The stories set in Gotham and the new vision of the future seemed interesting and had potential. Unfortunately, if we look into Metropolis and Superman, it doesn't come out so well .
Even Doctor Fate would be terrified!
I don’t have good information. Superman’s future is truly chaotic! Virtually every story we read here is drawn like modern Marvel comics or the series about the Last Son of Krypton from the New 52 – each frame is so full of details that it’s hard to distinguish the closer or the background. One big mess. The story is similar – there are many stories that roughly have one common denominator – the House of El, but not all of them really correspond to this. While I like that Jon has not been forgotten, whether the future of Superman’s family and the blue lighthouse keeper, who is his descendant, are shown, but is it enough, since the DC comic book eater can get lost anyway?
A study of dictatorship and freedom
Of course, not everything in this volume is very bad. The text layer probably caught my attention the most. The chapter where Superman fights in the War World arena and Clark Kent’s dismembered article about one of the war heroes appears in the frames really impressed me! Action-filled frames like war pictures, and in the background a commentary on the fight for a better tomorrow. Who better to illustrate this than the Man of Tomorrow!
The next part is the one in which Lex Luthor has his own Empire and, like an Eastern dictator, he has to face Western civilization, represented by Ambassador Lois Lane and her husband Superman. Here, Lex shows dictatorial craftsmanship, explaining to the reader every act he intends to carry out. Almost as if I was following Hitler, Franco, Stalin or Mussolini. Like Machiavelli, Lex teaches you how to rule, divide and achieve peace through tyranny… and good use of propaganda on TV. How do we know it? The relationship between an aging married couple – Clark and Lois is also interesting. Overall, this story could have been rated by me on its own and would have gotten an 8/10 for the plot.
The pathetic layer is on par with DC. It is a pity that it is limited to the text and does not provide full narrative and graphic coherence. However, I see potential for the future.
Cosmic disorder
This is one of the few moments in my reviewing career when I have to express my dissatisfaction in a blunt way. Well, this volume is important from the perspective of the canon – who like who, but Superman, next to Batman and Wonder Woman, is a pillar of the DC Comics universe, however, the stories shown in it are chaotic, confusing and sometimes boring. Despite the few moments, I had to force myself to make it to the end. Again, the Polish edition was changed in relation to the original and the detailing of some notebooks was omitted on the cover. Overall, I’m a bit disappointed, however, if anyone wants a complete set of the State of the Future series,loves Superman or is a huge fan of the DC Universe – get this volume. The rest has nothing to look for here, because it will get lost in the tangle of plots and drawings and will leave with even more confusion than it came.
