Superman earth One Review
Superman earth one is new take on the age old story for a new generation. JMS decides to give us Clark Kent as a man with unlimited possibilities but trying to find the one that will make him happy. Trying to give us a fresh take on these characters JMS fails to make any significant improvements but still tells an interesting story.
The story begins with Clark Kent exploring potential jobs such as scientist and a football player in order to fit in with society. All these jobs offer high salaries(which he wants in order to support Ma Kent) and high acclaim. Clark seems lost in the big city s he seems to care about what everyone wants but him. Clark sees the Daily Planet as potential job but the reasoning behind it is not clearly explained. Clark see the paper in a rack and decides to apply for a job.
We are also introduced to Lois Lane and Jimmy Olden both who retain their personalities form the man DCU. Lois is a hard noised journalist who wants to get the story and Olsen is a happy-go-lucky shutter bug. Perry White is still the old guard editor in cheif as he has ben portrayed in the past. JMS did not stray to far from the formula in developing these characters at all.
In a secret lab scientist have been working on Clarks ship that he came to earth in. They activate the ship which then summons the main antagonist to earth. Earth is invaded by Tyrell and his ICP look a likes. This invasion forces Clark to choose between being human or giving up a normal life and becoming the protector of earth. The motivation behind Tyrell's invasion is that his people made a deal with a mysterous figure who destroyed kypton in exchange for genocide of the
kryptionians. i feel like this cheapens the destruction of Krypton and this also leads to my biggest complant about the whole book. It reads like there was going to be a sequel to this graphic novel and that how the story read. JMS should have tried to make this a more complete experience to give the reader more closure. Superman saves the day with an assist from jimmy and Lois and the world is exposed to superman.
Shane Davis backgrounds are good but i felt his character art was inconsistant. Character facial expression seemed awkward and their faces different form the pages before. The art did not detract from the story at all and i felt the action scenes were well done.
This was an enjoyable story overall but the changes made to mythos did not add anything to the experience and it was a good superman story granted it should have been a more complete one.
