Superman: The Man of Steel (1991-2003) #1

Superman: The Man of Steel (1991-2003) #1

by Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove (Penciller), Tom Grummett (Penciller)

Over a year ago, Superman fought the urge to become the Krypton Man. Now the Krypton Man is born anew from the Earth's fiery sun--the same place where the Man of Steel buried the mysterious Kryptonian Eradicator.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Comic Book, Graphic Novels, Superman, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes

40 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 21, 2014

About the author

Louise Simonson (born Mary Louise Alexander and formerly credited as Louise Jones, when married to artist Jeff Jones) is an American comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Power Pack, X-Factor, New Mutants, Superman, and Steel. She is sometimes referred to by the nickname "Weezie".

Since 1980 she is married to comic book writer and artist Walter Simonson

Reviews

[Airy Peña-Camacho · Rating 4 out of 5]

Superman: The Man of Steel #1 de Louise Simonson y Jon Bogdanove vino a mi vida como un regalo de mi hermana menor de 13 años, estaba en un mercado de cosas usadas y encontró un puesto con cómics retro coleccionables.
No podría haberme sentido mas honrada con este regalo, si había un cómic que valiera la pena coleccionar de ese lugar es éste.

Es una gran historia contada de la manera más maravillosamente posible. No se que sea exactamente pero hay algo que los cómics retro tenían y que los actuales carecen, tristemente.
Si buscas una historia memorable es posible que este cómic acabe decepcionandote, pero este #1 coloca los cimientos de quién es Clark, quien es Kal-El y quienes son las personas mas importantes de su vida personal de tal manera que el lector desea continuar leyendo por el cariño que le va agarrando al personaje principal.

Como una persona cuyos gustos radican mas a favor de Marvel que de DC, este ejemplar fue una bocanada de aire fresco y una buena introducción a Superman, un personaje que no conozco del todo bien pero que debería de comenzar a leer más.

4/5 estrellas

[Sophia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual rating 3.4 stars.
While I am glad I got the backstory, I’m a little shocked how many stories have come from this Eradicator.

I like how this started, with Superman worried that he’s being selfish trying to have a private life when there are so many things in the world that need his attention.

Lois reminds him that having love and a life outside the cape and tights reminds him what he’s fighting for.

There’s Cerberus that is threatening someone to give in to their demands.
The fact that they keep bombing the city might mean their plan isn’t working…
Then a being formed in the sun comes down to Earth and tells Kal-El to either fulfill his destiny or be destroyed!

Not sure this needed to be a longer issue. Nor do I think they needed another Superman comic.

Side note: Clark says looking for clues isn't his thing... but he's a news reporter??

[Aurimas Visockis · Rating 1 out of 5]

The thing with Louise Simonson is that, if the issue does not co-incide with some important cross-over event spanning not only Superman comics, but other comics as well... her writing is terrible. And the drawings does not help either. Out of all mainline Superman titles that came out since the triangles were introduced, The Man of Steel (1991) is the most terrible out of the bunch.

[Julio Bonilla]

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding start to the series.I have a feeling i picked the right Superman title to collect.

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Looks like I was the only one who really enjoyed this compared to the other reviews. After reading one from the early 40s this one was a lot more superhero friendly and had foes rather then petty little bits. Solid comic, may check out the others.

[Rebecca Timberlake · Rating 2 out of 5]

Never have been a fan of Superman, but I still give him a shot every so often to see if I can finally understand why he's a big deal. This didn't help change my opinion.

[Stephen loury]

Terrible

boring boring boring boring boring this is the worst superman comic I have ever read it boring flat out boring

[Tym · Rating 3 out of 5]

An average Superman story

A pretty generic story though it's interesting seeing Ma and Pa in Metropolis. It finally got interesting in the last few pages