Superman - Action Comics (2011-2016) Vol. 1: Superman and the Men of Steel (Superman - Action Comics Volumes (The New 52))

I have liked a lot of Grant Morrisons work especially what he has done with Batman in recent times. To be honest his leaving Batman after the death of Robin is a good thing as his shock tactics are starting to wear a little thin on me, thankfully the New 52 Action Comics does just that and gives a new hero to reinvent and that is just what happens here. Superman is made younger and more reckless, the Superman before becoming the Superman we know. Some great art from Rags Morales to match the depth and intrigue of Morrisons writing. Well worth a read. And i personally like the New 52, DC have taken many of our old and tired heros and given them a new leace of life with a much younger attitude for a modern world. Many of the nay sayers and anti New 52 peeps need to move on with the times and realise what made Superman cool 20 years ago is not cool now, this is a worthy Superman comic for a modern age.

Love the story, the pace of the story seemed a bit rushed but it had plenty of thrills and the art is very dynamic and the colour seems to fly off the page. Impressed with the quality of the paper too. Not entirely happy with the new younger rendition of Superman - he looks more like Superboy! Somethings never changes Luthor is still an arse. Nice one DC.

So well thought out. I like the fact that Superman is vulnerable. All the characters are more relatable. I like Grant Morrison's story telling. The art is first rate too...

In short: the first story arc of this collection is worth reading, and some intelligent changes have been made for the New 52 continuity. Primarily, Superman is a lot weaker and more human. He can get his ass handed to him now. He's far less powerful than the Superman we've grown accustomed to. Think Hercules with Superman's powers - they work to his advantage, yes, but he's not a god, and he really has to physically exert himself to get anything done. While this is an intelligent change, I'm not sure if it's necessarily a good one. After all, isn't it his prowess that makes him so compelling to modern readers? The idea that he's going to do the right thing, and NOTHING will stand in his way? There are some changes I don't like, too. For example, Clark Kent looks like Harry Potter. As far as plot is concerned, the first story arc - which comprises the bulk of this collection - is perfectly good. A new threat is established at the climax, and you'd expect the second arc to follow this, but it doesn't do so very clearly. One arc closes with Superman on his own, newly established as a superhero for Earth, and the next begins with Supes surrounded by various other heroes that he apparently already knows. It's a complicated time travel story, essentially, but the execution is terrible. It feels like a really abrupt and sudden cut away from the first arc, and an incredibly confusing one seeing as the New 52 universe is still being established at this point. It completely kills the momentum and leaves the reader confused. I'm still not quite sure I understood what the hell this section was all about. At a stretch, you could argue it calls for a second reading, but a story shouldn't NEED to be read more than once in order to follow it. All in all, worth checking out - but don't believe the hype. It's promising for the first half and then goes in a really convoluted and nonsensical direction.

Metropolis has a new champion, a stranger who is seeking to root out corruption at every level, beginning with the elites in society. People are beginning to call him "Superman" because he is Herculean in his abilities. But a strange computer virus will propel him into a new level of power and people are worried about what that might mean. Morrison's script rewrites Superman's origin and makes him more worldly than has been seen in decades. His strength is limited and he can grow tired from his efforts. Morales draws the book well, showing the hero that is inside Clark Kent, waiting to be fully realised.

Wasent too sure i was going to like this, saw it free with kindle unlimited so thought i’d give it a try even tho i have read superman vol 1 to 4 - how wrong was i! So good.

This book is definetly worth a try, the storyline is great, very enjoyable, the characters are likable and funny when needed, the art is fantastic, it’s good to look at. I recommend this book to anyone who loves comics or just interested in getting to know the genre.

I didn't hold out much hope of the new 52 comic books being any good. It always seemed like a bad idea, but with Grant Morrison writing Superman again I was expecting great things, I certainly got what I wanted with this trade. Never has Superman been written so brilliantly well. I know the DCU 52 idea might put off long term readers but anyone new, especially after Man of Steel, wanting to read Superman comic books 52 is a great start, no longer do readers need to have thirty or seventy five years of knowledge behind them. I loved this book.

Great read on the Man of Tomorrow. What Grant Morrison is actually doing in his run, is taking every era of Superman while giving his own spin on things. In this volume its the Golden Age is being tackled but set in the modern era. Rags Morales' art is also great not so much in faces per say but in terms of bringing out Morrison's ideas on Superman. If you love Superman's Golden Age,Silver Age history its great on that. If you just want to see a fresh take on Superman its great. And the run is short like all the best New 52 runs its only three volumes. Overall great to see this team appreciate Superman's comic history but still make it engaging for new readers.

Superman comics have not been in good shape for a few years now. We had to put up with New Krypton which dragged on too long and fizzled out. Then the blowhard JMS wrote Grounded, damaging sales before jumping ship. With the New 52, DC has wisely put Grant Morrison on a Superman title and given the character a shot in the arm. Harking back to the early Golden Age tales, this is a social crusader Superman. As the story starts, he takes on a powerful executive in hopes of bringing him down a peg. No longer is he a big blue boyscout, he is Occupy Wall Street made manifest. Someone who thinks that the law should work for the little man as well as the big man. Even his outfit is changed. Superman here is dressed in battered jeans, workboots, t-shirt and cape. Silly as it sounds, it works. The character is young, tired of what he sees as injustice and ready to take the fight where it needs to go. He seems smarter and tougher than most recent stories have shown. Morrison takes the characters and boils them down to the essences, what made them work years ago. Lois, Jimmy, and Lex Luthorfeel less stale then they have done in years. The plot flows naturally and references all areas of Superman lore. Though this is a new origin, it does not fall into the traps of having to set everything up in a predictable linear fashion. I really enjoyed this book and cannot wait for the second and third volumes to finish Morrison's run. The best part will be going back and reading the whole thing again, so the little touches and foreshadowing can really be appreciated. Superman is back.

Uma das melhores versões de origem do superman, com abordagem atual e personalidade reimaginada. Pena que a história se perdeu com o tempo.

No le tenia mucha fe a leer sobre una versión más joven de Superman pero Grant Morrison hace que funcione muy bien, en mi mente esto es una especie de precios para All Star Superman

Sehr guter Comic für Superman Neuleser! Einizger Kritikpunkt ist das die zweite Geschichte im Heft teilweise etwas verwirrend ist. Alles in allem aber Top!