(via Mister Miracle #11, 1972 - Jack Kirby art & cover | Pencil Ink)
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Two things here:
This is just one of several things that got streamlined in John Byrne’s ”Man of Steel” series. It’s not perfect, I guess, but so much of it still works because a lot of it just makes sense.
Of course, it’s also been undone about a half dozen different times since then, thanks to things like Smallville, Mark Waid’s Birthright, Geoff Johns’ run on “Action” and his “Secret Origin” revamp (all now completely irrelevant in terms of continuity, of course), and the persistence of the damn Richard Donner movies as influences on the character. I swear to God if I never see another crystal in a Superman comic/movie/series it’ll be too soon.
I mentioned it in another post, but the John Byrne take on Superman’s origin is the one that I like the most. It works for me because it keeps Superman basically the same as a character, but gets rid of a lot of the baggage he had been carrying for years.
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