Super News

Newsarama has announced the new Action Comics creative team of Gail Simone, John Byrne, and Nelson DeCastro. I gotta say, this sounds pretty solid. Simone is money and Byrne is solid, even if I'm not all that fond of his art. This may be the book that changes my mind. But enough about me, here's what Gail had to say when she was asked to write the book:

“I wasn’t even aware that the book was available,” Simone said. “Dan DiDio called and offered it to me, which just goes to show that there’s no sense in the world and the universe is certainly doomed.”

Byrne, who apprantly signed on to the book first, gives his two cents on committing to the longest running comic on the stands today:

“Gail was assigned after me, so we had no opportunity to discuss this before she came aboard, but I’m glad to see her as part of the team. She has offered me input, but I think I will sit back and let her drive.”

Simone comments on what will set Action apart from Adventures and Superman:

“I love action sequences and I’m completely unapologetic about that,” Simone said. “With an artist like John, we can outperform any big-budget action film easily. We can have any location we want, and crazy ideas are only to be encouraged. You can’t beat Mark V. on Superman for the fantastic human relationships, and you can’t beat Greg Rucka on Adventures for compelling real-life challenges - so our plan is to be the fun, wild…possibly insane Super-book.”

I know this is a long post, but I love Simone's work and I want to plug her as much as possible, so one last quote regarding Supes' place in the DCU:

“It bugs me to see even minor villains all being so patronizing to Superman. That’s just asking for it. I don’t care how arrogant you are, this is a guy you treat with respect, and you’d damn well better say his name in all caps while you’re at it. People who call him the ‘big boy scout,’ should probably understand that very few boy scouts have heat vision, super-speed and an unbeaten track record for making despots and psychotic geniuses kiss his fist. I strongly suspect most of the villain community says his name in hushed tones, if they say it at all.

Okay, okay, go read the full interview and pick up the book when it comes out. Go on, you know you want to try it.