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As Brian Michael Bendis Began to consider how to distinguish his Superman from the one he will launch later this month in Action Comics his artists on both books have defined the difference between the two series. 19659005] For Action Comics with the artist Patrick Gleason, he will focus on relationships and stories at the street level. But with the artist Ivan Reis on Superman Bendis will write a story that he describes as "very big, with big stories and big bad guys and great things in the Universe" DC, the kind of things that Superman can handle "
In fact, Bendis uses Reis' 2007" Sinestro Corps War "crossover as a" model "of the size of Superman's first story who takes the character – Newsarama spoke to Bendis to learn more about the Ghost Zone, if Lois and Jon came out of the table for a while, and how this story begins the writer's planned epic year story for Superman.
Newsarama : Brian, you have two Superman books at the same time, with two different stories. Now that you've been writing these books for a few months, how would you describe the difference between them?
Brian Michael Bendis : These are completely different stories, but they reflect and breathe next to each other.
While Superman the title, is very big, with big stories and big bad guys and great things in the DC Universe, the kind of things that Superman can do. manage, in Action Comics it's more the world according to Clark Kent, which of course includes Superman but The Daily Planet and the truth and justice and l & # 39; 39, American Way and what's new going on the streets of Metropolis and with Lois Lane and all that.
So we have a book that takes Superman up to the limits of all that DC has to offer and that makes him work at his desk trying to understand the truth is.
Nrama : You mentioned that Action Comics includes Laws. Yet, Lois and Jon are currently absent from Superman's world. I know you've already answered that question, but you did not eliminate them to start your race?
Bendis : No, no. It's funny, and I've played it a little bit, but people assume: "It's all for Jon and Lois! It's all for them!" [19659005] But that is not really the case. Lois is back very, very soon. And Jon is not far behind.
What happened with Lois and Jon, whom you will discover very quickly, is very big for the Superman family and very big for the DC universe
But if Lois is back quickly, why did not she come back to Clark? All this will be answered in the pages of Action Comics .
Nrama : OK, let's go back a bit and talk about your goal with this character. When you came to DC and chose Superman's books, what did you specifically challenge to do with the character?
Bendis : It was like: "Here, look, what do you see?" I think that's what they were looking for from me – a new perspective .
So yes, I look at the relationships and pieces of the DC Universe, and if I have a single take that takes them into new stories and new stories – it's always the goal. Where can we find a new honest story?
Nrama : How does the art of Ivan Reis match what you do on Superman ? I know you took his art into consideration …
Bendis : Yes, everyone knows that one of my big goals in life is to write for l & # 39; artist. Like, I do not write what I want. I write what I think would make Ivan Reis' best comic. Right? For example, if I were one of his fans, what would I want to see on these pages? And I'm trying to write that.
And in return, I get these amazing pages. And now you have seen some of them. They are absolutely beautiful.
What amazed me was that it was Ivan, although he was on so many great books, he had not really been in a character book who was, like, number 1, and here is your book, and you own that character, and let's go.
And he told me, in our first conversation, that I had not had the opportunity to actually roll up my sleeves and possess a character era. ] And I'm like, well, let's go, buddy
And that was my goal in the scripts is to create a situation where he owns every page and gets to make this run something in his life including he is very proud
I just know, from all my experience at Marvel, that doing this will create beautiful pages that will go to the reader and that everyone wins.
Nrama : What kind of story do you do? you write for Ivan? Many characters? I think he's known for that, is not it? It can draw, like, a million characters on a spread.
Bendis : Very large. Yes, it is very large landscapes. I mean, you read "Sinestro Corps War", it's incredibly huge. And it's on his pages that he seems the greatest.
So I use it as a model when we dive into the first scenario of Superman that takes us directly to the heart of the Phantom Zone, which is literally filled with all the Superman nightmares you can think.
Nrama : So as you said, while Action Comics is rather street-level, this one is based in space and in from other worlds and domains and others?
Bendis : Yes, it is big. It's cosmic. It's epic. It's as big as that.
But you can read this and Action Comics and it's the same guy. And he's in both stories. And that's quite logical.
And that's the best part of the comics for me
Is not this the best part of the comic?
Nrama : This is certainly one of the best parts. But Brian, when DC has comics on the same character, that come from two different perspectives, it's usually not written by the same guy. You do a lot here
Bendis : I know, but …. I mean, I hate to be morbid, but when I was in the hospital, I got sit there and just thought about how this can be done. And I really hoped that I could do it.
Nrama : Well, it was your MO before …
Bendis : Yes, it's not so different when I wrote Mighty Avengers and New Avengers.
They were very different in tone and perspective, while continuing at the same time. So I did the same.
It's actually easier when it's from the point of view of a main character compared to a team
And that's the size of Superman. He needs more than one title to tell this story.
Nrama : Let's talk about this trip in the Ghost Zone. He takes the Earth out of there, which seems very big.
Bendis : See?
Nrama : Yes. But I mean, you've messed up a few things that are there. But I was trying to remember what characters are now in the Ghost Zone, in this continuity, because it's just since the beginning of the "New 52", and I've been surprised at how little we know.
Bendis : Yes, we do not know all there is in
Nrama : So you have the opportunity to build it a little?
Bendis : Yes, it was very amusing. There are some things we know absolutely about it – kryptonian monsters and villainies that 1000 percent would be there. And Rogol Zaar is now out there
And I've already spoiled that Superman IV's Nuclear Man: The Quest for Peace is here.
Nrama : Who's Wild
Bendis : I'm very, very excited about this subject.
But yes, there are some surprises in this Ghost Zone, including the entire Earth and all the superheroes.
And how long can the Earth exist as a planet in the place where it is not supposed to be?
The Earth can not stay longer there
Nrama : And he is also separated from his family, wanting to look for them
Bendis : Yes, absolutely. There is no way to contact them, tell them, I do not know where you are and I can not contact you.
For Superman, it's a unique feeling of being lost and not having the answer. But it's very relatable.
But that will not define the whole series. I see online that people are like, oh, that's all. Lois is in the fridge and she will never come back. This is not the case
They are in a story that completely reflects what will happen in the books.
Like, for people who think I'm going to push Lois into a story that does not matter, or is it just not in a story? I have not done this for a million years.
She goes somewhere and comes back with a bunch of giant stories
Nrama : Does Jor-El still play a role? [19659005] Bendis : Absolutely. Jor-El plays several roles: disappointing father, pain in a $$, mysterious antagonist, annoying grandfather who does not listen to what his son says, all these things and so much more.
Nrama : Looks like you write this by experience?
Bendis : I have no idea what you're doing. in reference to. [Laughs.]
Nrama : Is There Anything Other Than You Want to Tell People Superman ?
Bendis : Two things. First, it is by all the reactions of people who have seen it, the best thing Ivan has ever done.
Again be there for an artist who has just decided that this is the book I will show people life and show people in my life and say that's what I do, it's an amazing experience. I think that's a lot for Ivan and Joe Prado, who do an outstanding job, and Alex Sinclair. You can just see the care they give this book on every page.
What you see in Superman # 1 is very big. And it's the first chapter of a year-long epic that will provide great things for Superman, for DC Universe itself, and we'll have new things to play with that I'm so excited about. .
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