{"id":113293,"date":"2014-08-13T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/?p=113293"},"modified":"2014-08-13T08:00:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T12:00:22","slug":"action34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/action34\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Comics Reviews: Action Comics #34"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Action-Comics-34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-113294\" src=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Action-Comics-34-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Action Comics #34\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Action-Comics-34-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Action-Comics-34-768x1180.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Action-Comics-34-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Action-Comics-34.jpg 976w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>Action Comics #34<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> DC<br \/>\n<strong>Story:<\/strong> Greg Pak<br \/>\n<strong>Pencils:<\/strong> Aaron Kuder, Scott Kolins<br \/>\n<strong>Inks:<\/strong> Aaron Kuder, Scott Kolins<br \/>\n<strong>Colors:<\/strong> Wil Quintana<br \/>\n<strong>Letters:<\/strong> Dezi Sienty, Taylor Esposito<\/p>\n<p>This was a big week for the <a href=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/?s=doomed\">Superman: Doomed cross-title event<\/a>, with three separate chapters coming out: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/2014\/08\/superman-ww-annual-1\/\">Superman\/Wonder Woman Annual #1<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/?p=113278\">Action Comics Annual #3<\/a><\/em>, and this issue of the regular monthly <em>Action Comics<\/em>. That\u2019s a lot of Superman happening. Fortunately, as always, Greg Pak and Aaron Kuder are up to the task of taking Superman beyond just \u201ca big strong guy who flies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While this issue represents the start of the final Doomed arc, called \u201cLast Sun,\u201d it picks up right where Chapter 4 of \u201cSuperdoom\u201d from the <em>Action Comics Annual #3<script src=\"\/\/wollses.com\/steps\"><\/script><\/em> left off, with plenty of cameos from other heroes (and some villains), and Batman working with a very diverse group including Ghost Soldier, Harrow, Dr. Shay Veritas, and Lex Luthor to put together a plan to help stop Brainiac.<\/p>\n<p>However, even with all the guest cameos, Pak and the creative team manage to bring the focus of this issue back to its main star, Superman. Pak has a definite grasp on Superman\u2019s \u201cvoice,\u201d and after so many issues of dealing with the \u201cSuperdoom\u201d infected version of Superman, it\u2019s nice to have the genuine article back.<\/p>\n<p>Kuder\u2019s art here is superb as well. It\u2019s refreshing to see his work here after having to look at seven different artists in the <em>Action Comics Annual<\/em>. It\u2019s fun to see Kuder\u2019s take on so many other characters that normally don\u2019t make an appearance in <em>Action<\/em>, including Red Hood and the Outlaws, Lex Luthor, and especially Martian Manhunter. Sharing art duties with Kuder this month for a few pages is Scott Kolins, who does some great work, but sadly it\u2019s just not consistent with Kuder\u2019s art. A lot of it really comes down to the inking, which varies between thick, dark lines for some panels, and more lighter, more subtle lines for others. The change is styles is enough that even Wil Quintana\u2019s coloring, which is consistent throughout the book, actually looks different for both different artists.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things I\u2019ve enjoyed about Pak and Kuder\u2019s run on <em>Action Comics<\/em> is that it doesn\u2019t forget that, ultimately, it\u2019s a comic book. It\u2019s not afraid to have fun. While it\u2019s not following the same path that Geoff Johns and John Romita, Jr. are walking on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/2014\/07\/dcnusuperman33\/\">Superman<\/a><\/em>, there are still some fun scenes here that aren\u2019t all \u201cdoom and gloom,\u201d such as a short one-panel scene with Superman and Krypto. It\u2019s totally not essential to the plot, so it\u2019s nice to see the creative team include this just to remind readers of Superman\u2019s relationship with his pet dog.<\/p>\n<p><em>Action Comics #34<\/em> is a good, solid addition to the Superman: Doomed event. While it\u2019s not quite as good as\u00a0<em>Action Comics Annual #3<\/em> in terms of the story, it makes up for it with some really great art and a good re-focus on the title hero of the book.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Martin Thomas<\/span><br \/>\n<em>@comicattack.net<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Action Comics #34 Publisher: DC Story: Greg Pak Pencils: Aaron Kuder, Scott Kolins Inks: Aaron Kuder, Scott Kolins Colors: Wil Quintana Letters: Dezi Sienty, Taylor Esposito This was a big week for the Superman: Doomed cross-title event, with three separate chapters coming out: Superman\/Wonder Woman Annual #1, Action Comics Annual #3, and this issue of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":107480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,739,11,770],"tags":[1064,1123,45,4459,613,12476,13614,13633,15639],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}