Grant Morrison's Action Comics is a brilliant reimagining of Golden Age Superman at first, a social crusader of sorts who is rough around the edges but ultimately noble of heart. Its also a nice reminder to people about his roots as a borderline belligerent superhero to the corrupt/evil, as opposed to smiling caricature that people expect him to be. The transition from the stripped down t-shirt Superman to the more Silver Age, sci-fi Superman with the Kryptonian armor is a cool in-story weaving of the different Golden Age ethos and Silver Age ethos of the character. And the 5th Dimension timespace distortion and the brilliant Vyndktvx whose presence is there since the beginning of the run - you either like it or not, but the effect of entities who exist "more than you" in more dimensions, is a mindtingling narrative and no one does it better than Morrison. And the Krypto bit - how can a doggo lover not just absolutely love that? A gold spot in the otherwise forgettable/edgy New 52. The DCEU would benefit from Morrison as its architect over Johns.
I admire your attention to detail on a writer, who grew up in a protest/activist of sorts upbringing which is grant. His household helped mold his writing style in which I enjoy😎
Okay I’m half way in this book. I’m glad you put this out. Because some of it had me like wtf. Like the dinosaur hunter. Lol that and I Didn’t realize the ship was talking. 😂 ok now I can finish this with it making more sense. Oh by the way I spent like $500 on JP auction but won me the Punisher omnibus by G.E and S.D.
It's really frustrating as a Superman fan. The first super-powered hero in comic books; the progenitor to all of Marvel and DC, and (other than the golden-age omnis), they only give him Exile omni, the worst run in Superman history omni (this book), and the Death and Return which is perpetually out of print. We need a New Krypton saga omni, A John Byrne Superman OMNI, Greg Rucka's Adventures of Superman omni, and Dan Jurgens omni for SURE.
@@WhoniverseReview Don't forget a Curt Swan omni. I'm not a fan of artist-specific omni's, but for Swan, I'd buy it in a heartbeat 😉[as long as they don't pull a Neil Adams Batmanibus/Alan Moore Swamp Thing Absolutes and choose to recolor the originals for 'modern audiences']
I took a chance on this book, since my Superman collection is pretty light. I really liked the Morales art. The story was good, even though it was sometimes hard to follow. Overall I found it to be enjoyable.
Morrison & Quitely's All-Star Superman was phenomenal. Morrison's Action Comics run was boring to begin with and mundane to end with. Thanks for the honest review Gem Mint!
You'd be in the minority of liking the New 52 run. Most people did not like it (I quit buying DC altogether until the Rebirth era), and it was dubbed "PU 52". You're better off finding a discount copy because you will feel like you're out a lot of cash after reading it
The whole multiple timelines and dimensions thing Morrison does is really confusing the first time through. I feel like you have to read anything he writes more than once to get it. Maybe that is a good thing though if you want to get more out of what you buy. I pick up on so many new things each time I read one of his runs.
I think the more frustrating Morrison trademark is when the story builds up to something happening, but it happens "off screen," or rather, between panels. The entire Morrison Green Lantern run does that repeatedly.
So which supes story would u recommend to people then? I loved this run but ya hard to recommend to new comic readers idk. Probably throw them all star first.
I agree with your review. This book was alright, but was needlessly confusing and didn’t even have any major revelations after all the confusion. Morrison dropped the ball on this series.
DC editorial during the N52 era didn't help as well. According to Gail Simone Editors discouraged writers from even talking to each other about their work.
Love Superman but haven’t liked many runs. Tomasi and Gleason’s run was great, BMB run shall not be spoken of, and I’m enjoying PKJ’s Action Comics. I stopped collecting this in single issue pretty early. Good review!
Morrison made some of my favorite comic runs of all time (All-Star Superman, Doom Patrol, Batman, New X-Men, etc), but Morrison is also responsible for two runs that are among my least favorite comics I've ever read (N52 Action, The Green Lantern).
@@jakester1115 I hope u got the deluxe edition of All Star it’s definitely a great format to own that story in and yes I’d also like to add that it’s a great story and I love it dearly
@@alejandrogonzalez00 I did indeed end up getting the deluxe edition and I see why it’s so highly regarded, super good and the book looked fantastic🤌🔥💯
I know i'm hella late with this. But i just watched this review. I totally agree with you, Morrisons Superman run, was a bit confusing and at the same time boring to me. It wasn't bad but also not very good. Greets from a german comic fan !
Gonna be reading Superman by Tomasi any Gleason next? If you haven’t read it Edit: it’s been dope to see you working through your dc omnibus would love to see more of these 💪🏼
When i saw the cover i thought this was down to earth re-imagining of Superman and i was looking forward to buy and read this, but then i found out as you said, it goes very Morrisoney and lost all interest.
I got vol 1 of the hardcover at a thrift store for 50cents a few years ago and i hated it. I thought it was one of the worst stories ive read in a long time. Hearing your review made me think it gets better further into the run. But im not a fan of the character other than the death and return of superman so maybe this run ain"t for me lol
Another awesome video done by you I like this book Superman and I hope you and all your family members are having a wonderful day including your friends another awesome video
Thought this run was pretty average to be honest. Felt like Morrison didn’t really have anything left to say about the character after all star Superman. I used to really like Morrison but as I’ve gotten older the seemingly intentional confusing story telling has gotten annoying. I just want a good easy to follow story.
I truly appreciate Grant Morrison, though I don't think I've read much by them that I enjoyed. I wasn't reading comics at this time but I don't think I would enjoy this. Still quite happy i missed the New 52.
I’ve never been a fan of any mainstream super-hero stuff by Morrison (and I have tried). He knows how to write, understands characters, and he has an obvious love of comic book history, which should be a sure-fire recipe for success… but I find that his mainstream super-hero stuff just plain lacks excitement. I like a lot of his Vertigo-esque stuff, but this kind of stuff just bores me to death.
Everything Morrison does is hit or miss. His Action Comics and pre New 52 Batman runs were a MISS (but props to him for introducing Damien Wayne). His New X-Men was WAY better, and I'm not a MARVEL guy.
I'll check this volume thanks... Could you suggest me a very recent story about DC multiverse? I love Multiversity and I struggle to find something similar 🙏🦸💎
