Love it or hate it, JMS is currently the man behind the pen that controls Superman. I suppose the bright spot to those of you that dislike Grounded are granted another opportunity to get into his Superman with Earth One, an upcoming graphic novel. The book takes place in an alternate universe and retells a version of Superman’s origin for a new generation. And today, DC posted up a preview of the first five pages.
Excited? Is your appetite whet yet? No? Well, why not read this, straight from DCU’s The Source:
This October, writer J. Michael Straczynski (Superman, Wonder Woman, Babylon 5, “Changeling”) and artist Shane Davis (Green Lantern, Superman/Batman) will take readers on a journey both familiar and new — a story of a last son looking for meaning amidst the skyscrapers and teeming crowds of a great metropolis.
This is a Superman for the 21st century.
With SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, Straczynski and Davis inject the folk tale and legend that is Superman’s origin with a modern, vital and forward-looking energy that makes for a refreshing, epic and challenging super-hero adventure.
In SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE — the first original graphic novel retelling Superman’s origin – Clark Kent is a man looking for meaning in a new city and an age of failing newspapers, hand-held devices and instant gratification. But when you can fly through the sky and burn objects with a glance — things become a tad more complicated. Doubly so when a fleet of alien ships arrive on your doorstep.
Take a look behind the cut for five pages from the upcoming graphic novel.
