James Harvey
03-09-2002, 12:20 AM
<a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a> has revealed that Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuiness, and Cam Smith will be leaving Superman with the June issue, #183. But Jeph Loeb plans to keep the Man of Steel in his life, as he's already planning a new ongoing series entitled Superman & Batman, with Ed McGuiness and Cam Smith. Below is an excerpt from the article:
"It's been an evolution of what can come next for the creative team and Superman. If you've been following what Jeph has set up in the books from the very beginning of Lex Luthor’s road to the White House, the natural progression of the stories would be demanding an involvement from the Dark Knight. So, rather than have Batman as a perpetual guest-star, it seemed cooler to do a whole new book featuring both. The ideas just came flowing on top of that...
"What DC suggested to us was the ‘Kevin Smith - Green Arrow - Brave & The Bold’ model. Meaning, that rather than losing Kevin who is doing remarkable stuff on Green Arrow, we get the treat of him using Green Arrow to launch Brave & The Bold. We've been on Superman for nearly 3 years. This is incredibly exciting for us. DC has not launched a new monthly Superman title in – 10 years? And at the same time, we get to stay with the entire Superman team - Eddie, Joe, Joe, and Mark where we've had way too much fun - that we couldn't actually leave!...
Following up on some of the more obvious questions this news raises, we asked if this new series may eventually be called ’World’s Finest’’, as one might logically assume. There appears to be a case for and against…
"As always, we want to tell the best stories we can and hope folks like them" responded Loeb. "We've got plenty of lead time to figure out what to call it. Right now, it's Superman & Batman."
"We haven't settled on a title yet," added Berganza. "It's got Superman and Batman. It's got Jeph and Ed. Obviously, it's the ‘World's Finest’ team, but we can call it anything we want. The idea is to push things you've never seen with these two heroes before. Shouldn't that include the title?"
For more information, and there is ALOT more, check out <a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a>.
"It's been an evolution of what can come next for the creative team and Superman. If you've been following what Jeph has set up in the books from the very beginning of Lex Luthor’s road to the White House, the natural progression of the stories would be demanding an involvement from the Dark Knight. So, rather than have Batman as a perpetual guest-star, it seemed cooler to do a whole new book featuring both. The ideas just came flowing on top of that...
"What DC suggested to us was the ‘Kevin Smith - Green Arrow - Brave & The Bold’ model. Meaning, that rather than losing Kevin who is doing remarkable stuff on Green Arrow, we get the treat of him using Green Arrow to launch Brave & The Bold. We've been on Superman for nearly 3 years. This is incredibly exciting for us. DC has not launched a new monthly Superman title in – 10 years? And at the same time, we get to stay with the entire Superman team - Eddie, Joe, Joe, and Mark where we've had way too much fun - that we couldn't actually leave!...
Following up on some of the more obvious questions this news raises, we asked if this new series may eventually be called ’World’s Finest’’, as one might logically assume. There appears to be a case for and against…
"As always, we want to tell the best stories we can and hope folks like them" responded Loeb. "We've got plenty of lead time to figure out what to call it. Right now, it's Superman & Batman."
"We haven't settled on a title yet," added Berganza. "It's got Superman and Batman. It's got Jeph and Ed. Obviously, it's the ‘World's Finest’ team, but we can call it anything we want. The idea is to push things you've never seen with these two heroes before. Shouldn't that include the title?"
For more information, and there is ALOT more, check out <a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a>.