A review by sandeeisreading
Superman: American Alien by Jonathan Case, Mark Buckingham, Nick Dragotta, Steve Dillon, Ryan Sook, Max Landis, Matthew Clark, Joëlle Jones, Francis Manapul, Tommy Lee Edwards, Jae Lee, Evan Doc Shaner, Jock

5.0

"Who needs normal? Maybe weird is better.

Superman: American Alien starts with a younger Clark Kent realizing for the first time that he can fly. The bad thing about it was, he had no idea how he does it, how he can control it, and how to land with both his two feet on the ground.

I can't really tell you much about it yet (i've only read the first issue), but all I can say is that I enjoyed reading this. The only other origin story I've read from Superman was Earth One (I think), and that story didn't really focus on a much younger Superman. Here, on issue 1 at least, you get to see Clark discovering his abilities, then freaking out because he had no idea how it works. Being a kid, you think the most important thing in the world is to fit in, and with Clark being what he is, that would prove to be really hard, especially now that all his abilities start to manifest itself. I thought Landis did a great job showing us that.

The writing, I really liked. There was a bit of humor in it, which is always a plus for me. While Clark was discovering the stuff that he can do, his parents were also discovering things about their son that they did not know. So while we see Clark's character developing, we also see the development in the character of those people around him.

Looking forward to starting the other issues. I believe, so far, we only have 7 issues of this, so I'm definitely reading the rest.