Daily Archives: December 21, 2011

While I liked the first two issues of Superman, this issue did not fully do it for me. I like what the writer is trying to accomplish but issue three seemed overly long and disjointed in places.

Issue three starts off with a colleague of Clark and Lois’ giving a presentation on Superman. He brings us the question of whether Superman is a friend or foe. The presentation to the reader is way too long. Not only that but it spoils a future issue of Action Comics. However, it does get better with Clark getting a call from Perry, his editor, about going to help Heather Kelley, a reporter, on her feature. He forgot, and races off. The scene then goes back to the Daily Planet. Lois and Perry duke it out, and Lois then gets to producing the news. The scene moves to Kelley out in the field. She is waiting for Clark but decides to start because she might freeze to death. Jimmy and Miko are wondering why she feels she might freeze to death when it is over 80 degrees outside. Superman then fights his villain. She is an ice monster who freezes the entire city. For some reason, Kelley is inside the monster. She is almost possessed by the ice monster. Superman has to make a decision to shoot her with his laser beams. It is a well-handled scene, and is interesting because it comes from the perspective of journalists. It is then revealed Kelley is either working with the same mysterious Kryptonian force from the previous issues or she is still possessed. I want more……

George Perez is doing an above average job on the writing. This certainly was not his best issue but still an above average one. Nicola Scott fills in the art duties, and does a usual fantastic job. She can pretty much capture any character, and tell a story through her great sequential art. This series continues to be doing good but I hope more issues are not overly long like this was.

RATING: B+