A friend of mine is selling it and I was gonna get it, but before I do I kinda want to know if it's any good.

Don't. It's a pretty terrible comic-book overall. James Robinson gets a lot better on the Superman title in later arcs, but this first one is just painful to read. Superman is portrayed as somewhat of a juvenile jerk, the plot isn't much more than one extended fight scene, and the entire narration and execution of the book is clunky. Frankly unless your friend is selling it dirt-cheap and the trade is in a superb condition, I wouldn't waste any dime on it at all.

A real friend would have let you read it for free. Just saiyin.

@z3ro180:I suggest you buy it and judge for yourself. Most fans here will give you an opinionated, hateful remark. And they will discourage you. One of the best habits I have with reading comic books is finding out if something is good by my own self, by reading the story and making my own deduction. It's the best way to enjoy comics really. I mean it. Good luck.

@blackdog2009: yeah I'm gonna buy it anyway it's £5 the guys selling it for anyway so if I don't get it and want to read it later I'm paying any where from £10 to £15 for a copy.

@z3ro180: For 5$ sure. For 15$, no.

Its very meh but if you don't have anything else to read and it is cheap go for it. It has Krypto, that's a plus :)

@squalleon: thanks mate and Krypto really needs his own day in the sun soon

He is one of those characters I love and I don't know why :P

@squalleon: because he is cute and fluffy and can also fly

Ain't nothing special bout it but that's just my opinion, like some other posters say buy it and judge for yaself my friend

I wouldn't pay money to read it if I were you. I bought the issues at the time but in hindsight, I wish I hadn't. Robinson wasn't the best Superman writer but even his later work wasn't as bad as The Coming of Atlas. Clunky and messy dialogue, characters sounding aggressive and angry all the time, too little story and too much action and the heroes being taken out too quickly. Plus Krypto ex Machina is a strange plot device even by comic book standards. Although it did allow for the creation of this humourous photo shopped image instead.