Another day, another lot of reviews
people!
This has been a big week and so we had
not only a bunch of review yesterday, we've got some more today too –
and today we stick to some fan-favourites for you as well as a
promising new-comer. So dive in and enjoy folks!
Action Comics #7
(DC)
Story: Grant Morrison / Sholly Fisch
(backup)
Art: Rags Morales / Brad Walker
(backup)
(Review by Akshay Dhar)
This series started off with a bang and
really made me care about reading a purely Superman story again, for
the first time in years – seven issues in and that joy and simple
pleasure when reading this latest instalment remain just as strong.
Morales continues his streak of excellent artwork on pretty much
every single page here, his faces, the layouts and the flow through
the comic is very beautifully put together and really makes it all
the more enjoyable – plus the colouring choice adds to the slightly
more retro feel of it all which works great.
Quick recap – Superman has been
shoving back and forth with the law, the army (and a predictably
anti-alien and super-egotistical Lex Luthor) and pushing to be a hero
of the people. He's had good days, bad days and some in between, but
so far so good. Ok, now on to this issue.
The last issue ended with a
manhattan-like island part of Metropolis called 'New Troy' being
simply vanishing in front of everyone's eyes as Superman, General
Lane (Lois' father and somewhat a DC version of 'Thunderbolt' Ross,
the Hulk's one-time nemesis), Steel (a.k.a John Henry Irons) and the
whole of Metropolis.
