Written by: John Ridley
Art by: Inaki Miranda
Colors by: Eva De La Cruz
Letters by: Dave Sharpe
Cover art by: Gleb Melnikov
Cover price: $4.99
Release date: March 12, 2025
Action Comics #1084, by DC Comics on 3/12/25, brings the 3-part adventure to a close when Superman learns who funds Bruno Mannheim's operation and the sad truth behind Major Disaster's downfall.
Is Action Comics #1084 Good?
Recap
When we last left the Man of Steel in Action Comics #1083, Clark Kent's investigative research led him to conclude that someone was taking advantage of former supervillains in a cash-for-DNA scheme. The trail led to Bruno Mannheim setting up the scheme within a pocket dimension, ignoring the depression-causing side effects impacting the supervillains trying to reform. The issue ended with a group of animalistic super soldiers attacking Superman on Mannheim's orders.Plot Synopsis
In Action Comics #1084, the arc comes to an end when Superman learns about Bruno Mannheim's primary client - the Foreverers. The weird team of Aliens/Demons/SomethingOrOthers tells Superman they pay Mannheim for the DNA material the gangster gets from supervillains so they can live forever. Why? Simply because they can.
Superman threatens to shut them down, prompting the Foreverers to attack. Superman holds his own, but Scorch saves the day when she (again) chooses not to side with Mannheim and banishes the gangster and the Foreverers to a Hell dimension.
The issue ends with the painful truth that Major Disaster's daughter, Penny Booker, was responsible for Max Boykin's death. Major Disaster staged the accident to cover up for his daughter's mistake. Presented with the truth, Superman struggles with which call to make - leave Penny Booker alone to not follow in her father's footsteps or expose the truth so Major Disaster doesn't remain in prison by choice to protect his daughter.
First Impressions
Action Comics #1084 is, as an Irish friend of mine would say, "pants." Writer John Ridley sets up a scenario that may or may not be legal and resolves it in the harshest terms possible, but he chooses to leave an obvious injustice unattended. In other words, John Ridley's moral compass for Superman points in every direction but the right one.
How’s the Art?
Inaki Miranda's art style is generally solid. Superman looks sufficiently super, especially during the brief action scene, and the Foreverers are uniquely designed, which is a plus.
What’s great about Action Comics #1084?
John Ridley plants the seeds for future exploration if an enterprising writer were motivated to take up the cause. The Foreverers swear to return for revenge, so there's that, and the discovery of a medical procedure for immortality has potential.
What’s not great about Action Comics #1084?
The moral inconsistency is a deal killer for this issue. How can Superman be perfectly okay with banishing Mannheim and the Foreverers to a Hell dimension without blinking an eye but turning a blind eye (maybe) to a woman who clearly commits manslaughter because a man yelled at her? Ridley's sense of right and wrong is broken.
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Final Thoughts
Action Comics #1084 ends the 3-part adventure on a sour note when Superman and Scorch defeat villains who may not technically be villains while turning a blind eye to a killing. John Ridley's lopsided script is exactly the type of Superman storytelling DC doesn't need, even if Inaki Miranda's artwork is great.
4.5/10
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I was one of the readers who gave this arc a fair chance and even defended the very first issue of it because even if he had written a horrible story about superman before maybe he could turn things around this time HOWEVER last issue it got nonsensical plotwise (still no explanation how extracting parts of DNA translates to "literally " stealing their hope lol there is no throughline there to grasp as a reader that attaches a scientific concept to the concept of hope but I digress, it should have been explained) and this issue we lost even the saving grace of saying "well it at least had heart and character" . As you put it, the conclusion and the answer to the whole mystery is out of character for Superman and immoral and you explained why wayyy better than I could since I didn't even connect the hypocritical aspect of banishing these guys to the super hell dimension vs letting her go so Major Disaster wouldn't get sad together.
ReplyDeleteAnd no one can say I didn't give this more than a fair chance but it seems superman stories written by this writer should really be avoided since he clearly doesn't get the character.
Fair score.
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