Superman: American Alien #7 Review

Writer: Max Landis / Artist: Jock / DC Comics Okay, for the most part or at least the first half of the duration, I have not been kind to Superman: American Alien. As a matter of fact, I had nothing but shade for the first few issues which read a lot like the Smallville fan fiction Max Landis never got to write. Now, while I hold firm to the idea that deserving said shade had something to do with it, I also believe in a critic’s capacity to be convinced later on. With that said, the past few issues of this series have read like a completely different book than what we started with. The series finale starts off with Clark complaining about his relationship problems when he’s suddenly called away to a disturbance. The city is in the process of being leveled by none other than the Main Man himself, Lobo. This is an interesting choice of villain because in addition to being Clark’s first alien threat, Lobo is also the last of his kind. Watching the dichotomy of two characters of similar circumstances is always interesting because it’s one of the basic tenets of superhero mythology: Heroes and villains are commonly two characters exposed to similar hardships that respond to the world differently.

Also, I appreciate Landis going with the “Dog the Bounty Hunter in Space” version of Lobo I am most familiar with and not that New 52 “Chris Cornell Digivolved into Lobo” version that was being forced on us for a while there. I will say that Landis promised us one of the most brutal Supe…