Superman brings Lois to the Fortress of Solitude for a private interview. Meanwhile, the Russians launch their first assault with their mighty Metallo in hopes of drawing the Man of Steel out into the open. Witness as the power of the people breaks Superman!
It's wild that two of DC's strongest titles right now are throwback mini-series to two of their earlier box office hits. The Metal Curtain has clearly been a tremendous read so far and only looks to get better next issue. Read Full Review
The first Superman '78 miniseries introduced Superman's most powerful villain yet in Brainiac, and I was a little skeptical after the first issue here if Metallo could live up to that. This issue makes clear that while Brainiac was a bigger-scale issue, Metallo will be a much more personal oneand he's coming for everything Superman loves in the name of the Soviet Union. Read Full Review
Overall a very entertaining issue, giving us the emotional stuff with Lois and the action stuff with Metallo. We even get a decent cliffhanger. How cool that Hal is in the house! Now if only we can finally get Kara! Read Full Review
Superman 78: The Metal Curtain #2 continues a great storyline that feels like another Christopher Reeve film. It pays homage to the second movie and builds off of the previous comic series well, while also introducing new characters. This version of Metallo is a formidable opponent, even if hes not the traditional version of the character. What do you think might happen next? Read Full Review
Superman 78: The Metal Curtain #2 is a quick read due to a lot of action in the second half but it works as a great introduction between Superman and Metallo. So far the series has set up a solid conflict that works well in the context of the source material. Venditti and Guidry find a nice balance between paying homage to the cinematic universe and introducing fresh twists to bring it into the current landscape of comics. Read Full Review
Combined with multiple, arctic expenses defined almost entirely by wide swaths of snow and a nebulous Fortress of Solitude, there's not much originality or expansion to be found in The Metal Curtain #2. Read Full Review
More epic movie-era storytelling at its finest. If the previous series was an alternate SUPERMAN III, this story is an alternate SUPERMAN IV with the U.S. and the USSR in conflict with each other’s superpowered saviors. I also smell Lex Luthor behind all this. Feels like another epic Donner-era film!
This one definitely has more action, that's for sure. And Metallo makes a more entertaining foe than Nuclear Man did. Like last issue, this one has a tough act to follow when compared to the original '78 mini, but it's a pretty promising sequel (and Batman '89 was so awful I'm done with it. I won't even touch its sequel).
This series captures that later cold war element pretty well. You can actually believe this could be a part of the original movie universe canon.
Half a point deducted because ... Supes flies Lois to the Fortress of Solitude without a coat? Hat? Scarf? It's the arctic! High altitude! High speed! Must be minus 100. Sorry. Lois is dead. Supes killed her.
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