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Superman: New Krypton, Vol. 1 (Superman: New Krypton #1)
by
Geoff Johns,
James Robinson, Sterling Gates (Goodreads Author), Pete Woods , Renato Guedes , Jon Sibal , Jose Wilson Magalhaes , Jesús Merino
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Best-selling writers Geoff Johns (INFINITE CRISIS, GREEN LANTERN) and James Robinson (STARMAN, JSA: THE GOLDEN AGE) unleash a massive storyline that changes Superman's life forever!
After a devastating battle with the alien villain Brainiac, The Man of Steel learns that a piece of his home planet Krypton survived - the shrunken, bottled city of Kandor! And when the city is...more
After a devastating battle with the alien villain Brainiac, The Man of Steel learns that a piece of his home planet Krypton survived - the shrunken, bottled city of Kandor! And when the city is...more
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published
May 19th 2009
by DC Comics
(first published May 13th 2009)
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New Krypton picks up from the end of Geoff Johns and Gary Frank’s Superman: Brainiac, when Superman defeated Brainiac and freed the bottled city of Kandor, formerly Krypton’s lost capital. My memory’s hazy on this point but I thought he took Kandor to Mars before he resized it back to normal so the inhabitants wouldn’t get superpowers like he did and dominate Earth? Anyway, in this book Kandor is resized in Antarctica and the 100,000 inhabitants get the same superpowers that Superman has.
If Lex...more
If Lex...more
I can't understand the current trend in comics that drama equals the death of a large number of supporting characters, especially unused supporting characters from the past. In my opinion, having this supply of characters to draw on is an advantage for comic writers - it gives them a plethora of opportunities to build on the world-building of previous writers, and an endless supply of possible ways to introduce new readers to old concepts or to give a surprise to long-time readers and fans. The...more
After the near blow-my-socks-off high that I experienced with Robinson and artist Gary Frank’s Superman/Legion story-arc, I opened up this latest five-part collection with the bar set high. Unfortunately, the collective efforts of Johns, Robinson et al didn’t deliver.
The premise of the lost city of Kandor being un-bottled and brought to life up in the Arctic near the Man of Steel’s Fortress of Solitude is awesome enough. But the lead-in story-line involving Jimmy Olsen and a D-list superhero di...more
The premise of the lost city of Kandor being un-bottled and brought to life up in the Arctic near the Man of Steel’s Fortress of Solitude is awesome enough. But the lead-in story-line involving Jimmy Olsen and a D-list superhero di...more
At times fleshed out with messy artwork, at times pristine in its depiction of the Man of Steel and company, this volume delves into the restoration of the city of Kandor and all that it means for Earth and for Superman.
The best sections deal with the problem caused by infinite Superman indirectly. The first two issues in the volume feature a fantastic Jimmy Olsen story, where he learns the meaning of grace under pressure. And any mention of Clark's grappling with his Earth-bound father's death...more
The best sections deal with the problem caused by infinite Superman indirectly. The first two issues in the volume feature a fantastic Jimmy Olsen story, where he learns the meaning of grace under pressure. And any mention of Clark's grappling with his Earth-bound father's death...more
Although some might not like the very long Jimmy Olsen story that starts this off, I am a fan of the 90s triangle era Superman stories with Jimmy and the Guardian, so I thought it was nice to see. It's also nice to feel like the Superman titles are important again, and top creators are working on them.
The art is inconsistent - Pete Woods' stuff looked incomplete, which is surprising because his early stuff on Deadpool (and even his new stuff this year in Action Comics) looks way way better. Ren...more
The art is inconsistent - Pete Woods' stuff looked incomplete, which is surprising because his early stuff on Deadpool (and even his new stuff this year in Action Comics) looks way way better. Ren...more
This was good! The first few Jimmy Olsen segments made me wonder where it was going, but it eventually came out, though I think it could have been a bit tighter, with less digression. However, when we got to the key part addressing Superman dealing with the New Kryptonians, things began to gel and we see an overbalance--in a good way.
The problem with Superman is that he's nearly invincible. Now we have 100,000 nearly invincible Kryptonians. They seem good now, but what if they decide to subjuga...more
The problem with Superman is that he's nearly invincible. Now we have 100,000 nearly invincible Kryptonians. They seem good now, but what if they decide to subjuga...more
It was the last great pre-TheNew52 Superman storyline. It was supposed to entertain and enlighten and energize the Superman books for years to come. It was one of the most massive, interconnected tales of Kal-El ever told.
