Man of Steel #5

Man of Steel (2018) #5

by Brian Michael Bendis, Adam Hughes (Illustrator), Alex Sinclair (Illustrator)

Beaten by Rogol Zaar, his city burning at the hands of an unknown arsonist and the secret of what happened to Lois and Jon drawing closer to revelation-even Superman feels powerless against all that stands before him.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Superman, Comics Manga, Comic Book

23 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 27, 2018

About the author

A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.

Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.

Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.

Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.

He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.

Reviews

[Siona Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actual rating: 3.75 stars.

This has really interesting concepts in it, but I’m still bitter than they cut Tomasi’s run short just to have Bendis write Superman.

[Dadira · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not sure how it can conclude without problems in just one issue that's left.

[Patrick · Rating 1 out of 5]

I guess it didn't suck as bad as that last issue, but if the best thing I can say about a comic is that it didn't disappoint me to a point of depression...then it still ain't really any good.

The antagonist is shite. Plain and simple. Superman is fighting a new version of Doomsday. Boring.

Everything that's made the Superman titles dynamic, exciting, and relatable in Rebirth is gone. His entire supporting cast gone for no reason other than Bendis wanted to end one of the best books for his own enjoyment.

If Man of Steel is where his Superman is going...I'm not following. I'll give the next writer a chance, but this guy's vision of Clark blows chunks.

I can't even believe I'm going to read the last issue in this monstrosity.

[Simeon Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first issue of this series that didn't just feel like Bendis was jerking me around with a bunch of stuff and I really appreciate that. Yes, all the plot threads are still present but they flow much nicer here and it feels like a real story is being told rather then just scenes from a couple different ones in order. I also really like how Bendis writes Superman when he's making observations on Supergirl, for the first time in a long time they really feel like family members who know each other really well and care about one another rather then the noted acquaintances they've been portrayed as since 52 and I am so happy to see that.

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Superman feels defeated here. There seems to be no hope. He can't seem to find a way to beat Rogol Zaar. Superman was supposed to take care of Kandor. That didn't happen and it is weighing heavily on Superman. And then to top it all off, his father comes to take his grandson to find himself. He'll also teach him about this universe.

This is supposed to wrap up at the end of the next issue? I don't see that happening.

There's intrigue here, but things aren't really progressing for me at this point.

[Louis Skye · Rating 2 out of 5]

While the action and stakes are high, nothing is getting resolved. The villain just keeps beating down Supes. But we know nothing about him. After five volumes, we should have much more information. This is becoming a dull read.

[Chris Haley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Keeps getting worse😢

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part-5

[Luiz Santiago · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Garth · Rating 3 out of 5]

All I can say about this issue is Adam Hughes’ art has not improved with age. 👎

[OinkFish Pigs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was the art great? Yes, was the dialogue trash, also yes.

Low 7.1