Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #3

Russell’s comics at DC have been some of my favorites from the company in the past 5 years as his work takes situations from real life, and sometimes, like this series, straight out of today’s news cycle, and superimposes it on the wackiness that the comic format allows. Whether it be everyday modern life seen through the eyes of prehistoric man in The Flintstones or how social media has consumed and runs our lives like Prez, this mini-series showed us how Lex’s quest for glory would always fall short once the populace saw the man behind the curtain. Couple that with Pugh’s outstanding art and you are treated to a grade A comic! Read Full Review

Russell writes characters that are multidimensional. He does a great job of making Lex not feel like a caricature. Pugh does an excellent job with the art as well and creates a unique looking Superman book. This is pretty great and I enjoyed this whole series very much. Read Full Review

This is definitely not something that fits into the main Future State timeline"it's a Russell joint, through and through"but it makes a fitting capper to these tales of what the future of the DCU could look like. Read Full Review

Definitely one of the better Future State reads. Read Full Review

While the art remains strong, there are diminishing returns in the enjoyment of the story as we're essentially doing the same things in this issue that we did previously, while forcing Lex to look like a dummy so that the satire can flow. Sadly, there's nothing to this issue and it adds nothing to Future State as a whole and by the end, I'm just left wondering why this was so important that it needed to be released a month after Future State. Read Full Review

While not a bad read, Superman vs. Imperious Lex #3 misses the mark, overstays its welcome, and simply leaves readers wondering what the point was. Read Full Review

jamiewright

Mar 31, 2021

Haters. This whole run has been a fun gold era throwback. It’s fun to hate on on future state. But these 3 issues have been straight fun.

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RKS - Mar 31, 2021

Yeah, about as fun as being lectured in comic book form...

Kreniigh

Apr 11, 2021

"Every act of mercy saves the world for somebody. And sometimes, in showing mercy to others -- we save ourselves as well." What kind of fucking loser wrote such vile, hateful garbage?

TheKize

Apr 01, 2021

As a satirist obviously targeting the most recent past president, Russell is a little overaggressive and simplistic here in how he portrays Lex's total control of the media. But as a Superman story in the Silver Age tradition, this book shines. It both takes advantage of the future setting as well as DC's publication history to deliver a classic that is easily one of Future State's best offerings.

mrDovydas

Apr 18, 2021

Smart story with some great comedy, what a great read. Another great entry into Russel's bibliography, wish there was more of this.

Swift Planet

May 14, 2021

This is a really fun story, with some pretty solid political criticisms, but at the same time I am glad this in no way canon because of Lex's character.

Psycamorean

Apr 04, 2021

I actually liked this one a little more. It made a clearer case for its parody. I really don't think we should be assuming Mark Russell's character through this book, that's extremely immature.

RKS

Mar 30, 2021

Garbage!

Sup3rsa1yan1990

Mar 30, 2021

Mark Russell is a fucking loser

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RKS - Mar 31, 2021

I never met the man but from his writing I can get a sense of what a truly vile and distasteful person he must be.