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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Delightful premise but not nearly Soviet enough. Go big or go home.
Could have been so much more interesting than it was. I want to read the version where Superman fixes the command economy.
A very interesting take on the Superman story line... along with a couple interesting "what if's"
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What if Kal-El had dropped down in the USSR instead of Kansas? How would it change the course of two nations and the arc of other characters?
Commie Superman is an interesting premise and this comic book has a couple of good moments and some meta commentary, of which some surely was lost on me as I don't know much about the Man of Steel and the other characters in this book. Lex Luthor, in any case, is ridiculous and hilarious in this one and was my highlight of the whole book. I liked the ending too. But overall I think there wasn't a particularly enganging storyline.
Mark Millar throws a lot of stuff in here, but I would have prefered a (maybe) more streamlined and (certainly) better developed version of this. Also, whoever chose the colors for the lettering needs to find a new job. The art was fine. But reading the text gave me a headache.
<b>2.75 stars</b>
<i>Buddy read with <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/nataliya_x">Nataliya</a>. Let's see how she rates Komrade Klark Kentovich's adventures. Spoiler alert: Expecting a two.</i>
<i>Recommended by Kai</i>
Commie Superman is an interesting premise and this comic book has a couple of good moments and some meta commentary, of which some surely was lost on me as I don't know much about the Man of Steel and the other characters in this book. Lex Luthor, in any case, is ridiculous and hilarious in this one and was my highlight of the whole book. I liked the ending too. But overall I think there wasn't a particularly enganging storyline.
Mark Millar throws a lot of stuff in here, but I would have prefered a (maybe) more streamlined and (certainly) better developed version of this. Also, whoever chose the colors for the lettering needs to find a new job. The art was fine. But reading the text gave me a headache.
<b>2.75 stars</b>
<i>Buddy read with <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/nataliya_x">Nataliya</a>. Let's see how she rates Komrade Klark Kentovich's adventures. Spoiler alert: Expecting a two.</i>
<i>Recommended by Kai</i>
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was trippy and cool and kind of crazy. I really enjoyed this version of Superman who isn't "Awww, shucks, hyuck, America!" His mission in the USSR seems pretty similar to what we're used to, until it isn't, and then things get really interesting. There's a lot of things to love here.
When Mark Millar is on, he is ON. And he is most definitely 'on' for this outing. While alternate universes are by definition the places to take chances and rewire characters and their milieu, this one was done with much care to the context and history of Superman. I don't even really like Superman, but this was a delight to read, and see how his sense of right and wrong was so strongly influenced by his home and their values. Superman will always be Superman, but like all of us, we are also the product of our environments, and Millar painted a great examination of that.