About Heroes

This Review was submitted by Knightwingbk
Writer: Geoff Johns & Richard Donner
Artists: Art Adams, Eric Wright, Joe Kubert, Rags Morales, Gary Frank, Phil Jiminez, and Tony Daniel

In the wake of lateness of the regular book, Action Comics Annual # 10 almost makes up for it. Rather than end a storyline completely (Batman Annual # 25 and Jason Todd anyone?) this book is a big teaser for Johns' and Donner's run on the book, if it ever comes out again. A collection of short stories, fleshing out Superman's past and his present, Action Comics Annual delivers for its $3.99 cover price. Lex Luthor has two interesting spotlights highlighting Kryptonite and the many deaths of Superman. The best stories are the ones with Mon-El and the Phantom Zoners on Krypton. It seems that Non, the big cave-man looking guy from the past issue of Action Comics and the Superman films, was not always dumb, he was at one point a lead scientist on Krypton. Also, we get the first meeting of a young Clark Kent and Mon-El from the Legion of Superheroes. These two stories are obviously the center point of the annual since they are the longest stories.

The art here is great in points, and sloppy in others. Great are the Art Adams, Rags Morales, and Phil Jiminez bits, but the Joe Kubert and Tony Daniel pages lack the same flair that the rest of the book has. Overall though, this book is good, and worth your time if you need something to hold you over until the next issue of Action Comics. B-