Scott Snyder going back to Zero Year with Batman and launching the Man of Steel inot the future this week. Snyder and Jim Lee launching Superman Unchained this week.
Given Snyder’s track record with Batman and Swamp Thing how darker will this Superman book be? He’s what Snyder told Comic Book Resources:
“I really like stories where characters are challenged by their worst fears. Superman is facing someone new and it’s going to shake him. It’s not horror, and there’s humor between the characters, but it’s definitely about dealing with something that frightens him. This is basically the Superman story I would tell if I could only do one. It’s got the full cast and Lex Luthor, but also newpsychological elements that I don’t think people have really seen with Superman before.”
Snyder explains how mainstays Lex and Lois will balance with the new threat in this story:
“I love Lex and Lois, and I definitely wanted Lois to be more in the focus of the story. She’s so fun, so she definitely is part of the main action. Also, the fact that there’s a new character makes it interesting because you’re going to see how people like Lois and Lex react, it’s not just about how Superman reacts. Metropolis and the Daily Planet are just such fun worlds to play with, I’m having a great time exploring them and their themes of good and evil.
It’s definitely global and Earth-shatteringly big. It’s grounded, and in some ways it’s meant to sort of position Superman in our current world. But at the same time, it will be larger than life.”
Superman Unchained #1 arrives this week.
By Editor