When Grant Morrison writes good, he writes damn good. Action Comics #1 is Grant being great. This issue sums up all that is excellent in writing comic books: Deep story, well designed characters, quick plotting, and superb dialogue. This has actually gotten me excited about how great this reboot could be.
The quick summary of the plot is that a young Superman fights corruption and the police, while maintaining his secret identity all the while being targeted by Lex Luthor and Lois Lane's dad. He's stronger and more resistant to harm than the average human being, which is putting it lightly. But he can't fly yet and the rest of his powers are still developing.
By making him weaker and more of a rookie than we're used to, Morrison brings the character back to a level we can understand. He's still fresh at the whole superhero business but more dangerous than we're used to. He puts mobster through walls and wife beaters out of windows (don't worry they got better). Superman even seems to know how awesome it is being him, daring the police to shot him just to show how bad ass he really is by catching the bullet. I can only hope that we get some good character development from him over the next year as he becomes more powerful and more responsible (cliched but true).
The art is also rather solid. Rags Morales really compliments Morrison's style making the story flow smoothly. I really like the costume redsign for Supes. It's obviously homemade but still stylish. Kind of feels like he had bigger ideas about how it should look, but could only afford some jeans and fabric for a cape. Stupid journalist salary.
So go out and buy this book. Seriously it's that good. It costs an extra dollar, but it's so worth it. The double sized issue really helps tell the story without an obnoxious chapter break (Justice League #1 anybody).
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