Action Comics #19 – Review

By: Andy Diggle (story), Tony S. Daniel (pencils), Batt (inks), Tomev Morey (colors)

The Story: When Superman’s life love goes south, he takes it out on a gang of giant robots.

The Review: This is a little embarrassing to admit, but I never actually intended to continue reviewing this series after Grant Morrison left.  I probably would’ve given Diggle’s run a chance, but for the controversy which ensured shortly after he was announced as Action’s new writer.  Once I learned that he wouldn’t even stick around for a whole arc, leaving artist Daniel to take his place, I took that as a red flag to make my exit, too.

But in my review of Morrison’s final issue, I forgot to make my intentions known, and I generally don’t like to Drop a book without some notice.  So here we are.  Actually, it’s still kind of nice to see what the new guy might bring to the table, and I admit to being more than ready for a less abstract and more mundane kind of Superman story after Morrison’s high-concept epic.  In this respect, Diggle delivers, though you quickly realize that the price is a loss of originality.