DCU Reboot - Week 1: Redux

Eh, I don't think that's the right use of the word "Redux."

But regardless, before I begin writing about DC's second week of rebooted releases, I figured I'd follow up on my last blog post with these thoughts:

Action Comics #1

ACTION COMICS
Action Comics #1 was better than I expected. It kept me interested in Superman the whole way through! And I'm not a Superman guy! I am, however, a Grant Morrison fan, as well as a sucker for anything about journalists, which has always been that one tiny little hook to hold my interest when it comes to Clark Kent, Lois Lane and The Daily Planet.

Anyway, Action Comics #1 did not disappoint. It was interesting to see another take on Superman's early years by Grant Morrison. The character's still kind of a pompous dick, but his motives seem a little different here. He's more an antihero, caring not for the proper channels and instead doing things his way as he believes they should be done.

I think what I liked the most about the comic was the twist on his powers. He hasn't fully come into them by the start of the comic. He can't fly, but he can leap tall buildings. He's not impervious to pain, but he can stop speeding bullets. Oh, and he's just about as powerful as a locomotive.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Men Of War was one of the last comics from Week 1 that I read and I was pleasently surprised with it. I didn't realize it was a Sgt. Rock comic. I know little of the character, other than the Sgt. Rock story in DC's Wednesday Comics collection. It reminded me a little bit of Vertigo's Weird War Tales. Although, maybe that was just due to the inclusion of an unnamed superhuman in the lead story and the fact that there was more than one story in the book. Sadly, this is not something I'll probably end up buying. And admitting that fact's painful because, surprisingly, this is something I really enjoyed reading despite not being a military guy or into war comics in general... This was just an all around decent, really well-written comic that I'd like to read but probably won't ever pick up again. Same goes for so many others of the DC Reboot so far: Swamp Thing, Stormwatch, Animal Man... I really enjoyed these first issues (and might have to buy them in trades), I just can't afford them as monthly titles. I mean, I've really become a fan of Jeff Lemire's work, but I just had to cancel my monthly subscription to Sweet Tooth. I looked back and realized not only do I have the series's entire run so far in comics, but I've also got all the trades (which I don't regret owning the double format, I just can't afford to keep buying so much every week).