It's Explained That Frank Miller's SUPERMAN: YEAR ONE Will Not Be An Origin Story
A few weeks ago we learned that Frank Miller was going to be working on a new comic book called Superman: Year One. He explained at the time that this would allow him to finally have a meaningful crack at Superman. He also said that it would tell his origin story.
"It’s telling his beginnings from when Pa Kent discovered him in the cornfield, and the little boy goes to youth, and then to manhood."
According to artist John Romita Jr., though, it's not really an origin story. During a DC Comics Metal Panel, he talked about what he knows of the upcoming comic saying:
"I’ve seen the reactions online about, ‘Oh, my God, here we go, another Superman origin,’ and it’s not really the origin retelling. It’s after the origin, it’s after he lands, what happens between the time he lands and the time he realizes what he is. And this slight slant on the development of Superman is that he’s really unconscious that he’s an alien ’til his parents tell him that he’s an alien. In the meantime, he just thinks he’s special. And he doesn’t appear in costume until the very end. It’s similar to the 'Daredevil: Man Without Fear' back in the ’90s, and it’s the period of time up until he puts the costume on for the first time."
I don't know about you, but that still kinda sounds like a Superman origin story to me since it takes place before he becomes Superman. It also sounds a lot like Smallville. One of the major things that we can expect to be different is the story is coming from the twisted imagination of Miller. Romita Jr. continues, saying:
"And Frank has this twisted imagination about what should happen, and we talked about it, and [Frank’s] eyes glow. He said he’s wanted to do this as long as he can remember, since, when did 'Batman: Year One' come out? Was that 30 years ago? He said he always wanted to complete the cycle and do a 'Superman: Year One.' Well, he finally got the chance to do it, and of course, it’s a hundred pages and there are a million people in it."
I honestly don't care that we will be getting another Superman origin story because it's coming from Frank Miller and I'm looking forward to seeing how he plans on depicting Clark Kent in this new retelling and what leads him to become the hero he was born to be.