COMICS: The Death Of Ma And Pa Kent Revealed In Lettered ACTION COMICS #17 Preview

I wish I had superman's powers...

Morrison is good...

Hate Morrison's work outside of JLA & All-Star Superman... I really wish that he would just leave already. I know he is, but he should right now...

I hope this gets fixed. Clark should have his parents to go home to when he needs them. At least fix this before you go Morrison, otherwise Diggle should.

Very true to the silver age.

WHY DOESN'T CLARK JUST SPIN THE EARTH BACKWARDS AND SAVE THEM BEFORE THEY DIE?!? THAT'S ONE OF HIS POWERS, ISN'T IT?!?!?

What is the point in starting over if they are just going to rehash old plots? I hate this new 52 and Marvel Now stuff.

"With great power, comes great responsibility."
Or am I at the wrong place?

Ugh. Does Pa Kent HAVE to literally TELL HIM what to do with his amazing powers and abilities? Was it necessary to make Clark's mission as Superman nothing more than the dictates of his father, rather than the life he chose for himself? Hell, even Peter Parker CHOSE to use his powers to save people as Spider-Man-- he may have been guilted into it by the death of his uncle, but it was still his decision!

Well, Morrison's time in superhero comicdom is soon over, so I don't have much to complain about. And all things considered, Morrison's stint on Action wasn't that bad-- when it stuck to linear storytelling and steered clear of pointless jaunts into the future or into alternate universes. So I'll chalk this one up as a win for Grant... while spitting venom at his Batman run every chance I get.

Bon voyage, Grant. You may be missed, but (at least as far as Batman is concerned) certainly not by me.

Z

@JatevinM He had his whole home planet blow up dude... He knows loss. Our issue is that the Kents have always been an important part of Clark being Superman (not just becoming, being). Unfortunately, Morrison doesn't see it this way and killed them off before he became Superman. It's stupid and we're mad because it's stupid.

At least this Pa Kent doesn't sound like the type to say "Maybe" when it comes to saving people.

Anyway, bring on the Diggle.

LOL. So Morrison's entire plan for updating Superman is to make his origin story more like Spiderman's? Wow. Pa Kent should have as well told Peter Parker...um...I mean Clark Kent that with great power comes great responsibility.

Anyway, RIP, Pa Kent. You raised the greatest hero popular fiction has ever known.

No more BS about how Marvel rips of DC anymore. DC's entire strategy since the Bronze Age has been to "Marvelize" their entire roster with hack work like this.

Why do artists like Morrison feel the need to so radically imagine this enduring and epic a mythology? Is making Superman more like Spiderman really going to make the character more special or is it going to distract from the uniqueness of his mythology? I don't like the angsty Superman who has to lose family members to remind him to do the right thing. Let Spiderman being Spiderman and let Superman be Superman.

ugh, fanboys bitching over the kents dying? bitch please, the kents were always dead till john byrne rebooted superman in the 80s, and pa kent did the same shit telling clark to be a hero right before he died.... IN THE [frick]ING 1960s, nothing new here. ugh, damn you whiny bitches for making defend superman, i am not even a fan.

ramonsuarez

lol, no it's the kents and it probably came out before spiderman's first issue. i remember it well bcos the kents died a bizarre [frick]ed up death while on vacation and pa kent tells clark to believe in humanity and save people and all that good shit right before he died. that was canon until byrne's reboot. mr morrison here is pulling the same shit he does all the time stealthily and brilliantly repackage golden age stories for the modern age.

all this knowledge thanks to a nerdy older bro who was a super hardcore superman fanboy.

@ RamonSuarez - No, DC heroes were the original heroes and they certainly weren't the polish character they became in the silver age. Superman was original a hot head in the comics, the comic code of conduct forced him to change into the boyscout. The difference between DC heroes and Marvel heroes is that when DC followed the code, Marvel and Stan Lee did not. In fact, Stan Lee, at one point in time, stopped getting approved by the code because he refused to follow it. That's why Marvel heroes are come off as "flawed" while DC heroes are more morally whole.



Batman has always been a vengeful protector of the night and even sported a gun at one point. Batman was so dark that DC was going to cancel his books in the early 40s, Bob Kane took away Batman's edge and gave him more visually appealing attributes (shorter ears, not as dark as he once was and a colorful youngester in the sidekick Robin) so that he can appeal to kids. The Silver Age Batman's camp came from Adam West's influence on the character. Adam West made Batman into DC's number one hero and the comics tried to emulate West's Batman.

@MrMxyzptlk

Let me explain it to you. Everyone who knows what knows the basic difference between Superman's origin and Spiderman's. One was indirectly involved with the death of his father figure/uncle in a way that informed his decision to be a hero (Spiderman) the other wasn't (Superman). Now what Morrison did was to take from the former's origin to update the latter's by making the young Clark feel existential guilt over not being able to stop his parent's death.