On one level, Superman Annual #14 is a retelling of “Superboy’s Big Brother” (i.e., Mon-El from Superboy #89), but it’s mainly a history of Dax-Am in the post-post-post-]Crisis DCU. Only 10 of this issue’s 38 page story deal with Mon-El, only three of those deal with Mon-El and young Clark Kent in Smallville, and only one of those has any dialogue.
I like James Robinson, but I don’t think the history of Dax-Am is a story that particularly needed to be told. If I were editor of this comic, I would have instructed Robinson to focus on the Mon-El/Superboy story. What really has me excited about this comic, though, is the five-page preview of Superman: Secret Origin #1! I very seldom ever read any of the previews DC includes in their comics from time-to-time. I already know in advance whether or not I’ll be buying a particular new series. Equally seldom has one of these previews influenced my opinion one way or the other (except the Animal Man preview recently), but occasionally there’s a preview of a series, such as Superman: Secret Origin, which I can’t wait to read!
I’ll have more to say about Superman: Secret Origin on September 2nd (or shortly thereafter).
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I think the most interesting thing is...Mon-El has both Kryptonian and Earthling genes...he literally is the man with a heritage on both planets and given the, probable, coming war, it's fitting that he and Kal-El will be fighting Gen. Zod and Gen. Lane to stop it.
It is still Daxam, but we learn that it got its name from the Kryptonian explorer who discovered it, Dax-am.
Rob Staeger said:
Has the planet been renamed Dax-Am, now? It used to be Daxam...
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
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I agree. I didn't think this was a particularly interesting story or history.
Rob Staeger said:
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