During a recent CBR interview in support of her upcoming IDW Publishing/Cartoon Network miniseries Super Secret Crisis War, famed Superman and X-Factor writer Louise Simonson made an observation about a comic book movie that it’s distinctly possible nobody has ever said out loud before:She said that basketball star Shaquille O’Neal wasn’t bad in Steel.It’s notable, of course, because Simonson co-created the character of Steel with Superman: The Man of Steel artist Jon Bogdanove as part of the “Reign of the Supermen!” storyline that spun out of Superman’s death and return in the early ’90s. The character starred in that title for a few months during the storyline, until Superman was re-established and the characters who had taken his place were scattered to other DC Comics titles. Steel got his own, monthly series (written by Simonson) from 1994-1998. A feature film very, very loosely based on the comics, and starring O’Neal, same out in 1997.
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