And I thoroughly enjoyed it.
And I think I was one of the few who did.
And that is a complete shame.
Superman New Krypton is a storyline that takes place over almost two years worth of Superman, Action Comics, Supergirl, Superboy, World of New Krypton, Adventure Comics and various...more
And I thoroughly enjoyed it.
And I think I was one of the few who did.
And that is a complete shame.
Superman New Krypton is a storyline that takes place over almost two years worth of Superman, Action Comics, Supergirl, Superboy, World of New Krypton, Adventure Comics and various...more
The events of this story'arc pick up after Superman's epic battle with Atlas and also after Supes defeated Brainiac to free the actual city of Kandor. Now full sized and and situated in the arctic, the one hundred thousand Kryptonians that were miniaturized by Brainiac when he shrank the city are discovering that Earth's yellow sun is giving them super powers..... but don't worry, Kryptonian nature is to be kind and helpful to all walks of life, right?..... RIGHT???
Unfortunately, half of this vo...more
Unfortunately, half of this vo...more
A little bit of a herky-jerky start to this series of graphic novels. The focus on Jimmy Olson for half of it was fine, but unexpected, and you don't quite yet see how it may fit into the overall arc (I'm assuming it must somehow?). Art was a mixed bag. It's setting up some real potential for storytelling, so I'm interested to see where it goes (even though I've heard it doesn't really go anywhere too interesting).
Jan 05, 2013
Anne Barwell
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Given the cover and the blurb I wasn't expecting the Jimmy Olsen story at the beginning. For the moment that and the other story about Kandor are only connected on a fine thread so will be interesting to see how it goes. I would have preferred to have seen the Jimmy story go a bit further before leading into the other as the way they've done it seems quite disconnected.
I understand why the Jimmy Olsen/Guradian stories had to be included, but they unfortunately took up more than half this book, and had very little to do with Kandor, and were a little less-than-interesting. Maybe this could've been grouped with some other tertiary stories as a "New Krypton Prelude" like they're doing with Blackest Night in Green Lantern.
I don't know why Geoff Johns has top billing on this collection. a look at the list of collected titles shows that it's mostly James Robinson.
Most of the book is a Jimmy Olson tale. which was suprisingly good. even though I don't like Supes, the lead for this collection didn't tell me I'd be spending my time reading background material.
Most of the book is a Jimmy Olson tale. which was suprisingly good. even though I don't like Supes, the lead for this collection didn't tell me I'd be spending my time reading background material.
Good book. It took me a little bit to get into the Jimmy Olsen opening story line but then the pages flew. Kandor meet Earth, Earth meet Kandor. The story is very X-men like. Fear of homosuperiors, etc. Oh and the apparent death of another major character in the Superman universe...somehow I think they'll find a way to bring this one back though.
Was slow to start off with and the Jimmy story was too long at the beginning.
I thought the bit with Sam Lane and Lex was good. I'm hoping the next volumes will be more about the Kryptonians assimilating into human society, causing trouble and maybe a human resistance group - something interesting anyway.
I thought the bit with Sam Lane and Lex was good. I'm hoping the next volumes will be more about the Kryptonians assimilating into human society, causing trouble and maybe a human resistance group - something interesting anyway.
True this installment in the New Krypton storyline (which I believe will cover four volumes) has a little bit of everything. Science fiction, conspiracies, government cover-ups, etc. Not much characters work here, but a solid entertaining story.
What happens when you add 100,000 Kryptonians to Earth's population? Unfortunately this is only the beginning of the story, but it looks to get mighty interesting.
If you ever found yourself saying "I need 85 pages of Jimmy Olsen before I get into a Superman story", this is the book for you. If not.....pass.
why I even bother reading stories about Superman not written by Grant Morrison, I'll never know...
A really strong start that makes you happy that the status quo is being shaken up.
The bottled city of Kandor released from imprisonment. Pretty cool idea of Superman dealing with an entire city (100,000) others just like him. Their politics and morality. Also ends of fighting "old enemies" from every angle.
Pretty good, but not really mind blowing.
Yeah, this is pretty rough....
Geoff Johns is easily the best writer in comics today.
Great warm up
One of the best Superman book that I have ever read, if not the best.
Great... keeping up w/ my fave
Jun 18, 2013
Sabry M. Eltawil
marked it as to-read
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Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990’s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career...more
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