Moore was set loose to let his imagination run free. They were allowed to conclude the Superman iteration that readers had known for decades. In 1986, they created "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" With the long-time Superman coming to an end, Moore and Swan imagined a world 10 years after Superman "died." "The Man of Tomorrow" is a now little used nickname for Superman. Swan had been the primary "Superman" artist for years and years. Moore is the writer of "Watchmen," "V for Vendetta," had revamped "Swamp Thing" from being a man turned into a human-shaped plant to a plant that thought it had been a man, "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," etc. So, in the last issues of the "Superman" comics prior to the Byrne reboot, DC editors let writer Alan Moore and artist Curt Swan tell one last tale of the "old" Superman. she still didn't even know they were the same person. Then, Lois Lane wasn't married to Clark/Superman. Almost 40 years later, the Byrne era remains influential on the character.īut it broke away from decades of previous continuity in the "Superman" comics.
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