Just wanna say how much I adore @markwaidwriter's Superboy: Action Comics Vol. 1: Boy of Steel, a brim with solid characterization and development, heartfelt stories, and great stakes as an uncertain Clark is just getting his feet.
Waid coyly hits classical beats of The New Adventures of Superboy of the early eighties, penned by @paulkupperberg and mainly penciled by Kurt Schaffenberger, which got me through much of my bullied early teens. Bestie Pete Ross discovers Clark's secret while camping! Clark wrestles with a cloud of locusts! @rsookart's covers are jaw dropping and frameable. Did encounter my pet peeve of the interior art changing, from Skylar Partridge to @patodelpeche to @ciantormey. So, mileage varies. All are fine artists, with different strengths, but changing up your pitcher mid-game is jarring and doesn't always work.
That said, each issue is packed, self-contained storytelling. It feels like Kupperberg, yet modern. An astonishing feat from master neoclassical and character scribe, Waid. The icing on this cake? The vintage Superboy logo pops at opportune moments. His remains a nostalgic treatment, certainly a more innocent read than the nihilism of current pop cultural portrayals of comic characters. The story stands on its own two feet because of Waid's invested, caring writing, with no need for the superhero deconstructionism of, say, The Boys.
Absolutely dig it. Thank you, all. It's terrific.
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