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Stan Lee's Not-So-Super Superman!
Well, it's possible, now that Stan Lee, the George Lucas of Marvel Comics, will be putting his own spin on longtime rival DC's classic characters like Batman, Wonder Woman and, yes, Superman.
Called Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating..., Lee will reinvent a different DC character in each of the series' 12 issues beginning later this year (no exact date has been set). The lineup includes Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, the Justice League of America, Batman, Robin, the Legion of Super Heroes, the Titans, Sandman and the ominously titled last issue, Crisis.
"During all the years I've been with Marvel, it was always fun to imagine how I might have written the DC characters. Now, it's really great to have the chance to reapproach the DC Universe and tackle the storytelling and characterization in my own style," says the legendary creator of Spider-Man, the Hulk and the X-Men.
"I'm going to treat these characters like they've never existed before...[For instance,] Superman won't be from Krypton."
Adds Mike Carlin, executive editor of DC Comics: "From the first shot on, it's not like anything you've ever seen before. I'm hoping there will be few similarities. We'll be using small iconographic touchstones, like Superman's S-shield in patches on the costume, but we won't know what they'll stand for."
Carlin hints the shield could be the new Superman's symbol or it could also be that of an organization for which the character works.
What remains the same of the classic heroes and their supporting cast, some of whom existed for 50 years? Apparently, very little. Lois Lane, crusading reporter and now Mrs. Clark Kent, may not even exist in Lee's version of Superman. Wonder Woman will not be from Paradise Island. And with a name like the Flash, it's anyone's guess what will happen. It's quite possible that the characters may not even be superheroes.
Superman editor Eddie Berganza looks forward to the changes. "Stan was the first one to make super heroes real people. I'm not so interested in the 'Super' aspect, but the 'Man' aspect that Stan will bring."
Apparently, enthusiasm for Stan's visions of Batmen and Wonder Women are not limited to DC alone. "Just in the last hour, three guys from Marvel called, telling me they can't wait to see what I do with Superman!" smiles Stan. Despite Marvel and DC's reputation of being the Hatfields and McCoys of comics, Lee says it's not a heated rivalry. "We're all friends. I've known Jeanette Kahn and Paul Levitz [DC's president and publisher, respectively] for years."
And just to make sure overly anal comic-book geeks don't get too worked up, the Stan Lee specials will happen outside normal DC comic continuity. That means the regular DC version of Superman still exists as before, this is just a special glimpse into Lee's mind, what he would have done with the Man of Steel.
So what will be Lee's biggest obstacle? Creating a villain more evil than Lex Luthor? Finding new uses for Wonder Woman's golden lariat? Nope. "My biggest problem is time!" says the 77-year-old Lee. Besides taking on DC's biggest guns, he recently launched StanLee.net, which features weekly Webisodes of his newest superheroic creations. The biggest of these, a superpowered Backstreet Boys, premieres in July.
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