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geekwayne's review
4.0
'Action Comics #961' by Dan Jurgens with art by Stephen Segovia shows me it's been a while since I read Superman. A lot has happened to him but some things are still the same.
The action picks up right from the first page. Doomsday is wrecking the city and a Lex Luthor wearing power armor is fighting him off. Superman draws him away from the city, but that puts his wife, Lois, and son, Jonathan, at risk. He gets some unexpected help from a friend as well as some people he doesn't know.
Superman has learned some things since the first time he fought Doomsday and it's good to see that intelligence working here. At 21 pages, it's a really quick read with lots of action. I enjoyed the chance to read and review this comic.
I received a review copy of this comic book from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this comic book.
The action picks up right from the first page. Doomsday is wrecking the city and a Lex Luthor wearing power armor is fighting him off. Superman draws him away from the city, but that puts his wife, Lois, and son, Jonathan, at risk. He gets some unexpected help from a friend as well as some people he doesn't know.
Superman has learned some things since the first time he fought Doomsday and it's good to see that intelligence working here. At 21 pages, it's a really quick read with lots of action. I enjoyed the chance to read and review this comic.
I received a review copy of this comic book from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this comic book.
rashthedoctor's review
4.0
I guess there's times when you really want to appreciate the old ways of something but are burdened with the sad stagnation, that's what happened with this issue .
I Really do appreciate the return of the old days of Superman, the pre new 52 Superman, back when you weren't named Flash to do super cool stuff but be always concerned about safety of the people first and destruction of the nemesis later. And Yet after praising this take by Dan Jurgens for the past 3 weeks i finally have to accept the drawbacks of his run in Action Comics here.
The Story just isn't moving forward , 5 issues back we came to know of 1 superman , 1 clark kent , 1 super-suited Lex Luthor and 5 issues later today we are nowhere close to finding out what the hell is going on .
Another really annoying issue for me is the presence of 1 superman too many, This is similar to me taking issue with the recent Flash Rebirth Run ,when you keep giving powers similar to your main protagonist to more that 1 person you are making your main protagonist look ordinary and that way it loses its charm . So when the whole Central city turned into flash i was bugged and now when there are 4 superman-esque heroes (including Superboy) and a furthur new addition in this issue , it's just getting too cramped and Superman is starting to look ordinary .
This issue in particular is something that's been a reccurent theme with most Rebirth title but the only one who seems to be pulling it off is Batman , and it's because Batman stories have been doing it for ages with Robin , Nightwing, Red Hood, etc etc. and besides Batman himself is nothing more than a human and he always does exceeds the expectation for a Human . Superman and Flash are supposed to be Superheroes but now they are starting to resemble ordinary characters and that's making them lose charm .
So no story progression, losing charm of hero. overstacked superbeings, still unsolved mysteries , basically i am rating 2 stars just for the cool art
I Really do appreciate the return of the old days of Superman, the pre new 52 Superman, back when you weren't named Flash to do super cool stuff but be always concerned about safety of the people first and destruction of the nemesis later. And Yet after praising this take by Dan Jurgens for the past 3 weeks i finally have to accept the drawbacks of his run in Action Comics here.
The Story just isn't moving forward , 5 issues back we came to know of 1 superman , 1 clark kent , 1 super-suited Lex Luthor and 5 issues later today we are nowhere close to finding out what the hell is going on .
Another really annoying issue for me is the presence of 1 superman too many, This is similar to me taking issue with the recent Flash Rebirth Run ,when you keep giving powers similar to your main protagonist to more that 1 person you are making your main protagonist look ordinary and that way it loses its charm . So when the whole Central city turned into flash i was bugged and now when there are 4 superman-esque heroes (including Superboy) and a furthur new addition in this issue , it's just getting too cramped and Superman is starting to look ordinary .
This issue in particular is something that's been a reccurent theme with most Rebirth title but the only one who seems to be pulling it off is Batman , and it's because Batman stories have been doing it for ages with Robin , Nightwing, Red Hood, etc etc. and besides Batman himself is nothing more than a human and he always does exceeds the expectation for a Human . Superman and Flash are supposed to be Superheroes but now they are starting to resemble ordinary characters and that's making them lose charm .
So no story progression, losing charm of hero. overstacked superbeings, still unsolved mysteries , basically i am rating 2 stars just for the cool art
jemielguevara's review
3.0
The action is there fun and a very bit exciting. The artwork is really remarkable, a bit bias because it was drawn by a Filipino like me. But its true, Segovia is a virtuoso on his craft. Story is still the same; no progression and slow paced. Don't know how they will handle this arc, putting things in the right place and answering the questions left behind...
marisacarpico's review
2.0
I guess I have to admire the consistency. This is still the most worthless series I've ever read. We still haven't learned anything. Most of the issue was still spent with pre-52 Clark internally monologuing while he fights Doomsday. And now even the art isn't any good. Never again.
paulweymouth's review
3.0
I'm really hoping we start to get some plot progression in the next issue. As much as I've enjoyed this new Action Comics run, the answers are coming at a snail's pace. I still love the art and the fight scenes but we need some answers already.
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