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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 30, 2017 9:02:48 GMT -5
Action 976: Superman reborn concludes here in an excellent issue that resolves a mystery, but leaves some unanswered questions. Doug Mahnke provides some beautiful art, depicting a very attractive Superman family and a creepy Mxyzptlk. There is a really nice 2 page spread depicting moments from Superman's life. Without spoiling anything, this issue explains what is going on with the pre 52 and the new 52 Superman. He gets a really nice new costume at the end of the story....however we are lead to believe that something bigger is coming involving a mysterious "He". The consequences of what happens in this issue will affect the other Super titles (according to an illustrated page at the end). For this longtime Superman fan who despised the new 52 version, this issue is a treat. 9/10 I read all 4 parts of 'Superman Reborn' today.. Not bad... it definitely answers and 'fixes' the continuity stuff, which is nice, without changing what they're doing. Big plus there. Definitely a little overly hokey for my taste, but it's Superman, so one has to expect that. More importantly, it was still an enjoyable read (With some great art), which is not usually the case with a 'maintenance' plot like this. I suspect the 'He' is going to tie into the big storyline that is going in Flash/Batman where they reveal the origin of the Rebirth Universe, which is fine, hopefully it will be over quickly ad we can move on  It should have been over months ago...like after all the main titles had done their first stories. It started off pretty stale to begin with as far as plots go and now we're nearly a whole year down the road and it's to the point where not only could I care less but seeing it show up at all in the books I read makes me groan. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Mar 30, 2017 9:06:44 GMT -5
They were probably waiting to make sure there wasn't blacklash enough to scrap it.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 30, 2017 9:20:08 GMT -5
They were probably waiting to make sure there wasn't blacklash enough to scrap it. That could be true, but just seems like poor planning to me. I don't think I've read anyone saying they enjoyed the whole Architect storyline, in fact when he plays a major part it's often seen as a major flaw in the story. In those types of situations its best just to get it over with. It should have been like a one shot to explain the new universe for people who needed that sort of thing and something that was easily skippable for those who don't care for that type of over explanation. Now it's to the point where it doesn't satisfy either of those needs, the iron is no longer hot so the continuity minded people have mostly given up on it and it's being forced into all the books so those who don't give a lick about it can't just ignore it. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Mar 31, 2017 19:38:37 GMT -5
Iron Man #5 I almost like Riri in this issue... her mom definitely is pretty cool.. talking to the air in the hopes digital Tony is listening.. great scene. Good SHIELD scene too, but the ending... I swear, if they make Tony Stark evil AGAIN... I'm going to find Bendis and kick his butt. 
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