Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Gene Luen Yang, and Greg Hahn Art by Rafa Sandoval, Viktor Bogdanovic, and Travis Mercer SUPERMAN VERSUS CLARK KENT! When the mysterious young Norah Stone drains Superman's strength and unleashes an impostor tyrant Superman on Metropolis in his place, a powerless Clark Kent is forced to face the monster alone. Who is Norah Stone? And can Clark protect his identity while fighting this impossible battle? Featuring Gene Luen Yang and Viktor Bogdanovic's return to the Super-Man of China!
Overall, this is very clearly one of DC's best books right and this issue is proof. Read Full Review
So from top to bottom, this was a great issue. I'm still saying Norah is related to Otho. This time I'm right! Read Full Review
Overall, this is one of DC's best books and it's headed for one epic finale. Read Full Review
Action Comics is frustratingly switching to an anthology style format soon, which is disappointing as the creative team deserved a lengthy stint making the Super Family premise shine month after month. Read Full Review
Action Comics #1058 delivers two power-packed, rock-solid, entertaining stories to get your Super fix. Both stories are strong in different ways and plant mysteries that hold your attention for the next issue. As a plus, the art is consistently excellent throughout. Read Full Review
Action Comics #1058 picks back up with Clark Kent fighting Norah Stone's bodyguard who now looks Superman and has his powers too. But as the comic shows, Clark is far from depowered nor is he out of the fight and comes up with a practical and crafty way to defeat this foe. While the fight with these two is the highlight of the comic, we only get a snippet of what Norah Stone's true goals are and it's both disappointing and intriguing so readers mileage will vary on that. The ending does set up a cool new look for Superman that we'll get to see in action in the next issue. Read Full Review
The highlighting team have strong visions for each of these stories and are showing that they're willing to carry these characters into the new era despite the road bumps they encounter. I can't wait for the next installment. Read Full Review
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In an odd twist of fate, I thought the main story was a bit weaker this month than normal, and the backups were better than usual—in fact I thought they were very good.
As for the main story, PKJ’s run has made this one of my favorite comics to pick up every month, and this issue was still excellent. The pacing was just less tight than usual, but only because this issue was a bridge to advance the plot and further establish the themes of the arc (which it does exceptionally well). I love this book, and the fact that I’m nitpicking is proof of that; if it weren’t so darn good I wouldn’t be complaining about such trivial matters.
Solid main story but the back up stories and art work in them drags the book down. Just kill off the Super family already. No one cared enough for them to support their main books so no need to cram them into Action Comics. The keep bringing up the War World storyline that killed the book for 16 months...Let that die already it was a chore just to drudge through it let alone have to deal with the fall out from it. Stories are to be 3-4 months in length and connect to an annual story arc. This gives readers 4 clear jumping on and jumping off points in the series. I don't know why comic writers can't grasp this very basic concept.