Great book by two of the best in the business.

Best Batman story I've read in years.

It's a gorgeous-looking, extremely well written book but what most disturbs me about it is the scene between Joker and Red Hood. Somehow, Johns has given Jason Todd his most emotional moment in the span of a few pages than Jason's had in his entire Red Hood run for the past nine years in his own title.

Prelude:
Lucky for me, Three Jokers #1 hit iBooks in Australia today. Well, this has been in the making since Darkseid War so there's a lot of hype for this. Hope this delivers after the long wait.

The Good:
Wow.... can I just say everything?

I love the introductions for each character with the captions and flashbacks adding more layers.

Always love a detective scene.

Fabok's art is godlike.

Speaking of, Brad Anderson's colouring is so freaking great.

That final scene.... goddamn that was great.

Seeing all Three Jokers interact was so satisfying and great to see.

The Bad:
I'm offended that you thought there would be anything.

Conclusion:
It's been such a long wait but it's so freaking worth it. Johns and Fabok knock it right out of the park. more

Bendis should not have both Action Comics and Superman. The whole point of having two books about the same character is so that there can be two different takes on the same character in case you're not into one. The only difference between Bendis' AC and Superman is that Action Comics has worse art than the flagship book.

I feel that they are giving red clud more importance than she has, do we really have to remember everything that happened before in all the chapters? It seems that action comics only serves to promote his other series and that he makes no effort to write this.

There was a time when Bendis' writing seemed fresh and interesting. That was long ago, and now it is stale and excruciatingly poor. It is high time he got out of comics.

Now THAT was one terrible comic book. I'm not sure the pages were even in the right order.

You know what I miss? Reading Superman comics. Please get Bendis off Superman and also JRJR either needs to just start doing covers or do a limited series where he can get tons of time to finish his art. This is some of the worst writing and art I've seen in a Superman book in a while. I didn't care for Bendis Superman, but now I think I'm starting to loathe it.

From what I've read, critics and viewers certainly have a different opinion on this one. And I'm afraid I'll have to side with my fellow viewers. This was a slow and boring issue. I'm so sick of the Invisible mafia, especially Red Cloud I just don't care anymore. And Connor meeting Jon was dry and Bor-ring. While I'm glad Conner is back to his original look (I really hated the black shirt, jeans and awful haircut he had in the '00s) and the Kents are back I'm afraid that's all I can acknowledge positively. The rest is as stale as we all seem to be finding Bendis' tenure writing Superman books anymore.
I read on the Superman Homepage that Bendis is leaving the Superman titles soon. I personally think it's for the best. If he doesn't undo this identity revelation B.S. he's dumped on us I sure hope the next writers do, and fast. If it were up to me I'd get Tomasi and Jurgens back, or Robert Venditti, who, in my book has proven himself to be a great Superman writer through the "Man of Tomorrow" online series. But they really should let a different writer tackle each title. It gives them a different element than one another. Another thing I'd like to see (But likely won't) is Jon restored to his youth. He was the only one who could bring out the better in Damian. And I actually liked seeing Clark and Lois juggle parenthood with the rest of their crazy lives. As for Bendis and Romita, I think this run proves they're both better suited for Marvel than DC.
Finally, this poorly made waste of 4 bucks' biggest disappointment is it's an issue of Action comics with no real action.
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BMB tries to sell all his ideas as the most relevant, changes the characters as if he were the only one who writes about them, he does not care about the work of others and it is the last thing I will say about his series because I give up

This Bendis guy kind of sucks, huh?

I thought I had seen the worst of brian "the blunder" bendis on Superman already, this issue proved me there are depths he can still reach if he really tries.

It's beyond awful, this has no place being read by anyone.

JRJr's art doesn't help the nonsensical story and developments; it's not always you see a villain deliver what's mean to be a snide remark after defeating a hero only for it to fail mostly due to the way in which it was written.

Even setting aside how confusing current continuity is, the issue does not make sense, it only furthers how convoluted things are and no characterization in the book is even remotely "on point".

Red Cloud "leader" of Metropolis' gangs? I don't buy that for a second. It's equally as unlikely that a c-list villain (at best) would be able to pin down Superman. Disable a good deal of the Legion of Doom in a heroic heel turn, no one is stupid enough to buy that. Laughable is what this is.

Leviathan also seems to be a completely different character in his speech and manner than how they presented him in his "event", unsurprising as consistency is not something this writer can maintain.

Do yourself a favor and just steer clear of this. more

Exposition. Exposition. Exposition. Exposition. Exposition. Oh wait, dialogue on the last 2 pages.

I enjoyed the first two stories of this book, however there is undeniably a great deal of issues with this book. For starters, what is the purpose of this book? Because beyond the first two stories, which are about the Darkest Knight and Robin King respectively, there is no cohesion or purpose to the book. The rest of the stories featured are about two to three pages of nonsense. They do not add much to the lore of the characters or the event itself, and when you are paying 5.99 for such a book you would feel as if you would want something of more substance and quality.

While I can appreciate the first two stories, there is no denying that the "I Am Here" storyline is a massive exposition dump. I mean literally half the story are splash pages of exposition, which add nothing to anyone who is familiar with the metal/death metal storyline. The "King of Pain" storyline is by far the best in this book, though I can see some people having issues with Riley Rossmo's artwork in that story. Personally, I did not mind as I felt it added to the sinister nature the story was trying to tell. Overall, this book is cool if you want to read the Robin King storyline, but beyond that I did not see much point for this book.

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Excellent art wasted on a boring story. A thriller that offers no thrills or excitement. Also the book is nothing more than an ad for things to come. As I said in other reviews, Bendis stopped caring because none of these stories will matter with the reboot.

Reading Bendis' Event Leviathan was like watching paint dry. It was beyond dreadful, and lookie lookie, nothing changed here, what a surprise. It's a boring read, albeit nicely illustrated, that I'm going to give it. It's more of the same - boring, long, meaningless dialogues leading somewhere... but nowhere I'd personally care about. Bendis continue what he did in Event Leviathan, in the very same fashion, which alone is a reason for me not to recommend this book. On the other hand, though, despite me disliking his artistic direction, I can't say he's not perseverent, and doesn't do whatever he wants to. In a way, it's good he doesn't let anything influence the path he's taken. more

Hey, remember how Young Justice already had a first visit to the Hall of Justice before? Remember how Superboy Conner Kent and “The Duck” have already interacted and have history with Superman?

bendis clearly does not. 1/10 this issue fails. It gets worse by the page.

Some of the other failings are:

The dialogue - Sinestro’s “I don’t read Earth, Luthor”, I mean honestly there is bad and there’s bendis.

Leviathan - They claim he “almost took the World”, could have fooled me with the lackluster so-called “event”. Then there’s his turn into a generic villain and now his turn into someone against them too, I mean I doubt he poses a threat to Perpetua’s folk or even those of Laugh-Bats. more

It was too short. And it felt not complete, only Bat's Robins and Barbara are here. There should be others, like Alfred daughter Julia, Supes Cassandra, and others.