Why Superman can't stand up to Captain Marvel

[Talavar]

I think that's a big part of what I like about Superman too, stumpy.  A character that exists in a semi-realistic world, where bad things can happen to good people, but one who's powerful enough that it doesn't happen on his watch.  I think Modern Superman is at this place right now; I really enjoyed the Kurt Busiek/Geoff Johns run of One Year Later stories collected as Up, Up, and Away!, and I think the character of Superman is in a good place right now.

[udasu]

CM's a ripoff of Supes right? So existentially, Supes will always win, because he was the first! With all the elseworlds, and the all star 'verse, I've given up trying to figure out if he's GA/SA Byrna/A, Timm, etc. etc. He was the first, so he's the best. See how that works?

[Pyroclasm]

Even a few years later when sales were in the toilet and they had to kill Superman as a gimmick to revive readership, no one actually thought that the character would really stay dead.

Only the speculators and the general unknowing public when it was reported over all the major new organizations.  So many people had thought that it was Superman's final live appearance, that book skyrocketted in perceived value.  I sold mine a couple of weeks after I bought it at cover price for $75.  I just knew there'd be an announcement of his return.  I'm sure those that held on to their issues (or even bought them at inflated prices) are kicking themselves now that you can find it in the bargain box.  :lol: