💀 Let's Talk About Death and Superman :superman:

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@millernumber1

I found it pretty fun.

I liked it a lot, because as many times as Lex courts death in dealing with Superman (not that Superman would kill him; rather, its the people, tech and situations Lex consorts with, uses and finds himself in, more often than not) its only apropos that he actually met Death and during a storyline where he’s trying to indulge his own lust for power, nonetheless.

[TheTerrificToyman]

Madame Xanadu #6 is definitely worth seeking out for fans of Sandman.

[Vroom]

Groovy! Just added it to my list, and thank you for the heads-up.

[millernumber1]

I have heard good things about it, and I love that era of Amy Reeder art! Venditti’s Hawkman run made me interested in the character.

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@millernumber1

Venditti’s Hawkman

Maybe Death can revisit that and bring it back.

[HubCityQuestion]

@millernumber1

I feel that she did a pretty decent job moving Lex along in his journey, though.

Did he really need it though? He was pretty motivated already. I think you could have accomplished it without bringing the personification of death itself to come visit him. It felt beneath her.

@millernumber1

As for doing a Death impressions, Cornell mentioned that Gaiman did a dialogue pass, so I assume some pieces are actually Gaiman. I don’t think it’s an essential Sandman collector’s piece, but I found it pretty fun.

The impression I got from Cornell on that was more like he presented his dialogue to Gaiman and he approved it, not that he wrote any of it. Approval and authorship are two very different standards.

[HubCityQuestion]

Oh yeah. Loved Death here. Madame Xanadu is severely underrated.

[millernumber1]

Found it! I was worried it’d died with CBR and Newsarama’s updates, but it’s actually an IGN interview (We ask Paul Cornell about Lex Luthor's "death" in Action Comics and the British Batman):

Besides giving the OK to use Death, what sort of role did Neil play in the genesis of this issue?

He looked over the script, and ended up writing a chunk of Death’s dialogue. I was well pleased with that, it was like singing with a friend. He does the high notes.

[TheTerrificToyman]

@HubCityQuestion

I think you could have accomplished it without bringing the personification of death itself to come visit him. It felt beneath her.

I would say she isn’t the personification of Death, she IS death, and she doesn’t just visit the higher ups. She is there to greet us all.

[millernumber1]

I also am a bit, I dunno - the idea that visiting people to help them is “beneath” Death feels wrong. She loves us all, even the wretchedly evil like Lex Luthor.

[HubCityQuestion]

Interesting to know. Not the impression I got from it, but definitely interesting.

[millernumber1]

Several of the easier to find interviews do seem to indicate that it was a simple approval process, but I remember reading this interview way back when I bought the issue, so I wanted to get it on the record.

[abelundercity.81180]

She popped in on Element Girl just to see what was bothering her, for example.