About Max Landis' Death of Superman

I would have loved to have read the story Max Landis posted, but in an Elseworlds tale. However, nonetheless, many details would traverse very well onto the New 52 Earth, which is the only one I read. Honestly, though, looking at the solicits, it seems that the Superman editor, who was to have Greg Pak cowrite this with Landis before his duties got it shelved, is taking a lot of these ideas for the brand. Let's look at the solicits, shall we? Except, you guys can click on the link and read them because I don't want to post shit.

Batman/Superman #3.1

Long before Superman fought the unstoppable monster known as Doomsday, the beast’s reputation for death and destruction haunted The Man of Steel’s home world of Krypton. - See more at: http://www.dccomics.com/comics/batman-superman-2013/batmansuperman-31-doomsday#sthash.pHioITbS.dpuf

Long before Superman fought the unstoppable monster known as Doomsday, the beast’s reputation for death and destruction haunted The Man of Steel’s home world of Krypton. - See more at: http://www.dccomics.com/comics/batman-superman-2013/batmansuperman-31-doomsday#sthash.pHioITbS.dpuf

Long before Superman fought the unstoppable monster known as Doomsday, the beast’s reputation for death and destruction haunted The Man of Steel’s home world of Krypton. - See more at: http://www.dccomics.com/comics/batman-superman-2013/batmansuperman-31-doomsday#sthash.pHioITbS.dpuf

Now, Greg Pak has already done interviews about this issue. Basically, he is imbuing Doomsday into the mythology of Krypton, reinventing it and making Doomsday more than just a plot device, but rather a character, a stock character nonetheless. Hence, we should be seeing some of Landis' ideas here, that Doomsday was a big part of Krypton before it ended.

Action Comics #23

Screw the main feature solicit, but rather look at the backup. It talks about General Zod, or Colonel Zod for now, well it seems like it's Zod. It shows the idea of Zod that was prevalent in Landis' video, that Zod was trying to achieve things through war and Jor-El was simply trying to end the conflict. Of course this was prevalent in Man of Steel as well, so maybe not so much this issue.

Action Comics #23.2

This one is confirmed to be about General Zod and guess what, it's written by Greg Pak. From what I can tell from interviews and concept art, Zod is at first shown to be a genuinely nice guy, just like in Landis' video. The issue is about the brotherly friendship and unfriending on Facebook that happened between Zod and Jor-El, just like in the video. Expect Zod to return shortly after The Return of Krypton and Cyborg Superman fiasco, and expect him to be gonnegted to one of those two messes.
Supergirl #23

Now what could this issue have to do with Landis' video? A story that reinvents Hank Henshaw is what it appears to be at most, to tell you the truth. It doesn't depict Henshaw in the way that Landis would have, but it does take one key note, but this too can be ignored because of vagueness, his interest in the Supers.

Supergirl #24

Here it is, the true gonnegtion to Landis' video. This comic is the first time, I think, that Brainiac and Hank Henshaw were put against each other. I believe in the video that first Henshaw as in control and then Brainiac beat him for control of the city. This appears to be taking a key point from the video, the rise of Hank Henshaw, though this will likely be detailed more in Supergirl #23 and the return of Brainiac and what they want to do with Metropolis. What should be interesting is their gonnegtion to Supergirl, though don't be surprised if it is only through Superman and the House of El. But believe this, this issue should strike similarities to the second half of the video.

Well, that's all that I can pull up and even if not most of Landis' ideas are taken in, I'm sure that some themes and concepts will be pulled.