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'Justice League' #12: DC reveals Superman's new leading lady... and it's a doozy - EXCLUSIVE
Entertainment Weekly ^ | Aug 22 2012 | Jeff Jensen

Posted on 08/22/2012 11:15:02 AM PDT by Bratch

When DC Comics rebooted its entire line of superhero titles last year, the publisher did away with Superman’s marriage to Lois Lane to pave the way for a new romance. Without further ado, EW can exclusively reveal that Superman’s new partner in love is no mere mortal, but a superhero icon in her own right: None other than Wonder Woman. herself. Their next level relationship begins in the pages of Justice League #12...

The comic, which goes on sale Aug. 29, culminates months of flirty foreshadowing. Writer Geoff Johns hints that some event — possibly tragic — will impact every member of the Justice League, and cause Superman and Wonder Woman to seek solace in each other and move from super-powered colleagues to power couple. This is no one-issue stunt: “This is the new status quo,” says Johns, adding that the relationship will have a seismic impact on all the heroes and villains in the DC universe.

For the smooch featured on the comic’s cover, artist Jim Lee took inspiration from Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss and Alfred Eisenstaedt’s V-J Day in Times Square photograph. The creative team believes the heroes are right for each other. She’s a mythic Amazonian warrior; he’s a veritable demigod. Both have huge hearts for mankind, yet also feel estranged from humanity. Relationships with civilians are tricky for caped crusaders, even liabilities. Usually, they choose to mask their full, true identities and hide their secret, high-risk do-gooding from their lovers to protect them. At least together, Superman and Wonder Woman can be themselves. Oh, and they’re also ridiculously good looking, too. Still, says Johns, expect the new couple to face some unique challenges in their own right.

This isn’t to say that fans will understand or support the hook-up. In fact, Johns and Lee expect some outcry and certainly some debate. Actually, they’re counting on it. ”Hopefully this will raise a lot of eyebrows,” Lee says. “We welcome the watercooler chatter.”


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: comics; dc; justiceleague; superman; wonderwoman
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To: goodolemr

Batman is hooked up with Cat woman everyone knows that.


41 posted on 08/22/2012 1:53:30 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: Ole Okie
And what of poor Lois Lane, faithful for nearly 70 years?

If you think that, you don't know your Lois Lane!




42 posted on 08/22/2012 1:59:46 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("I love to hear you talk talk talk, but I hate what I hear you say."-Del Shannon)
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To: Bratch
Who cares?

Superman, you're dead to me.

43 posted on 08/22/2012 2:04:25 PM PDT by x
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To: Ole Okie
I never knew Superman was a Mormon. Click here and find that Superman is a combination Methodist (due to the Kents) and "the Kryptonian Religion" (Monotheistic, with similar understanding of Natural Law to the Judaeo-Christian tradition, and a strict prohibition on marrying your cousin, which means he cannot marry Supergirl).
44 posted on 08/22/2012 2:10:14 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("I love to hear you talk talk talk, but I hate what I hear you say."-Del Shannon)
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To: Dr. Sivana

45 posted on 08/22/2012 2:11:33 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("I love to hear you talk talk talk, but I hate what I hear you say."-Del Shannon)
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To: Bratch

Setting up for new movies to get to a JL movie in the next decade (probably)!


46 posted on 08/22/2012 2:21:35 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Democrats are dangerous and evil. Republicans are useless and useful idiots.)
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To: Bratch

This has been around for a long time...

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&client=firefox-a&hs=NtJ&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&q=superman+and+wonder+woman+love&revid=2033907947&sa=X&ei=hlE1UK_cAYTm0QHjpICgDA&ved=0CEMQgxY&biw=1920&bih=917


47 posted on 08/22/2012 2:57:58 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

I thought they were just drinking buddies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Att-OU5GPe0


48 posted on 08/22/2012 3:02:59 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan; Bratch; Dr. Sivana; Dunstan McShane

Curt Swan will always be the best Superman artist. After all, he actually met the man... :)

“I flew with Superman” - Superman Annual 9, 1983
By Curt Swan, with the help of Cary Bates and Elliot S! Maggin.

http://supermanthrutheages.com/tales2/flew/


49 posted on 08/22/2012 3:05:12 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: Dr. Sivana

LOL! I stand corrected.


50 posted on 08/22/2012 3:53:30 PM PDT by Ole Okie
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To: I cannot think of a name

Thanks. I was going to post the joke, now I don’t have too :>)


51 posted on 08/22/2012 4:15:57 PM PDT by irishtenor (Everything in moderation, however, too much whiskey is just enough... Mark Twain)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan

52 posted on 08/22/2012 4:26:14 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: irishtenor

Hate it for the invisible man... Ouch!


53 posted on 08/22/2012 8:54:28 PM PDT by jb257mag
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To: Dr. Sivana

Yeah, and don’t forget her fling with Supergirl’s horse.


54 posted on 08/22/2012 9:09:28 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
I thought Superman was gay.


55 posted on 08/23/2012 12:05:52 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
Maybe Wonder Woman IS Jimmy Olsen!

Hmmmm... could be....


56 posted on 08/23/2012 12:12:26 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
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To: Dr. Sivana
Superman isn't the only one who wishes he could bend the laws of nature to be with Supergirl.


57 posted on 08/23/2012 12:14:21 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
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To: Bratch

Boy, they sure draw the women different than when I was a kid buying comic books in the mid ‘60s.


58 posted on 08/23/2012 12:15:06 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Bratch
Oh, they've become way more progressive than that.

Archie comics are nasty.


59 posted on 08/23/2012 12:18:23 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
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To: Dr. Sivana
Nah, 40 years ago, if a chick didn't have the initials "LL" she didn't stand a chance (Lois Lana, Lori Lemaris, Lana Lang, etc.).

I remember a Superman comic book that actually dealt with the "LL" thing. Lex Luthor was another character with those initials.

60 posted on 08/23/2012 12:19:41 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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