AquaCityBoy
Veteran
Regarding Bendis, I'm really trying to give his Superman a chance, but he is not giving me much to work with. 
The main Superman book is all over the place. There are some good moments sprinkled in, but he really hasn't got a grasp on the other Justice League members' voices yet, from the infamous "Caca poo-poo" line in Man of Steel #5 to Batman talking about his diarrhea in Superman #2. Also, Rogol Zaar is just a flat, uninteresting villain. While I like the mystery surrounding him (did he really destroy Krypton and what involvement did the Guardians have in it?), there's nothing interesting about Rogol Zaar himself as a character, and that mystery is being handled better in Supergirl than in Bendis' runs.
Also, DC has been getting pretty good about timelines as of late and making sure you know where and when the storylines take place, and keeping them referenced in other books, but this current arc seems so divorced from everything else that's going on. Earth apparently being trapped in the Phantom Zone seems like it should be a big deal across the entire DC Universe, but AFAIK no other book has even mentioned it. The current Green Lanterns arc takes place before this, so I don't expect them to mention it, but this has to take place around the same time as Justice League and Flash, so if nothing else they should be mentioning it there. What effect does this have on the Totality? How is this affecting the Still, Sage and Strength forces?
Action Comics has been a bit more consistent, but Lois hiding in Metropolis wearing a shytty wig is the dumbest idea ever. Did she think he wouldn't find her when he can hear her heartbeat? And they didn't even address the cliffhanger in the last issue. The script that was in this week's DC Nation shows they're gonna do it in the next issue, but why skip one like that? It really messed up the pacing of an already slow book.
I'm gonna give it a few more months before I decide if I want to drop it. We're getting a Zod/Rogol Zaar confrontation next month, so I'll at least keep reading for that.
The main Superman book is all over the place. There are some good moments sprinkled in, but he really hasn't got a grasp on the other Justice League members' voices yet, from the infamous "Caca poo-poo" line in Man of Steel #5 to Batman talking about his diarrhea in Superman #2. Also, Rogol Zaar is just a flat, uninteresting villain. While I like the mystery surrounding him (did he really destroy Krypton and what involvement did the Guardians have in it?), there's nothing interesting about Rogol Zaar himself as a character, and that mystery is being handled better in Supergirl than in Bendis' runs.
Also, DC has been getting pretty good about timelines as of late and making sure you know where and when the storylines take place, and keeping them referenced in other books, but this current arc seems so divorced from everything else that's going on. Earth apparently being trapped in the Phantom Zone seems like it should be a big deal across the entire DC Universe, but AFAIK no other book has even mentioned it. The current Green Lanterns arc takes place before this, so I don't expect them to mention it, but this has to take place around the same time as Justice League and Flash, so if nothing else they should be mentioning it there. What effect does this have on the Totality? How is this affecting the Still, Sage and Strength forces?
Action Comics has been a bit more consistent, but Lois hiding in Metropolis wearing a shytty wig is the dumbest idea ever. Did she think he wouldn't find her when he can hear her heartbeat? And they didn't even address the cliffhanger in the last issue. The script that was in this week's DC Nation shows they're gonna do it in the next issue, but why skip one like that? It really messed up the pacing of an already slow book.
I'm gonna give it a few more months before I decide if I want to drop it. We're getting a Zod/Rogol Zaar confrontation next month, so I'll at least keep reading for that.
wtf!?
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