Can a Diamond cut the Man of Steel?
Writing Superman is hard and even Geoff John's had growing pains doing it. This early Superman story would not be as good as his later Superman stories when John's reached that superstar level, but it is still a solid one.
It is a story about crime and how can a normal person hurt the Man of Steel? John's takes the Royal Flush Gang and the master that Johns is, he revitalizes the Royal Flush Gang by creating a full deck of characters spread across America. Now with 4 suits, and 13 cards a suit, making groups of 52. Numerological speaking I wonder if this deck idea helped to spawn the 2006 series 52, which follows after Johns' Infinite Crisis. It seems that Johns knew what he was doing way before he took over Green Lantern in Green Lantern: Rebirth in 2004.
What I liked most about this issue was that it was told mostly in the 10 of Diamonds narration and it gives incite who why someone would want to follow in crime. A need for belonging is a major reason and why not see if a Diamond can cut steel? I highly enjoyed this issue.
Cheers!
- Silkcuts