Action Comics continues to be a top shelf book, what more could one say? Action, emotional stakes, great art, and even greater characters. Check it out! Read Full Review

The Superman line continues to be the best it's been in many years, and while Josh Williamson's adjective-less title may be the most-hyped, this Superman family anthology feels like it's the heart of the line. Read Full Review

Action Comics #1054 is the best entry in the series since the title moved to an anthology format. There's a clear first-second-third pecking order in the shorts, but they're close enough to each other in story quality and art style to make the end result worth the cover price. Read Full Review

In Action Comics #1054, Metallo and his Necrohive strike again as they ambush Jon and the kids to lure out Superman for a deadly encounter. The action and dialogue in this comic is great, and even with the art change, the comic book's art is still on point. It also helps that the battle between Superman and Metallo is cool and how Superman resolves things with Corben is well-written and greatly in-character. The comic also reveals who the mastermind pulling Metallo's strings is, and it's a face many Superman, let alone DC fans will know, which immediately escalates things for the next issue of Action Comics. Read Full Review

Action Comics #1054 delivers with all three stories. The main story is the winner this month, but the third is a pretty good replacement for a Power Girl short. The second story has taken a nice twist, even if there are still some problems with it. Action Comics has been amazing for ages now, and this issue keeps that up. Read Full Review

It's not a bad story and certainly if this was someone's first Steel story it's a winner. But this didn't have the momentum or energy of that first story. And it was pretty straightforward.  As a fan of the old Superman Family book, I am happy this book is on the shelf. But it is clear that the main story is the engine for me. The back-ups are solid stories. What Johnson is doing on the main story is stellar. So I am here for this title. Because I think that these other characters of the super family deserve their own stories. And unlike the Batman Family, they aren't getting their own titles. So bring on a flashback story of young Jon and a Steel tale.  Read Full Review

Overall, there's something rather nice in Action Comics #1054. The comic doesn't have the doom and gloom of so much of what has been put out there and instead delivers the uplifting tale you'd hope from Superman. It has the action without the dark cloud hanging over everything. It's been a while since I've really been into Superman and DC is delivering a monthly dose of positivity that'll keep me coming back for more. Read Full Review

Overall, solid issue from cover to cover. Read Full Review

Johnson's main story is the attraction here and so long as he's leading the charge, Action Comics will remain a solid read. With stronger supporting stories, this would be a can't miss title. Read Full Review

If you're keen to see Superman get another new power that will probably be forgotten after this run, you'll want to pick this up. Otherwise, you can let this one ride the discount bin. Read Full Review

Solid fun read. All the stories in the book move along at a nice pace and are engaging.

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PKJ is still writing good Superman stories. Though the scene where Metallo’s sister is nude, tied up, hanging upside down was a bit much.

The back-ups are by far the weakest part of the book. Not very good and definitely not getting me the slightest bit interested in checking out the spin-off titles.

Solid issue with good action and great character moments (especially for Jon). Not a fan of Superman becoming even more powerful - literally one of the biggest complaints against the character - and I don't care for the twins at all

The first story is great. Supes is way too powerful now and I'm not a fan, but whatever. The big thing here is showing Clarkes heart. Despite the fact he could rule the entire earth if he chose, he instead upholds the ideals that we should all strive to emulate. They don't call him the big blue boy scout for nothing and this issue shows that in spades. The reveal of the big bad is really cool even though it's who I figured it would be. All in all a great Superman story.

The second story continues young John's adventure with the alien princess and we get some killer Doombreaker action. A fun look at John's all too short youth growing up with a twist I think we all saw coming. Fun stuff.

The last story was the worst and it breaks my heart to say that. We finally get some Steel stories and they feel so amateur, like I could write this. A BUNCH of cringe one liners, a pointless fight, a lot of time spent re hashing his origin and a scene that felt like it was pulled directly from the end of the first Iron Man movie. The art was pretty lackluster as well.

I enjoy the multiple story anthology style but there always seems to be one story I dislike and feel I'm wasting my money. It's like the trash back-ups DC is notorious for. Still, if your a superfan this is worth the read. more

First issue was a huge standout, the rest is just iffy right now.

Big build up for a reveal that doesn't really shift anything. This arc is just an excuse to introduce new characters and villians which are all female. How about that?

This issue proves, if anything that Johnson watches way too much anime. It's been obvious for years that DC thinks Superman would be a bigger hit if he were like an anime hero. So they must LOVE this. Frankly though I had more than enough with how anime has interfered with the way western comics are made long ago. If I wanted to see charged up heroes lighting up and suddenly boosting in strength I'd watch an anime. There are thousands out there anymore to find at the touch of a few buttons. That's not what Superman was created for. At least the Super Cyborg's back. Hopefully Johnson can make him continue as a worthy menace on his 30th anniversary.
I'm still unimpressed with the twins and frankly still see them only around as a weak excuse to compensate for aging Jon. As for him, I hate to say, but his side story in "Lois & Clark II" is growing rather dull as well. I really hate to say that for Jurgens' work, but then it was actually Tomassi who made Jon so interesting during Rebirth, while Jurgens took care of the Superman and Lois in Metropolis front. I do still mainly get this book for that story, as I'm sure many others do. I was glad though to see Jurgens do some art again though. I just hope that story gets a bit more interesting soon.
As for the Steel story, it was rather dull, but better than the Power Girl ones over the last few issues. I'd say though to just ditch the third story and stick to the main one and the regular single backup.
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