The Stop Button

Oh, good grief.

Really, all Grant Morrison can come up with is Lex Luthor unknowingly working with Brainiac? Did he even come up with it, or did he just watch the pilot to “Superman: The Animated Series?”

I’m trying to be open minded about Action, especially with Brent Anderson coming onboard as Morales falls behind, but really….

I already read Geoff Johns’s Superman origin story. I don’t need to read it again. I also find it a little hard to believe Lois Lane’s all right with her father being a monster. I mean, she’s generally okay with him torturing people?

There’s also no action in Action. There’s a jail break, but it’s not a lot of action, and the talking heads stuff is boring. I don’t read Morrison on Superman to get a reference to Steel before he’s Steel.

The art—Morales and Anderson—does generally hold up throughout though.

CREDITS

Superman in Chains; writer, Grant Morrison; pencillers, Rags Morales and Brent Anderson; inker, Rick Bryant; colorist, Brad Anderson; letterer, Pat Brosseau; editors, Wil Moss and Matt Idelson; publisher, DC Comics.