io9’s recent story about Neil Gaiman’s upcoming Batman 2-part story got me thinking about Alan Moore’s send-off of the Silver Age Man of Steel, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? Sure, Moore can be a curmudgeon, but damn, can he ever write a conventional superhero story.
With Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? Moore proves that it’s not the character, the continuity or the costume that make or break the comic–it’s the writer, pure and simple. I mean, this is a story where you actually want to weep about the death of Krypto – KRYPTO! And Mxylptlyk is threatening (and disturbingly scary) – amazing!
I’ve never read Moore’s run on rob Leifeld’s Supreme, but if they are anything like his Superman stories, I might have to track those issues down.
As for Neil Gaiman, I admire him as a writer, but he has a hell of a task ahead of him if he thinks he’s going to approach Moore’s story.
Read the full io9 story here:
What’s Going To Happen In Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader? [Batman Rip For Real?]
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