James Robinson on “Superman”
In the second part of his interview with Comic Book Resources
, James Robinson talks about “Superman,” a new “Justice Society” project, and the new “Starman” collection. Robinson’s first story arc of “Superman” will feature the Jack Kirby-created character Atlas.
Robinson told CBR:
“…the idea of bringing Atlas into present day and having the Man of Tomorrow meet the Man of the Past is a lot of fun.
“At the same, in terms of Superman’s rogues’ gallery, yes, he has guys that can beat him punch for punch; fist for fist, Doomsday is obviously the prime example. But they all lack any sense of humanity. Atlas is going to have humanity. The way I like to look at him is like in the Marvel Universe, Namor is a hero but he really skates the fine line between being a hero and a villain, but he stays on the side of the hero.
“Atlas, skates that line between hero and villain but he ultimately always falls on the villain side.”
– Matt Price
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James Robinson writing comics again is great! Reading his forward in the new Starman Omnibus made me realize how long ago it was that Starman first hit the shelves (1994, wow!) I look forward to reading his Superman!