PART SIX Of The ADVENTURES Of SUPERMAN COVER GALLERY...

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BATMAN Vs. SUPERMAN doesn't seem to be making the right sort of waves with film fans in the way that MARVEL movies do.  Too grim, too dark, and too long (two and a half hours, whew!) - whatever the reasons, DC's cinematic outings don't seem able to capture the hearts and minds of audiences in the same way that 'The House Of Ideas' celluloid superhero adventures manage to.  Any thoughts on that, peeps?

While your cogitating on the matter, here are another six sensational covers from a time when The Last Son Of Krypton was still a major draw.  If only his comicbook appeal could be transferred to the big screen, WARNER BROTHERS and cinema-goers would all be a lot happier, dotcha think?

Perhaps a sense of fun might help?  Just saying.

GUARDIANS OF METROPOLIS COVER & SPLASH PAGE GALLERY...

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Having mentioned The GOLDEN GUARDIAN and The NEWSBOY LEGION in the previous post, I thought it'd be a good idea to showcase their four-issue series from 1994/'95.  I'd love to see these characters again in their own mag, but DC seem unable to resist changing things for the worse, as witnessed not too long ago in their INFINITY MAN/FOREVER PEOPLE nine-issue run.  What a waste of time and space that was.

If they were to revive these characters now, they'd probably make The Guardian a woman, and one of the Newsboys would be a girl, gay, or transgendered.  What's wrong with that, I hear you ask?  It's not as creators JOE SIMON and JACK KIRBY envisioned them, and it's not the characters that I read about in the early '70s.  Has any comicbook company ever changed a character (in a major way) for the better?  I can't think of one, can you?  If yes, let rip in the comments section.

In the meantime, enjoy the pretty piccies.