SUPERBOY ANNUAL #1
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Art by Yvel Guichet, Jonas Trindade, Iban Coello, Rob Lean, Tom Derenick, & Julius Gopez
Colors by Java Tartaglia, Richard Horie, Tanya Horie, David Curiel, & Nathan Eyring
Letters by Travis Lanham
Cover by Yvel Guichet, Jonas Trindade, & Java Tartaglia
Size: 48 pages
Price: 4.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
The 'H'EL on Earth' saga continues in this Superboy annual, or lack-thereof.
We come to terms with H'EL's plan (about 5 times) that corrupting Kara (Supergirl) weighs heavy on H'EL's ambition and convinces her that sucking Earth's yellow sun of its radiation is the stepping stone to produce the necessary energy in powering his ship so they can successfully collapse our pocket-universe into itself and watch Earth parish so Krypton can, in-time, resurrect from its fallen ash's.
Caught up? Don't worry if your not. They pound it in you brain and recap often.
That's pretty much where the tie-in ends and no further advancements occur.
Superboy and Superman kick off the issue in being sucked through different dimensions from a weapon used inside the Fortress of Solitude where Superman keeps his most prized trophies (and dangerous ones) which is being controlled by H'EL.
Superboy and Superman bicker, banter, huff and puff at each other like a bad teacher/student mouth-off throughout the entire issue before Superboy uses his mind-controlling technique through this dimension to talk through a trapped 'being full of self sorrow and despair.
After some cheesy 1990's dialogue exchanged from Batman, Wonder Woman and Cyborg in all but two minutes and thirty seconds-time, Superboy and Superman return to the Fortress through this portal of dimension after joining forces with the woman trapped in such agony, setting up the stage for future story-arcs to be revisited.
In a nutshell, in that two minutes and thirty second journey of Superboy moaning and disrespecting Superman's every last advice, H'EL and Kara successfully build and finish H'EL's ship within the Fortress, ensuring us that the next step to destruction, is draining Earth's all-so powering sun.
Though there are intriguing sequences in this issue, you can't help but look at this Superboy character as an ungrateful, cocky little teenager that has a ton of learning to do to when respecting his elders in how he speaks. Sure he's not set on "being a hero" but though he put his life on the line to go after and save Superman, the least he can do is shut his mouth and listen to what's keeping his soul together in the first place, and that's Superman's unselfishness to lend him his Kryptonian-powered suite to keep his soul in tact to atleast make brave decisions. But hey, what do teenagers know?
Story: 3 - Good
Art: 2 - Average
Art: 2 - Average
I really think that nothing would be better for the DC universe than for all of the “families” to die in one big cataclysmic event.
After the abrupt cross-over failure of “New Krypton” and “World of New Krypton” with DC pulling the plug on that event so quickly as it suffered down the stretch for a solid 2 years has me burnt out with these types of cross-over events as well. Kind of was hoping the new team of Lobdell and Rocafort had more time to establish their voice to the Super-Title before rushing into a big event with H’EL on Earth. Burnt out but still following.
Hopefully after this “Super” crossover Lobdell and Rocafort will do some character development. In this new 52, specifically the Superman title, we hardly know anything about the supporting cast. Is Lex a mad scientist? Is Lex a business man? How about a little info on Ma and Pa Kent? Perry White? Lana? Is Clark in love with Wonder Woman or Lois Lane? Hey DC Comics, establish Clark Kent’s world then tell us some exciting stories……..
I actually liked this issue. It sets the character arc for Superboy to try to become a superhero. Right now he is fighting the intent of his creation to become a neutral player. Superman does lecture Superboy a lot, and it reminds me of the old relationship between Iron Man or Hawkeye and Captain America, where Cap used to push them to become better than they already were. Superman is clearly perturbed that someone would weaponize the smallest piece of him, but he is taking on the role of elder statesmen/father, much to the chagrin of Superboy. The issue did retell the whole story up to that point in many ways, but DC has chosen to forgo the recap page and it is an annual. Every comic is someone’s first.
I’m a diehard Superman fan, but unlike characters like The Batman, Superman doesn’t have that strong of a supporting cast to really dive into, rogue-wise (other than Luthor, Brainiac and villains like Bizarro or Mxy.) Being a big Supes fan and all, the need to follow the entire Super-family doesn’t rank high on my list, which includes such titles of Superboy and Supergirl. That said, the Superboy and Supergirl issue’s in this cross-over isn’t as bad as what some people make it out to be. I think the cross-over event in general shines through in most of my reading, but this issue is tolerable and is necessary to the story. I’m enjoying the whole thing for what it’s worth.