The jeans-clad super hero. ''We just felt there were more interesting, creative stories to mine in that time period prior to him getting married,'' says Jim Lee, one of DC's co-publishers. ''There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Superman and Lois Lane,'' Lee said.
''By restoring that essential part of his mythology, we would take Superman and Clark Kent in directions that felt more contemporary.''
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There will be two Superman-centric titles in DC's The New 52 line. One is set in the present and features Superman sporting a new costume (red briefs are out, Kryptonian ceremonial armour is in), a new villain who is more powerful than the Man of Steel, Clark Kent as a bachelor and Lois Lane dating a co-worker.The other title, Action Comics No. 1, will be set five years in the past. This book promises a younger, brooding, outsider version of Superman who is still finding his way in the world as an alien from the planet Krypton.
His outfit? Jeans, T-shirt and a cape.
''Does he wear a skintight ballet suit? No, I don't think anyone falls for it,'' writer Grant Morrison said. ''And if the skintight ballet suit has to come into it, I want to have a really good explanation.''
Action Comics No. 1 in 1938 introduced the world to Superman, and the new one is taking a similar approach.
It tells a ''Year One'' story in which Superman wins the public's acceptance - and accepts mankind as well.
Lee is looking forward to offering a truly different ''Man of Tomorrow''.
''Maybe we've grown too comfortable,'' he said. ''Part of the change is to tell people, 'Look, you may think you know Superman, but you don't.' There's a lot of great stuff that hasn't been presented before.'' USA TODAY
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