39th book read in 2015.Number 225 out of 467 on my all time book list.Follow the link below to see my video review:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRAE9...

Many of my friend reviewers seem to have disliked this particular volume of Superman and to an extent I understand why. At first I found this a slow, mediocre and dull version of Superman. At least for the first 20 or so pages. Then I caught on to where the story was headed, what it was doing and why it was performing that way. I was drawn into the story and as a result ended up appreciating it enough to grant it my typical decent superhero score: 4 stars. As part of the New 52 range the way in

Look at how pissed and almost evil Superman looks on the cover of this thing. That about sums up the New 52 Superman - a glum, angry and angsty young man that never smiles. Well, OK, that's not true...I just flipped through the book and he smiles ONCE - though even that is a creepy smile used to add fuel to the debate of whether Superman is "messiah or menace?" Obviously, it's only personal opinion, but I just don't enjoy this new direction for the Superman books. In my opinion, he, like Catwoma...

I didn't like this at all really. So with Rebirth Superman being so good I decided why not go back once more. I mean I read all of Action Comics leading up to rebirth (which was pretty terrible for 80% of it) but never did read "Superman". So I picked this up to try out. I mean how bad could it be? Well if you see my rating it's pretty obvious. This story focuses on Clark being upset that the Daily Planet sold out. Well they're going more digital, doing more "easy news" stories. You know, so tha...

Hey i loved it i was so surprised that this was so good because of all the mess over at action comics with grant morrison and then the writer after him they just make action comics so messy and so puzzling but over here 1 volume 1 storyline Great buildup for the stories Great art pacing Great everything really.i just hope this series continues like this and doesn't get messed up as well

Last August, when the New 52 was right on the horizon, one of the titles I was most excited for was Superman. I'm not sure why I was excited for this one, and not Action Comics, maybe it was the cover to this one was more appealing or something, I don't know. Anyways, it's a decision I came to regret.This volume starts off with an absolutely fantastic first issue. It worked as a near perfect introduction to the character for new readers, with Superman in an epic fight with this crazy alien demon...

Since I have read this New 52 Superman years ago, my review will have a retrospective element in it.It has then been revealed that there are two Supermen (minus the infinite number of Supermen multiverse, we will not be talking about it), one pre-New52 Supes and the other New52 Superman. This volume establishes who our New52 Superman is: a whiny kid with superpowers who feels empty inside.What Price Tomorrow is more engrossed in establishing the New52 landscape of Metropolis - a sprawling megaci...

This wasn't as bad as I expected from the general trend of reviews on Goodreads. I don't think I'm really a fan of DC's stuff in general, though. I mean, I remember Superman in bright colours, as wholesome as Marvel's Captain America, but here it's all dark and broody. Maybe part of the problem is that I never read the comics before, but was a devotee of the tv series. No, not Smallville -- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman!Anyway, this was... okay. I liked the redesign of Superman's

Read this review and more on my blog.Superman Volume 1 collects issues #1 - #6 of the New 52 run of Superman.I am not going to lie, I am not Superman's greatest fan. For me, my love is anything Gotham based and for me to like anything outside of that means that it must have been outstanding. Unfortunately, Superman Volume 1: What Price Tomorrow did not do anything to make me like Superman anymore than I do.Lets start with the storyline, Clark Kent has to fight a foe that he somehow created (not

It appears that instead of actually WRITING the latest Superman comic, author George Perez was instead creating an elaborate machine that turns FARTS into PROSE. I can only assume that’s the case here, for how else could one produce such turgid nonsense as I experienced as part of this generic display of empty spectacle?Two examples of George’s word wizardry to fill you up with nauseous delight:“…its alien language was a Tower of Babel of incomprehensibility.”“…the conflagration continued to rag...

Another alien invasion? This story is deceptively simple. Clark Kent doesn't mumble or trip over himself. He's confident, bitter, even angry. Jealous of Lois. Resentful of General Lane's hatred. Forgetful of his obligations. Clark is not himself and everyone knows it. And it's not just Clark. The Daily Planet has been bought out by its competitor, The Globe. Lois is their new executive television producer. And Billy McCoy, an investigative journalist, is hell bent on denigrating Superman. Metrop...

This was much better than I anticipated it would be, especially considering how much I disliked all of the other titles in the New 52 Superman family, and doubly after reading so many negative reviews for this volume on Goodreads.The main Goodreaders' complaint for "What Price Tomorrow" seems to be that the writing is too wordy, that there was not enough action and too much talky-talky. I for one LOVE exposition in comic books, ans so I was very pleased with this collection. I thought the writin...

This starts Superman's story over, but not from the beginning. Here Lois and Clark are not even really close at all. I'm like why? Why do that? We know they are together, so just start with them together. I didn't like that.I didn't really like this nano villain thing. It was something, but... I don't really feel this has captured the best spirit of Superman. It's better than Zac Snyder's movie which should have been called something since it wasn't Superman. So, it's better than that. I don't r...

Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths ReviewsI know the Man of Steel is a character lots of people are ambivalent towards. Truth be told, Superman comics have always been hit-or-miss with me. There are just so few writers who can find the right balance between Superman’s powers and his enemies without going overboard with apocalyptic crisis after apocalyptic crisis or settling for ridiculous villains to test him. But, in this collection, I thought George Perez did a decent job finding and maintaini...

Superman is so boring. And WHINY.Oh my god, boohoo your job is moving buildings. And you're an all-powerful alien but you don't fit in and can't go home because your home planet was destroyed. Oh, and Lois is boinking some other dude and thinks you're a weird loner nerd. Why don't you build a bridge and get over it.Update - I finally got around to finishing this. I liked rogue murderous Superman so much more, so it figures (view spoiler)[that he's an impostor. (hide spoiler)]Boooo.

If I had read this along side Action Comics, Vol. 1: Superman and the Men of Steel, I would have hated it, because Action Comics vol 1 was just so damn cool.Yep.But see I didn't read it then. Mainly 'cause the reviews for this were so low. Why bother?Then I read Action Comics, Vol. 2: Bulletproof.Oh. God. The horror!Disillusioned by Morrison's confusing mess, I finally decided to give Perez and his take on Superman a try.It's really not that bad.I wouldn't go out of my way to point anyone toward...

(B-) 71% | SatisfactoryNotes: Superman gets trapped in the Friend Zone, and mopes around like Charlie Brown between city-wrecking kaiju fights.

First of the New 52 Superman collections. I will admit, I do not hold enough Superman lore in my head to tell what is continuation of past events, what is retroactive continuity, what is a stitch-up following Final Crisis, and what is new material. (Brainiac if definitely rewritten, and a little two cavalierly for my taste. Clark appears to have risen, in roughly six years, from new-in-Metropolis, through the Daily Star, to top reporter for the Daily Planet, now bought out by Morgan Edge.) This

This one is barely three stars from me. I didn't like the storyline and I thought it was confusing the way it was written. The explanation of what was going on barely made sense. Also, Superman and Clark Kent just don't have any standout character. The tendency is to see Supes as a boring Boy Scout. I admit I did feel a bit like that about him, compared to Batman, who I totally adore (faults and all). However, when Superman's character is explored with the depth and the insight that he deserves,...

Superman.Shame. I was expecting it to be at least solid enough of a story. But it wasn't. More than half of this book has to do with Daily Planet and Lois than Superman himself. I don't need to read about Daily Planet's whereabouts and reconstruction, achievements and whatnot. with 10+ pages full of reporters and news about it from radio and tv and whatever, complete crap to fill the pages with nonsense.The whole book had that feeling that you're reading a comic from the 80s-90s and NOT in a goo...