Adam is celebrating his fame on Earth after his role in the war on Rann but now someone is decided to bring the terrible acts he could have commited during such time.
A new miniseries handled by Tom King arrives and I was curious about it to say the least. As you might already know, I'm not a Tom King fan, in fact I consider his work on Batman and especially Heroes in Crisis some of the worst comics in recent years but at the same time I was pleasently surprised by his Mister Miracle book which pretty much corrected all of his mistakes. Now, he apparently was going to follow the same Mister Miracle style in the current Strange Adventures title in every way possible and I must say he's faithful in that regard so far.
First of all, you already know how King works, he tries to make his protagonists as miserable as possible to create an interesting character development, sometimes it can succeed and at others it can fail as mentioned in the previous examples. Here, the story tries to create a parallel between the past and the present, especifically the glorious time when Adam defended Rann and the current day where he has to suffer the consequences.
King knows how to showcase the difference in both eras both in terms of writing and tone with the scenes on Rann having a more classic sci-fi comic style and the ones on Earth having a more grounded feel. Both segments present a mystery, about what happened and what's about to happen and all of this seems intriguing so far.
About the characterization, is pretty solid with staples like Adam and Alanna being portrayed appropriately based on their history with the typical depressing King twists that are bound to be developed. Batman also gets a little cameo and I must say that in a little scene King wrote Bruce better than in the entirety of his own Batman run.
There are a few problems though like the classic King repetition which can be seen during the "Hi, I'm Adam" panels which are not as bothersome as other examples from King but they're still noticeable and serve no purpose.
Mitch Gerads handles the present section while Doc Shaner is in charge of the past and I must say that this was a good choice due that Shaner's style is more fitting to the cosmic scenes on Rann while Gerads' semi-realistic style is perfect for the more serious scenes.
Promising overall, I just hope things only go better from now on.
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