New Krypton Dabbles in Super-Fascism

By Rob Bricken March 2, 2009 Comics 0 Comment

Hmm. DC released a trailer for its “New Krypton” arc during Wonder-con this past weekend, and since I’ve posted more than a few Marvel videos of the same ilk, I wanted to try and play (I don’t know if this is DC’s first trailer, but it’s the first one I’ve seen). For those who aren’t aware, apparently there are now 100,000 Kryptonians living on a fresh-grown planet on the opposite side of the sun from Earth (as is standard). Where 100,000 Kryptonians came from is a mystery to me, although I’m sure a few of the commenters won’t mind explaining. Superman in persona non grata on New Krypton, because he got all huffy when the Kryptonians killed a bunch of measly humans while they were hanging on Earth. Oh, and now they’ve freed Zod to lead them, and I’m sure that’s going to work out great for everybody.

Between Green Goblin in Marvel and Zod at DC, this is really the year of the massive career criminal gaining high political office. I guess the system really does work! (Via Newsarama)

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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.

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