Superman #679
Review by CharlesDaCriticCzar:
Written by James Robinson
Art by Renato Guedes and José Wilson Magalháes
Cover by Alex Ross
Size: 32 Pages
Price: $2.99
at least this is a better issue than the last...but why do I feel like words and scenes are constantly missing from this book? 'For why' you ask, well that for why crap and stuff like it in the dialogue are kinda getting to me. Lois not being a strong female and acting like Mary Jane gets to me, and a Superman book where Supes and his supporting cast are acting very strangely. Plus whatever his name is(the villain) sucks. This is BORING. At least Robinson writes KRYPTO in a interesting way that fits, to bad he can't do that for the humanoid characters. Please make it stop hurting. I was already kinda not digging the ton of Kryptonians coming to earth(it defeats the whole SUPERMAN thing in DCU) and Robinson on the book is boring me, I'm going to give it 3 more issues but I think I may be dropping this book...it's just bad.
384
pulls
Avg Rating: 3.6
You could actually attribute Robinson's take on Krypto to Morrison's We3. The dialogue style is very similar and the dogs are nearly identical.
That said, I disagree with the anxiety about the New Krypton arc. Changing the status quo will be pretty interesting. Does it really defeat Superman's significance in the DCU. I really don't think so. There are already tons of heroes with powers that are at least near to what Superman has. What makes Superman difference isn't just his power level. It's his upbringing. The people of Kandor don't have that. And that's going to make for some really interesting nurture versus nature stories.
Posted by PaulMontgomery on 08/31/08 at 07:57 AM