Book Review: Adventures of Superman issue #7

Book: Adventures of Superman issue #7

Cover Art by Chris Sprouse, Karl Story and Guy Major

Edition: Single Print Issue

Description:

Join comics’ finest talents as they celebrate The Man of Steel himself: Superman! First, in a story written and illustrated by Eisner Award-winner David Lapham, Superman discovers a mysterious new cult that worships him as a god! Then, the Last Son of Krypton squares off against Darkseid and visits a very special fan, brought to you by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton!



Rating: 5 stars

Review:

This issue featured two different yet interesting stories:

Story #1: Saved! written and illustrated by David Lapham, color by Lee Loughridge and letters by Wes Abbott

After Superman fought against Metallo, he ended up having to save a young man who appeared to be committing suicide by jumping off the ledge of a high-rise building. Some time later, he had to do the same thing again when the same young man jumped from a bridge. While Superman and possibly a therapist or social worker (I'm not sure which) were speaking with the young man's family to let them know about his destructive behavior, the family made a startling revelation. 

They told him they are members of The Church of Superman and they believe he is a god. And to show their faith and devotion all 900 members were planning to jump off various buildings throughout Metropolis. They believe he will save them all. To stop this atrocity, he tracked down the church founders but discovered the online church was a complete sham and that the founders were conning people out of money. Unfortunately, the followers were way pass the point of being reasoned with and Superman was going to have to figure out some way of stopping them.

I like how the situation got resolved because trying to deal with it in a normal way would have resulted in a lot of casualties. Because even if Superman had no choice but to try to save them all there is no way he could have. 

This was a fascinating story because these people clearly needed psychological help. They were so willing to believing that Superman was a god that it made it possible for them to be preyed upon by con artists. Unfortunately, things like this happen in real life where people fall into cults and get taken advantage of.



Story #2: Space Actually by Tim Seley, illustration by Mike Norton, color by Jordie Bellaire and letters by Wes Abbott

Before Superman can stop Darkseid's latest plan to control the Earth, he first had to restrain a mind controlled Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter. Meanwhile the story also focused on Tanya, an orphan girl who is unhappy living in an orphanage. Thankfully, Superman was able to outsmart Darkseid because Tanya ended up needing a little help. After saving the little girl, Superman left her with some inspirational words and an unexpected gift.

I like this short story, there is no doubt that Superman is a hero but he has a way of connecting with people who need his help. I like how he was able to talk to Tanya and show her that despite how her life currently is, it can get better and he made a point of saying that he had once been an orphan.


I really enjoy reading the Adventures of Superman, it's where you can get a variety of interesting stories that don't quite fit within the current run (at the time) of both the New 52 Superman and Action Comics series.