The Super-book crossover H’el on Earth has been a colossal disappointment every step of the way, an opinion that has only been reinforced after I caught up on the entire event as well as every issue of each title involved. While Lex Luthor’s presence does make this chapter at least bearable, Superman’s douchey personality continues to weigh down the book. Seriously, this Superman’s behavior is so unrecognizable that you would need to go watch Zack Snyder's Man of Steel trailer to remind yourself what experiencing Superman should feel like..
Artist Kenneth Rocafort’s design of Lex’s super prison looks impressive, but aside from that the book is plagued with more than a few visual oddities that drag down the book. Awkward facial expressions that do not fit the dialogue being spoken are aplenty. You can see what Rocafort is going for with his unique paneling, but you can’t help but feel he uses too much empty space in his layouts. And Superboy has lost his teenage look and become a spritely young lad with Disney eyes all of a sudden. We have seen much better efforts from Rocafort in the past, which makes his work here all the more disappointing.
Scott Lobdell was wise to bring in Lex since his presence gives us a break from page after page of Super-people talking nonsense at each other. That said, the “banter” between him and Superman degrades to a “look how clever I am” competition, making me wish Lex’s involvement amounted to more than a seven page conversation that neither advances the main plot or teaches us anything new about H’el. It really makes me wonder if Lobdell didn’t just get done watching The Dark Knight, Skyfall, and Silence of the Lambs and think that his story should also have a scene where the good guy visits the bad guy in jail.
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