Action Comics #1-4: Re-Reviewed! (The New 52)

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WRITER: Grant Morrison

PENCILLER: Rags Morales

INKER: Rick Bryant

COLORIST: Brad Anderson

Well, first of all, this post was supposed to be up several days back, but due to the awesomeness of the comics (that we've will be reviewing recently), I actually re-read the first four issues again and again.

So, without further delay, I present you another round of Morrison's hit stuff – ACTION COMICS!

FIRST ENCOUNTER-

A Superman in a small-sized cape, old jeans and above all a T-shirt, didn't actually appeal to me much the first time I heard about him. But, whatever the dislikes might have been, I'm loving the new Supes!

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THE STORY-

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The first issue with two magnificent covers by Morales and Jim Lee, seems to be one of my favorite issue out of the four released so far.

The first few pages show us a totally new Superman. Long before he had even established people's faith for him, when cops didn't thank him but used every opportunity to (try to) catch him.
Now, that's a Superman everyone would eventually love to read.

The Supes we get to see here, is still a little immature at the SUPERMAN style of crime-fighting. Packed with an old Spider-man sense of humor and new ways of making people accept their crimes, it really is a must-read.

The Luthor here is a little chubby and Clark Kent has got baggy clothes(to hide his muscles) and doesn't work at The Daily Planet, but he works at it's rival - The Daily Star. I know, amused me quite a bit at first too.

The last pages of Issue One, shows us that while stopping a train, Supes is bloody, injured and unconscious.
 

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Issue Two begins with Superman being continuously tortured by Luthor, who works for the US Army, in order to eliminate all extraterrestrial threats and try and learn how to make more “super-men”. But, as always, Supes barely even breaks a sweat.

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Eventually after some time with increasing rage and a moment to catch his breath, Superman escapes from the torture chamber by breaking walls, bending and lighting guns on fire and kicking a few butts.

The last few pages show Luthor gaining most of the information about Superman from something that doesn't belong to this world.

Issue three unveils how Krypton was destroyed and readers also get a look at the thing that supplied Luthor with all the information about Supes.

The next few pages show cops pushing their way into Clark's house in order to find some trail through which to catch Supes, but they don't.

Soon, the bad guys declare that Superman is not from this world, and people start to believe that, making it harder for Supes to help people when they are terrified of him.

The last pages show us a scenario of a lab of some sort, where the scientists and doctors are about to fuse an army ranger with a metal suit in order to fight against threats from other worlds.

But, something really bad happens (I ain't telling you that), and we see the first super villain in the series so far.

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Issue four shows us the fight between Supes and this super-powered villain. And outta the blue, Steel drops in with his suit to fight the baddie.

There's also a backup issue along with it showing the entire fight between Steel and the baddie.

The art of the backup issue is phenomenal, drawn by Brad Walker and colored by Jay David Ramos.

WHY IS IT SO GOOD?

The story, the art, the character design and the contents of the book itself are the answers.

MY OPINION

I'll give it a 5/5!!

Haven't enjoyed a Superman comic this much since All-Star Superman (I might declare Morrison as one of the best Superman writers till date)

40 pages each and priced at $3.99 US, it's definitely a grab!