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A review by starryworlds
Superman: American Alien by Max Landis
2.0
I read this for the Newts Magical Readathon for Charms to get an acceptable. The prompt for this is to read a book you think has a gorgeous cover.
I was really disappointed that I didn't like this because I had very high expectations going into it and I had heard a lot of good things about it.
This is more of a short story collection, which features snippets about Clark's life. This was unexpected for me because I expected the short stories to link to each other in some way. They didn't.
The art style is different in every issue/chapter, which made it difficult to read at times, especially with them being short stories as it felt like I was reading something completely different every chapter. I think graphic novels that are just short story collections are not for me.
This was sold to me as a dark superman story but I didn't get that vibe from it. It just felt like a generic superman story with bits of Clark Kent's life stuck on.
Also I don't understand why Oliver Queen and Bruce Wayne appeared in this story. They had no purpose to being there and them being there didn't influence the story in anyway. At the end of the day, this was just fan service and fan service bugs me.
I was really disappointed that I didn't like this because I had very high expectations going into it and I had heard a lot of good things about it.
This is more of a short story collection, which features snippets about Clark's life. This was unexpected for me because I expected the short stories to link to each other in some way. They didn't.
The art style is different in every issue/chapter, which made it difficult to read at times, especially with them being short stories as it felt like I was reading something completely different every chapter. I think graphic novels that are just short story collections are not for me.
This was sold to me as a dark superman story but I didn't get that vibe from it. It just felt like a generic superman story with bits of Clark Kent's life stuck on.
Also I don't understand why Oliver Queen and Bruce Wayne appeared in this story. They had no purpose to being there and them being there didn't influence the story in anyway. At the end of the day, this was just fan service and fan service bugs me.