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A review by arrik
Superman, Volume 1: What Price Tomorrow? by George Pérez
3.0
Well Superman is my favorite and I used to collect his comics, so with the New 52 I wanted to try again. I picked up both Action comics and Superman titles. I get this is roughly five years after Action Comics. We are thrust into an established hero. That's fine. Things are definitely different in metropolis. The overall story of the big villain was just okay. I was with it until the little bugs somehow replicated Superman with no explanation as to how or that they were even capable of doing that, after manifesting as fire, invisible, and ice creatures. I like the struggle Superman has, though, with just recently gaining acceptance and then these series of events.calls into question how beneficial it is to have him around.
However, what i didn't like the most about this book is the exposition by the characters. There was so much of it, it was almost intolerable. I don't need Superman to verbalize everything he is doing as he's doing it. It's as bad as having him say to the bad guy "and now my heat vision will burn you" as he blasts him, and "this burst of super breath will surely blow you away from harming the people around me, giving me an opportunity to get them to safety". It really is that bad at times. And when it is not Superman himself verbalizing those things, it is the reporter for Lois' news station telling the reader. Too much! Sometimes the art needs and can speak for itself
Il Ike this title, though, a bit better than Action comics, whose writing and style is so jumbled I can hardly follow it. At least we had a complete story here. Though Clark acts a little too whiny over the situation going on with Lois and the Daily planet than I'd like! all the dynamics in his secret identity are interesting. If I had to pick a Superman title to keep, I'd pick this over Action Comics.
However, what i didn't like the most about this book is the exposition by the characters. There was so much of it, it was almost intolerable. I don't need Superman to verbalize everything he is doing as he's doing it. It's as bad as having him say to the bad guy "and now my heat vision will burn you" as he blasts him, and "this burst of super breath will surely blow you away from harming the people around me, giving me an opportunity to get them to safety". It really is that bad at times. And when it is not Superman himself verbalizing those things, it is the reporter for Lois' news station telling the reader. Too much! Sometimes the art needs and can speak for itself
Il Ike this title, though, a bit better than Action comics, whose writing and style is so jumbled I can hardly follow it. At least we had a complete story here. Though Clark acts a little too whiny over the situation going on with Lois and the Daily planet than I'd like! all the dynamics in his secret identity are interesting. If I had to pick a Superman title to keep, I'd pick this over Action Comics.