- Hardcover: 157 pages
- Publisher: DC Comics (3 Jun 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 140121794X
- ISBN-13: 978-1401217945
- Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 1.2 x 26.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,547,382 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'd actually give this story four stars but I've deducted a star simply because it's too darned short to merit a release as a trade paperback.
Bizarro is an interesting character, a deformed Superman clone akin to Frankenstein's monster and like Mary Shelley's troubled creation, the creature offers a mixture of pathos, horror and even humour that can be really gripping in the hands of the right writer. Geoff Johns and Richard Donner are clearly right at home here, encapsulating the good nature and innocence that make the best Superman stories so compelling. You'll find a touch of silver age zaniness in this story (Bizarro world orbits a blue sun giving both Superman and his warped clones some pretty outrageous powers), but for all the high concept wierdness there's some compelling character exploration going on behind it all.
Furthermore the artwork is absolutely beautiful! I'm not familiar with Eric Powell but having seen his bold expressionistic work here he's certainly an artist I'd like to investigate further.
To pad out the meagre page count the book is supplemented by three more Bizarro tales from the golden and silver ages as well as his re-imagining for John Byrne's 1986 Man of Steel reboot.
This is a beautifully written, drawn and coloured story that really does Bizarro justice. I just wish it was a LOT longer!
Bizarro is an interesting character, a deformed Superman clone akin to Frankenstein's monster and like Mary Shelley's troubled creation, the creature offers a mixture of pathos, horror and even humour that can be really gripping in the hands of the right writer. Geoff Johns and Richard Donner are clearly right at home here, encapsulating the good nature and innocence that make the best Superman stories so compelling. You'll find a touch of silver age zaniness in this story (Bizarro world orbits a blue sun giving both Superman and his warped clones some pretty outrageous powers), but for all the high concept wierdness there's some compelling character exploration going on behind it all.
Furthermore the artwork is absolutely beautiful! I'm not familiar with Eric Powell but having seen his bold expressionistic work here he's certainly an artist I'd like to investigate further.
To pad out the meagre page count the book is supplemented by three more Bizarro tales from the golden and silver ages as well as his re-imagining for John Byrne's 1986 Man of Steel reboot.
This is a beautifully written, drawn and coloured story that really does Bizarro justice. I just wish it was a LOT longer!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I came to this book after reading some other great titles by Geoff Johns Superman: New Krypton (Vol. 1), Superman: New Krypton v. 2 and a book that has both Johns and the legendary Richard Donner (the original Superman : The Movie director) involved entitled, Superman: Last Son (Superman Limited Gns (DC Comics R)). To me Geoff Johns gets Superman right most times, but this time it is not quite up to his phenomenally high standards. That isn't to say this is a bad book - it isn't by any stretch of the imagination, but it has a couple of quite major faults.
Firstly, it is really short - the main story is only 78 pages long! Then the rest of the book has some short Bizarro tales from the silver age of Dc Comics, and then John Byrne's re-introduction of Bizarro in the mid-eighties. The second flaw is the artwork. It isn't great - not dreadful, but not in the same league as the books i mentioned at the start of this review. Maybe it was me expecting too much?
BUT - and this is the big BUT - this book is good whilst it lasts. The story consists of Bizarro kidnapping Jonathan Kent and taking him back to Bizarro World, with Superman following him to effect a rescue. There are some excellent pieces of work here - the reverse Fortress of Solitude is a good idea, so is Lex Luthor, Lois and Jimmy but for me the highlight is the appearance of the Bizarro Justice League. This is the main reason i love this book - i won't spoil the surprise for you, but the few cells that the Flash is in are absolutely hilarious.
I enjoyed this book a great deal and would recommend it to everyone who ever liked Bizarro as a character, but just be aware it is very short, so try and keep that in mind when spending your hard-earned cash.
Had this been longer, and developed a few more ideas then i would have given this at least four stars.
Firstly, it is really short - the main story is only 78 pages long! Then the rest of the book has some short Bizarro tales from the silver age of Dc Comics, and then John Byrne's re-introduction of Bizarro in the mid-eighties. The second flaw is the artwork. It isn't great - not dreadful, but not in the same league as the books i mentioned at the start of this review. Maybe it was me expecting too much?
BUT - and this is the big BUT - this book is good whilst it lasts. The story consists of Bizarro kidnapping Jonathan Kent and taking him back to Bizarro World, with Superman following him to effect a rescue. There are some excellent pieces of work here - the reverse Fortress of Solitude is a good idea, so is Lex Luthor, Lois and Jimmy but for me the highlight is the appearance of the Bizarro Justice League. This is the main reason i love this book - i won't spoil the surprise for you, but the few cells that the Flash is in are absolutely hilarious.
I enjoyed this book a great deal and would recommend it to everyone who ever liked Bizarro as a character, but just be aware it is very short, so try and keep that in mind when spending your hard-earned cash.
Had this been longer, and developed a few more ideas then i would have given this at least four stars.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a Christmas present and I was so keen to read the tales of Bizarro Superman No.1 and I wasn't disappointed.
For all you people who don't know the legend is Lex Luthor made a machine to duplicate Superman. However it did work and an imperfect twin was made. Now everything to do with Bizarro Superman is the opposite or as best suits, the world of Superman. Ugly is good and bad is good so to speak. As such the idea makes a great story idea.
However, Bizarro Superman has the same powers as Superman though the Bizarro Justice League have variations. Sounds complex - nope not all.
The book contains several Bizarro stories, an up-to-date one where I would say the artwork leaves a lot to be desired, to a Silver Age Classic from Superman 140 from 1960, to John Byrnes relaunch of Superman in 1985.
There are two outstanding and in my eyes every funny bits of dialogue. The first is in the covering storey where pa Kent, Superman adopted father is talking to a younger Superman (Superboy) and Superboy says that he has some great superpowers he is getting used to including heat vision, telescopic vision and x-ray vision. To this Pa Kent says "I wouldn't mention the last to your Mom son" Yeah we all know what we would do with X-ray vision don't we.
The other classic comment is where Bizarro Superman comes to Earth and Superman sees him, flys in and says "What brings you to Earth Bizarro Superman No. 1" to which the Bizarro says" super-speed Superman". Classic.
Only 4 stars because the artwork is pretty poor in the first story and there are some other classic Bizarro stories which merited inclusion.
For all you people who don't know the legend is Lex Luthor made a machine to duplicate Superman. However it did work and an imperfect twin was made. Now everything to do with Bizarro Superman is the opposite or as best suits, the world of Superman. Ugly is good and bad is good so to speak. As such the idea makes a great story idea.
However, Bizarro Superman has the same powers as Superman though the Bizarro Justice League have variations. Sounds complex - nope not all.
The book contains several Bizarro stories, an up-to-date one where I would say the artwork leaves a lot to be desired, to a Silver Age Classic from Superman 140 from 1960, to John Byrnes relaunch of Superman in 1985.
There are two outstanding and in my eyes every funny bits of dialogue. The first is in the covering storey where pa Kent, Superman adopted father is talking to a younger Superman (Superboy) and Superboy says that he has some great superpowers he is getting used to including heat vision, telescopic vision and x-ray vision. To this Pa Kent says "I wouldn't mention the last to your Mom son" Yeah we all know what we would do with X-ray vision don't we.
The other classic comment is where Bizarro Superman comes to Earth and Superman sees him, flys in and says "What brings you to Earth Bizarro Superman No. 1" to which the Bizarro says" super-speed Superman". Classic.
Only 4 stars because the artwork is pretty poor in the first story and there are some other classic Bizarro stories which merited inclusion.
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