tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post3038006447487016154..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Review: Action Comics #983Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-72923611184549377602017-07-17T21:04:00.416-04:002017-07-17T21:04:00.416-04:00I loved it too. This storyline has been firing on ...I loved it too. This storyline has been firing on all cylinders for me. Glad we're getting such good Superman stories these days!Justin Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151752685005651437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-31842498402413613282017-07-17T20:50:28.645-04:002017-07-17T20:50:28.645-04:00Thanks for all the comments.
I just thought it wa...Thanks for all the comments. <br />I just thought it was a great romp. Too much fun in a big bruising fight.<br />And Mart I thought of Mon-El too!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-4117661839521939582017-07-17T19:31:33.421-04:002017-07-17T19:31:33.421-04:00Loved it! I was so drawn in that any nits remain u...Loved it! I was so drawn in that any nits remain unpicked. I am so looking forward to next issue to see what happens with Kara, and hopefully Krypto, and perhaps even the owner of the mysterious voice from last issue - my guess in Mon-El. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-54356798630794800912017-07-17T18:40:57.403-04:002017-07-17T18:40:57.403-04:00I wish I managed to get as enthusiastic as you Anj...I wish I managed to get as enthusiastic as you Anj, but I seem to only see the wasted potential these days.<br /><br />The cover art is fabulous, but I liked the interior art of the previous issue better.<br /><br />Jurgens apparently is not a believer in "less is more". A ridiculous amount of villains against a blind Superman is countered with every 'S' there is (except Krypto!), and predictably it's far too much for a single issue and most battles are only given a few uninteresting panels, with no sense of how the individual battles are going or why.<br /><br />Using the telepath for battle communication is clever on Zod's part, but the strategy seem odd. Why not use Metallo, who have a huge advantage against kryptonians against one of them? Pairing Supergirl off with Cyborg Superman only forces us to be reminded that some editorial meltdown left the DCU with TWO of these abominations. (Cyborg Superman might be visually interesting for a page or two, but that's about the extent of his appeal, as far as I can see.)<br /><br />Zod carries the issue. His fight with Superman is the only one that doesn't feel like filler. Superman's fear that Zod will find out about Jon and Lois makes it real. (Unless it's made clear in a later issue that he knows that the ship Zod destroyed is a decoy, his lack of reaction is plain insane.)<br /><br />Supergirl's consequential attack on Zod is clumsily told. The closeup on Zod's bloody teeth might look cool, but it lowers the pace and makes Kara's "Nooo!" come far too late. ("NOOO!" is a scream from when you see it happen, when you attack a few seconds later, you shout something else. Yes, I'm picky.)<br /><br />That Zod dispatches her with a single blow makes her seem inept. I don't like that. I also think it's inept story tellling that we have no idea that the blow took her out until three pages later. Since she's not even in the punch panel, we don't know what effect the punch had on her. For all we know, she's coming back at light speed in the next panel.<br /><br />And if leaving Supergirl alone with the villains, when all the other heroes are sent off into the zone, is to be of any sort of consequence, how is it not the cliffhanger image!? Instead we have a tiiiny illustration of her off in the background, as if it didn't matter.<br /><br />(Any else think they're going to drop her into the disintegration pit? That'd be the.. fourth(?) time for Kara.)<br /><br />And btw, mighty clever of Zod to use the phantom zone projector to get rid of all the heroes. Didn't Superman know he had that one? He kinda could have used it...<br /><br />Sigh.<br /><br />-TM<br />TransformerManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798346086788499688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-16932169300711162952017-07-17T14:20:32.527-04:002017-07-17T14:20:32.527-04:00Surprised you didn't mention that cover, which...Surprised you didn't mention that cover, which I thought was stunning. Especially heat-vision Kara. Fierce, indeed.<br /><br />Action is consistently my favorite of the current Super-books. (Wish I could say it was Supergirl, but ... maybe the new artist will help?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-69031065454182955512017-07-17T13:18:38.842-04:002017-07-17T13:18:38.842-04:00And some off topic news. Looks like Brian Ching wi...And some off topic news. Looks like Brian Ching will keep doing Kara stuff. I'll check it out when it comes. <br /><br />Heh... Kara Gordon, that's a one person SBBF.<br /><br />http://nerdist.com/dc-comics-announces-gotham-city-garage-as-latest-digital-first-series/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-79045851432440895322017-07-17T12:54:46.479-04:002017-07-17T12:54:46.479-04:00I loved this issue too.
I really wish Kara had go...I loved this issue too.<br /><br />I really wish Kara had gotten to drive Zod halfway through the fortress before he knocked her out though. With her rage there she felt halfway to going solar or have that red lantern rage drumming "Da-dum Da-dum".<br /><br />I'm wondering if they chose to leave Kara out of the Phantom Zone to not have to deal with the fact that she has a buddy there who is pretty much a Goddess of the Zone, or if they had planned it all along.<br /><br />While I don't think they will bring Psi in in the next issue there, I really wish they would do it to strengthen the feeling of a coherent one shared universe.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-36542318866830454382017-07-17T10:24:53.474-04:002017-07-17T10:24:53.474-04:00There are actually too many titles from too many p...There are actually too many titles from too many publishers. And sometimes I get confused easily. I try sticking to a few titles only. From DC, i only read Justice League, but then again, after the New 52, a new restart again. Stacyhttps://marvelcomiccovers.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-10440803021169137012017-07-17T08:40:36.282-04:002017-07-17T08:40:36.282-04:00At the beginning I wasn't thrilled with this &...At the beginning I wasn't thrilled with this "Revenge" arc, but my interest has grown with each issue exponentially.<br /><br />"Kara is the first one named. She says families stick together. Perfect."<br /><br />I noticed it and she's the one is closer to him. Great detail. I like.<br /><br />It's curious Superman called him Kara Danvers. Maybe Jurgens -who wrote Post-Byrne's Superman- thinks they must consider their Earth names to be their real names?<br /> <br />Kara saying she's already put a Cyborg Superman down is a great bit of continuity. And Bogdanovic draws her heat vision in a very curious way. Rather than a red laser beam it looks like a flare springing from her eyes.<br /><br />"The idea that Clark has a family enrages Zod. He lays down a sort of curb stomp, screaming that Superman doesn't get to have that."<br /><br />Yes, that's interesting. Zod got real mad. Murderously mad, in fact. Why Superman having a family is his berserk button?<br /><br />Supergirl -apparently- losing her family is definitely a berserk button for her. And who can blame her? I love how overprotective she is from Lois and Jon, and how fierce she looks. I wish she put up a good fight, but I've to admit Zod has crushed everyone easily.<br /><br />By the way, some fans are guessing Psi will help get Superman out of the Zone. They're aware of the latest developments in the Supergirl book! How cool is that?<br /><br />I was concerned about Jurgens treating Supergirl right, but so far I'm satisfied.<br /><br />I wish Dan Jurgens would have gotten the chance to write the real Kryptonian Dru-Zod thirty years ago. His Zod is overwhelmingly powerful, slimy and cunning.<br /><br />I wonder how Superman and Zod met in the current continuity. "Lost Son" is partially in-continuity? Clark came face-to-face with some of similarly-named replacements DC came up with back when they refused to admit that "Last Son of Krypton" mandate was ill-conceived and was hurting the books?<br /><br />I also wonder... maybe the current run is so successful because: a) Jurgens has gotten plenty time since the end of his former run to come up with new Superman storylines; b) the current Superman is different of the Byrne version. Clark thinks of himself as Clark but he doesn't shun his heritage, he's been a Legionnaire and he has Kryptonian family left. So Jurgens has more toys to play with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com