. Apparently Pa Kent meets Superman
at the pearly gates after his heart attack, too. They interviewed Mike
Carlin, who verified this storyline. The date for Superman's
reappearance is April 15th. Not *quite* Easter, but leaving plenty of
room for speculation and allegory.

This story was independently confirmed by an anonymous source with
reliable ties in the industry. (And if that vague identification doesn't
impress you, well...) 

No confirmation so far about the CBV story that each "Superman" will
have a different ethnicity.

Now who you gonna believe--CNN, CBG, or ENTERTAIMENT TONIGHT and an
anonymous source?

On second thought, I'm still confused...


Actually, I give them credit for doing something unexpected, and I'm
kind of eager to see what they do with these new developments. Immediate
questions that pop into mind are which one is going to get Lois, and who
has keys to the Fortress of Solitude? Which one will Luthor hate the
most? And when Jimmy Olsen uses his signal watch, which Superman will be
the most annoyed? 

Just Rumor-Mongering,


Anatole Wilson                  "If anyone objects to anything I say,
-----------------                I am prepared not only to retract it,
                                 But to deny under oath that I ever said it
                                 in the first place."     
                                                               

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