A review by stevequinn
Superman Vol. 4: Black Dawn (Rebirth) by Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi

3.0

Superman’s been one of the better Rebirth titles so far, for me. I’m definitely enjoying superboy, seeing the Kent’s go to the fair, and suchlike things. This volume though was a bit of a letdown. Manchester Black? Whodahell? I remember him from the New 52 Titans, but beyond that I don’t know his history. Seems pretty formidable, but they never really explained his powers. At all. I had to Wikipedia him.

Well, so things in this book got all confusing after he showed up. The townspeople are all super powered aliens who believe in killing? Superboy may be okay with this? What just happened to Lois’ leg? Ok just about every page I was pretty damn turned around as to what was going on and why.

Manchester Black took down Supes and Batman pretty easily, and then...someone got really angry and beat him? And now the aliens are going to fix the town, and Superman just lets them off the hook? And did superboy lose his powers? Or not?

I thought the art was good, and I still like the Kent family, and watching Damien and Jon interact. That’s still lots of fun, but the main story got in the way, which was a shame.

Thanks to DC for giving me a review copy in exchange for a review!