I used to collect Superman comics when I was young and now that the trades of the new 52 are coming out, I've picked up a few titles. Intrigued by the t-shirt and jeans wearing Superman, I bought volume 1. For the most part, I followed it--that is, the 2nd time I read it. Then I got online and read some reviews and figured out how there were two issues thrown in the middle of the main collector of worlds story. Okay? I'm not sure I like that Clark's parents are both dead by this point in his life. Why is that the story of almost every hero? One of the most fascinating aspects of Superman is his heritage and parental support! So much to explore there! Superman is edgier and I'm interested to see how that plays out.Sometimes the artist would change and depictions would become completely different mid-issue. It's jarring. I never really cared, whatever way drawn, for Lois's look. And I felt Clark's age changed by artist.I liked this volume okay and the main story well enough to pick up volume 2 but that's where it all went to pot, as I'll describe in my review there. The indications of how messy this comic would become are here in volume 1. Some of the pages were just nonsensically random. Like on one page where Clark was in a diner with Lois and Jimmy, and suddenly (and seemingly in mid-conversation) he's sitting on a park bench where someone utters some warning to him, then he's suddenly walking down a street. I get lost in things like this that have no explanation. Re-reads don't help. It's frustrating. I wondered what I'd gotten myself back into, but then I read Batman, Green Lantern, and Justice League and I can follow those just fine. And I enjoy them! There's something about these guys writing Superman, though, that I don't get. The art: I have to start with how terrible it looks. Most of the Superman segments look alright, but anytime the story shifts to the civilian side of Clark Kent, Rags Morales (with Rick Bryant & Sean Parsons) art looks horrible. The penultimate story, issues 5-6 (drawn by Andy Kubert with Jesse Delperdang & John Dell), allows Grant Morrison's writing to really shine through & display his postmodern update of the culturally aware strongman everyguy. A solid story marred by art that is quite frankly sad.
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