Superman #25 (2018)

Superman #25 (2018)

$5.99
VERY FINE/NEAR MINT
(W) BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
(A) IVAN REIS, JULIO FERREIRA, and DANNY MIKI
(CA) IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
New Villain Alert: Introducing Synmar! A colossal new threat to Superman, the planet Earth, and the DC Universe arrives on the scene in this special issue! The unique warrior called Synmar was created to represent an entire alien race. He’s trained his entire life—but for what purpose? As the antithesis of everything Superman stands for, Synmar launches his aggression toward Earth—to destroy the Man of Steel and every being on the planet! This is what Superman was born to protect us from!
Date Available: 09/08/2020
BONUS REVIEW by Kevin Healy


If you read the description DC provides for this issue, you'll be very disappointed. There's a good chance it will apply to some future issue (issues?), but the story here isn't about anyone attacking the Earth. This is about the Synmar as a people, going back to the destruction of Krypton.

That is an interesting story. What they've seen, what they've done or chosen not to do, these are impactful things on the history of the DC universe. Their pages are inked by Julio Ferreira, and they are beautiful, bringing out the best in Ivan Reis' pencils.

Suffering significantly are the Superman/Earth pages inked by Danny Miki. Normally a great choice to tighten up say, a Mark Bagley or late in life JRJR, his thin lines with little change in weight do damage to Reis' work, no way around it. This is a double sized issue, and the split gives the parallel stories unique feels, but the title of the book is 'Superman' and he got the short end of the pen here.


I give it 6 out of 10 Grahams


VERY FINE/NEAR MINT
(W) BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
(A) IVAN REIS, JULIO FERREIRA, and DANNY MIKI
(CA) IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
New Villain Alert: Introducing Synmar! A colossal new threat to Superman, the planet Earth, and the DC Universe arrives on the scene in this special issue! The unique warrior called Synmar was created to represent an entire alien race. He’s trained his entire life—but for what purpose? As the antithesis of everything Superman stands for, Synmar launches his aggression toward Earth—to destroy the Man of Steel and every being on the planet! This is what Superman was born to protect us from!
Date Available: 09/08/2020
BONUS REVIEW by Kevin Healy


If you read the description DC provides for this issue, you'll be very disappointed. There's a good chance it will apply to some future issue (issues?), but the story here isn't about anyone attacking the Earth. This is about the Synmar as a people, going back to the destruction of Krypton.

That is an interesting story. What they've seen, what they've done or chosen not to do, these are impactful things on the history of the DC universe. Their pages are inked by Julio Ferreira, and they are beautiful, bringing out the best in Ivan Reis' pencils.

Suffering significantly are the Superman/Earth pages inked by Danny Miki. Normally a great choice to tighten up say, a Mark Bagley or late in life JRJR, his thin lines with little change in weight do damage to Reis' work, no way around it. This is a double sized issue, and the split gives the parallel stories unique feels, but the title of the book is 'Superman' and he got the short end of the pen here.


I give it 6 out of 10 Grahams


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