Title: Whatever happened to Steve Lombard? Post by: Kal-L on November 24, 2005, 06:30:41 AM Whatever happened to Steve Lombard? Though unbearable with his stupid jokes, he was nice, I liked him, and I regret we don't see him anymore in the present DC mainstream Superman stories. Will he appear again one day?
Title: Re: Whatever happened to Steve Lombard? Post by: Permanus on November 24, 2005, 07:15:33 AM Well, he seems to be appearing in All-Star Superman #1, sporting a rather 70s-looking moustache!
Title: Re: Whatever happened to Steve Lombard? Post by: Captain Kal on November 24, 2005, 12:35:41 PM I noticed in that other thread interview with Morrison that Lombard was spelled 'Lumbar'.
It remains to be seen if that will be the actual spelling in the books or that was mispelled in the interview. But I wonder if it's a suggestion that Steve was a 'pain in the back' in his very name. Title: Re: Whatever happened to Steve Lombard? Post by: Great Rao on November 24, 2005, 12:39:29 PM My take: The interviewer probably didn't know who Steve Lombard was (not being familiar with pre-1986 comics), and also didn't understand Grant Morrison's accent. Could have been a phone interview.
:s: Title: Re: Whatever happened to Steve Lombard? Post by: Genis Vell on November 25, 2005, 08:48:31 AM Steve was a great character!
I loved the stories where he and Clark became friends, after he was fired by Morgan Edge (in SUPERMAN #384... Exactly 10 years after his debut). I'm glad to know that he is back in ALL STAR SUPERMAN. Title: Re: Whatever happened to Steve Lombard? Post by: Uncle Mxy on November 26, 2005, 07:33:12 AM According to Dan Didio and John Byrne, Steve Lombard was _really_ the "jock" part of Superman forked off from the rest of him due to exposure to Red K in the distant past. As part of post-Crisis, Steve Lombard's football wielding personality has been integrated into Clark Kent, ex-football star, as it should have been all along.
Tongue, meet cheek... Title: Re: Whatever happened to Steve Lombard? Post by: Genis Vell on November 26, 2005, 08:42:40 AM Has anyone read the remake of Steve's first appearance released last year in DC COMICS PRESENTS: SUPERMAN?
Very nice story. Title: Re: Whatever happened to Steve Lombard? Post by: Gernot on November 30, 2005, 01:57:00 AM In the Post-Crisis Universe, Lombard was some sort of TV show host of the same caliber as Geraldo Rivera. He worked for WGBS, the main competitor of W-LEX, Luthor's own TV station.
Title: Re: Whatever happened to Steve Lombard? Post by: nightwing on November 30, 2005, 09:04:32 AM I thought he worked as an announcer for Monday Night Football, then married Kathie Lee Gifford and gradually faded away.
Or was that some other broken down jock? |