This was a great opening chapter to this arc. Lots of tidbits pushing things along. Tremendous art including some stupendous pages and panels. And then this big reveal. Roll on Warworld Saga! Read Full Review

Whether this arc does truly mark “the end” of Kal-El, Johnson and Sampere are setting the stage for a memorable epic. Read Full Review

"Tales of Metropolis" is a fun side trip into the life of an often-overlooked hero. Unfortunately, due to its being a backup and limited to two parts, it doesnt fully explore the issues or questions it raises. That does, however, leave open the potential for the ideas herein to return on a larger stage, which would certainly be welcome. Read Full Review

A fun backup, but anyone following Johnson on this title has their work cut out for them. Read Full Review

Sampere delivers some great visuals throughout the issue. The tone of the art brilliantly captures the dark, serious tone of the story and elicits a visceral reaction from the reader. Read Full Review

The Warworld Saga begins as Superman begins one of his greatest battles. The story conveys a deep understanding of the lead character, and the art knocks it out of the park. It's not a perfect issue, but it is exactly what a Superman story needs to be. Read Full Review

Regardless of what the future holds, "Action Comics" #1036 is a bold start to this long-simmering status quo. Read Full Review

Fans that have been really digging ACTION COMICS and SUPERMAN since FUTURE STATE will be excited to see everything finally begin to blossom with the fruits of what's been growing for months now. Yet, I reiterate, fans who've been distant from SUPERMAN in these past months should at least comb back through SUPERMAN AND THE AUTHORITY before diving into ACTION COMICS #1036. Furthermore, to the diehard Man of Steel fans, you'll be a bit displeased to see him be more of a quiet side character in his own book. Granted, sometimes powerful stories about supporting characters need to be addressed even at the expense of the main character". as long as it's not a reoccurring or continual thing. Read Full Review

All in all, Action Comics #1036 begins a story that feels huge in its scope as it introduces readers to a new world and a bevy of evil characters. It also has its heart in the right place as Superman can't stand the awfulness of Warworld while setting up an adventure we've never seen Superman face since he was created 83 years ago. It's a masterclass in worldbuilding. Read Full Review

While both the main story and backup look great, there's not a whole lot of anything going on in either. Yeah, Superman and the Authority make it to Warworld where we'll see what the new status quo for Mongul really is, but once you get to that point you can't unsee that it's just Thanos and the Black Order and this aspect just makes everything feel small overall, not to mention that we immediately have to nerf our main character to make everything else we've seen make sense.   Read Full Review

Action Comics #1036 is very uneven. Daniel Sampere and Adriano Lucas' art are the most consistent aspects on the issue. The story doesn't spend enough time on the best part and most interesting aspect- the Phaelosians. We don't expect Superman to die, so the stakes don't feel that high for his impending encounter with Mongul. And, in the end, the Phealosions' backstory is far more interesting than a bait and switch on Superman's "death." Read Full Review

The result is a functionally good issue that is just tainted by what came before, which is deeply unfortunate. Read Full Review

If Kennedy Johnson thinks competition for having best chapter in this storyline is Superman revealing he's in desperate need for some rogain in front of some boastful villains who were just reiterating the same spiel Thao-La was saying issues ago, he's dead wrong. What Kennedy Johnson & Co. released here is not enough for DC to try and solicit this as a storyline that could stand shoulder to shoulder with "Death of"". I call blasphemy. Read Full Review

Really hyped for this! PKJ is a genius!

You know, I went into this with a ton of cynicism after all the buildup, most of which I felt was either boring, bad or unnecessary. Buuut, this is actually really well done and I'm actually excited about this one now. I hope it lives up to this first issue.

Just loved everything in this issue. Actually, Johnson can be writing the best Superman run in years (before was Superman by Tomasi, in my opinion, but this story is growing strong). Sampere's art is great as ever, I was really missing some great artists working with the Big Blue.

About the story, finally Superman and the Authority arrived at War World, and I liked how nothing did like Superman expected. It was an awesome twist that this happened in the very beginning of the invasion. Just felt that the story was a bit of a rush. Oh, and I'm curious about the phaelosian mistery (if any phaelosian survived, of course).

Fucking brutal. PKJ pulls no punches; this is a slave planet, a holocaust world ruled by a wonderful revamp of Mongul. Forget the Neanderthal brute who gets whipped by Cyborg Superman, this Mongul is up to par with Alan Moore's version from FTMWHE.

The start to the Warwold Saga is here, and it is really strong! I find The Authority written much better than Morrison’s...atrocity. Looking forward to the next chapters to this event!

AWESOMEE!

Whoever wrote that better not get himself all excited yet. this will NEVER be anything like the death and return. If anything it's a poorly conceived rip-off by another loser writer who's out to make a name for himself. Something the comics industry today has in a surprising abundance.
While it's better than anything else Johnson's put out yet it's still not saying much. It's certainly nothing like what he wants it to be compared to. It's Superman and a team of seventh rate characters, most of which I doubt many of us even heard of before this, against what seems to be a Darkseid wannabe. I'll give it points for sticking to the theme of Action, but it still severely lacks heart. Johnson just can't provide that in his stories. The art was good and made it look better than the story actually was. more

Perhaps I would like this more if I didn't know what DC is going for on the long run, so even though this isn't a bad story and the art is great, it still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I didn't like how they made the connection with the Superman from Morrison's series, it was very lazy. I did somewhat like the backup, as in even though it wasn't great, it was a step up from that Midnighter bore.

The era of getting rid of Clark because with him around we will never sell my Jon, ever, begins.

It starts interesting, I'll see how they kill Kal again on his 30th death anniversary last year.

36 issues since we were promised "better stories" and I'm still waiting. Now, before people say it. Yes, yes I do believe I could write better stories and could sell more copies of Action Comics if I was in fact writing it. Save your money kids.