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So that it appears were former publisher Dan DiDio's original 5G plans for Clark Kent, before that morphed into Future State and Infinite Frontier. I wanted to do a Superman that was older and made very different choices and did something that looked authoritarian but was way bigger and way more sci-fi and that was kind of the idea…
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Talking to CBR, Grant said īringing in Superman changes everything because, when they came to me with it, they said, " We want Superman to go kind of authoritarian." And I just do not like the idea that Superman would ever be dictatorial or would watch his loved ones die and not be able to deal with it like the rest of us do. Then, of course, 5G and Infinite Frontier got in the way, Brian Bendis left the Superman books early, and everything changed. With Bleeding Cool news that Clark Kent was stepping aside as Superman in favour of Jonathan Kent, becoming a new leader of The Authority seemed a natural next step for a more authoritarian classic Superman. He was then deputized by the United Nation as a temporary measure as a result but given a warning not to make any similar mistakes by the big espionage agents of the day. At the time, the comic book had recently seen Superman described by critical media as King Of The Earth in relation to his unilateral decision to represent Earth in the United League Of Planets.
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In June last year, Bleeding Cool scooped the gossip that Superman was going to be the new leader of The Authority. Talking to CBR about the upcoming Superman And The Authority series, Grant Morrison seemed to confirm Bleeding Cool's earlier rumours about the planned return.