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In the wake of the final chapter of theMan of Steel , many are marvel if DC Comics made a fault in assign the next ofSupermancomics to Brian Michael Bendis . Rather than presenting a bold new imaginativeness for The Man of Tomorrow in both his lead - up to , and coup of bothSupermanbooks , Bendis ' scuttle act seems to have rehashed legion elements from earlier story , while remove several primal components ofSupermanmythology for no intellect ( beyond jounce value ) .
The funnies domain was rock when it was announced thatBendis had signed an exclusive contract with DC Comics , given Bendis ' large role at Marvel Comics ( think Mick Jagger leaving The Rolling Stones to tattle for The Beatles ) . Hopes ran high when it was announce thatBendis would take rush of theSupermanline of bookswithAction Comics # 1000 . The former advert for the novel business line promised big changes and shocking revelations regarding the real cause Superman ’s home human race of Krypton was destroyed .
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Sadly , the reality of " The Coming Of Bendis " has been far from magical in the eyes of many superintendent - sports fan , devoted or casual . In Bendis ' unexampled mythology , Krypton was destroy by Rogol Zaar , an foreigner with a genocidal hatred for the Kryptonian mass . While the idea of a crazed , racist strongman is not a bad showtime for craft a villain , Bendis never yield Rogol Zaar any further definition or motivation for his actions .
He did , however , endeavor to make Rogol Zaar as a worth opposition by let himdestroy The Bottle City of Kandor . Effectively , there was small difference between Rogol Zaar and Doomsday fromThe Death of Superman , asunder from Rogol Zaar being more articulate and arming himself with an ax .
To make matters worse , this new villain , who was promised to " exchange everything we thought we knew about Superman " and his account , was defeated in the most anticlimactic way possible . That is , zapped with the Phantom Zone Projector by Supergirl , and sent into Limbo before his motivation could be explained . ostensibly the enigma of Rogol Zaar will kick - off a newSupergirlseries , where Kara Zor - El will locomote the coltsfoot in search of the truth behind Krypton ’s end .
All well and good , but it stay on a poor excuse for his role in whatshouldbe his primary story . Which points to another frequent problem with Bendis ' writing : an unfortunate tendency to drop back fib out with ' filler ' issues , birth all the significant plot elements in a net - chapter information dump . WithMan of Steel , Bendis extend out the closed book behind the sudden disappearance of Lois Lane and Jonathan Kent for several issues , prompt speculation ofmarital trouble between Clark and Lois .
The final issue in the end reveal that mother and son are exploring the galaxy with Jor - El , asSuperman ’s resurrected Kryptonian fatherattempts to train Jonathan Kenttrain Superboy to be a better Superman . Again , not a bad approximation for a taradiddle . But the slow reveal was a cheap and hokey way of building dramatic event or suspense .
There is one final oddity regarding Bendis’Supermanrun so far that merits discourse . TheMan of Steelminiseries was push as an entranceway for those who wanted a right seat to start reading theSupermancomics ( specifically , as a buildup to Bendis save bothActionandSuperman ) . Despite this , the plot ofMan of Steelwas to a great extent steeped in the continuity of earlier account , referring to eventscentering on Superboy inTeen TitansandSuper Sonsas well . Bendis ' script made fiddling endeavour to explicate these points , or how exactly Jor - El is even alive , and has a less - than - have intercourse family relationship with his son .
Despite all of these issues , the braggart trouble withMan of Steelis how it cut out much of the core of its independent persona . By eliminate Superman ’s house from the title , and minimizing Clark ’s role as a diary keeper to focus on his being Superman and fighting new , stronger villains , Bendis emulates the biggest mistake many writer have made when handlingSuperman .
To take up a phase fromKingdom add up , they " made the Super more crucial than the Man . " And when a writer does that , they are n’t really writingSupermananymore .
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Man of Steel # 6is now available fromDC Comics .
