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A review by stressedspidergirl
Superman, Volume 2: Return to Glory by Peter J. Tomasi, Gene Luen Yang
3.0
So, I had read the other one, Savage Dawn, that included some of the things cut from this HC and this had other things cut from SD so it was a kind of confusing blend and there were recaps of even further cuts, so basically unless you were reading like 20 different comics apparently and magically can figure out which trades you need I have no clue how you'd follow the whole story, or how you'd fill in all the gaps the trades leave you with.
They even have pages of recaps inside because they know they aren't doing a good job telling you what's happening or telling the story.
Also I really really don't see how killing Superman is a return to glory, personally. Not that he was "our" Superman, and it forces "ours" to reveal himself to help out, but all of it being a mess, and Jimmy somehow being one of the Hodr bots or whatever with no explanation for why... also like straight up Clark has the WORST friends in this. He's a homeless vagrant with no support or money and he's starving as a human it's an absolute mess. Tldr: I wasn't super engaged in this story, the whole ultimate sacrifice thing kind of rang hollow because I didn't really believe anyone in the league even cared about him.
The story was either cut so that you never saw his people trying to help him or support him, or they didn't. So when they were "sad" he died it was like... ? You let him hang around homeless and starving and didn't lift a finger to help him out. I can't believe any of this... the only real support or assistance he had was being part of an underground fight ring of gods... ... I... what? Someone really enjoyed American Gods by Neil Gaiman, I felt.
Some part of me would really like to read the entire arc, no cuts, and have some clue of what's actually happening, but on the other hand this was such a mess I have trouble believing it's any better when it's complete.
They even have pages of recaps inside because they know they aren't doing a good job telling you what's happening or telling the story.
Also I really really don't see how killing Superman is a return to glory, personally. Not that he was "our" Superman, and it forces "ours" to reveal himself to help out, but all of it being a mess, and Jimmy somehow being one of the Hodr bots or whatever with no explanation for why... also like straight up Clark has the WORST friends in this. He's a homeless vagrant with no support or money and he's starving as a human it's an absolute mess. Tldr: I wasn't super engaged in this story, the whole ultimate sacrifice thing kind of rang hollow because I didn't really believe anyone in the league even cared about him.
The story was either cut so that you never saw his people trying to help him or support him, or they didn't. So when they were "sad" he died it was like... ? You let him hang around homeless and starving and didn't lift a finger to help him out. I can't believe any of this... the only real support or assistance he had was being part of an underground fight ring of gods... ... I... what? Someone really enjoyed American Gods by Neil Gaiman, I felt.
Some part of me would really like to read the entire arc, no cuts, and have some clue of what's actually happening, but on the other hand this was such a mess I have trouble believing it's any better when it's complete.