Superman World Of New Krypton #5 (OF 12)
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Superman is on trial for his life. The crime: Treason! The punishment: Death! But is this a challenge Kal-El can even hope to triumph over when the man pulling all the strings is General Zod? A tale of heroism, evil and base betrayal - on the strange world of New Krypton.
And all of this helps set the stage for next month's crossover event in the SUPERMAN books!
Written by James Robinson and Greg Rucka
Art by Pete Woods
Cover by Gary Frank
Variant Cover by Tan Eng Huat
Size: 32 Pages
Price: $2.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 0.56%
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| mrmister | 07/10/09 | No | Read Review |
| zombox | 07/09/09 | No | Read Review |
| changingshades | 07/09/09 | Yes | Read Review |
| robbydzwonar | 07/09/09 | No | Read Review |
| androidmoser | 07/09/09 | Yes | Read Review |
| Templar | 07/09/09 | Yes | Read Review |
| SilverAgeTom | 07/08/09 | No | Read Review |
| akamuu | 07/07/09 | No | Read Review |
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Avg Rating: 4.1
Comments
...so next month this is gonna tie in with all the other Superman books? Great, now I gotta buy Action again! RAHHH!!!
Posted by robbydzwonar on 07/06/09 at 05:29 PM
That cover image is freakin' cool
Posted by MisterJ on 07/06/09 at 06:55 PM
@Robby - Action is awesome and superior to SWONK! Consider this crossover a blessing. ;)
Posted by skeets on 07/06/09 at 07:45 PM
@MisterJ: even though i still haven't gooten over our little green lantern fight, i agree. that's a great cover. p.s. you're stil wrong about the other thing
Posted by edward on 07/06/09 at 07:50 PM
@skeets
I find Action to easily be the worst of the four... That being said, WoNK is starting to get old... I still consider it my favorite of the four, but I'm looking forward to it less and less every week. Superman, on the other hand, keeps getting better. I think part of it has to do is this is my fifth issue of WoNK and I've only had 1-2 of the other books, so they're still new and fresh... except Action.
Posted by Slockhart on 07/06/09 at 09:42 PM
Superman should go see his poor old widowed momma. He ups and leaves her, At least give her a call!!!
Posted by WinTheWonderboy on 07/06/09 at 10:56 PM
All things said, I'm just happy that Superman is good again. Now if only DC would do something with Justice League...that title is terrible. If not for my OCD I'd stop collecting it, but then the gap in numbers would just kill me...stupid neurosis'.
Posted by jjkish7 on 07/07/09 at 08:33 AM
Good stuff, I can't wait
Posted by drakedangerz on 07/07/09 at 09:52 PM
Apparently I was the only person who found last month's issue just okay. That being said I am very much looking forward to this issue.
Posted by DarthDuck on 07/07/09 at 11:50 PM
An all right issue. Nothing amazing here. I've always hated the "lets put a main character on trial" trope in Sci-Fi/Action genre things (Especially in Star Trek/Stargate). 4/5 for me. Not bad, but there was no real forward momentum until the last few pages. Beautiful art by Pete Woods though. Loving the Superman: The Movie look to all of this.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 07/08/09 at 09:13 PM
@Prax
While I certanly agree about the whole 'hero on trial' thing. I really enjoyed Zod's motivation during the entire issue, not to mention his comment to Ursa. I liked the spy reveal as well, mostly because I wasn't expecting anything like that to happen.
@Edward
Donner inspired iconography is a common ground for all. P.S. Nope, I was right. P.P.S. Infinity :P
Posted by MisterJ on 07/09/09 at 12:10 PM
Solid as always.
Posted by skeets on 07/10/09 at 08:05 PM
@winthewonderboy He can't. He has to appear to denounce all ties to earth so he can sell himself to Zod.
Posted by vadamowens on 07/12/09 at 03:58 AM
Worst issue of the series so far. Three quarters of the book is a boring trial with ZERO tension, I mean who would think that Kal would REALLY be killed? Anyone?
The art was pretty nice though, even though some of the panel layouts were very confusing & horrible, I liked the dark art of the trial pages.
Posted by WadeWilson on 07/12/09 at 04:04 AM
Loved the art, hated the layouts. I literally re-read some of the pages two different ways and then tried to decide which way made more sense.
I don't really want an altruistic Zod. We'll see where this goes.
Posted by Crippler on 07/12/09 at 02:10 PM
I'm waiting for this in trades, but I had to pick up this issue for the cover.
Posted by thescimitar on 07/13/09 at 12:12 PM
SWONK is Awesome. Yes that is what I call it now.
I cant wait to read this. So far, this is the only superman book I buy and I fucking love it. Great story.
Posted by twooldridge on 07/06/09 at 05:21 PM