WTF?

Superman - Grounded

A while back, before the DCU became the DCnU (arguably called the DCfU), Superman spent some time “walking the Earth” in the ‘Grounded’ storyline. I understand the thoughts behind this; he went around meeting people in an attempt to get back in touch with his humanity, as DC attempted to get their flagship character back up in sales, but the execution fell far short of expectations.

What they should have done was give Clark control over the family farm.

Jonathan and Martha Kent are old. They’ve been running that farm for a long time, and even with the hiring of hands during the busy seasons the two of them just can’t do as much as they used to.

So why not have them visit Clark in Metropolis and ask him to take over?

This would have given Clark the opportunity to be “grounded” and get back in touch with the common man by doing his part to feed the country if not the world. He would have been working the Earth instead of walking it, and brought much needed attention to the struggles farmers face today.

But no, DC thought Kal-el was better off being Caine from Kung-Fu.

Marvel already did that storyline in the eighties when Steve Rogers gave up being Captain America and drove across America in his van before becoming The Captain – a guise that eventually went to John Walker and he became USAgent.

Stupid DC…