The Stop Button

Well, this one is certainly disappointing.

Morrison’s fresh take on Superman—a young Superman, so young he’s practically just Superboy without Krypto—is problematic. But it’s the first issue and one would usually give Morrison time to get things sorted.

But Action doesn’t remind of All-Star or anything good Morrison’s written. In fact, it doesn’t remind of Morrison at all.

It reads like a politically minded Geoff Johns comic book, down to Morrison regurgitating Johns’s Superman: Secret Origin with General Lane stepping in for Thunderbolt Ross. I think Lane’s in the new movie as a bad guy… one can feel the corporate synergy at work. Especially since Morrison rips off the ending of Batman Begins for this issue’s action finale.

And what’s up with Rags Morales? He’s lazy when it comes to detail. There’s the pretense of it, but not the substance.

Action’s off to a bad start.

CREDITS

Superman Versus the City of Tomorrow; writer, Grant Morrison; penciller, Rags Morales; inker, Rick Bryant; colorist, Brad Anderson; letterer, Pat Brosseau; editors, Wil Moss and Matt Idelson; publisher, DC Comics.