Red Son

Graphic novel with Superman raised in Russia instead of the USA.
I bought it for Matthew in 2013, I think, after seeing it mentioned as an interesting twist on the Superman story. I thought I'd quite like to read it, too.
==First read (June-July 2014)==
===Format===
Matthew's paperback copy.
===Journal===
Read the first 60 out of 150 pages at Matthew's on the 14th of June 2014. There's a lot I didn't like, I'm really not sure I like western graphic novels. They're just really badly written. The bold words wind me up no end.
I took it home to finish and read the last part on the 25th of July.
I hate comics! That's the first think to get off my chest. They seem to be the worst way to present a story. I cannot exaggerate how annoying and off-putting the randomly bolded words are. I guess it's just some sort of tradition, but jesus should it be dropped.
Also the awful character building. Lex Luthor = intelligent human, therefore he should be playing chess all the time and make frequent casual remarks about beating lots of good players with ease, and we should refer to him as being THE MOST INTELLIGENT PERSON EVAAAAH. Brainiac is an alien computer so he should talk about statistics a lot. It's like they just pick one defining trait and milk it like you wouldn't believe.
As for the story, it was pretty good I think. I wish I could have enjoyed it. The ending twist was entirely gratuitous and unnecessary, though.
===Rating===
0, close to a 1 I guess.
Category:Superman graphic novels
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