Very interesting storyline -- I can certainly see why it was not received with critical acclaim, although I quite liked them myself. The art is clean and dialog crisp, and you can tel that the fact that not all is as it seems is intentional.Supes makes new and powerful allies in Subterranea, and discovers new and powerful enemies arrayed against him when he returns.

I didn't hate this! Is this series actually getting better ... ?

More Superman fun.EDIT: Another day, another volume of this series that doesn't hold up like it did in 2016.

Yes! This title continues to get better & better! Pak did an excellent job with this volume, and wrote a story that really showcased Superman's strengths as a character. Ok, first you have Clark's Secret Origins issue. Now, I'd already read it in the Secret Origins vol. 1 collection, but I thought it was a good fit for this volume.It's a touching story about Clark/Kal told through the overlapping voices of the two women who loved him most.His biological mother, Lara, who sent him away to save h...

For perhaps the first time in the New 52, it's some good modern-day Superman. Shocking.But this volume includes: • An actual supporting cast in the form of Lana, who is terrific. • A neat pulp adventure that's full of weird & wacky ideas. • A Superman who is actually supermorale (unlike the sociopath in recent movies). • A Superman who's actually superpowerful. • A great new villain (Ghost Soldier) which actually creates an interesting lead-in to the next volume. Pak is no

OK, so I read this right after Greg Pak Batman Superman Vol. 2...paired together, the lesson is this: Clark needs to be more like Batman.1-he asks Lana not to call him Clark, just like Bruce asks of him2- he rushes in headfirst, without analyzing, and says how Bruce would wait and get Intel...because of this, innocent creatures die. Had he waited, it's possible some would have died as well, so who knows?Also, the art is terrible and too many artists.The Zero Year story is boring, just a way to i...

As Greg Pak's first arc for this series, it was great! The story is that superman finds this alien which he tries to help and when he does he confronts this top secret government research division who is experimenting with ghost tech. Lana Lang plays a big role, which is a nice refresher instead of having Lois Lane the whole time! Overall a great read!

Though this was not a bad Superman story, as the old saying goes, "I'm waiting to be impressed." Superman has had enough lackluster storytelling, and now's the time for some tales to remember.

Greg Pak is a great guy. I have met him twice, at this point, and both times he had great advice about getting into the comic book industry. He recommended his book on how to create comics, like a professional, last time, and that had tons of important points I had never considered. What I like about Greg is that he never seems to want to tell the generic, follow the Editors lead type of story. He just creates tons and tons of his own content and stuffs it into the book of an established charact...

I love when I’m surprised by a book - I’ve read Greg Pak before, he’s not really my kind of writer, and, after Grant Morrison left Action Comics, I didn’t expect the series to be as good, but the first volume of Pak and Aaron Kuder’s run is quality! Lana Lang happens to be part of a mining operation in Venezuela which unwittingly unleashes a subterranean monster - Superman to the rescue! The book starts off with the chaff. There’s a wholly pointless rehashing of Superman’s origins taken from the...

So nice to be able to look forward to a Superman comic.and despite the changes of the New 52 and that new suit, this is a solid, old school Superman story.A mining operation unleashes monsters from underground. At the same time a mysterious commando seems to be stalking the man of steel.The best thing about this story is that Pak gets Superman. Nothing Superman says, does or thinks sounds off. They all sound like things Superman would do, so everything feels right. Nothing jars you out of the st...

Well holy crap that was just freaking spectacular! The first truly awesome Superman volume the New 52 has put out.

Even thought the story itself is silly and fantastical, the storytelling and artwork are very well done and there are several moments of classic Superman shining through.3.5/5

(B+) 78% | GoodNotes: A keen exposition on predisposition, the human condition and bold intuition: it's told with duality and juxtaposition.

It's been a while since I read a New52 comic I *liked*, and I've avoided the Superman titles like the plague after the spotty reputation they garnered their first year. (Scott Lobotomy-dell among the worst of the lot.)So shock the hell out of me when I hear that Greg Pak is slipping the bonds of Marvel exclusivity and coming to rescue the morons running DC editorial. And aside from an obligatory starter...Secret Origins titles should be called "beaten to death Origins". Fuck me, at this point an...

I'm a huge fan of Greg Pak. He's had a marvelous string of hits over the past 10 years or so. But he's never had the acclaim he rightly deserves. Finally Pak gets a shot at a high profile title. Was very excited when I learned Pak was doing Superman. Does it live up to expectations? Yes, it does. This is the best Superman book since James Robinson's multi-year sprawling Krypton classic. WHAT LIES BENEATH is very fine story with distinctive artwork. Nearly as good as the modern classic Superman s...

It’s so refreshing to read a GOOD Superman book for a change!

I can't believe I skipped this one on my initial Acton Comics reading run! See, I read volume 1-3 and after 3 I was drained cause Morrison wrote the last two volumes to hurt me. So then I read volume 4 and it was OKAY. But still, I was burnt. So I didn't return till near the "Truth" arc and skipped volume 5-6 and went into 7-8. I shouldn't have done that. Though I'll skip 6 cause here it's awful. Volume 5 is really a book you can pick up BY ITSELF. It's very good, self contained, superman story

An underground civilization threatens the world, but Superman is dedicated to finding a solution that saves everyone involved. With Lana Lang by his side and a new frenemy in Ghost Soldier, can Clark balance the scales, or are some battles just too tough to win?This was really good, actually. I'd stayed away from the Superman books during the New 52, but after really enjoying the Rebirth runs I thought I'd go back and see whether these were worth the read. Writer Greg Pak strikes the perfect bal...

Action Comics is definitely going in an... odd direction for Superman. I'm not complaining, just noting that this is very different from previous volumes (and other Superman titles). We've got ghost ninjas, shapechanging underground nobility, and a focus on Lana Lang over Lois Lane. They are fairly disparate threads that are tied together fairly well, and I actually like the focus on the relationship between Clark and Lana. This is an under-powered Superman, supposedly, although his strength see...