ectoplasmic's Blackest Night: Superman #2 - Psycho Piracy review

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    "This issue was neither hot nor cold

    but because it was luke warm I shall spew it from my mouth... "
    That was some fancy paraphrasing from a movie I really enjoy, "Gangs of New York."  But instead of "issue" use the word "person." Because Bill the Butcher didn't read comics...
    You should probably watch that movie instead of reading this comic. I think the price for a rental would be the same as the cost of this issue.
     
    I get really bored with Superman books. 
    I just don't think he's very interesting and I don't think he's written very well. He's the epitome of wish fulfillment, he can do any god-damned thing he wants because he has almost every power worth having, but at the end of the day it's actually his biggest weakness because this hinders his potential as a character. I just don't care what happens to him because he's this guy who no one can hurt.
     
    And honestly I think this writer was kind of bored also. This issue was just a slug fest between three Supermen, one a zombie, and I could care less what happens to any of them because they're all essentially invulnerable yet they think they can beat the other with punches and heat vision... It's just weak. 
     
    Even as a Blackest Night tie-in not much is presented to expand on the event.  Actually to be blunt there is absolutely nothing presented to expand on the event.
     
    So seriously, go rent "Gangs of New York." It's money better spent.
     
    Here's hoping that the future Blackest Night tie-ins work out better.

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