tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post4019873502177905800..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Review: Superman #5Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-26972202391340453122016-08-22T17:34:04.601-04:002016-08-22T17:34:04.601-04:00Thanks for all the comments.
The comparisons to A...Thanks for all the comments.<br /><br />The comparisons to Aliens and Terminator is a great one.<br /><br />It's funny, after hearing the praise and reading other reviews, I think the 'soul' concept just soured me so much that I started to nit pick more. I can buy that an has a base on the moon but not that Lois can pilot a suit? <br /><br />I guess I just need to move on about the Guff aspect of the Eradicator.<br /><br />And I need to say, still way way way better than much of the New 52 stuff, especially the recent past.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-83589099186239091182016-08-22T17:08:46.810-04:002016-08-22T17:08:46.810-04:00Yeah I agree with Martin. I think Tomasi and Gleas...Yeah I agree with Martin. I think Tomasi and Gleason earned themselves this combat heavy issue because of the dues they payed with their issue leading up to this. <br /><br />I actually think the action in this book is leagues above Action Comic's action (heh). It's less of the basic brawl that Action is, and more of a riff on survival horror. Tell me you didn't get Terminator and Alien vibes while reading this issue after Superman was taken out? Lois basically turns into Sarah Connor and Ripley. Funny enough that would make Jon, John Connor. I mean Eradicator was after all based off Terminator in part. The art and Tomasi and Gleason's willingness to let the art speak for itself is what sells everything so well. The fear and desperation in Lois' eyes as she sees that her baby is about to be killed. The horror in Jon's eyes as he feels that there's no one left to save him. It's all there in force, in my opinion.<br /><br />As for the Lois being able to use the HellBat? The way I see it is, this book is built on pure fun and increasingly high concepts. Sometimes I'm more than fine letting it throw an idea so cool at me that I have to just go with it. It actually reminds me of Morrison's Action Comics (one of my all time favorite runs). There are quite a few handwave moments in that book that you sort of just go with because Morrison is ready to throw another great idea your way at the next turn of the page. Sometimes I feel like if the story is good/fun enough you sorta just say "screw it" and let it take you.<br /><br />I feel the same way when it comes to the souls in Eradicator. I don't find it hard to grasp really. You can just look at it as life force that the Kryptonians somehow found a way to quantify and extract. Krypton's scientific achievements haven't been so strictly defined that we can say they couldn't have done this.<br /><br />All in all this is probably one of my favorite issue of the whole Rebirth movement. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-46316301918191971632016-08-22T08:31:31.482-04:002016-08-22T08:31:31.482-04:00I liked this lots more than you, it seems; yeah, t...I liked this lots more than you, it seems; yeah, there was lots of fighting, but lots of character moments along the way. <br /><br />Which isn't to say I wouldn't kill to see a couple of page of Daily Planet staffers. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.com