While the series may draw some well-earned and positive comparisons to Gotham Central, it's clear that Lois Lane is a series with its own unique merits, ones that make it essential reading in 2019. Read Full Review

Rucka's writing with Perkins' pencils and Mounts' colors build a world around Lois Lane that's just as tough and down to earth as she is. Read Full Review

Lois Lane #1 feels a bit like inspirational wish fulfillment the same way that some of my favorite Superman stories do, except instead of punching crazy aliens, shes working hard and doing one of the real worlds most important jobs. Read Full Review

This timely and political first issue of Lois Lane is an instant classic and a great start to the series. If the next eleven chapters match the quality of the first, then the eventual hardcover collection will look great on any collectors shelf, right next to the Gotham Central omnibus. Read Full Review

While many of us may be waiting for Superman, this book shows that Lois Lane is the hero the world truly needs. Read Full Review

Lois Lane #1 is the engrossing first chapter of what is sure to be a gritty and nuanced neo-noir comic. Read Full Review

Lois Lane (2019-) #1 is packed with conspiracy and international intrigue. Greg Rucka offers readers a Lois Lane like we've never seen, in a story too close to fact to be purely fiction. Rucka's Lois Lane is the hero we all need. Read Full Review

So overall a great sort of 'days in the life' look at what it means to be Lois Lane. I suppose now that we have a foundation of Rucka's take, we'll have the new plots become more front and center. But I liked this for what it was, a primer on Lois with some plot seeds planted. And Mike Perkins shines no matter what scenario he has to take on. Read Full Review

Lois Lane #1 is one of the best debuts of the year. It's a comic that's long overdue but better late than never. The team has shown Lois Lane is the star we always knew and most importantly, you don't need superpowers to have strength and shape the world. Read Full Review

This appears to be a story of intrigue and deception, (again, right in Ruckaswheelhouse), and I hope it stays that way. Lois has no super-powers, and itwould be a disservice to her growth as a character if she has to rely onSuperman (or any other meta-human) to bail her out. With that in mind, MikePerkins artwork is a bit scratchy in texture, but it fits the tone of thestory very well. Read Full Review

You don't have to be Superman to be a shining paragon. Sometimes, you have to get your fingers dirty and work in the shadows to find the information that brings down the corrupt, and upholds the best of what America is. But does the cost have to be so high? Read Full Review

Greg Rucka might be writing the hard-boiled Lois Lane journalism comic we've always dreamed about. Read Full Review

Lois Lane #1 is a must-read comic that is frighteningly too real. Read Full Review

The timely debut begs for an eventual hardback collection that will - if this series can keep up its consistency of the first issue -be a must purchase. Read Full Review

Lois Lane is slated for 12 issues, but if this first issue is any indication, Rucka has plenty of material to make this an ongoing book. Read Full Review

It's as packed as a dialogue-heavy comic gets, but it's a great start to what's sure to be a classic year of comics. Read Full Review

This is a phenomenal new series bringing much needed light to the DC Universe's best investigative journalist. Read Full Review

Mike Perkins art is fantastic. The art perfectly matches the gritty, noir style of the story and its tone. Read Full Review

Mike Perkins art is another asset to the series. Going back to the comparison of Gaydos Alias/Jessica Jones, his particular art style works for this kind of story something of a hardboiled mystery wherein nothing is pretty or simple to grasp. Among the three Event Leviathan projects, they all look distinct from one another, which helps lend individuality to each despite all of them being of a piece with one another. Read Full Review

Lois Lane #1 is a book I enjoy more and more as time passes. It sets up multiple intriguing plot threads that are magnified by stellar character work. It's then all tied together by Mike Perkins and Paul Mounts' appropriately moody art. Oftentimes in the comic book community, you'll be confronted with the sentiment that Superman is important because he's the character we wish could be real right now. This book sets out to explore why what we may need more than a Superman is a Lois Lane. Read Full Review

