Action Comics Presents: Doomsday Special #1 sets up a superb ticking time bomb. Doomsday's fear factor means that even his name seems to petrify anyone who utters it. Just because he is in Hell, does not make anyone safe, even those that reside and rule it. Read Full Review

This random standalone special was easily one of DC's more unexpected treats this month with the Supergirl/Martian Manhunter team-up that works and the overdue return of Bloodwynd. Even if you're not a regular Superman reader, this is worth checking out. Read Full Review

This is one of the darkest Superman stories in a while, with a very vivid and occasionally gruesome version of hell that is compelling but feels a bit out of place in the DCU. Read Full Review

All of the artists deliver fantastic visuals throughout the issue. The visual styles are perfect for the setting and environment as well as the dark tone of the story. Read Full Review

All in all, Doomsday Special adds new depths to the creature that killed Superman by fusing him to the intricate worldbuilding of DC Comics' Hell. Read Full Review

Yes, this was a Doomsday story setting up what seems to be a future arc. I think, in general, Doomsday is sort of overused. But this new wrinkle of a sort of supernatural aspect to him is interesting. But I have to say this was a great Supergirl story. This is who Kara should be - intelligent, caring, feisty, fierce, heroic. Read Full Review

It's always fun to dip into DC's weird Judeo-Christian centric cosmology, with Martian Manhunter feverishly explaining that hell exists within the psychic consciousness of mankind, and honestly the comic gave me a fun retro vibe of those edgy occult-driven comics that weren't quite so fringe to be placed in Vertigo but clearly had those vibes. Read Full Review

Krypton meets the infernal realms in this intriguing look at things to come. Read Full Review

Any comic with Eddy Barrows' art already has a claim on my wallet, but Dan Watter's locomotive of an idea was such a joy to read. To see a Doomsday special led by Supergirl and Martian Manhunter in this day and age of Bat-Crap polluting the entire publishing line gives me so much hope; keep putting out more stuff like this DC!

This was a really engaging, really smartly written comic filled with some incredibly stupid fun ideas.

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The art in the book isn't the greatest, it's strong is some places but then the artist gets lazy and fills in some pages with little more than sketches.

The plot for the A story is pretty basic with an interesting premise but then the writer decided to go nowhere with it. A story with Supergirl and Martian Manhunter as the main characters...Yawnfest. It could have and should have been Superman featured. That could have helped this book a lot but yet again we see Superman sidelined for supporting characters.

The B story wasn't bad although I didn't like how the book used the concept of hell but skirted the issue of religious implications and moral implications, a prime example that the souls in Hell would have to have done something in life to facilitate them going to Hell. Watters creates this wishy washy concept of hell only existing through belief of the mind and not being an actual result of the existance of God. If a writer is going to use the concept of Hell, they had better commit to it being a real place, otherwise you get this weak, muddled, watered down, story telling.

Over all save your money kids this book misses the mark more