Last night, I settled down to read Action Comics #5 and the Little Man was a bit restless. “You reading, Daddy?” he said. “Yeah, I’m reading about Superman,” I said. “Oh, Superman. Okay. He flies.” “Yes, he does. Do you want to read it with me?” “Yeah!” So we sat down to read Action Comics…

I thought that Action Comics #3 was terrific when I read it last month. So I was really looking forward to #4 which made its debut earlier this month. But I have to say that more than anything else, it confused me. Maybe it comes with the territory of being new to comics. The art…

Last night, before continuing my reading of Jack McDevitt’s Firebird, I downloaded and read Action Comics #3: “World Against Superman.” Of the 5 issues I’ve read so far (3 Action Comics and 2 Superman) in the New 52, this was the best one yet. The story started out on Krypton and you could see where…

I picked up Action Comics #2 last night and read the issue while sitting in the Little Man’s doorway, waiting for him to fall asleep1 I had a lot of fun reading it. I still think the artwork outshines the writing, but I am beginning to get the notion of how these things work. And…