Lois Lane is long overdue for her own solo comic. And luckily, DC found the ideal creative team to bring that drought to an end. Lois lane #1 serves as a strong start to a series far more mired in real-world politics and headlines than your average DC book. But even as the series tackles timely subject matter, it also captures the core of what makes Lois such a compelling character. Read Full Review

Both very timely and written in a way to still be hypothetically understandable in later eras, the start of 'Enemy of the People' is doing great. Read Full Review

Lois Lane is a great reminder that the human element is often what’s missing in our superhero stories. Sometimes the most unsung heroes in these world’s aren’t the ones with sci-fi gadgets or super powers. Greg Rucka excels at showing us that vision of the DCU, and it’s great to have him back in his wheelhouse here. Perkins and Mounts are a good fit for the writer as well, and I suspect that their work will only improve as this maxi-series continues. Read Full Review

Lois Lane has an excellent start and is in the hands of a very skilled creative team. Rucka and Perkins are able to utilize the character's strength, making Lois's story unique and about her. This allows us to enjoy how great of a journalist and character she is. Read Full Review

So far, this series is an amazing addition to the plethora of Superman and Superfamily books on the shelves. It's darker tone will appeal to more mature readers. Even if you aren't a huge Superman fan, I recommend this book to fans of shows and stories like The West Wing, House of Cards, and The Newsroom. Read Full Review

In all,Lois Lane #1 isn't a bad comic. But it does make the mistake of putting its politics before its plot, and winds up feeling a tad threadbare as a result. Greg Rucka is a master mystery-weaver and storyteller, though, and either way the end result will almost certainly be worth checking out, regardless of which side of the political aisle you're on. Read Full Review

Maybe "Lois Lane" is not a flashy title, the sales will let us know if there will be continuity regarding the wife of the man of steel, but we must admit that it has started on the right foot, they are not those old silver age comics with romantic themes between Lois and Superman, now we are facing a really complex plot and with current political issues and with the addition of "The Question" the interest increases significantly, I think it is a number to take into consideration. Read Full Review

While die-hard comic book fans know Lois is a badass in her own right, the casual fan might not, so, it was a good call to cover all basis. The overall narrative itself is a little lacking due to multiple subplots. Again, though, the breadcrumbs look intriguing in terms of the direction of where things go from here. Read Full Review

While there could be something going forward with Lois getting to the bottom of an acquaintance's death and how Lois plans to solve this with the help of a guest star, as of right now though, I just kind of found myself bored reading this story since it's a lot of typing, smooching, sticking it to the man and timeline inconsistencies, while I just wondered why we didn't learn more about the murdered character.  Sadly, I wasn't a fan of the art this issue either and found it muddy, but I'm hoping that things can turn around for me as the series progresses. Read Full Review

This series is off to a great start. It's been years since I've seen a characterization of Lois this good. I'm also very excited about a certain guest appearance.

Great

Strong, great start. Looking forward to issue #2.

It was much better than I’d expected and I’d been expecting a good comic book.

This was the best Question appearance since he was first teased to be returning in Batman (although on second glance that is a female Question. The Lois Lane stuff was good too, ofc I suspect a certain crowd will be upset.

Rucka continues to prove how talented he is.

Good start for the series. Super excited because Rucka has always has a knack for writing good grounded characters

I never thought I'd buy a Lois Lane book, but with Rucka writing it, featuring his version of the Question, and a refusal to allow modern atrocities to escape commentary in popular culture, how can I resist?

"Him is a he"

I miss Greg Rucka on Wonder Woman, that title was soaring with him at the helm. But now, he decided to shine some spotlight on another awesome DC gal, in a surprisingly political comic book.

What do we get in this issue? Let's see.
We get some shots fired at, what I think is, the current administration of "The Greatest Nation in the World", we get to see how some eastern countries approach journalism and we get a little dose of feminism. All while our favorite Pulitzer prize-winning reporter who can't spell is investigating something else.

