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Starman
#75 Yet another DC title begins a wind-down to a conclusion (planned well in advanc, however) as Robinson and Snejbjerg follow the seemingly unending "Grand Guignol" storyline with a reflective and self-contained episode. Jack Knight is still mourning the death of his father even as Opal City pulls itself back together, and making some important decisions about where his life will go next -- and then Superman arrives, looking to ask Jack questions about his father, Jor-El (Jack met him during the course of "The Stars My Destination", many many issues back.) Snejbjerg's version of Superman is a mixture of grace and quiet power, and is written by Robinson as a man whose emotional needs sometimes trip up his intellect and sometimes reveal his heart -- when Superman asks, "Was he funny?", it's genuinely touching. This is a thoughtful and sweet issue of a series that has had some ups and downs and seriously dragged-out periods. Peter Snejbjerg's artwork, which seemed so jarring initially, has grown on me as Snejbjerg has grown into the needs of the book, and there is a nice fluidity there now. It seems a shame that the series is concluding, yet, even so, it seems very much the natural thing to do, as Jack gets ready to hand on the mantle, and be a normal person for perhaps the first time in his life. ©2000 by Steven E. McDonald |
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