Superman Gets Yet ANOTHER Origin Story - Action Comics #1-3 Partial Review

The New 52. Just thinking about this decision confuses me. It's not as retarded as things like "One More Day," "One Moment in Time," and "Brand New Day," but it does make you wonder what DC was going to do if the New 52 concept had not come about.


Superman was finally done being all mopey and realized that the world does need Superman and that he represents above all else: truth, justice, and the American way. Batman was busy creating an army of Batmen all over the world, while leaving Gotham in the care of Dick Grayson as the 2nd Batman and his son, Damian, as the fifth Robin. Wonder Woman was finally getting out of an awful storyline where her history was retconned to the point of stupidity. I mean seriously, what kind of story do you write next? Superman had pretty much every story exhausted. Batman was going on this ridiculous crusade because he temporarily had access to complete omniscience. Wonder Woman was... written incredibly badly...


The only solution from DC Comics was to reboot the entire universe, in some cases as drastically as possible. Speedy, Aqualad, Wally West, Ted Kord, they're all gone. Superman has been given a new origin story, Bruce Wayne now works with his son, Damian Wayne, together as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman returns to her Amazonian roots, being the fierce warrior most writers were too chicken to write about.


Today I'm going to cover the 1st 3 issues of the new Action Comics, which for the next few months, will detail how it is that Superman started his career and eventually gained the costume he wears in the present (the redesigned battle armor).


Action Comics #1 begins what may be weeks or possibly months into Superman's career. What nobody expected is that Grant Morrison decided to get really old school and pull story ideas from the Golden Age. Superman cannot fly yet, leaping tall buildings in a single bound instead. He is just barely faster than a speeding bullet. And lastly, Superman is only slightly more powerful than a locomotive. Superman's powers are still developing, and apparently, he's much stronger and faster than he was when he first revealed himself to the world. General Sam Lane wants Superman captured and he hired Lex Luthor (whose origins are totally unknown at this point), to help with his weaponry and brilliant mind. Meanwhile, Clark Kent works for The Daily Star, The Daily Planet's rival newspaper company where Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen work.


Grant Morrison has done it again, writing a future classic in the making. There is no one else I would trust with a Superman story (origin or not) and Morrison is delivering so far. I'm hoping Morrison stays on post-origin, because I would love to see what DC plans for George Pérez's Superman, Grant Morrison's Action Comics, and Geoff Johns' Justice League.


So far, so good. Full review once the origin story has been completed. Look forward to the full review in a month or two.