A small group of new ‘heroes’ arrive in Metropolis and help cut down the Big Blue’s workload, but their methods aren't sympathetic with his impossible ideals. It doesn't just use the medium as allegory; it goes full out and includes real world concerns in a fictional setting. It initially distances the origins of the unfavourable actions from American soil so it can use them as a critique of home, but by the end you’re in no doubt as to what the message is, while at the same time being left with a shaky moral platform from which to soapbox. It shows Supes in a new light, and that’s to be applauded. This one's not for kids.
4 shiny new pennies out of 5
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