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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
I'm just glad the tps are coming out when they're coming out, and hope they bury Birthright.
Well, congratulations. You're getting exactly what you want. Never mind that Byrne never had to compete with reprints of the older Superman stories. Never mind that his work was allowed a chance to breathe on its own. Waid's throat's being slit by this, and that's all that matters to you. Death to anything that dares to deviate from the Great God Byrne, right? Well, I hope you're happy. DC just killed Birthright with this decision, and made it crystal clear that nobody will ever be allowed to have any creative freedom on Superman ever again. It's Byrne and Jurgens' show only, to hell with anyone else who wants to bring anything to Superman.

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Birthright must die, lol.
It already IS dead, thank you very much. Timing the Man of Steel reissues at the exact same time as Birthright has doomed Waid's book. You and your fellow Byrne/Jurgens Sycophants™ won yet again, this time at the expense of any kind of revival for the Superman books. You'll get to keep Superman cloistered all to yourselves, permanently stagnated between 1986-1999 because a fresh perspective on the character wasn't allowed a fair chance. There's absolutely no reason the Byrne reprints couldn't have waited until Birthright was finished. NONE WHATSOEVER. But no, DC wants to cater to the selfish "EVERYTHING MUST CONFORM TO BYRNE THROUGH JURGENS AND NOTHING FROM THE SILVER AGE HAS ANY VALUE" crowd and stifle any attempts to infuse fresh blood into a franchise that badly needs it. And so Waid gets denied any kind of fair shake whereas Byrne was given all the freedom he wanted. Is that fair, either to Waid or to those who want Superman to get a shot in the arm? No. But since it caters to those like you who won't accept anything other than the Byrne/Jurgens version, you think this is perfectly OK.

DC not only stabbed Mark Waid in the back with this decision, but they've lost me as a reader. Once Trinity wraps up, I'm dropping all my DC purchases (and lately, I haven't been buying all that much from them). They don't have the guts to move forward; each step ahead gets drowned in a sea of backpedaling. If I buy ANYTHING from DC at all anymore, it'll only be TPBs or graphic novels...if that. I'm tired of waiting for things to turn around when all DC's going to do is screw everything up and dig their heels into 1986 for dear life. If I have a hankering for new Superman stories, I'll just write some fan-fics. And personally, I think Mark Waid should just cut his losses and devote his energies to Empire. It's obvious that DC doesn't want him writing Superman, so he shouldn't even bother. Just let them stagnate the character and rehash the same stuff from '86-'99 over and over again. Waid can do a lot better without having to put up with this inertia and cowardice. Besides, this might just be the excuse I need to start reading CrossGen and other companies' offerings.

Thanks for nothing, DC. Enjoy your mediocrity.