As a single issue, Action Comics #1025 is Bendis at his best on Superman. Taken as part of his entire run it's frustrating and some of the implications are unacceptable. Because, essentially, Bendis has pulled the Shakespearian “bed trick” on Superman. It's a shame that Bendis regards Superman so poorly. He doesn't seem to know how to treat the character with respect and dignity. Haha, aren't you funn! (NOT!) Whoever signed the papers on Bendis's contract for DC should be fired…wait…maybe he already has….? In all fairness, this issue is very good, just hope the next creative team is able to erase this era from the mythos…or perhaps, Bendis has left that loophole in his own story….??? Read Full Review

Action Comics #1025 is one of those times when it being a cliche Bendis comic works out very well. It's full of dialogue, but it's well-paced. There could be more action, but overall it doesn't hurt the book that there isn't any, and seeing as how this is one of Romita Jr's off issues artistically, it's good that there isn't any big action scene. All in all, this is an entertaining comic that will leave readers waiting to see how it all shakes out. Read Full Review

As Bendis' run reaches its final act before the conclusion in December, this book seems to be losing the plot a little bit. Read Full Review

John Romita Jr.s art has some good visual moments, but there are some perspective and detail issues that I couldnt get past. They felt as unfocused as the story at times and were distracting at others. Read Full Review

The Superman family is on the hunt for the Invisible Mafia, but hopefully, they all make it out alive! Read Full Review

This issue successfully focuses on the drama at the Daily Planet and the peril of the Parasite, but both threads feel a little underfocused. The art is nice, though. Read Full Review

This issue is a great snapshot of Bendis' Superman work so far. It is equal parts brilliant and confusing. For every great moment there is another choice made that is baffling. In no way is this a bad book, but it isn't great either. Like most Superman books lately, it seems to be on the cusp of being great, and then held back by strange storytelling (and art) choices. But if you want to see how Bendis' run on Action Comics wraps up, this will signal some ideas of his conclusion. Read Full Review

Action Comics #1025 begins setting things up for the ending of Bendis' run on this book, and after all the setup, he forces in a generic, multiversal threat to go against the House of Kent.  The issue does not look good at all, and I can't wait for a new creative team to come and save the day! Read Full Review

The story is pretty standard and dull. The character development is non existent. The art is the best part but it can't pull this story up to being any good. All you can do when reading this is to sit there and hope you can get through it quickly. Read Full Review

Bendis goes with a cliffhanger that feels a little desperate. This arc seems like it only has another issue left. I'm curious to see where Bendis goes from here in what should likely be his final arc before departing the title in December. Read Full Review

Action Comics #1025 is an alright issue, but could seriously benefit from an art overhaul. Read Full Review

It's another miss. Read Full Review

Another poor issue, I'm sorry to say, because Superman deserves so much better than this. It's probably the best chapter to 'House of Kent," but that's not saying much. I thought reality had been twisted so much by now no one remembered what happened to the Lois and Superman of the new 52 era. I mean, it's been twisted like a pretzel since "Infinite Crisis" I don't know what parts of Superman's history are still valid and what's been erased. Damned Dan DiDio and his money making gimmicks...
I can only say, the next writers are going to likely have a hell of a mess to clean up in these books that Bendis will leave behind.

This is hands-down the most frustrating issue of this run yet. This issue is filled with wonderful moments — the space diner at the beginning is the sort of thing I'd actually hoped for from a Bendis Superman, the "profits?" twist made me laugh out loud, and the climax is suitably exciting — but the pacing is leaden and the art looks like it was done by a 9-year-old rather than one of the medium's most beloved artists. Honestly, I wish Bendis was less famous so they could let him just play to his strengths and do a Daily Planet focused spinoff. Instead, this run has been a disappointing mess and I'm relieved that it'll be over soon.

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RKS - Sep 26, 2020

You're being too kind to this book. Other then having Conner Kent and Superman in it, there is nothing good.

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Really bad writing and art.

I wish this comic wasn't such a mess.

I’d give anything to have the original Rebirth teams back on these books. Jurgens on Action and Tomasi on Superman. They wrote interesting and compelling tales for the man of steel. Then DC gave in to BMB and let him run rough shot over their work. Interested to see who falls in behind this mess.

Someone please put this comic out of its misery I swear to god.

DC gave up on this title. All I can say.

Yeeeesh

The series continues to be the worst book in my pull list, month after month. The seven paragraph recap of the story was a nice nod that no one is really paying attention and requires a recap because the story is that uninteresting. Honestly it has become a chore to read this book. The art continues to be ridiculously horrible as well. In one panel no one has legs they are just morphed into one big leg that comes out from their upper body. It's beyond a lack of talent the art has moved into the realm of completely not caring. Bendis promised he was going somewhere and it turns out he had no idea of where he wanted to take the reader and just shoehorned all his 1/2 baked SJW cause characters into the story and called it day.

I really don’t understand how these two are still employed at DC after turning in crap after crap.

This better be a joke, the continuity was already screwed and now to complicate it more Bendis adds an unnecessary subplot out of nowhere, I hope it is a joke. On the other hand, I feel like he's been saying "this guy from the 31st century" since Jon came back.