I love this title. I love this issue. Continued Leviathan clues, the Planet politics, and the 'Metropolis' feel of this book is what really tickles me! And boy, the Superman books just really feel like they have got the momentum of a runaway train! I'm a happy fan. Read Full Review

Action Comics #1014 is a breathlessly paced, wonderfully written comic with great art. Bendis moves things around quickly while still giving everything the room it needs to breathe. It would be nice if Clark Kent/Superman were more proactive in the whole thing, but thats a very small gripe. Kudaranski and Anderson gel together perfectly, producing beautiful art. Its tough to say much bad about this issue. While Its not exactly perfect, but its a home run nonetheless. Read Full Review

Another thing to note is how this book plays with the panels' borders. During Thorn's fight they used an appropriately themed border that they've done with her character before. During Superman's they used an unconventional one that added a bit of spice to the scene. Read Full Review

My big concern now is how Bendis will incorporate the new arrival without detailing the Action Comics momentum tying in to Event Leviathan. This might be the issue that finds Bendis at a crossroads with his Action Comics run so the next few installments could prove crucial. Read Full Review

Szymon Kudranski delivers some beautiful art in this issue. I love the way he depicts the characters as well as the composition of the moments in the story. Read Full Review

Action Comics #1014 continues to offer a bit more insight on the ground-level threat with a sense of urgency that makes the whole mystery all the more exciting. It's a must-read this week. Read Full Review

The entire thing is a compelling noir title with great stuff at the Daily Planet, but the many subplots don't quite come together. Read Full Review

Bendis has been dividing readers between his work here on Action Comics and his work on Superman proper, I know that may sound crazy, but indulge me kind reader. First off let me state that I am a long time Bendis reader and a fan of much Read Full Review

Big moves by the head of the Invisible Mafia and a great last minute appearance make this a good issue for you pull list. Not great, but good. Read Full Review

Bendis masterful writing is finally starting to reveal where the event of the summer is going but is he throwing us a curve ball? Action Comics and Event Leviathan have both kept my attention all summer. Though sometimes slow, Action Comics #1014 contains enough suspense and action to hold me over until the next issue. If you are following this run, grab a copy at your local comic shop. Read Full Review

Though certainly a dip in the energy Action Comics has enjoyed over the past few months, Issue #1014 still has cards to play. Read Full Review

Bendis is at his best when he focuses on one thing and doesn't go off track. Here, he is incredibly off track and it makes for a hard read. Read Full Review

As Bendis develops his Superman epics both in Action Comics and Superman, it becomes more and more clear that all his titles are interrelated. Naomi's appearance on the last page of Action Comics #1014 and the Legion of Super-Heroes appearance at the end of this week's Superman #14 demonstrates that he's developing his own corner of the DC Universe and you have to be “all in” on his titles. It's a double edged sword. While one can admire the planning it takes to bring all these disparate storylines into one grand cohesive tale, if you're not really digging some of the basics, it's hard to get worked up about the big picture. Despite Lois and Clark's relationship appearing to normalize a bit more, the inconsistency of its portrayal and multiple subplots which suffer from lack of attention casts a shadow of doubt on how well the overall story will hold together. Read Full Review

If you're looking for anything to be resolved in this issue...... well, you're going to be disappointed, but if you want two to three more things added instead, that really don't go anywhere, where character continue to have awkward dialog, then maybe this is for you.  I wasn't a huge fan of the art this issue and really, I'm just looking for anything interesting to happen here because I find myself bored reading this book. Read Full Review

A decent tie in for Event Leviathan and entertaining.

Prelude:
Bendis continues his street level story in Action Comics, but does this issue stand by itself?

The Good:
Still liking the street level stuff as people start making their plays.
Get a bigger focus on the Planet which I always love.
Bendis tying his stories together is always interesting and fun.

The Bad:
Bit... not convoluted but with both the Invisible Mafia and Leviathan the story feels a bit cramped.
Bendis continues writing for the trade as progression slows once more.

Conclusion:
Good enough for a pass, this issue doesn't move much along but his focus on the street level Superman stories is still entertaining for me.

As far as Superman books currently being published go, I would rank them as:

1. Superman Up in the Sky
2. Action Comics
3. Superman Year One
..........
100. Superman

This book was pretty good at setup for Event Leviathan and it was genuinely entertaining for the mystery to be unraveling, but enough is enough. Everything Bendis does with these books feels like artifical lengthening. Now, I might have to put it below Year One. At least Year One is doing something unique and unexpected.

"I think... heaven"

It was alright.

Since the Event Leviathan, AC has become a sort of tie-in to it and you can feel it very much in this issue. It meanders a lot, constantly asking about Leviathan without pushing the actual story forward. Sad.

But hey, there's Naomi at the end and I like her.

Bendis and Tom King brought in to add superior quality to DC’s star staple characters, Batman and Superman has only made them some of the worst titles in the companies stable in the last decade. With Bendis’ issues (credit as superman has become a boring character in 2019 and most of the coolest concepts with this icon has already been told) being slightly better than the abysmal, overrated, pointless, drawn out and complete filler trash that Tom King has nose dived Batman into with arguably the greatest rogues gallery and characters in all of comicsdom which makes him even more of a terrible “writer”

God this is boring.

"Look up in the sky... Back in Metropolis."

God, as if this boring comic wasn’t bad enough, now Naomi’s here.

I'm going to do what Bendis can't...finish a thought in a clear and concise manner.

Bendis' Superman comics are terrible. All of them.

Nothing happens, 0 plot progression, but a separate storyline will be pursued now!

“Stellar writing”.

Good, Now Bendis is gonna turn this book into The ultimate spide..Ups, I mean superman!!