SUPERMAN #8
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Art by Dan Jurgens & Jesus Merino
Colors by Richard Horie & Tanya Horie
Letters by Carlos M. Mangual
Cover by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, & Rod Reis
Size: 32 pages
Price: 2.99
Now THIS is a SUPERMAN comic.
I was underwhelmed by last month’s beginning to the Helspont story, and was ready for something merely satisfactory. Instead, though, this is a SUPERMAN story that hits most of the important points: some superheroics, some stuff with the non-super characters, and as clear a definition of where Superman’s moral compass stands as we’ve gotten since the relaunch. Which is to say: right where it should be. Helspont’s involvement (carrying on from last issue) also serves to seed more of the Daemonite threat that’s been working its way through the pages of some of the more alien-centric books.
The art really pleased me here, too. The Man of Steel’s in top form and looks really great doing what needs to be done.
This isn’t going to be a landmark issue by any means, but if you’re a fan of Superman but dropped this book earlier, I’d give this one a try: it might change your mind.
Art: 5 - Excellent
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Eh. It’s certainly an improvement over the previous writing (that’s not saying much) but I think Helspont’s superpower was longwindness. All he did was talk and dump exposition. I never got the sense that he was very threatening either. You’re right that the art was totally killer but the plotting and story left a lot to be desired.
That longwindedness is my main gripe with the issue. When the two were having a dialogue I liked it – I like how Superman was written and was finally satisfied that Superman wasn’t being, I don’t know, modernized and made edgy as a character. But Helspont’s monologues could’ve been abbreviated considerably.
I might not rate the story as highly if it weren’t post-reboot, but I think it does some things that are important in terms of how SUPERMAN stories are being and will be crafted in this continuity.
I think that’s fair. I guess I’m still not seeing a big enough difference from the first team’s work.
I’m one of the three or so people who actually quite liked the previous team’s work. But I realize this team is working in a style a bit more appealing to a broad modern audience.