Written by: George Perez
Art by: Jesus Merino
This is a really hard review for me to write. As a general rule of thumb, I don't like going into every detail about what happened on every page of each comic. #1 - I just don't have time for that and #2 - I believe a person should discover and read the comic themselves and form their own opinion... And that's the whole point of the comic section of my blog. It's just my opinion. And like my Pastor always says, "my opinion doesn't mean anything."
From what I know, George Perez is an old school writer and that was definitely apparent in this issue. There were a lot of throw backs to the old Superman comics: faster than a speeding bullet, this looks like a job for Superman, etc.
There was A LOT going on in this comic, looking at it from a narrative perspective. From inner-monologues, to chatter, to an actual narrator describing what Superman is thinking. For me, personally, it felt unnecessary.
There really isn't an overall story arc except for the Daily Planet upgrade to the Planet Global Network and the usual push-n-pull Louis Lane and Clark Kent relationship.
In a time where audiences love continuous story arcs (i.e. Star Trek original series vs Star Trek DS9 and Voyager), I felt that as a New 52 - where the business model is to pull in new readers - this was definitely a homage to old school comic books. Let's put Superman in a pretty bad situation and see him fight / think his way out... I hope Superman doesn't become an episodic series of Superman vs bad number X.
I'm really torn on this one... I might have to read the next issue to really see how I feel about Superman. I may just have to stick with Action Comics.
Writing: 9/10
Art: 9/10
Storytelling: 8/10
Overall: 8.67/10
