I'll update that if it changes, hopefully it doesn't of course because NOOK users through Barnes and Noble and Comixology having this available for free was a fantastic surprise. I still want the print copy more than anything though because this is a solid package.
But of course I read Superman hours before I'll read the rest lol. And it was totally great. I'm terrified that we're getting this doom and gloom from people reporting because if you just read the comics and let them speak for themselves, it's a completely different experience.
Bendis did a great job balancing well... everything. His Superman voice so far is not like his Marvel voice. IMO, the current situation shouldn't be prematurely evaluated as a status quo change but just an ongoing plot that will play itself out. For me that's what made it the balanced amount of drama and undercurrent of superheroics. Perry taking that swerve (it's funny Clark mentions heart and blood pressure, because I felt mine go up at the sight of "Perry is DC's JJJ") and showing that he does still behave like an actual, honest person. Perry is the most genuine man in the niche of comic book bosses, and Lois and Clark are parts of his family. And then meanwhile... wow, Clark fits where Jurgens was leaving off by mixing pre crisis in a post crisis world. The stuttering is basic but fine by me as otherwise you don't get his his usual writing tics. It's really his distance from Perry even though he sees him like family, too. You can just imagine that Midwestwern accent in his head as Perry lays on the cover thick ("please, Perry, stahp") and although these two men are close he has no idea of the true Clark.
Man, the cast. It's balanced out by Jimmy being funny and humble instead of trying to make him likeable and trying too hard about it. Lombard being there without introducing himself to the reader and giving a macho example that's actually his entire existence. But also... Trish Q and Goode. Man, I didn't see us getting set up into the thick of underlying things just by that DP intro. Goode was another clever swerve (and that beautiful crack on Perry, haha) but I bet Trish Q is involved with the secret side of Metropolis' underground.
I liked having Action in passing, and I imagine that's how Bendis will get around making it more ground over in Action Comics. Looked like we have a beautiful set up for that Reis flying scene, and JLGL is definitely to thank for that. Awesome, old school beauty and the imo, he's the best at storytelling. This thing to me just went off without a hitch.