Named one of the best books of the year by Paste Magazine, Comics Beat and others, the Unity Saga continues! The drama of the House of El tears the galaxy in half as Superman and his son are forced to confront his father about the secrets of Krypton…
Named one of the best books of the year by Paste Magazine, Comics Beat and others, the Unity Saga continues! The drama of the House of El tears the galaxy in half as Superman and his son are forced to confront his father about the secrets of Krypton in front of the gathered heads of the galaxy. Superman makes a bold choice that will forever change his relationship to the Earth, the Justice League and his family! Witness one of the most important chapters in Superman history!
Superman comic fans have been hurting ever since Brian Michael Bendis took over Superman and Action Comics and forced the cancellation of Super Sons. After cucking out Superman and destroying his family, Bendis settled into a fairly predictable pattern on both series. Plenty of continuity errors, exhaustive amounts of lame exposition, almost no action and minimal story cohesion or progression. Superman #11 finally delivers action and but suffers much the same otherwise.
Thus far Ivan Reis is delivering consistently great art in spite of the lackluster writing. But the graphics and layouts take a noticeable step back this issue. It feels like he’s rushed this issue and Brandon Peterson (credited for some art the past few issues) is noticeably absent. Alex Sinclair’s color work is still really good but it’s hard to standout when the line art is noticeably lacking.
Bendis has had nearly 30 issues to do something, anything interesting with Superman. Even Action Comics, the good series (and I use that term very loosely), features little to no story progression each issue. Superman continues to be a hot garbage and even the normally stellar art is pedestrian this issue. I can’t recommend this to anyone, including readers enjoying this series. Please find better comics and increase your expectations for Superman. You don’t have to suffer through this terrible writing. There are 80 years of back issues and hundreds of Superman stories that are worth your time. This ain’t it and the sooner Bendis ..
