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Superman - Action Comics (2011-2016) Vol. 2: Bulletproof (Superman - Action Comics Volumes (The New 52)) Kindle & comiXology

by Grant Morrison (Author), Rags Morales (Illustrator, Artist), Various (Artist) Format: Kindle Edition
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Clark Kent is dead! When grave circumstances cause Superman to leave behind his alter ego, an unimpeded Man of Steel must face his deadliest foe to date: Nimrod the Hunter! Metropolis' newest threat has killed everything he's ever tracked, but he's never killed an alien. Will the red and blue Kryptonian be his first?

Legendary writer Grant Morrison (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, BATMAN) continues his best-selling, critically acclaimed run on SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS, with art by Rags Morales (IDENTITY CRISIS), Gene Ha (TOP 10) and a host of comics' finest illustrators.

This trade paperback graphic novel collects SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS 9-12, 0 and ANNUAL 1.
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Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers — including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men — as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the award-winning pages of SEVEN SOLDIERS, ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, FINAL CRISIS and BATMAN, INC., and he is currently reinventing the Man of Steel in the all-new ACTION COMICS.
         In his secret identity, Morrison is a “counterculture” spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. He is also the author of the New York Times best-seller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. He divides his time between his homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.

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Grant Morrison is one of comics' greatest innovators. His long list of credits includes Batman: Arkham Asylum, All-Star Superman, JLA, Green Lantern, Animal Man, Doom Patrol, The Invisibles, WE3 and The Filth.

The TV series of his graphic novel HAPPY! is showing on SYFY and Netflix.

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H. Ramos
5.0 out of 5 stars Decontruction of a sun God
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2013
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I really enjoyed Reading this since it's Smart writing and the art is just what it should be: amazing I'm gonna keep this one short:
The fifth dimensional concept that Morrison has going on is well tought out with freshly re imagining of Supermans mythology but keeping it at a theoretical mínimum so that it can be understood but I do believe that in order to get everything straight you have to read next volumen (which I have in single magazine form) to fully appreciate the beauty of what Morrison acomplished. by the way the next volumen is even better, some of the best Morrison out there.
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David Swan
4.0 out of 5 stars Morrison Experiments with Superman
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2013
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I've had very much a love/hate relationship with the writing of Grant Morrison. I find Morrison to be incredibly creative but he often has difficulties translating those ideas into a coherent story. Morrison also has problems creating believable characters and they often feel more like actors in a play reading lines. As to creating a coherent story I won't say this is his best effort. One of the frustrating things is that the characters in Morrison's stories always understand what's going on even as the reader is left scratching his or her head. On the other hand this is some of Morrison's best work in terms of characterization at least as far as Clark Kent/Superman is concerned. His is one of the most relatable, believable Clark Kent's I have ever seen. One thing to note; only Grant Morrison and Rags Morales get credit on the cover but around half the material here was written by Sholly Fisch and Morales's art constitutes far less than half of the penciling in this book.

It's hard to summarize this book because it jumps around a lot. The book starts with an alternate universe Superman clearly meant to pay homage to the Barack Obama as Supermen meme. Then we move back to the hunter who was paid to kill Superman in the previous volume. Some stories move back in time to when Clark first moved to metropolis, some stories veer off into other areas like the one about a boy who manages to snatch away Superman's cape when he's momentarily incapacitated. The most prominent storyline concerns mutant `neo-sapiens'; people who are born 10,000 years early and possess psycho kinetic abilities. This storyline has no conclusion and volume 2 in general leaves a ton of questions unanswered so readers will have to wait until volume 3 where hopefully things will either be resolved or continue to carry forward if there are further volumes.

I've been a little confused by the `New 52' as it relates to Grant Morrison's run on Superman. I had thought this was supposed to be a reboot. Morrison has created a young Superman seemingly at the beginning of his career but then he includes all sorts of existing characters as if this Superman has already acquired a stable of villains. Morrison also does a lot of things that would seem only possible in an elsewhere story as in having events occur that would radically change Superman's life on Earth. As with his run on Batman, Morrison really makes the character his own and tends to write fearlessly which can be both a blessing and a curse.

