This review will cover the first three installments of Superman: DOOMED, which appear in Superman: DOOMED #1, Action Comics #31, and Superman Wonder Woman #8.
Superman Doomed #1 was a great start to this crossover. It’s a nice revisioning of the Superman Doomsday rivalry. The art is great and the story is extremely fun. My biggest complaint with this book is that, in the new 52, Doomsday himself is painted as something so much more difficult to fight, having grown into his powers. However, Superman’s fight with him, while amazingly choreographed and drawn on the page, starts and ends rather quickly. it seems shockingly convenient for the month long crossover event to have Doomsday be easily defeated. Perhaps they will return to this, but it seems a bit too convenient for me.
Action Comics #31 starts the really great part of the stories here. Superman’s worries about saving the human race that arose in the face of Doomsday in Superman: Doomed #1 become even more pronounced in this issue. Greg Pak does a great job of really pushing the man of steel to think about his identity in the face of his role as a protector of humanity. He is not human, and that is what sets him apart. All of this comes to a fore as he is infected.
Finally, Superman Wonder Woman #8 really highlights Wonder Woman and the amount that she cares for Superman. This story follows her as she tries to relocate Superman, and it shows the problems in their relationship, even if those problems aren’t in the open yet. Some of the dialogue in this issue is somewhat stilted and cheesy, especially when Superman is Doomsday.
I give Superman:Doomed #1 a 4/5.
I give Action Comics #31 a 4/5.
I give Superman Wonder Woman #8 a 3.5/5.
I give the event overall thus far a 4/5.
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