
Today while at the library I saw Superman:Red Son on the shelves and remembered that I had been meaning to read that for a while. I first heard about it on the "Science...sort of" podcast (another thing I am terribly behind in following) and then immediately forgot about it. I knew it was by Mark Millar, whom I generally tend to like because of his absolute craziness, and it seemed really interesting from the various reviews I read. I was surprised and very excited when I saw that it was penciled primarily by Dave Johnson someone whose covers always blow me away, and who I had never seen actually do interior work. Superman: Red Son is an elseworlds tale based on the premise of Superman growing up the Soviet Union rather than the U.S. It was originally published as a 3 part series in prestige format and eventually won the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series in 2004.
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As I previously stated, I was so excited when I realized this was drawn by Dave Johnson. A few pages in I was already on my iPod searching the internet for more books that he penciled. I should also give credit to Kilian Plunkett who co-penciled the last 2 issues. The character designs were great (even Batman's hat...it's cold in Russia), and the page layouts were dynamic and nicely varied. I think some real credit should go to Paul Mounts, whose colouring is absolutely stunning - the pages are vibrant and colourful, with emotion and theme conveyed beautifully with the colours chosen. All in all, the entire art team did a fantastic job in making this an extremely beautiful book.
Final Word:
Superman: Red Son is a classic Mark Millar-fun-superhero-romp with a unique take on the classic Superman mythos and beautiful artwork.
Rating: 9/10
The trade can be picked up on the cheap at Instocktrades
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