Superman Vol. 2: The Unity Saga: The House of El (Superman The Unity Saga) Hardcover – Illustrated, November 26, 2019

I haven’t been much of a fan of Bendis’s work on Action Comics, but his Superman arcs have worked out better.There’s a lot good on here, and we don’t get answers to everything; however, I feel the story (though told a bit out of chronological order) holds my interest throughout. It’s also a plus that DC has a dedicated art team on this book that can actually make the characters look like they’re supposed to.

Book is missing an entire issue. This is very unlike DC who normally puts out the best collections around. Really, REALLY disappointed.

If you like Superman get this. A great story, great at. Also the return is Superboy.

A Good story for the greatest superhero of all time

Bendis Superman is so frustrating to read. He clearly loves the character, all the dialogue and actions are right and fit perfectly for Superman/Clark Kent. However, the stories are so lacking and disappointing that it loses all the goodwill that he builds up with his characterization. The first story of Rogal Zar was so boring and cliché, he was basically another Doomsday. Now this story basically shows how unspecial Superman is, which is my main problem with the book. Why are there so many Kryptonians here? It just doesn't logically make sense, apart from the fact that Bendis thought it would be cool. Why should I care about what Superman represents or what he means if there are so many others like him? I'm not talking about his Kryptonian super powers but even Kryptonian heroes. There are now 2 Superboys in continuity, 1 Supergirl, and still 1 Superwoman I believe (at least there was one in rebirth, idk where she is now). THey're all heroes, what's the need for Superman then. Superman used to represent a perfect hero, an alien who chooses to do what is right by humanity. Now there are so many, it feels redundant to have so many Kryptonians. The story also isn't that fun to read, it gets really over the top and doesn't have an ending like all Bendis Superman. It's really unfortunate because Ivan Reis is a great artist, and I think he draws an amazing Superman. Just makes you wish he was paired with another Superman writer like Geoff Johns or Peter Tomasi.

was apprehensive about a lot of changes that Brian Michael Bendis made to Superman...particularly with Superboy now being turned to a teenager. This book justifies the change and explains while also presenting a compelling cosmic quest that ties into what happened to Krypton, what Jor-el's been up to and brings a bit of a turn for Zod as a character. On top of that, I think Bendis does get a better with writing Lois Lane.The art does feature a lot of big spreads-single page and two page, but I think the cosmic epic nature of the story can justify it.If I had a fault with the story, it's the big solution to the huge problem at the center of the destruction of Krypton is a bit cheesy and unoriginal. This epic probably could have tightened but this isn't one of those Bendis stories that scream, "Padded!" Given that this is a 9-issue story, that says a lot about the book.

I'm wondering with volume one and volume two are going to be the the main storyline for the upcoming Superman series on the CW. You know the Superman lowest series are there taking these books and going to make the series out of them or take inspiration from the books and put them into the show because I know they're going to have the kids on the series you know his two boys but they moved back to Smallville but they're not saying anything else so I'm wondering if all you want and volume two are inspirations for the new series

The House of El comprises the second and final part of The Unity Saga by Brian Michael Bendis and Ivan Reis. For this hardcover collection an additional penciller is brought in with Brandon Peterson contributing visually stunning work for the flashback sequences covering Jon Kents adventures whilst he was away from Earth as well depicting Jor El back before Krypton was destroyed. This division of artistic duties between the two pencillers was extremely well done, by having each covering different characters and times like that it meant that the change in styles did not distract from the story.The story remains excellent with the snappy dialogue you can expect from Bendis and the quality of the art is as previously discussed is really something! The heart wrenching tale of what happened to Jon Kent has divided fans but I found it interesting and showed how he stayed true to his values in a situation where he only had himself to rely on. The resolution of the Rogol Zaar/Jor El was a particular highlight of this collection pushing things forward in thrilling ways with the introduction of the Legion of Superheroes and the tying up of threads that were first introduced even before DC Rebirth occurred. All in all it is a great story and there is lots and lots of potential for where the story will go in the coming volumes.

Enjoyed both volumes great art work good story.

Bendis no seu melhor, excelente argumento. Os desenhos são muito bons. Vale a pena.

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It's a weird story and I don't get why that happened to Jon Kent. Although I am a fan of Super Sons so I might be bias.