At first I was not excited for Superman’s books in DC Rebirth. I hated the new blue uniform and wasn’t crazy about the new child Superboy. I’m still not crazy about him honestly. He could go and I wouldn’t lose sleep over it.

But I should have known bringing Dan Jurgens back into the fold would produce such a great result. It reminds me of my childhood when I first began reading Superman comics in the 3rd grade during the early-mid 90s. Jurgens has always been a great fit for Superman. His runs on the character should one day be held in the same high regard as the Curt Swan years of drawing the Man of Steel in my opinion. I literally cannot wait for the 2 week intervals to be up for the next Action Comics issues to come out. “Superman”, the title, isn’t as anticipated though. The story isn’t bad, I’m just not a fan of the art on that title. Doug Mahnke…. he has his moments. Overall I’m sorta “meh” on him. But Patrick Gleason is just not my type of artist. I can’t stand his art style. I’ve loathed his art ever since his run on Batman and Robin. I wish they would bring Gary Frank or Tony Daniel back. Those guys draw a timeless Superman and a sexy Lois.

But on the whole, yes, I have seen a marked improvement on the character. The post-Convergence powerless Superman was a disaster. The buzz cut hair; the shirt & jeans; the motorcycle; red rags wrapped around the fists; his secret identity being public knowledge…. Just awful. It equals the “Nomad” era on Captain America in terms of ill-advised runs for a legendary character.

The only thing I miss from the New 52 is that version’s Superman uniform. That was a gorgeous suit Jim Lee whipped up that was tossed away for seemingly stupid reasons.