Superman #25

This could be an arc where Bendis has everything lined up nicely to deliver a quality storyline. Lets hope he doesnt get disinterested midway through what has the makings to be one of his strongest arcs. Read Full Review

Perhaps less of a villain that originally announced, Synmar is introduced inSuperman #25(Bendis, Reis, Ferreira, Miki, Sinclair, Sharpe) and it is clearly poised to be a complex threat moving forward. Read Full Review

Overall, this issue has some compelling dialogue, but feels more like a preview for things to come. Synmar definitely feels like a stronger villain out of the gate than Rogol Zaar did, at least. Read Full Review

The over-sized 25th issues kicks off a new arc, and a great jumping on point for new readers. Bendis has some interesting ideas here, and it looks like he is going to incorporate events that took place outside his run. The new threat also seems like a worthwhile addition to the Superman rogues gallery. Read Full Review

This is an interesting issue, although it serves mostly to set up a new arc than deliver any stunning revelations on its own. Read Full Review

Bendis' writing has been all over the place since he took over as steward of the Superman titles. Sometimes he produces a pretty good story and other times it seems barely comprehensible. Some of his changes have been great ideas and others are disastrous. But Superman #25 is one of the better issues. it's an interesting story, and introduces a new enemy that shows potential as a Superman villain. And he managed to connect the villain to Superman's past without awkwardly retconning him into Superman's origin story. Overall, I would rate this as one of Bendis' better issues. I just wish he could make them all this good. Read Full Review

As someone who loved the preceding teams of Dan Jurgen and Tomasi/Gleason, I think Bendis has surpassed them. Yes, not every story has been perfect. But this has felt like Superman. And for the first time in a while, I feel like the supporting cast has been loved as well. Read Full Review

Despite a slight stumble, I'm anxious to see where it all goes and what Bendis does in the few months he has left on the series. What can I say - I'm a fan Read Full Review

While some of the writing still feels off like you've been getting out of this title, the themes, ideas that are presented here actually get me excited about what could be coming out of this book in the future. Overall I enjoyed the art and got the optimistic idea that Bendis might be trying for some sort of cohesive storytelling that lets the fans know what is actually going on with the Superman Family of characters. Read Full Review

Ivan Reis does a fantastic job visually with this issue. The characters look great and there are some impressive details throughout. I loved the brightness and energy of the Smallville interlude as well as the depictions of Superman and Lana. The Synmar look great and have a distinctive and beautifully alien look to themselves and their environment. Read Full Review

The Synmar are being introduced as a new threat for Superman, but will they match up to the evil-doers on Newsarama's list of the best Superman villains ever? We'll see. Read Full Review

Sadly, this issue doesn't do much to impress and Bendis just seems to be continually treading water over and over again. Read Full Review

As far as it goes, this issue works well enough to get a reader to come back, but it isn't anything special. Read Full Review

The other half of the comic delves into the friendship between Lana Lang and Clark Kent as he invites his old friend to the Kent Farm for an interview hoping to help put the world at ease. There are some nice individual moments here, such as the apparently oblivious Lana realizing how lonely Clark was as a kid, but like the Synmar storyline things never develop past the initial stage. Read Full Review

cincyfan

Sep 25, 2020

I really enjoyed this and look forward to issue 26! I have loved the run by bendis however the previous arc wasn’t for me but this issue was a huge improvement! Ivan Reis on art is always fantastic

Frank61

Sep 14, 2020

Ivan Reis...he's so good! Buy it just for his art.

Watchtower022

Sep 13, 2020

The interaction between Lana and clark was actually good. I enjoyed them together as old friends. Reis is always solid and continues to prove himself here. Fantastic work! Why does the Synmar talk like everyone else we’ve seen before from Bendis? Again, Bendis seems to go back to one type of dialogue for characters. I’m not sure if he thinks it’s clever or funny, and it can be, but not when it’s applied to every character.

Comics Code Authorities

Oct 15, 2020

This is surprisingly a more bearable issue than most by Bendis. Maybe because Ivan Reis is finally back. He does such good work. I liked that view from the Daily Star where you could see the Daily Planet and the Lexcorp building. It reminded me of the '80s and '90s where you'd see them both all the time while Superman was in the sky fighting or just flying. Superman's history has been so twisted over and over since "Infinite Crisis" that I don't know what I knew about is still part of it and what's been forgotten. So this issue's trip through history was all new to me. I see Bendis is a big fan of the first movie, making Clark less than I remember him being in his youth. I guess that completely erases the existence of the Supervillain Cond uit, who resented Clark's success in their youth. As for the Synmar, it looks like Superman's up against an adversary who blames him for something that's not his fault. It's hard to tell how good or bad this could get. more

allenquanobi

Sep 10, 2020

Not as bad as I thought. I still don't know why I put myself through Bendis Superman, but here I am. The only highlights of the series so far are whenever Ivan Reis draws and the character interactions. Unfortunately the plot is so nonsensical and bad that each issue is a pain to read. This issue was ok to read because of the cute moments Superman had during his interview, which felt pretty in character. But the overall plot is still dumb and I hate Bendis for doing what he has done to Superman.

