Comics! Action Comics #2

Action Comics #2

Grant Morrison: Writer

Rags Morales & Brent Anderson: Pencillers

Rick Bryant & Brent Anderson: Inkers

Ouch. I think the story and the art took a 180 from each other from last issue to this issue.

Basic story - Superman is being tortured by Lex. The military has Superman's rocket and his cape already captured. His cape is indestructible. So they turn to test Superman's limit. And Lex tries to get as creative as he can. Eventually Superman gets away because, well, he's Superman. Louis sneaks onto the military base to see this and Lex screams into a phone that is connected to an alien ship about how he messed up.

Story moves along great from last issue. We get a little further into who everyone is now in the Superman mythos. Its interesting, and it seems to be working at a much better pace than normal Grant Morrison stories. I will be back for the next issue, but I do have some complaints.

The last 8 pages of the book has some behind the scenes features, which I can appreciate, but with the price of the book (one of the few DC titles prices at $3.99) I wanted more story. Everything seemed a bit rushed, which is weird for Morrison to write that way. It has me wanting more, which is a great thing.

The art took a nose dive. It seemed very, very rushed. Very thrown together. I've heard rumors that they are going to be bringing in more artists to help out, which is such a shame. One of the situations that Morrison has run into on his comics is that the art is always changing. Right now i am re-reading his X-men run, and it gets so broken up by the constant change of the art team. If they all kept a familiar style then it would work better, and I hope this comic doesn't go down that path, Morales is better than this.

Just like the last issue the art does shine in being able to tell a story without words. This time it just seemed a bit fuzzy in places. Such as when there were two bald guys talking at once and you couldn't tell who was Luthor and who wasn't. Minor detail, but otherwise everything was just fine.

Words: 7/10

Pictures: 7/10

Recommend: Eh. Sorta a mixed bag. I'm more wait for the digital copy on this one.

Buy Next Issue: Sold!