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This is a map of Coast City, a fictional city in the DC Universe. In our reading of the novelization of The Death And Life Of Superman, a novelization of the story arc where Superman died and got better, we’ve reached the part where Coast City was destroyed by Mongul, working with (or for, according to the chapter) the Cyborg Hank Henshaw, at the time masquerading as one of two potential resurrections of Kal-El (Spoiler: neither were), and one of four potential replacement Supermen in the “Reign Of The Supermen” story arc. The goal was to create one of the engines that would turn Earth into a new Warworld. In Mongul’s case it was to get revenge on Superman for costing him the old one. We’ll get to Hank’s motivation in due time.
Now Coast City is important for one major reason: it was the home base of Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern of sector 2814 as the galaxy is cataloged by the Guardians Of Oa. (They’re the little blue guys responsible for forming the Green Lantern Corp in the first place.) This event had a huge impact on the character, which it should have. The problem is the biggest event of his life, the destruction of his home city and the deaths of people he knew both casually and closely, were all destroyed with it (with a few exceptions) and he wasn’t there for it. This is a big deal not only from the character’s perspective but as a written work as well. For the latter, which I’ll be focusing on here, this was a huge mistake.
BW Filler Video: Superman Isn’t Overpowered
So apparently my image editing software won’t run on Dad’s computer. This cancels the comic reviews and anything I might need an image for, including Jake & Leon. Hopefully I’ll have my computer back soon, but until then I’m going to finish the week with Filler Videos.
And of course whenever I see a defense of Superman I love to show it off. Superman is my favorite DC hero and the treatment he’s gotten lately, from Zac Snyder to Brian Michael Bendis, makes me unhappy. One of the many complaints from the “cool kids” is that Superman is overpowered. Unlike Batman, who knows every form of martial arts, has tons of gadgets, and supposedly could defeat God with enough “prep time”, whatever they mean by that. But Superman is not overpowered, at least when written correctly. I’ll let Professor Geek explain.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on September 19, 2018 in DC Spotlight and tagged commentary, Professor Geek, Superman.
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