Steelworks #1

The Dawn of DC continues as John Henry & Natasha Irons leap from ‘Action Comics' into their very own series. A colorful, bright, hopeful, and jam-packed first issue gets ‘Steelworks' off on the right foot for this new super era for the Super-family of characters. Read Full Review

A comic book written by Michael Dorn sounded a bit gimmicky when announced. But Steelworks #1 isnt a gimmicky comic. Its a strong first issue thats developing an interesting plot while delivering thoughtful ideas. Pair this with strong art, and the result is a first issue that deserves your attention. Read Full Review

Sami Basri offers some fantastic art throughout the issue. Metropolis has always existed in the light and Basri's art is vibrant and beautifully detailed along with its characters. Read Full Review

I'm just hoping that as this series ramps up, Dorn continues to pull from the character's rich history and uses some of those supporting characters. It's great to see this character get a well-deserved solo spotlight after so long. Read Full Review

Steelworks #1 is a solid, simple, but engaging first issue that sets up John Henry Irons as a big hero with a big plan to give power to the people. Dorn's character work., plot structure, pacing, and dialog are excellent, and Sami Basri's art is fantastic. It's too soon to tell if this series is a winner, but issue #1 is a very promising start. Read Full Review

The story hook here seems like a self-fulfilling prophecy, but the art is quite good and there's a real sense of character and story. Read Full Review

Dorn seems like he loves the character and the character's history so I don't think is a stunt. And Basri's art is smooth and beautiful. Read Full Review

Despite the slow start, Steelworks' debut wasn't entirely rusty — Dorn has a respectable familiarity for the characters that should translate to a solid story if he's given the chance to build a readership in the long term. Read Full Review

Steelworks has some chinks in its armor, but it's a solid start and a definite buy for both Superman and Steel die-hards alike. Read Full Review

ResearchReader

Jun 13, 2023

Note this rating is based on scrapping all the back-ups from Action Comics about Steel. Ok for one, this is a much better start. The back-ups in Action Comics are written by someone else and feel like they are trying to test out what the concept should be. Second, normally voice actors and hollywood writers are terrible comic writers. Just look at the history. However Dorn bucks that trend. Turns out being the actor for Steel actually wore off on him. Which in this case is a win for us readers! This is a lot of set up on a rather untested character, so I am being cautious, but it is a strong start, and we have a solid villain start, one sympathetic, one just evil. The last page is also a joy. Like what happened? While the last page is confusing, it does leave a nice cliff-hanger. I will be getting the next issue. more

sovereignsfall18

Jun 07, 2023

All set up but great art

Simon DelMonte

Jul 05, 2023

Solid first issue by someone who gets the rhythms of comic book writing pretty fast. Though we all know that John Henry will be wearing the armor a lot more than he plans.