Super science fiction

Are gathered in this collection episodes "Action Comics" # 858 to 863, made in 2008 by writer Geoff Johns and Gary Frank draftsman.
In terms of the concept, the "Legion of Superheroes" is a team of supermen, to 31 century, coming to earth from the universe to take up the torch once held by Superman, as was the first come alien on Earth to defend the justice of the noblest way possible ...
The team was originally created in 1958 in the pages of "Adventure Comics". The idea was that these young supermen, teenagers, back in time to meet a Superman of age (Superboy), and bring to 30 ° century to share their adventures. So that's a bit childish concept which was taken in 2008 by Geoff Johns, who has fun as a little crazy by completely redefining the foundations of this mythology, to include it in the new origins of "Human Steel "(Superman: Secret Origin).
In this story, the Legion was defeated by land renegades who did not accept not being recruited within it. They have self-bombed "Justice League of Earth (JLE)!" They then raised the people against all aliens, such as the National Front came first, making act of revisionism by claiming that Superman has always been a human being. So The Man of Steel is again transported in the future to restore the truth. Alas, soon arrived in 3008 (1000 years later, so ...), he loses his powers ...

Here we are in the heart of a story with the dual "superhero" and "science fiction". In both cases, Johns does not go with the back of the spoon. As for superheroes, there are three dozen, which confronts all the way in the purest tradition of myth. In the genre of science fiction, the writer imagines an ambitious saga based intergalactic conflict, time travel and overdeveloped technology.
Personally, I was pretty impressed with the form of the narrative, dense and consistent, as Johns has the secret. But I have not been so thrilled with the background. First, these superhero hordes made me a little dizzy. Presented by tooltips every five minutes, yet it is hard to recognize and attach to it. In addition, their powers are ersatz of the most famous superheroes (a "Wolverine here, a" Medusa "by, a" Giant man "here, a" Wasp "by, etc.). Obviously is to be taken literally as a kind of homage amused to become archetypal figures. But the fact that it falls very quickly in a little outdated narrative.
Then all the incidents are ultra phoned and the reader guessing the fall from the start, emphasizing the harmless tale of printing reserved especially for readers knowing draw from the many references. It has a parable about the totalitarian excesses, especially through this distorted version of the "JLA" but she finally watered by the light treatment and second degree of the whole.

Because I do appreciate moderately stories starring a maximum of "super liners" stuffed with repetitive sandbox fights, because I no longer adheres to the stories at all "old-school" containing the codes old comics, I was lukewarm on this reading. Gary Frank has beautiful designer deliver a perfect job (!!! Ah head Christopher Reeves I love), this story is between "Superman: Secret Origin," "Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" and "Superman : Brainiac "(all three directed by the same team), the one I liked the least.
In vf, these episodes were published by Panini Comics editions in the magazine "Superman & Batman" # 15-17.