Action Comics # 1001 Review: The Fun Superman Book

After completing a robbery, Clark Kent learned that a child had gone to the fire station and had told the chief that Superman was the one who had started the fires through Metropolis. Superman is going to investigate, but this trail only leads to a vague description of a "tall bald guy". Back at the Daily Planet, Trish pushes Clark to explain where Lois Lane went. Meanwhile, a cabal of criminals conduct their own investigation of fires

Action Comics # 1001 takes flight with a more convincing story and dedicated impulse than Superman # 1 under Brian Michael Bendis . Despite a threat no doubt conventional in the wave of fires, Bendis seems more comfortable writing this comic. It's more fun, more energetic and funnier.

It's hard not to see Superman going out to find a random child who said he saw Big Blue light fires as a bully tactic, but I'm going to give credit comic to make him look a lot more innocent as it may seem. It helps that the worst Kal-El threatens him with the consequences of the mother of the child.

The back half with the group of criminals is Bendis' proven tactics of the awkward one-line-athon criminal. It's felt that it's filling the space more than just contributing to the comic strip, and that's the weakest part of the whole book, that's for sure. He introduces the Red Cloud, and he is a potentially interesting enemy for the Steel Man.

Patrick Gleason certainly has a way with Superman. There is a myriad of magnificent panels depicting the Man of Tomorrow at mid-flight that border the realm of grandiose fear. Gleason can make Superman mythical. It is somewhat offbeat by some questionable descriptions of Clark Kent that make the journalist look a bit like a heavy lumberjack – that said, most of the art is beautiful.

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Comics Action # 1001 is a fun and endearing Superman adventure that pits good with … which means Man of Tomorrow against some of the complexities of his role. It also shows how people can even enjoy his good nature, which is an interesting hurdle for Clark. In any case, it was a good book and is recommended. Go outside …