In reading the new Action Comics #1, written by Grant Morrison, Superman has a different past history. Clark Kent works for a rival newspaper and isn't -- yet, anyway -- infatuated with Lois Lane. Gone, too, is his recognizable costume. In his spare time, he's flying around in a short-sleeved T-shirt and jeans a la Superboy (before DC's New 52).
To be honest, I'm not sure I like the "new" Superman. And, actually, it seems that not many people in Metropolis do. He's more like an outlaw (like Batman at his beginnings) than a revered superhero. He seems arrogant, cocky, and not at all Superman-like. For him, it's more like "Truth, Justice, and My Way."
While I don't mind messing with his origins and stories a bit in this revamped DCU, you can't really mess with the Superman legacy or what he stands for. There's just something wrong about that. Superman had and has a good heart, was/is caring, and was/is a do-gooder, and this new version is anything but.
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