NickRocks
12-16-2008, 02:22 PM
picked this book up at the good old B&N last night because im a big Adam Kubert fan.
This book has Geoof Johns teaming up with Richard Donner to tell a superman story with adam kubert. The story kind of reads as a "superman #3 what-if"...the story begins with superman catching some space pod that zooms out of hyperspace. a smiling naked 8 year old boy is inside who turns out to be kryptonian. clark and lois adopt him and name his chris kent. however, Zod and his two cronies, Non and Ursa, are released from the phantom zone because chris is acting as a 'tether". together,t hey release all the other kryptonian prisoners from the phantom zone and take over earth, in the process trapping superman in the phantom zone.
supes howver, escapes and, teaming up with luthor, parasite, bizzaro, and Metallo, "take back" metropolis and earth.
Ill first talk about the story. The story summary sounds awesome, doesnt it? I mean, I thought so. However, everything feels so rushed and quick. Donner doesnt seem to have a very good sense of comic book pacing, and the whole story wraps up far too quickly. The final "battle" barely even happens. the issue with superman in the phantom zone comes with 3-D glasses and while i normally would consider such a move to be ultra cheesy, it was actually very cool. more comics should do this. however, in the end it ultimately wasnt worth it as supes escapes the phantom zone in about 4 pages.
The saving grace for this book is ultimately adam kubert's art. I have been a big fan of his since his ultimate x-men stuff. His covers are simply gorgeous IMO (i love the cardboard/white paint scratchy look) but there are points where it looks very rushed and sloppy. kubert is inking his own pencils, but it looks like he just drew it all with a pen, as in some points he doesnt even bother to connect all the lines.
Dave stewarts colors on this book are elegantly simple and understating, but they give a real depth and feel to kuberts art.
overall, the book had a great premise and hype around it with donner as a writer, but the speed of the book ruins it.
6/10.
This book has Geoof Johns teaming up with Richard Donner to tell a superman story with adam kubert. The story kind of reads as a "superman #3 what-if"...the story begins with superman catching some space pod that zooms out of hyperspace. a smiling naked 8 year old boy is inside who turns out to be kryptonian. clark and lois adopt him and name his chris kent. however, Zod and his two cronies, Non and Ursa, are released from the phantom zone because chris is acting as a 'tether". together,t hey release all the other kryptonian prisoners from the phantom zone and take over earth, in the process trapping superman in the phantom zone.
supes howver, escapes and, teaming up with luthor, parasite, bizzaro, and Metallo, "take back" metropolis and earth.
Ill first talk about the story. The story summary sounds awesome, doesnt it? I mean, I thought so. However, everything feels so rushed and quick. Donner doesnt seem to have a very good sense of comic book pacing, and the whole story wraps up far too quickly. The final "battle" barely even happens. the issue with superman in the phantom zone comes with 3-D glasses and while i normally would consider such a move to be ultra cheesy, it was actually very cool. more comics should do this. however, in the end it ultimately wasnt worth it as supes escapes the phantom zone in about 4 pages.
The saving grace for this book is ultimately adam kubert's art. I have been a big fan of his since his ultimate x-men stuff. His covers are simply gorgeous IMO (i love the cardboard/white paint scratchy look) but there are points where it looks very rushed and sloppy. kubert is inking his own pencils, but it looks like he just drew it all with a pen, as in some points he doesnt even bother to connect all the lines.
Dave stewarts colors on this book are elegantly simple and understating, but they give a real depth and feel to kuberts art.
overall, the book had a great premise and hype around it with donner as a writer, but the speed of the book ruins it.
6/10.