Sunday, April 12, 2015

Convergence: Superman #1 (DC)

writer: Dan Jurgens

artist: Lee Weeks

Arguably the comic every '90s Superman fan wanted to read, the logical progression from the death to the wedding.  And baby makes three.  This is how Lois & Clark ended, too, that threshold that has never been crossed.  Until now.

And it only figures that Dan Jurgens is the writer.  Joining him is his collaborator from Superman: Futures End #1, Lee Weeks, and they make a great combination once again.  Weeks brings out the dramatic side of Jurgens in a way Jurgens himself hasn't been able to since Superman #75 (but really, who was ever going to be able to top that, much less match it?).

For me personally, Weeks is also the Stuart Immonen connection, since there's no artist Weeks compares to from that time other than Immonen, who has been at Marvel ever since someone decided he wasn't needed in Superman comics anymore.  (Still a terrible shame I hope to one day see corrected.  Never-ending battle, right?).  (It was great to hear he will soon be doing Star Wars, which is a project truly worth his talents.)

This issue also features the Flashpoint Superman, which was a hidden treasure of that event, a clever variation that saw Kal-El stuck in the Roswell position, kept hidden by the government.

The recap at the back of the issue runs through a list of events including: the wedding, the start of Grant Morrison's JLA, Electric Superman, Our Worlds At War, Infinite Crisis, and the Geoff Johns Brainiac story (appropriate for Convergence) plus the New Krypton arc.  I think fans might have been happy to see just the '90s era recapped.  Or at least this fan.  Those remain some of my favorite comics...

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