#the last days of lex luthor

[soranatus]

DC Comics has revealed Mark Waid is adding two new miniseries to his docket of projects with the publisher. With Shazam out in June with Dan Mora, Waid is also writing a three-issue DC Black Label miniseries titled Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor (Out July 25)

[artverso]

Kevin Nowlan - Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor

[more-like-a-justice-league]

[tuxedosaurus]

Mark Waid coming back to DC has been the biggest win. Nobody gets DC like this dude.

His Titans & Shazam series have just started and they’re the best they’ve gotten in YEARS, plus he’s currently writing TWO banger Superman series.

WE’RE SO FUCKING BACK

[thevindicativevordan]

Mark Waid's new Superman storyline has a name and artwork. Thoughts?

Anonymous asked:

Any thoughts about the new Mark Waid project on Superman ?

Anonymous asked:

Any thoughts on the new Waid books (including the title and pitch for Testament)?

At long last we have an official reveal.

Interesting that Testament did not make the final cut for the title, prefer it to The Last Days of Lex Luthor myself. Not wowed by the pitch honestly, Waid already did a big Superman/Lex story in Birthright. Bit disappointing that his next attempt at a perennial Superman story involves returning to that well. Kinda seems like Waid's attempt at doing his own version of All-Star Superman doesn't it? A tour of Superman's world and mythos, with the connective tissue being that one of the leads is dying, and these are his final labors. Only twist is that it's Lex who is dying instead of Superman. Even that Hitch cover looks evocative of the iconic Quietly cover, showing Superman with the sun behind him forming a halo. If Waid is aiming to retake the crown of top Superman writer from Morrison, good luck to him.

Still the Hitch art looks fantastic, having Nowlan ink his pencils does wonders. Not quite a return to the quality of his Authority/Ultimates days, but looks like it will be among his best work post that period. How Hitch might approach the Phantom Zone intrigues me, that's an area of Superman lore that I think needs the treatment that PKJ gave Warworld. If they're going there then we are likely going to see General Zod, only question is if it will be more than a cameo. No doubt Waid still seethes about Snyder fans using Birthright to defend Snyder's take on Superman/Lex, would not surprise me if Waid opts to give them a very pointed "fuck you" by how he handles Zod if Zod is indeed in this.

One other item of note is that this is a "spiritual" sequel to Birthright rather than a direct one. My guess as to why that is? While Birthright was Waid compromising with what he knew was the generally accepted "correct" approach to Superman (Kents are alive, Lex is CEO, Clark is the "real" identity), this is Waid leaning completely into what he prefers (Kents are dead, Lex is a mad scientist, Superman is the real identity). If this is successful then Waid is probably hoping to get his own little universe where he can write Superman the way he wants without having to pay lip service to public expectations or DC's clusterfuck of continuity.

[dailydccomics]

a good, hardworking man Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #1

[luthwhore]

Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #1 variant covers, by Evan Doc Shaner & Yannick Paquette

[nicnacsnonsense]

You know, I think Clark and Lex’s relationship really could have benefited from a safe word. Something either of them could have said to the other to communicate “your current line of inquiry is infringing on my privacy in a way I cannot elaborate on without further compromising my privacy, so I need you to redirect or drop it.”

[bayleafpaprika]

pov you watched one (1) ep of smallville way back in the early 2010s and have not been able to be normal about clark kent and lex luthor since

[shinynewwriting]

Hi, yes, guess who got impatient and bought the Kindle version of Last Days of Lex Luthor even though reading comics on Kindle is the worst?

I AM WELL PLEASED SO FAR. This is definitely pre-Crisis Lex, complete with a giant killer robot painted green and purple. His method of asking for help is absolutely deranged. Clark has the exhausted, teeth-clenched vibe of a man trying to bring a furious feral cat to the vet to save its life even though it has destroyed his entire garden repeatedly. THERE ARE FLASHBACKS TO WHEN THEY WERE BOTH LITTLE NERDS IN SMALLVILLE.

Also, Lex confirmed as incredibly high-maintenance:

(You can tell they're not fighting because Superman is carrying him like a teddy bear rather than scruffing him by the neck like a naughty kitten.)

[soranatus]

Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor (2023) #1 variant cover by Doc Shaner

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Chris Samnee - Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor

[chesspens]

Strawberry Blonde

I'm sorry, my sweet strawberry blonde.

For all my strength, I am still a child.

[curtvilescomic]

original art for cover of Superman : The last days of Lex Luthor #2 by Chris Samnee

[distort-opia]

I'M SORRY WHAT. WHAT.

Superman is a walking fMRI?? You're measuring the BOLD contrast in real time?? You're an EEG?? You're measuring the electrical charge of neurons??

Leaving the ridiculous overpoweredness of that aside, this is just not how it works! You can't criticize polygraphs for being unreliable because they measure pulse rates or skin conductance responses, which are just an indication of arousal states and not valence; they can indeed mean intense reactions for a myriad of different reasons, not just anxiety induced by lying. And then, present yourself as a more exact measuring instrument for lying, because the same argument regarding unreliability applies to amygdala activity! It isn't active just for fear or threat, it's part of a much bigger neural circuit and contributes to so many other psychological processes. For instance, there's many studies showing that amygdala encodes emotion more broadly, not just fear, and is highly important for conditioning and creating habits. And don't even get me started on dopamine, it's one of the most important neurotransmitters and its signalling is similarly related to many brain regions, circuits and processes-- including motor control, emotion processing, memory. You can't just say "Aha, dopamine in this guy's brain, he's lying!" when the guy might just be existing.

I haven't been this annoyed since Snyder's introduction of the drug Diaxemene, that apparently makes a psychopath's amygdala more active and suddenly cures their lack of empathy. I'm not even gonna start rambling about that one.

[dailydccomics]

Superman ALWAYS helps Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #1