Superman 5

 

Issue: Superman 5

Arc: NA

Writer: George Perez

Artists: Nicola Scott, Trevor Scott

Released: 1/25/12

Rating 20% Rotten (1 Positive 4 Negative)

Critical Consensus: The "new" Superman still seems boring and outdated in this poorly plotted last issue by George Perez.

Comic Vine 2/5 (Rotten) Matt Demers For all the "reboot" is supposed to do, this issue of SUPERMAN just feels like something mired in the muck: little character development, a plot that doesn't have confidence in its readers and a premise that seems too way too early to be going into.

Modern Myth Media 1/5 (Rotten) John Bierly Surely the incoming creative team of Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens will invigorate the book when they take over on issue #7 in March. I feel bad about giving this title such terrible reviews so far, especially given the massive amount of work Perez puts into the scripts. But it's the depiction of Superman as a Man of Steel Magnolias that brings it down, and I hope Perez ends his run next month with an issue that makes it all worth it. It's going to take a lot.

A Comic Book Blog 60/100 (Fresh) This has and continues to be an increasingly frustrating beginning for this “new” Superman.  Perez and Merino’s tenure ends with next issue, and as critical as I’ve been, I’ll be sorry to see them go, because if Superman cannot be rendered well with them, it’s even more frightening to think what other hands will do, even if the name Jurgens is among them

IGN 5.5/10 (Rotten) Poet Mase Superman #5 just feels… strange. Superman doesn't act like himself, Lois spends all of her time within arm's reach of a desk, and we don't know what any of it meant. I admire the sentiment that Perez expresses here by taking the Man of Steel in a different direction and dropping subtexts of xenophobia and facism, but the unlikely combination of over-explanation and general incomprehensibility of his script makes this issue difficult to get behind. Here's to hoping something happens in this first arc's conclusion to magically bring everything together.


iFanboy 2.5/5 (Rotten) Cody Harris This comic would have been fine in a bygone era, but an older and (possibly) more literate readership demographic demands more intelligent storytelling. Simplicity doesn’t have to be a bad thing; rather, Superman just needs a more capable craftsman than Perez in creative control.