Jim Lee's Earth 2 Batman

[boynightwing]

I like Robin's knee pads. I don't know if they need little R's in them, but I can see where she might wear them for protection. Even Ninja Turtles had knee pads.

I think I'm going to like Earth 2. I don't want the same rehashed material over and over. Show me something different for a change. I don't care if it doesn't look like it did 30 years ago. It's not 30 years ago, it's today. Let's see what today will bring and try to enjoy it. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations and all that.

Having said all that, that picture of Supergirl looks like it was made by a photoshop newb...

[Earth 2 Chris]

I think I'm going to like Earth 2. I don't want the same rehashed material over and over. Show me something different for a change. I don't care if it doesn't look like it did 30 years ago. It's not 30 years ago, it's today. Let's see what today will bring and try to enjoy it. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations and all that.

That's the thing; They ARE rehashing it...poorly from the looks of it. Slapping the name of Earth 2 on this concept and wrangling in the JSA is playing lip service to the past while also giving it the finger. The JSA relaunches of the past have shown some reverence for what has gone before. I see none of that here so far.

Chris

[jwyblejr]

The way that seam goes up Supergirl's costume makes it look like she's got a camel toe.

[Earth 2 Chris]

And now Lee's Earth-2 Superman:



This proves you CAN design over the telephone!!!

More angst for this new Earth-Two as well. Double sigh.

"Mourning the death of his beloved, Superman carries both a sadness in his heart along with the weight of Earth 2's welfare upon on his shoulders, while never showing this and seeming to all that he is this world's peerless champion," said EARTH 2 writer James Robinson.

"What would you have to do to teach Superman to kill?" asks EARTH 2 editor Pat McCallum. "He's endured the loss of his home world, and now the Last Son of Krypton must weather the death of his soul mate Lois Lane. Just how far can you bend the Man of Steel before he breaks?"

Superman Homepage - News: March 2, 2012: Design for Superman of

Chris

[The Toyroom]

^ Oh yeah, a lot of thought went into that design Gimme a freakin' break!

And why are the insisting on making Earth2 so dark? Is it so the DCnU earth will seem light by comparison? This sucks big time! And I can't believe the caliber of talent (Robinson, Levitz, Perez, Maguire) that is going to be associated with this crap!

[thunderbolt]

That one actually looks better than the NuDCU design.

[madmarva]

^Yeah, I think so, too.

[aquatroy]

I like Robin's knee pads. I don't know if they need little R's in them, but I can see where she might wear them for protection. Even Ninja Turtles had knee pads.

I agree. It's the "R" that's bothering me.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The Superman design is okay...but it looks a lot like several other dozen redesigns from elseworlds, DC One Million, etc.

The Robin design is, as I said, better than the god-awful "I put it together in the dark in Foot Locker" Damian Robin costume. The "R" on the kneepads are ridiculous. As are Supergirl's repeating "S" shields. Why must we be THAT influenced by Superman Returns? The movie ultimately failed.

The thing that bothers me most about this Earth-2, is the unique nature of that original world is being lost. Power Girl and Huntress were their own characters from the start, not just different versions of existing characters. Yes, technically Power Girl was the Earth-Two Supergirl, but her character was developed as the antithesis of the staid Supergirl. Huntress has now been reduced to a female Damian, instead of the independent woman who struck out on her own for revenge and justice.
And Superman has gone ultra-emo...again. It's bad enough he behaved like a spoiled baby who couldn't handle loss in Infinite Crisis, now we get him like this the whole time. Yeah!

Chris