Three of the biggest names in comics take on the biggest icon!
DC Comics revealed writer Geoff Johns of Justice League and Forever Evil, longtime Marvel artist John Romita Jr and the legendary Klaus Janson (Daredevil, The Dark Knight Returns) are the new creative team on Superman. Take a look at Romita, Jr’s Man of Steel here.
The fan-favorite artist tells IGN what he brings to the iconic hero.
“Honestly, the only thing I can do is stay within myself on this. I’ve said before, I’m a little bit intimidated for the soul purpose that there are so many people who have done it before me, and done it very well — exceptionally well, iconic versions. So if you concentrate too much, you feel like you’re following a Hall of Famer in a position on a baseball field. You can’t do that. So all I can do is do the best I can do. One of the things I can do as well as other people is tell a story. That actually makes my artwork look better. So if the storytelling is there, the artwork will be there. But I can’t look at myself as trying to compete with the guys before me. I’d go out of my mind. So I will honestly stick to what I can do best, and hopefully the rest will work.
But I’ve actually asked myself the question you just asked me. I call them death books. I followed guys like John Romita Sr. on Spider-Man, I followed Frank Miller on Daredevil. Now I’m following Jim Lee on Superman. I’m not exactly brilliant with my strategy, but I just know that I’m in good company if I followed those people. I have detractors, and I have fans. I will find out quickly if it’s not quality. I’ll know instantaneously, from the first printing.”
Johns has written Superman before The New 52 reboot and Clark is part of Justice League. I thought this was a great question from IGN about a tagline to preview what we can expect from Johns.
“For me, as far as the story goes, my tagline for the story is “Putting the Man of Tomorrow back in the Man of Tomorrow.” It’s really looking at Superman and getting back to the core values and attributes and strengths of Superman. Really, the Man of Tomorrow is the theme, for me, that we’re going to tackle in this first storyline.”
Superman fans should note. Lex Luthor is joining the Justice League in the aftermath of Forever Evil. From the preview is sure looks like Superman is out of DC’s greatest superhero team and that could be another hint of what Johns is planning for Kal-El.
By Editor