Where are we going with this...Superman storyline

[Illiterati-migration]

This is exactly the sort of hackneyed, insipid, derivative storytelling that drove me away from new comics.

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

This is exactly the sort of hackneyed, insipid, derivative storytelling that drove me away from new comics.

 

Webster called, he said he wanted his thesaurus back. And wipe that grin off your face!

[Zonker]

Bump-- and new thread started.

[Edian]

This kinda reminds me of the movie "21 Grams" where everything just keeps going back and forth from the past and the present and confuses the krap out of me.

Have you seen the movie Memento? That's really a weird movie,

[rob_react]

This kinda reminds me of the movie "21 Grams" where everything just keeps going back and forth from the past and the present and confuses the krap out of me.

Have you seen the movie Memento? That's really a weird movie,

 

I loved Memento.

[Earl Davis]

I am really enjoying Action Comics at the moment. Superman is an Ok read but I find Adventures of Superman to be weak.

 

All are still more enjoyable for me than Superman: Birthright, which I found tedious.

 

Regards Earl.

[UnrulyAppendage]

i was told its kind of like a"resevoir dogs"type of story.the beggining of the story is taking place in the middle,and we are being brought up to speed till we know exactly whats going on,then the story will pick up after we are all on the same page.

 

still pretty dan slow IMO

 

Joe Kelly has made a living telling that kind of story and it is getting predictable. While it is a clever idea and gimmick, when a writer has to create suspense from an otherwise plain story by moving linear time around, it is a crutch. When it's a murder mystery and the investigator is putting together the case it one thing, but when parts of the story are left out to be explained later for a "clever" twist, it gets numbing.

 

I am still giving this story line the benefit of the doubt, but I think it sucks as a monthly. I am sure it will read better all at once and I wish it was released as a graphic novel. I am interested in the story, but it just doesn't read well as a monthly.