PICS: The Man of Steel AND BRAINS ???? WTH?

[JLA]

> He may have died and returned to life in the early '90s, but this
summer, DC Comics are going to give us what we've all been waiting
for: Zombie Superman. No, really. Spoilers ahead.
>
> The Undead Man of Steel will be just one of many superpowered
zombies appearing throughout the publisher's line, as part of their
big summer storyline, The Blackest Night; the identity of the zombie
characters - or "Black Lanterns," as they're going to be
called in the comics themselves - was supposed to be kept secret, but
DC themselves accidentally spoiled two reveals with their latest
action figure solicitation to retailers, identifying both Superman
and the recently-murdered Martian Manhunter as two future Black
Lanterns.
>
> To comfort the Superman fans amongst you; it's not "our"
Superman who'll be zombiefied; it's the Superman of parallel Earth,
Earth-2, who was revealed to have been missing in last year's Justice
Society of America Annual, written by Blackest Night writer Geoff
Johns. If it hadn't been spoiled six months ahead of time, it
would've made for a fun, and unexpected, reveal.
>
>
> Okay, excellent. Three visible characters, and one blacked out.
That s what you saw here. Not so the print version of Previews, or
the listing for DC s April 2009 products at Diamond Comics.com. As
you can see, the fourth figure is revealed in the ordering
information as the Black Lantern Earth-2 Superman.
>
> In fact, in the print version, not only is the figure completely
visible, so is the NEXT assortment of Blackest Night figures, which
features GL John Stewart, Sinestro Corps horroshow Kryb, one of the
as-yet-unseen-in-action Indigo Lanterns, and ANOTHER Black Lantern,
Martian Manhunter.
>
> While we understand the necessity of listing the figures for order
many months in advance, a regular practice for DC Direct, this would
seem to be a big blow to the element of suspense being cultivated in
the run-up to Blackest Night itself. Granted, theories have already
been flying around due to convention panels and what-have-you
regarding the oft-repeated statement The Dead Will Rise , but having
photos show up well ahead of the actual appearance has to blunt some
of the effect. A casual reader flipping through Previews could be
very annoyed by this. Thoughts?

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[Super-Menace]

In article <G_CdnZb_T9pB7uLU...@giganews.com>, JLA
<in...@jlaenterprises-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote:

> Granted, theories have already been flying around due to convention
> panels and what-have-you regarding the oft-repeated statement “The
> Dead Will Rise”, but having photos show up well ahead of the actual
> appearance has to blunt some of the effect. A casual reader flipping
> through Previews could be very annoyed by this. Thoughts?

Re spoilers, I wouldn't have known about this if you hadn't posted it
here.