Action Comics keeps delivering right now and the buildup to the Revenge Squad vs. Superman has been great. The only consolation in waiting two weeks is knowing another awesome issue of Superman arrives next week. Read Full Review

For a Superman fan that has been away from the comics for far too long this is a awesome tale to read. It gives you the classic Superman with a little of the new feel to really keep you entertained the entire way through. With this supervillain team Superman is in for a difficult fight. Read Full Review

While some of the more emotional moments are dulled, ACTION COMICS #980 thrusts Superman into conflict with a cadre of his villains. With a focus on developing Cyborg Superman, issue #980 is a setup issue for an intense battle to come. Read Full Review

A good issue as it develops the inner fears of the main players. Plus it all ties into Suicide Squad #18 well. Read Full Review

This issue was super fun and chock full of creamy villiany goodness. Cyborg Superman, Eradicator, Mongul, Blanque. The list goes on. And we even get a little bit of a confrontation between Cyborg Superman and Regular Superman. The artwork is absolutely fantastic and the story is villain heavy and super easy to follow along with. Overall, Action Comics has been one of my top titles since Rebirth started. It hasn't slowed down yet so head out to your comic shop and pick up this issue! Read Full Review

Patch Zircher is proving himself to be one of the very best Superman artists. His Man of Steel simultaneously looks classic and modern, and his pages have a lot of life to them...even when depicting the undead. Read Full Review

I have been very impressed with Jurgens' run on the title so far. And I am always impressed with Zircher's art. But this issue felt like something of a pause. We seemed to downshift a bit. And maybe that is a necessary evil in a middle chapter of a story. We need to set up the rest of the plot. But I feel like the story covered in this issue could have been covered in a fraction of the pages. Read Full Review

Revenge marches closer to one of the arcs bigger moments and leaves room for a dangerous crossover to have it's side of the fun as well. Zircher and Hi-Fi continue their path of capturing more action and horror instances to give Revenge a stamp of it's own. Between the ghosts of your loved ones coming back as zombies and punching Supermen that want to destroy everything your “S” stands for…Revenge maintains it's speed as another worthy chapter. Read Full Review

Overall this is a good issue. I can't say it's excellent, but that's mostly because it's the middle of a story and, as such, it's kind of hard to say how it fits in overall. Dan Jurgens definitely still knows how to write Superman and Patch Zircher's art is good, even if it's not to my taste. Not only this issue but the entire Rebirth run of Action Comics, get a strong recommendation on my part, provided you can deal with a series that is a bit light on story. Read Full Review

This issue of Action Comics, while still enjoyable for the most part was really just a chance for Dan Jurgens to catch new readers up on who the villains of this story are and what their motivations for hating the Man of Steel stem from........ While giving us the original origin for Cyborg Superman instead of explaining how he became human for the beginning of this story.  That being said though, the art was great and even with the filler we got, I'm still excited for the continuation of this story. Read Full Review

An abrupt ending leaves a sour taste after an otherwise decent-enough issue. The artwork is great, but it's not enough to excuse the poor plotting. Here's hoping we see a quick rebound in three weeks. Read Full Review

Despite the familiarity of the Superman Revenge Squad's motives and methods, this is a solid issue strengthened by Zircher's art and the continuing saga of the Lane/Kent family. To be a better story this arc needs either a greater emotional impact on Superman or present him with a significant psychological challenge, and there are a few seeds planted which could become fruitful. Read Full Review

It's a big, dumb, loud Superman scrape, exactly what I've come to expect from Action Comics. Read Full Review

Not much happens in the issue and the cliff-hanger doesn't interest me. For the moment, I'm quite concerned about the arc, because it can be epic and really enjoyable, or too classic without any surprises in it.

Not bad. But that was not what I expected.

Not sure if it was the pacing but it felt like not much was done in this issue, It moves the story along though and I like the drawings i'm still on board.

Re: The cover to ACTION COMICS #980 - Man of Steel vs. Buns of Steel
SCORE: 7.4

PSA: that butt on the cover does not appear in the issue. What you get instead is three characters with an S logo on their chests in action. Not bad, but I hope the next issue picks up.