Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1 – W. Maxwell Prince, Writer; Martin Morazzo, Artist; Chris O’Halloran, Colorist
Ray – 9.5/10
Ray: Ice Cream Man is one of the most unique and bizarre comics of the last few decades – a truly surreal comic centering around a mysterious and demonic figure, told in anthology format with issues that defy the limits of how a comic can be read. So the creative team doing a Superman story was highly unexpected – and one of the most intriguing new projects out of DC in a long time. This issue starts with a simple concept – a massive new rock of Kryptonite has landed on Earth, containing four new variants of the deadly minerals with unexpected effects. Superman doesn’t know what they do – and neither does Lex Luthor, who is determined to get his hands on them along with his long-suffering assistant Emil Hamilton. Superman consults Batman, who wants to destroy them – but Superman sees them as part of his heritage. So he comes up with the idea to test them – on himself.
While I don’t think the Rainbow Kryptonite will do what it did in an issue of Supergirl by Peter David, this is a fascinating concept – and this first issue hints at its potential. First up is purple kryptonite, and it has the unique effect of dilating time. This means that while Superman is in the present day, his eyes and ears are picking up moments from across recent time. So when Luthor releases Solomon Grundy to lure Superman out, Superman sees that battle in strange fragments that he has to put together. There’s a segment towards the end of the issue that feels like a jigsaw puzzle, which is our first hint of the kind of madness that Prince and Morazzo have waiting for us. I’m a little less sure about the personal subplots, which involve a Superman who seems unwilling to commit and a Lois Lane in her 40s who wants a child before it’s too late, but this is the kind of project you just take a ride with and see where it takes you.
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