Bendis taking over ACTION COMICS and SUPERMAN

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And his run (after the short story in ACTION #1000) officially begins with a weekly 6-issue MAN OF STEEL miniseries. (I'm wondering if John Byrne is just cosplaying as Bendis here, for some reason )

Brian Michael Bendis‘ first full-time work for DC Comics will be to kick off Man of Steel, a six-issue weekly miniseries. Bendis’ Superman tale will be illustrated by a who’s who of artists, including Ivan Reis, Evan “Doc” Shaner, Ryan Sook, Kevin Maguire, Adam Hughes and Jason Fabok. The series, announced this morning via an interview with Forbes, is slated to debut Wednesday, May 30; a prelude chapter illustrated by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez will arrive May 2 in the DC Nation #0 preview sampler.

Following the miniseries, Bendis will write both Superman and Action Comics. The former will relaunch with a new #1, while Action will continue its numbering, with Bendis’ first issue being Action Comics #1001.

Bendis’ first DC Comics work overall will be a ten-page Superman story in Action Comics #1000, illustrated by Jim Lee. “It’s not just some random backup story or flight of fancy,” Bendis told Forbes. “It is a major chapter in what we’re doing, with some really big bombs we’re dropping in Superman’s life — and two of them happen right there in Action Comics #1000. So it’s a huge tease of what we’re doing and what’s coming up in Superman’s life.”

Reis and Joe Prado will provide all six covers for the series, which will connect to form a single image. You can see the pencils for the first four covers, below.

“[Man of Steel is] telling the giant new story that’s the status quo, what’s going to be going on with Superman and Metropolis and everything around him,” Bendis said of the project. “Again, it’s following up on the big bombs we drop not only in Action Comics #1000, but following up all of those beats and digging in even deeper.”

Fantastic group of artists. Not crazy about SUPERMAN relaunching, but they're keeping ACTION's numbering so I don't...mind as much...

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I'm kind of mad about this. I've been loving Jurgens Action Comics.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Not that it really matters, but why bother re-launching Superman again?

[Jiren]

Well that's them dropped

[Legion]

Of the two big ones to give him, they gave him the wrong one.

Bendis in Gotham could be excellent. Bendis in Metropolis......I have a lot less faith in

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

How do DC fans feel about really, really big speech balloons? Cause they're a-comin'.

[Cyno]

I read it as "Bender taking over Action Comics and Superman" and I thought there was going to be some bizarre Futurama/Superman crossover.

Which I would've vastly preferred over Brian Michael Bendis taking over the comics.

[BrodietheSlayer]

Feb 1, 2018 13:50:44 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

How do DC fans feel about really, really big speech balloons? Cause they're a-comin'.

And repetitive dialogue by someone who thinks he's David Mamet, and thus feels that he has to write every conversation like it was taking place on a small stage somewhere, rather than, y'know, in a comic book.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Feb 1, 2018 17:09:20 GMT -5 BrodietheSlayer said:

Feb 1, 2018 13:50:44 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

How do DC fans feel about really, really big speech balloons? Cause they're a-comin'.

And repetitive dialogue by someone who thinks he's David Mamet, and thus feels that he has to write every conversation like it was taking place on a small stage somewhere, rather than, y'know, in a comic book.

And grownass adults talking like teenagers.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Feb 1, 2018 19:27:50 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

Feb 1, 2018 17:09:20 GMT -5 BrodietheSlayer said:

And repetitive dialogue by someone who thinks he's David Mamet, and thus feels that he has to write every conversation like it was taking place on a small stage somewhere, rather than, y'know, in a comic book.

And grownass adults talking like teenagers.

Holy f***. I remember hating his "Heroic Age" run on....I think it was New Avengers, but regardless. Having Spider-Woman and Carol Danvers f***ing talking like high school sophomores about "which of the boys they liked" was wretch inducing.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Feb 1, 2018 19:31:14 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

Feb 1, 2018 19:27:50 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

And grownass adults talking like teenagers.

Holy f***. I remember hating his "Heroic Age" run on....I think it was New Avengers, but regardless. Having Spider-Woman and Carol Danvers f***ing talking like high school sophomores about "which of the boys they liked" was wretch inducing.

Ugh his Avengers was the worst.

Also, rich people talking without ever using a contraction.

[Jiren]

He may have been good on Ultimate Spider-man but he destroyed any credibility built up from that over the years, Also I haven't forgiven him for this



Sure Doom's dialogue has always been OTT and silly but this was just abysmal

Also this story made no sense

[BrodietheSlayer]

Feb 1, 2018 20:01:20 GMT -5 Jiren said:

He may have been good on Ultimate Spider-man but he destroyed any credibility built up from that over the years, Also I haven't forgiven him for this



Sure Doom's dialogue has always been OTT and silly but this was just abysmal

Also this story made no sense

Lol....wow. So glad I skipped a lot of that. Bendis is good writing noir/street level stuff, or characters that he's familiar with/likes, but put him on any team/book dealing with larger than street level villains, and his flaws as a writer are exposed Big Time.

[Fade]

I loved his stuff in USM but have heard the complaints about his stuff just about in every other IP, so I've stayed away.

[Jiren]

He should've been put on Batgirl, That needs some serious help.

It's horrible

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Feb 1, 2018 20:01:20 GMT -5 Jiren said:

He may have been good on Ultimate Spider-man but he destroyed any credibility built up from that over the years, Also I haven't forgiven him for this



Sure Doom's dialogue has always been OTT and silly but this was just abysmal

Also this story made no sense

And remember kids, Doctor Doom calling Captain Marvel a whore is still canon and was definitely not a Doombot.

[Bub (BLM)]

Ever wanted to see a second-rate Joss Whedon version of Superman? Well, here you go.