Apparently Superman is a REALLY hard character to write for. He is my favorite Superhero and yet I rarely if ever buy newer Superman comics because it's been years since his stories have been interesting outside of the stuff Grant Morrison has written. I won't deny that Morrison still has issues with plots being all over the place but in this case I enjoyed the stores. I can't really blame people who don't like this material because it can be confusing. This is not his best work ever but it's far from his worst. I can't really give this the full 5 stars but it's still the best Superman material I've read since All-Star Superman.
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Waialae Will
5.0 out of 5 stars Action Comics Vol. 2: Bulletproof delivers
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2013
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This volume covers the middle part of Grant Morrison's Superman saga. It starts with an adventure on Earth-23 where President Calvin Ellis (who is also the Superman of this world) discovers some visitors from another world, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Clark Kent. Olsen and Kent do not survive long but Lane is able to tell him about a monster created from their idea about a Superman that has followed them here. It is up to Ellis to stop this monster and he does by creating a vibrational prison (but can it hold the monster forever?). It goes on to tell about Superman being stalked by Nimrod, the assassin; the battle against the Metaleks; Clark's struggles at work and keeping a secret identity. The secret behind Clark's landlady, Lois' niece Susie and the mysterious Captain Comet. And it also shows the little man who is slowly gathering all of Superman's enemies for an eventual showdown.
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Anarchy in the US
3.0 out of 5 stars Superman the Social Roots Hero Slowly Becoming a Metaphorical Journey
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2013
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When it comes to decent starts in the DC New 52, I was reasonably happy with Grant Morrisons Action Comics volume 1. It was a great reintroduction to taking Superman back to his social roots crusader among the people since 1938, a bit depowered, and making his alter ego Clark Kent likable and warm to know. Sure, Action Comics is no  All Star Superman  and might never reach that level of appreciation, but AC was good. But after the initial 4-issues of volume 1 where AC is reasonably straightforward tale for new and old readers, then the origin issues started showing some Morrison-y type weirdness in their, but I don't think it was too bad. Now volume 2 comes about and that same weirdness Morrison is known for is taking hold of Action Comics that old Pre-52 fans might really appreciate...or new fans might start jumping ship.

SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS VOL.2: BULLETPROOF collects issues #9-12, #0, and ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #1.

Issue #9 deals with alternative universe Earth-23 Superman (introduced in  Final Crisis ! But not necessary to know for new readers), Calvin Ellis, black superhero and president of the United States that runs into anther universe's Clark Kent and Lois Lane running from their universes Superman that has gone bad. This issue has nothing to do with the current N-52 Clark Kent Superman, so this tale might feel non-important and misplaced, but it is a reasonably good read that examines the flip-side of a evil Superman that is opposite from what Calvin or Clark, in that this evil Superman being a corporate figure. Morrison actually turns the ideals of Superman into a conglomerate corporate machine (something I'm surprised DC would let published), almost like Morrison is attacking all forms of merchandised Superman properties. None the less, the issue is good and goes with Action Comics showcasing Clark Kent's Superman as a social crusader, so why not show an alternative universe version of Superman as the complete opposite ideology? Thankfully, the issue will come back to play in the next volume, so this issue isn't just a random story.

Issues #10 introduces Maxim Zarov AKA Nimrod, a hunter looking into bagging Superman as the ultimate target, that leads into the supposed "death" of Clark Kent. This issue mostly has Superman taking down a child killer and Nimrod on Clarks trail. The character of Nimrod is sadly underplayed and underdeveloped here, which Nimrod comes off as a shallow rip-off of Marvel's Kraven. Even worse, the conclusion of Nimrod and Superman has a buildup that ends suddenly for no reason. Other then that, the few moments of Superman with the Justice League comes off a great few pages of interaction (and even foreboding to future events). Overall mediocre issue.

Issues #11-12 deals with Superman into his new "identity" and an powerful telekinesis enemy named Adam that wants Lois's niece, Susie, to go with him to another planet, but Superman won't allow this. This mini-arc deals with Superman's new "identity" and trying to defeat Adam. A reasonably good arc that Morrison brings back an old DC character Adam Blake, Captain Comet, as a villain that comes off as a unique retelling of an old DC hero into a villain. The problem with this arc is the unexplainable feeling of missing parts of information, that things just happen. How does Susie have powers all of a sudden? Did Adam gain powers from the passing by meteor or just some random power by birth? And the ending section where Superman saves a persons life by studying all things medical and operating on a person in 5 minutes sound like a dues ex machina moment. Why couldn't Superman do this for other people? And whats the point of killing off Clark Kent, just to gain it back 2 issues later? Either way, it's a descent arc.

Issue #0 is about Superman when he first appeared in Metropolis for the first time and loses his cape to a young boy. This is a great issue. This is a very simple and straightforward issue that doesn't do anything drastic to change Superman's mythos, but it has a lot of heart for Clark being who he is and stands for, the boy going around using the indestructible cape, and another way of explaining the "S" logo for the first time.

