Sunday, August 24, 2014

Superman, Action Comics Vol. 4: Hybrid

I heard the story of how Andy Diggle was taking over Action Comics after Grant Morrison's run.  Diggle would be partnering with artist Tony Daniel for his upcoming run.  This was promoted by DC heavily for months prior to their actual first issue launch.  Shortly after the first issue came out Andy Diggle left the book.  Reasons for Diggle's departure are still unclear probably something to do with editorial since DC has been having lots of those as of late.  Tony Daniel took over writing responsibilities for the rest of the Hybrid arc using Diggle's notes.  Now on to the story the Hybrid arc at the beginning of this volume was actually really cool Tony Daniels art is top notch, his writing however is still clunky.  The first issue by Andy Diggle is a nice throwback to the characterization of Superman from Pre-New 52  The arc overall is a great Luther vs. Superman story that I would love to built upon the characterization of Lex Luther in this story is above any & all expectations,  The second arc in this book is not as good as the first it is by Scott Lobdell building into his run on the Superman title.  Lobdell's arc's in this volume are somewhat confusing unless you have been reading his run.  The final issue in this volume is part of the Psi War story arc which taking place in the other Superman title.  I think Lobdell was put on Action Comics after Diggle's departure as an emergency writer but also to bring some uniformity to the Superman line of titles for DC.  This is really a stand alone volume because of the Hybrid arc but other than that it is a cluster frak of stories.  DC really needs to change up how they create their collected editions because compared to Marvel & Image comics, they are severely lacking in cohesion.


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