So, politics, "the ever hated and despised" feminism and...
Wait! Don't go. Read the whole review before you write this one off as "some another agenda filled SJW bullshit". Come now, come back. There we go. Nice.

The whole thing is written very, very well, without even a single line that sounds preachy. It follows current continuity, using established facts that BMB set in Superman and Action Comics. No one acts "out of character" (which is a super-lazy argument), and also Clark Kent pops up for a minute or two, and The Question is here too. But not the one you think.

All in all, this is a great start. Fingers crossed that the remaining eleven will be this good... or you know, better. more

"pretending we're a normal couple was disgenuous we're just not."

A lot of interesting stuff here, but it feels like Rucka stenciling over what Bendis has been doing.

And while I am in line with Rucka's politics - this seems to be the first DC or Marvel comic to call out the current administration on anything - is Rucka making an accusation that Trump's policy at the border is about making his rich friends richer? That is certainly a big leap for a comic book writer who is not, so far as I know, a reporter.

I wish there was more happening here. I don't like Lois and Clark's relationship. I find it very odd, considering Rebirth. But I guess Rucka can't help but deal with it. The political stuff is fine, I guess. Just outdated by now. I don't really have an opinion on it outside of that. The stuff with the Question would be more interesting if it was Vic Sage, let's be honest. Hopefully something more exciting happens in issue two.

I mean, it wasn’t badly written. It also wasn’t interestingly written.

Not a fan of putting the writers political views into stories like this.

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MKW69 - Aug 2, 2019

You're a noob.

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The book is largely slow and plodding.

(And Rucka has a problem with what the Trumpies are doing with family separation. So say we all.)

Lois did what she does. She sleeps with Superman and does journalism. So those bases were covered.

WAIT A MINUTE. Lois Lane has The Question on retainer? That was The Question working in Moscow for Lois, right?

I mean, it makes sense -- journalist working with journalist (Even if Lane doesn't know that Sage is a journalist). The fact didn't really make this particular issue of this book much better, but it sets the stage for better to come.

The art is not good, not good at all. But I'm seeing this style elsewhere in DC books (Justice League), so someone must like it.

Not really much of a book, but it's issue 1 and we can't all be DCeased. more

No story to speak of. Lots of clumsy political posturing. More of the weirdly dysfunctional Lois and Clark relationship from the Bendis books. Dreadful art. Good luck to anyone who is planning to struggle through another 11 issues of this.

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TheHyruleElf - Jul 3, 2019

Good luck to you, asshat

Doomy - Jul 3, 2019

@TheHyruleElf Dude, you're the one being an ass. @Pseudnik How are Clark and Lois in this dysfunctional?

Ollie44 - Jul 3, 2019

I liked this issue but also see it as dysfunctional. I don’t really understand why Lois would spend months in a hotel room away from family to concentrate on writing a book when Clark still goes to work and Jon is off world. Yet still need regular visits from superman. Maybe I’m missing something. We have been teased for several issues about a big secret. Without that I would have thought this was a great issue.

TheHyruleElf - Jul 3, 2019

@Doomy I'm calling this guy out on his shit. "Political Posturing?" What does that even mean? If that makes me an ass, than go ahead dude.

READ RUMBLE - Jul 3, 2019

Calling someone an ‘asshat’ because they have a different opinion than you is wrong. Pseudnik has a right to their opinion and they didn’t personally attack someone. Frankly, Bendis’ Lois and Clark relationship to me seems odd and out of character, so I stopped reading supe and action, but will give this a try due to Rucka. I think most people know Rucka is a pretty political guy and it will show in his stories, so I’m assuming this is what they meant by ‘political posturing’

BloodyIgor - Jul 5, 2019

Yea this start out seeming to be good but quickly turned to garbage.

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You're kidding me right, he didn't even make a mention about jon, did he forget she's a mother, that's just crazy man, i can't be the only one who thinks DC is sweeping Jon under the rug