The Annual #1 is about Clay Ramsay becoming the Kryptonite Man and wanted to destroy Superman for revenge, as well more insight on relationship of John Henry Irons and Superman as friends and colleges. Overall fun and light-hearted annual.

And the backups issues all done by Sholly Fisch include additional story of Earth-23 Superman Calvin Ellis, a remembrance of Clark Kents passing, the guy that printed Supermans first "S" shaped shirts, and more information on Adam Blake. All of the backups are worth your time to read. They offset Morrisons crazy story telling, they add more depth to each of his stories, and explain any confusing or missing information Morrison doesn't explain that is clearly pointed out for readers. So the backups are worth your time to read.

So volume 2 feels a lot like Silver-Age comics, in that each issue feels like one-and-done stories from one another, with additional silver-age weirdness involved. This makes volume 2 a much cluttered feeling about it, because volume 1 had a good user friendly narrative about it, now Morrison feels like he's ditching his New-52 writing style to match his pre-52 story telling. This makes it so new readers following along might be lost and confused at the change of direction, yet older fans might really be happy that Morrison is not letting any of his pre-Flashpoint storylines die out in the wind. Morrisons Action Comics is mostly about Supermans origin stories, and volume 2 might feel utterly cluttered, but there is a feeling that all of the confusion will eventually come full-circle in volume 3 for the end of Morrisons run on Action Comics, especially the ending in this book (Clarks landlady is affiliated with a certain Superman villain that looks like it will explain A LOT of the weirdness factor going on).

Artist Rags Morales still does decent work on art duties, and sometimes it comes out really well, but his art on Action Comics just doesn't work. In fact, I feel as if it has gotten worse in volume 2 with little to no detail in some panels, some faces look alike, and some have barely any expressions at all. I just get the feeling Morales is just not a monthly artist type of guy. Thankfully, all other fill-in artist does extremely well for what they do. Brad Walker, Cully Hamner, Gene Ha, Ben Oliver, CAFU, and Ryan Sook all do commendable jobs that I wish each one of these artist would have taken over as primary artist.

So SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS VOL.2: BULLETPROOF is one heck of a mixed feeling book that is difficult to grade properly. It's very incomprehensionable, some crazy Morrison ideas here that new readers might not understand, Rags Morales art is still hit-or-miss, and the overall stories feel scattered from what Morrison is trying to tell in the end-run. But the positives are the Silver-Age vibe, Morrison's ambitious experimentation, the #0 issue and all backups are great, and rest of the artist hold up just fine. Volume 2 really is a big mixture of good and bad and is really difficult to recommend to a certain crowd. So I guess if you liked volume 1, then give volume 2 a shot and just be prepared for the changed of direction of where this book is going. I'll give the book a 3 ½ star-rating, but I'll round off to 3-star rating to be just in the middle.

I'll be sticking to the end of Grant Morrison's run fro  Superman - Action Comics Vol. 3: At The End of Days (The New 52) . See you then.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in Brazil on October 5, 2022
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The non-linear style can be a bit weird at first, but it doesn't take too long to get used to, and quickly becomes one of the strengths of this run. I don have much more to say, it's just an awesome read!
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Sujoy
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappoints deeply.....
Reviewed in India on February 20, 2020
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Disappointing and disjointed storyline. Hardly a moment where the characters leap through - where is DC Comics' legendary legacy? Why is it being destroyed so methodically? I don't know if this is Marvel's doing or if its just that Time Warner doesn't care anymore but the current novel was a disappointment. Seems like the only good novels are those from the Silver Age......
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5.0 out of 5 stars Super.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2019
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The New 52 gets a lot of flack, but if you just go into it and have fun you'll really enjoy this title.
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Levi VL
5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Manhattan
Reviewed in Mexico on June 6, 2016
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El producto llego pero en muy mal estado la verdad deberían de ser más cuidadosos , pensé en devolverlo pero espero que Amazon ponga más atención sobre esto, hasta ahora no me había llegado algo así
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Manhattan
Reviewed in Mexico on June 6, 2016
El producto llego pero en muy mal estado la verdad deberían de ser más cuidadosos , pensé en devolverlo pero espero que Amazon ponga más atención sobre esto, hasta ahora no me había llegado algo así
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Francesco Marone
5.0 out of 5 stars Bello
Reviewed in Italy on July 15, 2015
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In questo secondo volume purtroppo i racconti del filone principale sono di meno, 6 mi pare. Gli altri tuttavia servono da contorno e per niente inutili a rivedere sotto altri punti di vista o scenari gli avvenimenti appena narrati sia in questo che nel volume precedente. Speriamo la trama continui a mantenersi a questo livello!
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