Action Comics: Superman-The Oz Effect by Dan Jurgens

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book collects Issue 985-992 of Action Comics.

First up is the two-part story, "Only Human" written by guest writer Rob Williams finds terrorists using chips from Lex Luthor to encourage mayhem and Civil War. Superman suspects Luthor has gone back to his old ways, but Luthor denies knowledge and the two team up to sort things out. This is a nice look at the Lex-Superman relationship and leads into the main arch.

Issue 986-991 makes up the proper Oz Effect story where Oz is revealed and his agenda is to convince Superman that humanity can't be saved and to take care of himself and his family. This is a good emotional arc that gets to the core of Superman is. I think Jon is a bit flat here, but otherwise it's a strong arc that sets up Doomsday Clock.

Issue 992 has Superman working in after-math of the main story, leading to a fateful decision to take an extreme step that will set up the next story arc.

Overall, some decent comics with an interesting answer to the question of Mr. Oz, although it's all a tease for what is to come.



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