And interesting take on Parasite, and I like Lisa Lasalle (I really love her character and it only makes the Superman/Jesus parallels stronger). Not exactly my favorite of the Earth One books, but it was a good story. Also liked Clark telling Lisa about his cat Fuzzball. Really sweet story.

When I read the first volume, I liked it but I wasn't so hooked. However once I read this second volume I hardly can wait to read the third volume!!! Superman comics are good but they haven't a support gallery of characters so big as in Batman books and here they hit big including new characters. On the first book, you have Major Sandra Lee and here you see good development of her. But they hit the jackpot creating Lisa Lasalle! She is great since she is totally living in the personal life of Cl...

I really enjoy this series. It’s not the best but it’s still fun. I like the different take on the hero we all know and love. I wasn’t a fan of the villain Parasite but the story was good overall.

Eye rolls abound. He's perfectly average, "right down the middle." Enter Metropolis, the world of hipsters. Mumbling Jimmy Olsen. Bob Dylan singing stoop kid. Angsty paranoid Lois Lane. Clark's neighbor Lisa walked right out of Hot Topic, onto Clark's couch, singing Rocky Horror Picture Show, and finds writers (cough, Straczynski) very very sexy. I really wanted to give this series another shot after slogging through Volume 1 but I just couldn't do it. The dialog is absolutely terrible and off-p...

Never knew Kal-El is a cat lover!

Superman Earth One has been an unexpected success for DC the past couple years.The concept behind the Earth One series of graphic novels is fairly straightforward. Top creators are turned loose to create timeless versions of DC’s best known heroes, unencumbered by decades of continuity. Because the Earth One stories take place outside of the main DC universe, creators can make changes and take chances that wouldn’t fly in the flagship line. It’s similar to the original concept behind Marvel’s Ul...

I'm really enjoying this series. This was better in some ways than the first volume. In this volume we see more ideas on superman's life and I really like what's being done with him. We get to see the creation of parasite (not my favourite bad guy) and again I like what they've done with him. I'd say the reason I like this story is that they've made his story more realistic and they've given it more feeling. My favourite part in this story was very moving. He talks about his first pet, how it di...

So many things to hate about this book, I almost can't even.I'll just mention a couple details that bugged me aside from the horrible storyline.1. At the end of Vol. 1 of Earth One, Superman explains that his suit and cape Martha made, with the help of some Metropolis graphic designer ad man for the signature S, is the only thing he can wear, because naturally any other clothes would tear apart when he's flying at speed. Then we see him flying to the moon and around the planet and back in this v...

Good comic. Almost as good as the first book. Great art work good story. The only falling for this is it felt rushed. There were some great ideas in this book. Superman losing his powers for the first time, but I think he should have spent more time being "human", not getting his powers back in a couple of panels. Unfortunately this happened in all the fights in this book. I never liked the Parasite as a top villein, but when he is powered up he looks like Superman's deadliest opponent.The stron...

This was a pretty interesting read.Now that Clark is Superman he has to deal with different problems and one such is the problem of a Dictator in a foreign country and then he has a romance with Lisa Lasalle his new neighbor and whatever is going on with this new enemy Parasite and why is Lois investigating him? This volume answers all that like his big fight with Parasite, his ideologue battle with the dictator and what he does with it and then the thing with Lisa and how by the end he saves he...

Superman: Earth One, Volume 2 is a graphic novel penned by J. Michael Straczynski and penciled by Shane Davis. It is a modernized re-imagining of the Superman origin series outside the main universe.Perry White promotes Clark Kent to write articles to help rebuild the Daily Planet's reputation. Lois Lane is suspicious of the authenticity of his Superman article, so she decides to investigate his past. Elsewhere, Major Sandra Lee becomes distrustful of Superman and proposes that the United States...

Read it in one quick go. An improvement over Volume 1.

I didn't hate it as much as volume 1, but I'm still not in love with Straczynski's version of Superman. He seems like a creepy douche who is weirdly anti-social. I'm used to thinking of Clark as a bit removed, but not in a serial killer kind of way, ya know?Blech. This was definitely not for me.

I was expecting much more from a hardcover graphic novel from a writer such as JMS. But I never once got that iconic feeling of "Superman will save the day" from reading this book. Volume one was an ok setup, but this volume disappointed me. If you want a great "alternate" Superman saga, read Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman.

4 out of 5. This one was much better, more entertaining and more focused than the previous one. Loved the interactions between Clark and Lisa (new flame?), and Clark and his sentient spaceship (Ba-da-da-dummm! LOL). Really liked the cliffhanger ending with 'Lex Squared' too. Looking forward to the final one.

It is more of a 3.7 stars. I'm still not a fan of the angst-outsider Snyder-style Superman, still I do like the problems he had, how he was afraid of hurting people with his power and how the general public and the governments react to Superman, plus Lex showed up too (or rather, Lex and his equally super-smart wife). Although I'm startled that (view spoiler)[Superman just stood watching on by when a bunch of angry rebels taking up weapons and gunning down the dictator? He even indirectly encour...

Bad guy gets caught in a weird machine which zaps him and rather than killing him, warps him into a monster called Parasite. Superman worries about getting involved in developing nations’ politics and having sex with a human woman. Then Superman and Parasite fight – guess who wins? That’s pretty much the whole book.There is a super-ton of stuff I didn’t like about this book. Probably the worst by far is the dialogue. J. Michael Stracynzski has a tin ear for how people, especially young people, s...

Now THIS is more like it. After being underwhelmed by Vol. 1 weeks ago I wondered if I should bother with the subsequent edition. But sometimes when you start a series you just want to 'see it through,' so to speak.Vol. 2 was a better book, or at least the story was faster-paced and more interesting this time. The Lisa LaSalle neighbor character was sort of intriguing - of course she'd have 'LL' initials - and the humor was effective (the flashback to Pa Kent's well-meaning 'birds & bees' talk w...

I'm digging Shane Davis's art. I like his young-looking Clark, he's clearly in his twenties and helps expand upon his vulnerability and inexperience. This story addressed something that's usually ignored or left to crude jokes and that's "Does Superman have sex?" In this story it's a no, due to a hilariously awkward birds-and-the-bees talk he had with his father. Obviously he figures it out in the post-crisis universe considering he has a half-human son, but at this point the Earth One universe

If anyone told me that someday I would read a Superman graphic novel and actually enjoy it I would have laughed hysterically...!But yes, that's what happened. After reading Vol.1 of this, I decided to read the rest.Why? First of all, because I like the artwork. Then, the story. It made me realise that Superman is quite a nice dude who struggles a lot, despite his amazing powers. And I HATE his powers. I hate every super hero who can do almost anything without getting a scratch! But this guy trie...