Ok, so Johns finally did something completely unexpected. He made Superman the Hulk. General Sam Lane–I think that’s Lois’s father’s name anyway–is a psycho warmonger who tries to kill Superman.
Funny how John Byrne is known for Superman and the Hulk and Johns is playing with both here.
There’s some decent character scenes, not as much Christopher Reeve in the Frank art but some… A lot of the scenes play well. Superman posing for Jimmy seems really stupid.
But Johns doesn’t have a good narrative structure here or in the series overall. This issue, like the last, is sequential, while the first two issues weren’t tied by an exacting structure.
It’s like Johns can’t decide if he’s doing Man of Steel or something else. The confusion isn’t helping.
Some of the problem probably stems from Johns’s handle on Superman being a tad trite.
It’s a passionless mechanical story, completely unnecessary.
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