Darrow

Sep 09, 2020

At least the art is good. Action comics is really a garbage.

Liem Duong

Sep 08, 2020

So jumping onto this heap of garbage since it was an over-sized " anniversary " and has some spec potential . First off, for as atrocious Bendis Superman has been, Ivan Reis still kills it on the art as well as Ferreria's colors. Sad to see it wasted on this run. But even with great art and colors, just from reading the first 3 pages of this comic, I already was not enjoying this new arc. Bendis's style of dialogue is unnecessarily verbose and pesky, it makes the Synmar needlessly peckering at each other. Titles like Flash has these problems as well, but it doesn't cover tons of space like this book does. Here, almost all the Synmar dialogue is just weighing down the story told. I am still very uncomfortable that Superman outed himse lf in the fashion he did. And the whole Lois Lane and Jonathan Kent situation. This issue did not need to be oversized at all. This could have been a normal issue. All it did was set up a new villain, thats it. The Superman bits don't really matter and not tied well to the Synmar stuff at all. Its not terrible persay it just isn't worth anything artistically. It has great art, it introduces a new villain, but how the dialogue flows, and how this issue as a debut connects with me and how it connects as a story, I am just not invested. There simply not enough going on for somebody to jump on Superman. At least its not dragged down by the previous issues Bendis has done. Tried again to hop on Superman, jumped right off. more

Briton

Sep 15, 2020

Bendis must fall.

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PeteRick - Sep 18, 2020

Indeed my Friend, indeed...

Spacey Medicine

Sep 25, 2020

Everybody says so much, and yet... nothing.

Psycamorean

Sep 08, 2020

I want to drop this so badly, but I can't because it's Superman.

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Liem Duong - Sep 8, 2020

Bro, just drop it. If you don't care about the title, not invested, then let it go. What I hate seeing most is a person saying they hate a title yet continue to pay and read it cause its a popular character or its an event and they need to collect all the issues. If you are reading it online, stop wasting your time with this crap.

Psycamorean - Sep 8, 2020

Nah, I have a blood pact with a friend. We have to mutually agree to drop a comic. Otherwise, it's abandonment.

Liem Duong - Sep 8, 2020

Oh, I see.

ActionCity - Sep 10, 2020

Dropped once they aged up superboy and have been happy saving my money.

RKS - Sep 16, 2020

If your friend is your friend they would understand if you decided to drop a book. I get that you want to keep this bond with your friend but everyone has their own path to walk. The book is currently horrible but hopefully it will improve.

Psycamorean - Sep 17, 2020

Nah, we both hate it. We're just masochists, I guess. But now that we know Bendis is ending his run come December, we're definitely going to read it till the bitter end.

PeteRick - Sep 18, 2020

How do you know his run ends December?

Psycamorean - Sep 18, 2020

DC's December Solicitations came out a week ago. In the solicitations for that month's Action Comics and Superman issues, they reveal that those are the finales to Bendis' runs on the titles.

Psycamorean - Sep 18, 2020

https://www.gamesradar.com/brian-michael-bendis-ends-his-superman-and-action-comics-runs-in-december/

Liem Duong - Oct 22, 2020

? Why waste money on something you don't like. This is a business by the end of the day. You force changes by putting your money where the problem is. You are saying that even if you hate this book, you would still buy it. See this is why bad writers still write. Because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what you say, that writer still receives a paycheck. All bendis saw was money flowing through the door, and ignored whatever comments bombarded him.

Liem Duong - Nov 17, 2020

Kay, keep wasting your money then. Not my problem.

Psycamorean - Nov 17, 2020

I have absolutely no loyalty to the Big Blue. I have loyalties to my friends that also read the title, and I like discussing train wrecks with them.

RKS

Sep 16, 2020

Meh. Seems to little too late to be starting a story when we know Bendis is going to be leaving in December. Anyone know what happened to Rogal Zaar? Wasn't he to be a big time villain in the Superman universe? Guess not, so we get Synmar? I guess he's supposed to be interesting although Bendis kills that really quick with dialogue bubbles everywhere so you have to spend a few seconds each page figuring out who is speaking. Then you have the return of Lana Lang remembering when they gave her super powers? Anyone enjoy that story? Nope, I didn't think so but Bendis is going to Bendis and reintroduce a powerful female character that no one really cared about. If they really wanted to improve this book they would make it about Superman and leave the supporting characters as just that supporting to enhance the story that is about him. I know it's his book, it would be crazy to think they should allow him to be in the book the majority of the time. more

Prodigalson16

Sep 09, 2020

AhhhaaahahahaaaaahhAAAHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Dave

Sep 08, 2020

A new villain for the speculators, nothing for the Superman fans typical Benfis

Halodystroyer44

Sep 09, 2020

F

CaptnAmerca

Sep 15, 2020

An extra sized wet fart.

ComicMan

Sep 17, 2020

Thank god bendis is off superman soon.

PeteRick

Sep 18, 2020

WHAAT?? From the stories featured on superwoman comics it shows that Lana liked Clark, he's just deconstructing everything he sees in front of him, this is just pure garbage, you know he's out of ideas, at least the good ones