The war for Warworld heats up, with a non-stop issue that gets all the key players in position for the final showdown. Read Full Review

I've mentioned a few times how the Warworld-related stories haven't been my favorite Superman tales, but Action Comics #1043 might be the issue that sways me. Read Full Review

Action Comics #1043 adds some more to the story, but other than that, it feels very much like the other chapters of this story so far. The art is phenomenal, and all in all, this issue definitely makes things more interesting than they were before. Read Full Review

Action Comics keeps providing an engaging hook for this Superman/Mongul war and the new objective adds a welcome new wrinkle to keep this story compelling. Read Full Review

The art is so slick. Federici really has this almost elegant take on a barbarian tale.  Such an impressive book. Read Full Review

a solid issue that brings in more world building and the art from Riccardo Federici is fantastic.

PKJ is the man!

Lots to unpack from a fantastically dense issue:

The worms generating an inhabitable atmosphere reminds me of the Shai-Hulud from Dune, and its interesting that the genesis has become the lifeblood of the planet while sustaining the worms themselves. I assumed that the genesis metal came from the fallen star + necropolis, but more on that later.

The origin of Mother got me thinking about Circe and the revenant queen from Byla's stories. After Mongul smacking around the mysterious scavenger, my theory that they are Circe might go out the window in favor of the link with this Mother character.

The Olgrun myth is pretty fascinating: elder gods from the first world, hidden stones of great power, and a test of worthiness to claim the ultimate fire of creation. I don't know how genesis metal and the necropolis factors in to the rest of the stones: they could either be source wall debris or remnants from this first world of Olgrun. Also interesting that the aspects of Olgrun have a failsafe where the universe will essentially end if they fall in the wrong hands. That's a pretty big gambit for the power of the aspects, so Olgrun must be a bad mf. We don't know what the seven worlds are yet, but I'll be sure to look out for more hinting.

Interesting that Mongul was able to get the thanagarian ships so quickly from the United Planets. Once again, bureaucracy will always fail in the face of a true threat; heroes and virtue are the viable solution!

The Myth of Mongul was great! It does get messy if you remember the pre-crisis mongul origin involving Arkymadryte and the warworld's crystal key, but you could easily chalk that off to one of the previous Mongul's having gone off and fought superman while using a fake Warworld or whatnot. The crystal from the dead god that the first Mongul/Guldejo wears might be connected to the Olgrun origin. The ship of the dead god looks exactly like the thanagarian ships seen above the resistance before the backup story starts, unless I'm just misreading and those aren't the thanagarian ships and the Monguls had crafted their armada after the design of the dead god.

Ricardo Federici continues to knock it out of the park! Will Conrad's art was better than before, as long as he stays away from the gross computer/3d vomit of the likes of Mike Deodato Jr and Brandon Petersen, he has my approval at least. I really liked his work during Justice League Odyssey, and his art in this issue especially reminded me of that. more

Not a lot of good books this week, but this has been a consistent standout. By far the best Superman ongoing since Morrison, no question.

+ Like • Comments (2)

•

daspidaboy - May 24, 2022

what about Peter J Tomasi run on Superman

FuzzyCracker - May 25, 2022

It was fine, but it dropped the ball after two volumes. Doesn't stack up to this run.

Sign in to comment

The plot is going good and the writing is top notch. The art while great to look at has issues with continuity to the writing. It still at times feels disjointed, especially during fights. The back up was well done. Lots to unpack and look forward too. What once was a slog has turned into a fun read now.

This is a solid issue of Action Comics. PKJ manages to tell an engaging story that I didn't expect. The art change is done well. There's not much to say. The backup is also much better than the last one. I'm fine with backups as long as they serve the story being told, such as here.

More to the story, more depth myth of mongul and much more developments, everything teases a grand end