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james_desantis 's review for:
The Man of Steel
by Brian Michael Bendis
Here it is. The first major book in the DC Universe made by Brian Michael Bendis! Is it good? Actually, yeah, it's pretty fun.
So this Man of Steel Mini-series starts with Superman being the hero we all know and love. He goes around the whole city, protects everyone he can, and fights for the greater good. I know after the shitty man of steel and batman vs superman movies you might have forgotten that Supes is heroic but Bendis gives a nice reminder by having him save hundreds of people in the first few issues here.
However, we all know it can't stay good. For some reason Jon and Lois are not in this current superman storyline. Instead we get flashbacks of Clark remembering a moment when he lost his son and daughter but what happened to them and where did they go? Mystery! Then we got a new Doomsday lookalike mofo come down and try to cleanse the world of Superman and his kind.
Good: I really enjoyed watching Superman being heroic. Very true to his character. I enjoyed some of the dialog a lot, mostly with Jon and his third draw, and also liked Superman with Batman and the fire fighter. The fight scenes are pretty great at times, and some of them are out of this world epic. Oh, and nice to see Supergirl get some love here.
Bad: Okay...some of the dialog is bad. One in-particular moment is with The Flash saying "Poo Poo"...yeahhhhhhhhhhhh. Also the main villain just kind of one note. I didn't really like the change in the art every issue either, could be jarring.
Overall solid, fun, little mini series to give Bendis his opening to his new series (he'll be writing Superman AND Action Comics). It didn't blow me away but it gave me a good time, well paced, and fun action. A 3 out of 5.
So this Man of Steel Mini-series starts with Superman being the hero we all know and love. He goes around the whole city, protects everyone he can, and fights for the greater good. I know after the shitty man of steel and batman vs superman movies you might have forgotten that Supes is heroic but Bendis gives a nice reminder by having him save hundreds of people in the first few issues here.
However, we all know it can't stay good. For some reason Jon and Lois are not in this current superman storyline. Instead we get flashbacks of Clark remembering a moment when he lost his son and daughter but what happened to them and where did they go? Mystery! Then we got a new Doomsday lookalike mofo come down and try to cleanse the world of Superman and his kind.
Good: I really enjoyed watching Superman being heroic. Very true to his character. I enjoyed some of the dialog a lot, mostly with Jon and his third draw, and also liked Superman with Batman and the fire fighter. The fight scenes are pretty great at times, and some of them are out of this world epic. Oh, and nice to see Supergirl get some love here.
Bad: Okay...some of the dialog is bad. One in-particular moment is with The Flash saying "Poo Poo"...yeahhhhhhhhhhhh. Also the main villain just kind of one note. I didn't really like the change in the art every issue either, could be jarring.
Overall solid, fun, little mini series to give Bendis his opening to his new series (he'll be writing Superman AND Action Comics). It didn't blow me away but it gave me a good time, well paced, and fun action. A 3 out of 5.