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Title: The Believer
Writer: Jay Faeber
Artist: Neil Vokes
Inker: Terry Austin
Colorist: Marie Severin
Letterer: Phil Felix
Cover Art: Mike Manley & Terry Austin
Summary:
When a child is abducted by aliens, the only witness is an old man whom no one
believes.
Description:
The story opens with a splash page of a little girl being mysteriously abducted
by aliens. The next day an old man, JD, tells the sheriff the story. JD tells
the police that she was just abducted by these aliens and taken away, but JD
couldn't get a good enough look. The cops dismiss his story. The Kents are
walking by the scene when they here that JD saw a spaceship land near the Kents
sometime ago, which begin his UFO fascination. The Kents call their son, Clark,
and in no time Superman is in Smallville, and helps out the cops with the
investigation. Meanwhile at JD's place, him and his pregnant daughter and husband
are getting into a heated discussion about his alien fascination, and how it has
made him a laughing stock of Smallville. She draws the line. If he mentions
anymore aliens, then he will be kicked out and put in a home.
(NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Superman asks from JD's story about the abduction, but he's
reluctant at first, but then (going against his daughter), decides to tell him.
JD says he was about to warn the little girl about playing around the rocks when
a strange figure approached her, she saw it, and it snatched her. JD was too
scared to attempt anything. Superman, who believes JD, goes underground to find
any clues and finds a cavern with a wrecked space ship and rock creatures
surrounding the girl. Superman listens to their story. Their ship landed and
have been attempting to fix it, when the youngest alien wandered off and ran
into the girl. He panicked and took her, out of fear. They sedated her so she'd
feel no pain or remember any of it. Superman is able to help them repair the
ship, and returns the girl to her family unharmed. He is also able to quickly
solve the problem sin JD's home life pretty quick, too. (What a guy!)
Later on, Superman takes JD for a walk and explains the
importance of keeping a secret. He explains that some secrets need to be kept to
oneself, and shouldn't share every little thing. He takes JD to a clearing and
shows him an alien space craft takes off. JD is so happy, he begins to cry.
Comments:
This issue was surprisingly good. What surprised me the most about it was
the art by Neil Vokes. As you can tell with my last reviews, I'm not too keen on
his art. I usually find it not at all like the animated style, too sketchy, and
all around bad. But this issue was a great change. His art was pretty damn good!
There were only a couple panels where Superman's chin extended way beyond believable
standards. Although the other characters were a bit more sketchier than
Superman, they looked pretty nice, too.
As for the story, Faber whips up one helluva tale. It was a
great read with a very emotional ending! It's weird how Faeber's script actually
worked with Vokes' art. The story and conflicts were great. The conflict between
the old man and his family was handled beautifully! Overall, this is a great
read, with some damn good art!
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