Thursday, July 12, 2007

Action Comics 850 and 851

Action Comics #850
Written by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, and Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Renato Guedes


This was a nice look back at the life of Superman up to the present day and at first, I found it only okay...I mean when Superman yells Justice League Together I rolled my eyes. Since when do they say that in the league?! But on a second read I really saw how wonderful this issue was. I love how it is Supergirl and the Legion looking at the past through a what did he call it...Chronex? And we do get some hints of the future but like Brainiac 5 said, it could be altered timelines. This was a nice anniversary issue.




Action Comics #851

Written by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner
Art and Cover by Adam Kubert

I gotta hand it to them for the idea of making all the phantom zone scenes in this issue in 3D. It was a really cool idea...I just don't know how well it was executed. I found it kind of annoying at times, especially those glasses. But I give them kudos for trying. Story-wise, it is okay. I think it is definitely over-hyped...I don't really have any complaints about it but it doesn't really excite me either. Maybe because I don't harbor any strong emotions about Zod...I don't know. The Mon-El Stuff was pretty cool though and the ending with Luthor was good too.

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