The new, "Absolute," DC books have been a wonderful treat, surprising me and many others with how darn good they are. "Absolute Batman," has been getting a ton of attention, and, "Absolute Wonder Woman," is incredibly solid, but I've been quite surprised with how much I've enjoyed the tweaks made to the O.G. hero in, "Absolute Superman." I've discussed before how I sometimes struggle to enjoy Superman stories although I've had my friend Biran recommend some quality tales to me. "Absolute Superman," gives us a Superman who is familiar yet lived a different enough life that it is an injection of fresh ideas, however.
The, "Absolute Superman," actually spent years alive on his home planet and has memories of being a child and teen on Krypton. While there his parents noticed the danger the planet faced and were ignored by an elite upper-class. This has resulted in Superman having a big distrust of authority and a motivation to help those who struggle. It's a, "I'm here for the little guy/gal," style of Superman that carries a bit of an edge. Writer of the comic, Jason Aaron, is a creator I can run incredibly hot and cold on, but he's on fire here. It helps that the artist Rafa Sandoval is firing on all cylinders too, with his illustrations of Krypton in the comic's flashbacks giving us a planet both beautiful and eerily surreal.
"Absolute Batman," gets the hype (and is fantastic for sure), but, "Absolute Superman," has been plugging away at giving us quite an impressive story as well. I'm just hopefuly the latest announced, "Abolute," series with Green Lantern, the Flash, and Martian Manhunter," will be as exciting as this first initial batch of titles we've enjoyed!
5 out of 5 stars (for issues #1-#3).
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