Superman: Action Comics, Volume 3 by Dan Jurgens

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book collects Action Comics #967-972. Since Post-Crisis Superman has arrived in the New 52 Earth, one constant source of suspicion has been the New 52 Lex Luthor and his attempts to pick up the mantle of the fallen New 52 Superman. Superman is given a chance to be free of this concern when a psychic bounty hunter arrives to take Lex Luther in and execute him for crimes he's going to commit. However, Superman can't let that stand...or can he?

This is a good book that examines a serious moral quandry in the course of a comic book story arc and it's a good story. All of the characters' motivations and arguments are reasonable. You can understand all sides of the issue. More importantly, there's a bit of drama over what Superman will do, though not much. More cleverly, Jurgens ties this in to Superman's attitude towards Lex and leads to a satisfactory conclusion to this overall conflict that's been going on in Action Comics since the Post-crisis Superman took over.

The book also moves along the plot of the mysterious Clark Kent who isn't Superman but begins to make some discoveries about Lois. It's a nice deepening of the mystery.

The book ends with a nice splash page previewing the perils to come for the Man of Steel. Overall, this is probably the best Action Comics book since Rebirth and it shows strong forward momentum for the title.



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