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A review by twilliamson
Superman Reborn by Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi, Dan Jurgens
3.0
With the aftermath of the New 52, the DC Universe got really, really weird. It's a struggle to keep everything oriented to the new status quo, and Superman Reborn finally attempts to bring together the two disparate visions of Superman, much like the Superman Annual issue attempted to do through having Superman meet Swamp Thing and the Green.
This four-part story reintroduces Mxyzptlk, and uses his background--and recent history--to finally suture together the weirdness of what happened to Superman post-New 52. The whole plot feels much like a course correction of sorts, a righting of the ship that feels necessary to finally condense the new DC universe back to a single, more coherent storyline.
It doesn't quite work; it still relies too heavily on recent events, and the insistence of a DC continuity in this new universe is just as frustrating as it has ever been. Still, that the story wants so desperately to finally return the identities of Clark and Lois to their rightful owners is heartening, and the final thoughts regarding Clark's love for Lois, and vice versa, is the real heart of these characters.
In other words, this is an interesting story with pretty clumsy and regrettable execution, but is otherwise a service that does seem needed for the betterment on the whole of the DC Universe, especially as it regards Superman.
This four-part story reintroduces Mxyzptlk, and uses his background--and recent history--to finally suture together the weirdness of what happened to Superman post-New 52. The whole plot feels much like a course correction of sorts, a righting of the ship that feels necessary to finally condense the new DC universe back to a single, more coherent storyline.
It doesn't quite work; it still relies too heavily on recent events, and the insistence of a DC continuity in this new universe is just as frustrating as it has ever been. Still, that the story wants so desperately to finally return the identities of Clark and Lois to their rightful owners is heartening, and the final thoughts regarding Clark's love for Lois, and vice versa, is the real heart of these characters.
In other words, this is an interesting story with pretty clumsy and regrettable execution, but is otherwise a service that does seem needed for the betterment on the whole of the DC Universe, especially as it regards Superman.