This review contains spoilers for a comic that was released just last week - you have been warned. Superman Unchained #1 was a very entertaining comic book. The action, the story telling the artwork flowed across the pages of this comic. There is no boring origin story and almost no mention of Superman’s human parents and hometown. The story simply starts out with the destruction of Nagasaki Japan by the American’s dropping a bomb that looks a lot like a human during World War 2. We then flash to the present where Superman is saving the day as someone has managed to fire satellites from Earth orbit at the planet like giant bombs. Superman mentions that he has destroyed or diverted all the satellites heading for populated areas and we get to watch him work to literally defuse the most dangerous satellite shooting out of orbit. The satellite has a reactor core that would be like a bomb if it were to hit the Earth. Superman fixes the bomb problem by slowing the descent by disabling the Satellites decent. Using his X-ray vision did not work to short out the engine controls so Superman changes the wavelength of his vision to Gamma vision and that turns off the engine. In the end Superman manages to save the astronauts and the military base that was being targeted. Back in Metropolis Superman interrupts an escape attempt or helicopter crash. During which he has an interesting conversation with Lex Luthor that was as I said interesting and full of potential – Lex actually sounded smart and composed compared to how he had been acting in other New52 Superman stories. The next scene is with Jimmy Olson and Clark Kent, Jimmy looks a lot like Seth Green for some reason, it might be the new hipster look or I am just getting old. While the two are making chit chat Lois Lane calls to point out errors in Clarks latest Superman Saves the Day blog post. While they are talking the Daily Planet Chief Perry White comes in to complain to Lois about advertisement placement. Lois drops at least one clue about how the plot of the comic will develop and then tells Clark that the reason his article was wrong was because Superman had stopped all eight Satellites heading for Earth. Superman takes off to see who or what had deflected the Satellite and finds a big handprint on the Satellite debris that he does not recognize. Superman is then attacked by torpedoes. We then flash to a secret military base full of cool looking high tech weapon systems. All the while Lois’s dad (apparently) monologues about how being discovered by Superman is not really a problem because they have their own Superman already – the end. Then there is a short story of Perry White’s past and a pair of binoculars his Great Uncle gave him, binoculars that appear to be the very pair used in the first pages of this comic book. While Perry is talking there is another story also in the current day of a fishing trawler pulling a man from the ocean whom wants to talk to Lois Lane badly – even though his eyes appear to have been melted. There is also an interview with Scott Snyder and Jim Lee that was just somewhat interesting. At this point I just want to know how the American Government managed to keep a being as powerful as Superman a secret for seventy years? They kept this super being a secret mind you while he / she has been used in operations during the seventy years since the creature was dropped on Nagasaki Japan. If this comic book turns into an American Military against Superman comic I will not continue to read or buy the comic. If I wanted a teen angst story I would just read one of the million X-Men comic books that Marvel Comics produces. I do have a hope that having Jim Lee on the creative team means that the stories will be good and in which case I will continue to buy this comic because issue number one of Superman Unchained was well done and entertaining. #superman #comicbooks #lexluthor
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:05:37 +0000
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