Friday, November 8, 2013

Action Comics Annual #2 Review –“The Superman Family That’s Too Stupid To Get Along”

Story


The Superman Family is pulled into a portal that leads them to Krypton. As they landed they discovered H’El many failed attempts to save Krypton creating multiple alternate realities.   Now it’s up to them to fix the time stream of their doomed planet!

The Good

It’s an interesting concept that fall apart from bad writing really fast. Not even the art can be stable, because there are points where it’s really good then there’s points where it’s really bad. I guess all I can like is the Man of Steel Easter egg for Faora and I really liked her personality.

The Bad

Here’s another bad issue with Scott Lobdell’s bad writing. The thing that bothers me the most is the too much banter and idiocracy the Superman family has. First, Supergirl can’t tell how much destruction H’el has caused after Oracle just showed her. Then second, Superman can’t tell what’s happening to Superboy meanwhile he has X-ray vision and finally, Superboy throws a temper tantrum attacking everything when Faora told him not to. And the banter comes from all the idiocracy they threw at each other. So, this issue is just really all bad altogether! It’s also strange that since Superboy comes from after Forever Evil timeline, he never mentions anything to Superman being dead or anything that’s going on in Earth. I guess he didn’t really care on what was going on over there. I also didn’t get when Laura Lor-Van does not recognize why he looks some much like her husband at all.

Verdict


I give this issue a 2/3 out of 5/10 stars. I really don’t see this arc to be really interesting. Mainly, because it’s already off to a bad start. It was too much banter and idiocracy distracting the chance of a really good story. I really don’t see the interest in picking this up unless you want to tune into the world of Krypton. But maybe since the Superman family is separated they can save themselves from all the banter and idiocracy for the next issue. But if not then let’s call it a bad ride from the past. 


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