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Backup story written by SHOLLY FISCH
Art by RAGS MORALES and RICK BRYANT
Backup story art by BRAD WALKER
Cover by RAGS MORALES
Variant cover by GREG CAPULLO
B&W Variant cover by RAGS MORALES
Size: 40 pages
Price: 3.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
ACTION COMICS returns to its main storyline with a vengeance!
I really like the mix of this very Golden Age take on Superman's character with so Silver Age a concept as the Collector of Worlds. This issue opens with Superman preparing to leap into orbit in pursuit as General Lane observes that he'd "never been recorded at more than 600 mph" - not nearly enough to escape Earth's gravity. Superman, still in a tattered white t-shirt and wearing an oxygen tank on his back, takes this in stride: "...take it from me, sir: nothing's impossible."
To me, this exchange seems the very essence of Morrison's ACTION COMICS. This is a Superman, and a Metropolis, that's still testing the boundaries of their new world. They have to solve problems that strain credulity. And they have to realize how they coexist.
This issue also puts the spotlight on Lois and Lex for a while, and this is probably where it's weakest. There's a vague feeling that this scene goes on longer than is useful, and frankly, Lois is written a bit stiffly while Lex...well, he's not the Lex we know. He's a different, wholly less threatening Lex, I think. On the one hand, I respect the decision to reinvent the character again rather than simply recreate the Lex Luthor of the last few decades, but on the other, I'm not sure I like the result.
The part of the story that focuses on Superman, though, and the ultimatum he receives from the Collector (aka Computo, aka Brainiac, aka the Internet) really works.
The Steel backup is another strong point. While the art is, maybe, an acquired taste, the backup fills in the street-level effects of a whole chunk of Metropolis disappearing. John is written convincingly besides, and I appreciate that he clearly thinks like an engineer without the writing sledgehammering the fact into our brains.
Story: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
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