The Rundown: David S. Goyer Makes People Angrier About “Man of Steel,” “Runaways” is on the Shelf, and more

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email me at david@multiversitycomics.com.

– David S. Goyer, the writer of “Man of Steel,” talked at the BAFTA and BFI screenwriters lecture about the infamous killing of Zod scene in “MoS,” and effectively pisses everyone off and gives everyone a ton of ammunition at accusations of him not knowing Superman well by effectively calling the whole “Superman doesn’t kill” thing a “crutch.” Not to get too fanboy like, but it isn’t really a crutch so much as a defining characteristic of the character. I didn’t have much of a problem with it when I saw it, but man, that retroactively made it even more stupid. He’s feeding the people who think he just doesn’t get it.

– Per screenwriter Drew Pearce, who wrote an adaptation of Marvel’s “Runaways” (originally from Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona), his adaptation likely isn’t coming any time soon. As his co-screenwriter of “Iron Man 3” Shane Black suggested, Marvel has a lot going on, and as long as the Avengers initiative is at the forefront (which I have to imagine will be for FOREVER), Pearce’s “Runaways” script likely won’t come to be. That said, Black did describe it as “one of the better screenplays sitting on a shelf somewhere,” which bodes well at least!

– Forever Evil: A.R.G.U.S., a rather tertiary tie-in to the DC villains event, finds itself with a new writer onboard just about a month before its arrival in shops. Previously announced with rising star writer Matt Kindt onboard, we now have the resurgent Sterling Gates telling the tale of Steve Trevor and a corps of other human BA’s that are being targeted by the Crime Syndicate of America. No reason was given for the switch, save for the usual of “DC be crazy.”

– Yesterday, Christopher Sebela shared a first look at Ryan Sook’s upcoming art for “Ghost” (which Sebela is co-writing with Kelly Sue DeConnick), and it is predictably awesome.

– Boom! started a fashion Tumblr, sharing what their highly fashionable employees are wearing, in case you’re still of the thought that comic folk aren’t styling AND profiling.