With the third installment in the absolute line DC is now 3 for 3. This may be my least favorite of the issues released so far but this is still a very solid and fun Superman book. A good mix of origin story and current events with my only real slight to it being the pacing of the origin story phase causes the book to end on a less exciting note than it transitioned from. All in all the world building was nice. I do feel that the origin in this was more inline with the typical Superman origin which makes it feel like a wasted opportunity to have some real fun with how cal el comes to earth but the other changes to the character such as the suit protecting Superman and the house of El being more of a social class than just his family. I definitely enjoyed the book and will look forward to issue 2 even if this was my least favorite of the 3 so far.

On one funny note the reveal of the Big Bad Evil was way less cringe inducing than the absolute Batman reveal at the end. more