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Superman: Action Comics, Volume 1: Superman and the Men of Steel by Brad Walker, ChrisCross, Grant Morrison, Brent Anderson, Gene Ha, Rags Morales, Sholly Fisch, Andy Kubert

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Art is a touch too busy for my tastes. At least for now, my comic book art taste seems to be that comic art shouldn’t try so hard to imitate life. I prefer a more stylized approach.

A very classic superhero story towards the end, but with insane pacing and time-jumps throughout. The scenes with Clark’s parents were touching, but were force fed to us after they’re already dead! Lex Luthor came off a little weird as well. He’s a brilliant scientist that’s so obviously malicious right from the jump; how can we expect a man like to become one of the most beloved figures in the public eye?

Some touches were really smart however; seeing Clark paying rent to his landlady is something we don’t always see. Shows that Clark the man is just as important as Superman the hero. Superman is young, rambunctious..and not all that likeable. By the end he becomes a little closer to the protector we know him as.

But most of the emotions and relationships this trade is trying to make the reader believe in are simply unearned. Far too little showing and way too much telling with the writing, but with the art the inverse is true. Going from panel to panel felt very confusing and disjointed at times.

I didn’t feel inspired or hopeful after reading this, which is what a Superman story should try to do. And even if that wasn’t the point of this story, I feel wholly unsatisfied from the action that was shown, and even less satisfied with the characters that were introduced and hardly developed.

Batman/Superman, Volume 1: Cross World by Yildiray Cinar, Norm Rapmund, Ben Oliver, Greg Pak, Paulo Siqueira, Jae Lee, Netho Diaz, Brett Booth

adventurous inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.75

Writing: .25
Art: 0.0
Characters: .25
Enjoyment: .5
Originality: .75

Batman, Volume 5: Zero Year - Dark City by Scott Snyder

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Writing: 1.0
Art: 1.0
Characters: .75
Enjoyment: .75
Originality: .75

Batman: White Knight by Sean Murphy, Matt Hollingsworth

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Writing: 1.0
Art: 1.0
Characters: 1.0
Enjoyment: 1.0
Originality: 1.0

DC Comics: Zero Year by Jorge Lucas, Travis Moore, Brian Buccellato, Juan Castro, Jeff Lemire, Romano Molenaar, Jeremy Haun, Christy Marx, Kyle Higgins, Chris Sprouse, Robert Venditti, Jim Fern, Aaron Kuder, Justin Gray, Marc Andreyko, Jason Fabok, Scott Snyder, Cliff Richards, Pat Olliffe, John Layman, Daniel Sampere, Jimmy Palmiotti, Eduardo Pansica, Trevor McCarthy, Rob Lean, Will Conrad, Keith Champagne, Aaron Lopresti, Greg Pak, Jonathan Glapion, Karl Story, Greg Capullo, Francis Manapul, Vicente Cifuentes, Allan Jefferson, Scott McDaniel, Van Jensen, Denys Cowan, Julio Ferreira, Art Thibert, Marguerite Bennett, James Tynion IV, Vic Drujiniu, Fernando Pasarín, Ivan Fernandez, Andrea Sorrentino

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

Writing: .25
Art: .25
Characters: .25
Enjoyment: .5
Originality: .5

Batman, Volume 4: Zero Year - Secret City by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Writing: .5
Art: 1.0
Characters: .75
Enjoyment: .5
Originality: .5

Biggest highlight is Bruce coming into the limelight and speaking out against the Red Hood Gang. Capullo’s art is great with gorgeous colors. 

Felt like a really high budget Batman reboot that didn’t really try to do anything too new or refreshing. Solid pacing and believable characters. An overall enjoyable and solid story with not much to praise or complain about.