This week: Action Comics #1075 Divided into three great superhuman family stories. In addition, we have also summarized the common introductions of other DC books on the market!
NOTE: The following review contains spoilers. If you want a quick, spoiler-free purchase/recommendation of related comics, check the bottom of the article for our final verdict.
Action Comics #1075
writer: Mark Waid, Mariko Tamaki and Joshua Williamson
artist: Clayton Henry, Michael Shelver, Skylar Partridge, Jon Bogdanov and Norm Lapmond
Colorist: Matt Helms, Marissa Louise and Hi-Fi
Engraver: Dave Sharpe and Becca Kelly
Now is a great time to read a Superman comic. To me, the current product line feels strong, diverse, and interesting. Saw the first issue last week Absolute superman, It won widespread critical acclaim and enthusiastic response from fans. at the same time, Superman #19 October’s flagship super game continues its stellar run, making the most of the mythology while doing its best to add interesting new twists. In addition to these two books, we’ve got great weekly stories in the following pages action comics, And comes with excellent backup.
This is perhaps the most important question today action comics arc. The main story of this time is by Mark Waid, Clayton Henry, Michael Shelver, Matt Helms, and Dave Sharp Mainly about the Phantom Zone, and how to save it, Superman must travel back in time and interact with his parents on Krypton. Throughout, he expressed misgivings about his father’s role in turning the Phantom Zone into a prison. Well, in this issue we get a nice retcon in which Superman learns that his father discovered the Phantom Zone… but it’s his rival who is ultimately responsible for using it as a prison.
It’s a really good retcon that doesn’t feel out of the ordinary at all. Part of Superman’s story has always been the slow discovery of what his parents and his home world might have been like, so it’s natural for him to learn new context around things he once viewed as established truths. He was moved and relieved when he discovered his father’s true role in the Phantom Zone, and I felt like I was right there with him as a reader. Great stuff.
At the same time, this book also provides some excellent support. The first is a continuation of the fun Supergirl/Power Girl story Mariko Tamaki, Skylar Partridge, Marissa Lewis, and Becca Kelly. This type of back-up is so good that you pray it ends up being turned into a proper miniseries or even an ongoing title.
But it’s the second backup story that has a major impact on the Mets’ status quo. This is memory lane through flagship Superman writer Joshua Williamson. He collaborated with the greatest super artists in history Jon Bogdanov (One of my personal favorites for this question Zero hour Alone, you know the one), by Norm Rapmond, Colored by High fidelity audioand represented by letters Dave Sharpe.
This endorsement brings an end to Perry White’s mayoral campaign. It’s a very moving story, with Perry walking around the metropolis and seeing many of the events that shaped his memory of the city. He walked into the offices of the Daily Planet, where he reminisced more, before ultimately winning the mayoral race in a landslide. I found this to be a sweet and hopeful story, and in a week where things like this are especially poignant, I’m excited to see what Williamson and co will do. Mayor Perry White is ready.
Overview
- Absolute Batman #2 This is another great single issue and I might even like it more than the opening one. Written by the author again Scott Snyder, and art Nick Dragota, Color by frank martin, and letters Clayton Cowles. With the hard work of establishing a new look for Batman already beginning, issue two is better able to impress us with settings, character moments, and action sequences. It also delivers more scenes designed to get people talking (mainly the giant construction site Batmobile), which all add up to a second issue that delivers on the promise of the first.
- we get a Very A different take on the same character this week Batman: Dark Ages #6 by writer Mark Russell, artist Mike Allred, Colorist Raul Allred, and engraver Dave Sharpe. This is the finale of a miniseries that follows the work of the same creative team Superman: Space Age. Both series treat their characters as aging instantly, from mid-century all the way to crisis on infinite earths event. It’s an interesting set-up, with Russell and Allred taking a more introspective and personal look at Batman and everything around him. This ending is particularly heartbreaking and well-deserved.
- at last, Black Lightning #1 is an interesting debut novel from the writer Brandon Thomas, artist fig osio, colorist Ulysses Areola, and engraver Lucas Gatoni. It’s a good family-themed story, but it’s also a must-read for anyone following the larger story threads in the main DCU continuity after the events of the DCU. absolute power.
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