Richard Donner is a man I find quite perplexing. In some ways he’s just another Hollywood director and is only that. But in other ways he really seems devoted to Superman, like an unhealthy relationship. Hell he spent a good part of his life making Superman II so close to his image that cause almost a supernova of controversey when he was finally done with it. Then, for some reason, DC thought it would be a good idea to have Donner help write a story with Geoff Johns….most likely thinking that it would make that series an incredible series again.

Well obviously it was a failure, this story is just waay to long winded and boring. Sure it’s nice to see Donner make Zod, The Phantom Zone, and others put into the comic world after the crisis…but he just doesnt seem to comprehend what is different about films and comics. Plus that whole 3-D gimmick just made it tiring to read, mainly cause the 3-D glasses didnt work for me. But nitpicks aside; the story is dull, the art is so-so, theirs gimmicks, and at the end of the day…it’s a waste of money.

But there has to be something good from all of this, something positive. Well, again, Geoff Johns was on this run. I’m not sure what the ratio of Donner’s writing is to Johns writing but considering how bad this is….I dont think John’s did much here. Even if he did do a lot, he mostly likely thought to himself: ‘Man I can write a better translation of the Superman films to comics. I can make Christopher Reeves immortal with my own run on Action Comics’. Well two issues after this long winded arc, Johns went with his ‘Legion’ story. Many critics praised from that moment on that Geoff Johns has made the perfect Superman comic with many references to the classic films. If Johns learned from his past mistakes, or saw mistakes by other writers, he definitely knew how to fix it….Thank god for DC keeping him around.