Superman #670 Review

SUPERMAN #670
Written by Kurt Busiek
Art by Rick Leonardi & Dan Green

I enjoyed the first two parts of this introduction to the "third" [Kirk's note: 9th or 10th, but who's counting] Krytonian, but that all went out the window with this final chapter.

First and most noticable problem is the god awful, assault on the eyes artwork. What the heck happened here? There's a scene with Lois that looks like a blob with 2 black dots and a receding hair line. I had to do a double take when she first showed up as I thought it might be a nanny for Chris. The second panel she's in, she has no eyes or nose. Literally.

Okay, the art's bad. The artwork doesn't matter if the stories good, right? Well, when the story ends up this bad, the art just makes it that much worse. Busiek jumps all over the place, from multiple fight scenes, featuring people that haven't appeared in the arc until now, to villian origins to even Batman in a Kryptonian battle armour fighting the villain. It's just one big mish-mash of generic fight scenes featuring villains with convient anti-Kryptonian weapons that never really pose a credible threat to our heroes. For an example of how bad this issue is, Superman bounces his heat vision off a satellite and then the railing outside his apartment and writes a message, in cursive no less, on the wall telling Lois to get out of the apartment. WTF Busiek?

Oh ya, that third Kryptonian? She's in about 3 pages this issue. Ya, the whole arc about her features her running away to space and then magically showing up at the last second to stop the villain and then leaving to go turn herself in for her supposed crimes. Ya. Superman sends one of the last members of his race off to prison or execution. Don't ask her to stick around and tell you about your race or it's history or anything. Make sure she does not pass go and goes directly to jail.

Verdict - Avoid It Like The Plague. This was a complete waste of money. This whole third Kryptonian just turned out to be a cheap gimmick and will hopefully be quickly swept under the rug and never mentioned again.

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