Action Comics #1059

The mystery of Norah Stone and how she can affect the Supers' powers has been fascinating for a while now, but this issue's big reveal calls back to one of Johnson's earliest DC bookswith a dangling plot thread that I hadn't ever expected to see again. Read Full Review

Two out of three stories isn't bad especially given their quality. It'd be nicer for the main story to get more pages and cut the backup, supporting stories to just one. Read Full Review

So two out of three stories being good ain't bad.  And again, I'll miss Johnson on Action. Read Full Review

Action Comics #1059 isn't bad, but it's not good. It falls kind of in the middle when you take in all three stories in the issue. Read Full Review

Action Comics #1059 represents the good, the bad, and the ugly of comics. Phillip Kennedy Johnson's good story contains a big twist reveal, Keenan King's lackluster resurrection and fight with China's Batman is clunky enough to be bad, and Dan Parent's pointless Jon and Jay date is made ugly with Sauvage's washed-out art. Read Full Review

Gio

Aug 19, 2025

OMG. JUST. YES!!! Now this is what I'm talking about! Right away this art looks phenomenal, and the dialogue is coherent and well placed unlike previous issues. I read this like a slow build up of great anticipation. What really got me into this was when Supes figured out that Norah Stone is really an Al-Ghul from the Dark Multiverse. So that's why they put The Authority Special #1 in the TPB. I'm so happy theyre doing more with the Al-Ghul dark universe. Oh man I'm telling you when this reveal happened I was literally giddy, it was worth reading through mostly shitty Action Comics just for this moment and again I hope the art says like this for this part of the story. I knew this new character Norah was more than it looked. Only beef is when she brought Ortho into her dark universe I'm a bit sad the artist didn't choose to depict it in the weird abstract way it was shown in the Special that was really unique for me, but I'm not deducting any points for that because this artist is amazing.... more

sawright20

Nov 30, 2023

I’ve come to expect quality from PKJ, and he delivers this issue, though it isn’t as strong as what he has given us over the course of his run. A solid twist makes me excited to see how he finishes his Action Comics tenure, though. And, as always, I could have done without the other two stories. I appreciate the Kenan story expanding on Lex’s mind wipe in 1050, and it added some depth to Kenan’s joining the Super-Family. The Jon story just made me groan. The dialogue was stilted and the story was pretty boring. I liked Tom Taylor’s Jon series, but now the character doesn’t have much to do.

Eric Maxwell

Nov 30, 2023

I wish the main story was longer. I enjoy the classic super hero dialogue and epic moments. It's really good fun and demonstrates Clark's integrity as a father and leader. The super family is really coming together. The side stories aren't bad but just not what I am here for.

BatSledge

Dec 08, 2023

A good lead story, a mediocre middle story with Super-Man, and a poor Jon Kent story. I’m done paying for a title that’s deteriorated over the last 3 months despite good work from PKJ, and will follow it going forward on the DCUI app instead (the lead feature, anyway), where it’s not costing me anything extra.

RKS

Dec 10, 2023

Ugh...This book is just 3 kinds of aweful.

ResearchReader

Dec 01, 2023

I didnt pay the extra money that Action Comics costs for an Archie back-up story. I want more action in action comics. I guess I expected too much.