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pyrotwilight (pyrotwilight) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-08 20:14:00

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publisher: dc comics

Superman: World of New Krypton #2
Hmm...I wasn;t planning on reading this series originally but it caught my eye in my LCS and decided I'd give it a shot. The first issue was a bit blah since it was set up but this issue with Super- err I mean Commander El on his first day working as part of New Krypton's... Military guild i think it was? Caught my eye while skimming and I picked it up. Especially since we get a nice look into the mind of some of the New Kryptonians.

Two pages from the issue to show some fun.

Basically Kal and company are sent out to stop a Thought-Beast stampede, they can attack you psychically and show you your worst fears or dissapointments from what I can tell. Most of the group just want to kill them but Kal being our farmboy proposes just tricking them into a new spot (a pitfall the group makes). Yep he teaches them to cattle drive.

I love how HUMAN their fears and dissapointments are. Don't miss the top part with Kal being forced to see his dad die again as well as Non remebering when he and his daughter were still together ( I think she was killed at some previous point). It's also a nice thing to see that while they're all Kryptonian only he's Superman the onee taking charge.

And they use their heat visions to scare the Alpha male of the group and thus the rest to follow into their new area.

Twas a fun issue. Lots of fun stuff in it to my surprise. Definitely worth picking up.

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	thehefner.livejournal.com 2009-04-08 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	Two issues in, and this rocks so hard. Definitely worth picking up. (Reply to this)

	bluefall 2009-04-08 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	I still don't like the premise, but I can't deny the work that's sprung from it has been appealing as all getout. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tsuki_the_geek 2009-04-09 10:21 am UTC (link)
	Agreed on both points. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	hybrid2 2009-04-08 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	are all kryptonian animals superpowered or is it just dogs? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-04-09 01:15 am UTC (link)
	Precedent says all Kryptonian life should be, under a yellow sun, but... who knows, these days? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sailorlibra 2009-04-09 08:23 am UTC (link)
	Hey, there were all sorts of Superpets back in the day. There was Krypto the Superdog, and Cosmo, the Supercat, I believe. I think there was also a Supermonkey, but I could be completely wrong. And, of course, there was Supergirl's Superhorse, but I doubt he counts as an animal. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	interrobamf 2009-04-09 11:17 am UTC (link)
	Cosmo, the Supercat Streaky. He was a normal Earth cat till exposed to "X-Kryptonite". You're probably thinking of Comet, who was a centaur turned horse and given superpowers by Circe. He turned into a human when a comet passeed by and fell into love with Supergirl when in human form. Really. (Reply to this) (Parent)

kamino_neko
2009-04-09 05:09 pm UTC (link)

Only two of the Superpets - Krypto, and Beppo the Supermonkey (used for the proof-of-concept rocket before the one that sent Kal-El to Earth) - were Kryptonian. The others were Streaky, an Earth cat given powers by accident, Comet a centaur-turned-horse-sometimes-turned-human who had a thing for Supergirl, and Proty II, a Protean (basically a sentient, shapechanging blob).

Interestingly, the Proteans were later given rights as a sentient race, making Proty's original status as a pet...problematic.

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	thanekos 2009-04-09 10:19 am UTC (link)
	... kryptonian insects. my god, it's like one of the Justice League's fears re: Amazo: " ... if he ever used Clark's strength and Ray's size control and Wally's speed and went straight for our heads... " (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	superfan1 2009-04-10 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	Kryptonian bees with heat vision my god. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-04-09 06:30 am UTC (link)
	they can attack you psychically and show you your worst fears or dissapointments So basically the thought beasts attack you using the same approach as my mother can manage with a single phone call... neat! (Reply to this)

	neuhallidae 2009-04-09 07:33 am UTC (link)
	Who's the artist? I like it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	scottyquick 2009-04-09 07:40 am UTC (link)
	Pete Woods. He's great, isn't he? (Reply to this) (Parent)