Tuesday, January 22, 2008

What's Omni-fi??

Kurt Busiek, from an interview before his SUPERMAN run began, listing some of the stuff that'd be showing up:
New villains. Returning villains. A new role for Lana Lang. Pericles Hazard. Camelot Falls. Outer space. Paragon. New realms to conquer for a certain bald-headed master criminal. Friends from the past, menaces buried for decades, catalysts in the present from decades ago. Jimmy Olsen's Blues. Krypto. The problem of Smallville. The Science Police. The Galactic Golem. The strangest object in the universe. When he was a boy. A day that may or may not ever happen. Pete Ross's post-White House career. Time-traveling tourists and gorilla underclassmen. The bubble city of Metropolis. The Envoy. Maxima. Amalak. The secrets of Lexcorp. Subjekt-17. A shattered Earth. Two new Metropolis-based heroes, for very different reasons. Brainiac. Khyber. Omni-fi. Superman's true home. Romance, action, mystery, suspense, science fiction, sorcery, and a pie in the face.

After the recent news, reading this list genuinely saddens me now. For every one of those things that's showed up, there's one that didn't get a chance to. So, so much cool stuff, now indefinitely off the pipeline.

For fun, I'm going to go through that list, item by item, to see how many have shown up:

A new role for Lana Lang- Yes, we've seen that.

Pericles Hazard- He was Perseus Hazard by the time he showed up. Yes.

Camelot Falls- Yes, and it was brill.

Outer space- Yes.

Paragon- No.

New realms to conquer for a certain bald-headed master criminal- No, unfortunately. Sounds like it'd have been fun.

Friends from the past- Yeah, I guess Callie Llewellyn counts.

menaces buried for decades- Zod's sunstone ship. Yes.

catalysts in the present from decades ago- I'm not too sure what this means. But between all the decades-spanning happenings in "Camelot Falls" and "Up, Up, and Away", probably yes.

Jimmy Olsen's Blues- Wellll, we did see him pretty down in "Up, Up, and Away". Is that what this is? Maybe.

Krypto- Yes.

The problem of Smallville- No. Again, sounds fun.

The Science Police- Yes.

The Galactic Golem- No.

The strangest object in the universe- Maybe there were further plans for the Silver Twist? It had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance in "The Third Kryptonian". No.

When he was a boy- No. Maybe this would have been in the scrapped Krypto story.

A day that may or may not ever happen- The future Arion foretold would count. Let's say yes.

Pete Ross's post-White House career- Mentioned, but not seen yet.

Time-traveling tourists and gorilla underclassmen- No and no. I wonder if the former ended up being replaced by the Young Gods.

The bubble city of Metropolis- Hmm, in Arion's future I think it was said Metropolis floated above Earth before disaster struck. Is that what this is? Maybe.

The Envoy- Nope.

Maxima- No.

Amalak- Yes.

The secrets of Lexcorp- Yeah, I guess we got some of that.

Subjekt-17- Yes.

A shattered Earth- Yes.

Two new Metropolis-based heroes, for very different reasons- Aagh, this would have been so cool. Alas, no.

Brainiac- No.

Khyber- Yes.

Omni-fi- No.

Superman's true home- This might have been a reference to the final scene in "Up, Up, and Away", though I'm leaning towards no.

a pie in the face- Yes, in what was a great moment.

So at least the following still haven't appeared: Paragon. New realms to conquer for a certain bald-headed master criminal. The problem of Smallville. The Galactic Golem. The strangest object in the universe. When he was a boy. Pete Ross's post-White House career. Time-traveling tourists and gorilla underclassmen. The Envoy. Maxima. Two new Metropolis-based heroes, for very different reasons. Braniac. Omni-fi.

I realize Busiek's run still has four issue to go (five counting the lost Krypto tale), but what are the chances they'll cover every single one of those? Like I said, saddening.

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