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This review contains spoilers, click here to read
I was kinda underwhelmed by this issue, mainly because I had high expections. I've never read Starman before, but the Robinson name carries some weight & I had high hopes. Sure, this is only the first issue & you can't judge too much yet ... it's just not a very promising start.
The opening scene in space with Hal Jordan makes Superman out to be a total cornball to the point where he is almost written as a caricature of himself. I found the dialogue in the scene pretty painful, it just seemed all over the place & really unnatural. One minute Superman is talking about how hot Jade is, & the next he is making some vomit inducing sickly-sweet comment about how complete his life is because he has a wife & the bestest doggy in the whole wide world.
The rest of the issue is told from the point of view of Travis DuBarry -- the acting leader of the science police, and it shows his team battling some giant alien monster (who it was, or why it's smashing up Metropolis Godzilla-style isn't explained) until someone who looks like Little Red Riding Hood on steroids (he even has the skirt) shows up & takes down the wannabe Godzilla. He does this because he has come across time to fight Superman.
And this is why the book disapointed me -- some big muscle bound bad guy coming to fight Superman for no apparent reason -- we have seen this a thousand times before. Also, Robinson's few pages of writing Superman was like I said -- kinda corny.
But having said all that -- I didn't hate the issue, it was OK ... it just seems like I have read this before about 400 times, and I was expecting a new take on things from such a big named writer.
I really liked the art a lot in the issue though. Really nice stuff from cover to cover. And I liked the Science Police characters & hope to see more of them in the story in future issues.
Hopefully Mr Robinson is going somewhere new with this Superman versus Random Super Powered Tough Guy thing, and it isn't the same old story arc rehashed for the millionth time.
Art: 4 - Very Good
The "bestest dog" line waas when he was talking to Krypto and that’s how people with dogs talk to them. It’s annoying. But spot-on in a writing sense.
Yeah, I understand that. I just found jump from "Damn, that Jade was pretty exotic, Kyle sure was lucky" to "I love my wife & my doggy" pretty unnatural.
Not meaning to quibble, but I don’t see how its unnatural. He’s thinking about different things, so his attitude change. But I have to say i was thoroughly impressed with the issue, and I might be putting a review of my own up.
I think we’re about to see a really big shift in the Superman world, and here’s why: Think of Hal Jordan’s thoughts while speaking with Superman; they focus on his naivety, but they are dripping with foreshadowing. Sure, this Titan might be a muscle bound fight, but I think Robinson will do something new with it, or if not, use for some other purpose.
Also, if events in Final Crisis transition over to the on-going series, it’s going to be interesting…
@Muady – Superman talking about his friend’s dead daughter, and his other friend’s dead ex-girlfriend, like "wow, she was hot" was strange to me. Who is he, Guy Gardner? Then the next second he’s being cornier than a Full House episodel? It just seemed like one extreme to the other way too fast.
Just my opinion, mate. 🙂
@Neb – I hope you’re right about Robinson taking things in a new direction! I still have some faith in this story. It’s not a bad start … just not as awesome as I expected.
Thank you WadeWilson! You put into words EXACTLY how I feel. So much so, I don’t need to write a review myself. I certainly didn’t -not like-the issue, I just didn’t think it was great. That Robinson name does indeed carry a lot weight behind it. Granted I’m only 5 issues into the Starman Omnibus, but I’m not realling feeling it yet either, but I do like the character from what I saw in Geoff Johns’ Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. so I’m hoping it ramps up.
The funny thing is, I haven’t really read much from James Robinson yet, other than what I mentioned. I haven’t read the Golden Age, but I intend to, I also have a complete run of Leave it to Chance that I haven’t gotten to it.
I getcha, Wade, but I’m just astonished that so many people are reading that passage in such a depraved teenage-horndog tone I thought he was truly enamoured with her looks in a respectful way.
I honestly think Robinson was going for "She was really something" rather than "I’d tap that".
I agree with a lot of your points here, but I still really liked this issue.
@Nate – No worries! Feel free to read my mind next week with any issue I read to save me writing the review. =D
@Maudy – Dude, I’d be offended by the "depraved teenage horndog" comment if it wasn’t true, LOL. Maybe some day I’ll grow out of it …
@Neal – Don’t get me wrong, man, I thought the issue was good, just nothing too original … but it’s only the first issue, it can easliy become awesome from here, I’m not giving up on it! Maybe we’ve just been spoiled lately with how awesome Johns’ Action Comics has been, and I expected something close to that, right off the bat?
I meant thinking of Superman as one, not you, dude. 😉