This was an okay read for me. If you like Superman you will enjoy it but it wasn't a great read. It was interesting at times and I did enjoy cameos from other characters from the DC universe.

A decent slice of DC Rebirth superheroics, with travel across the multiverse to find out who is killing off Supermen. Nothing amazing, but sill worth reading, especially for the Swamp Thing crossover at the end!

I am a big fan of the multi-verse concept and completely loved the art of this book. I found the story line to be a bit less interesting than some other multi-verse comics I have read, but it is still worth the read.

New Superman is a bit worried that the farmland is dry despite ample rainfall. Global warming? No, the explanation is even more sinister. To learn why his lettuce is dry, Superman turns to Swamp Thing, who knows all there is to know about foliage. Swamp Thing blames the problem on New Superman, who unlike Original Superman, seems to be sucking up all the sun. But when Swamp Thing starts speaking Ancient Kryptonian, trouble starts that only ends when Swamp Thing eats Superman. Now that’s bizarre.

A good bit of pseudo-science is followed by a good bit of psycho-babble as the reader is given a muddled explanation of the problem that New Superman is facing/causing. The psycho-babble sounds like a self-help book mixed with Beatles lyrics (“you got to free your mind instead”). This story isn’t up to the standard of other New Superman stories.

The next issue begins Multiplicity, in which New Superman meets Russian Superman, who is being chased by the Gatherers because they want to, um, gather him. Russian Superman is from Earth 30, further proof that there are just too many Earths in the D.C. universe. They are soon joined by the Justice League Incarnate which (you guessed it) consists of a bunch of alt-universe superheroes who vaguely resemble Justice League members. Seriously, you need a spreadsheet to keep track of all the variant D.C. superheroes these days.

The JL Incarnate want to stop the Gatherers from gathering all the Supermen. Next on the list is Kenan Kong, my favorite Superman except for Original Superman. I kinda think Kong should stay in a separate realm (China) rather than being integrated into the rest of the D.C. universe, because he makes a nice statement just doing his own thing. I mean, if anyone deserves his own universe, it’s Chinese Superman. I don’t know that the humor of the Kenan Kong concept translates well here, but I have to admire Rabbit Superman, who pops in at the end of the issue.

Ah, but the JL of Assassins (Earth 14), which doesn’t sound much like Justice to me, loses its Superman, prompting the JL Incarnate to round up all the uncaptured Supermen, including Superdemon (Earth 13) and President Superman (Earth 10, where apparently the Constitution does not require the president to be native-born, which might not be a bad idea since I would prefer the decency of New Superman to the shameful villain who now occupies the office). Anyway, am I the only reader who thinks this gaggle of Supermen is all just a little too silly?

The Prophecy dude who is capturing all the Supermen wants to siphon their powers so he can become Really Super Prophecy Dude and save his own skin from some vast threat. He regards New Superman as an anomaly, which makes New Superman get all like, “oh snap! I ain’t no anomaly,” but maybe he is. Anyway, the story gets better after that point, with Superman being his usual selfless self and a version of Flash called Racer showing the same sort of self-sacrifice that should characterize superheroes. I’m not sure that how the resolution is resolved is entirely clear but hey, screw the details. A bunch of Supermen flying around is always fun, especially when one of them is a rabbit.

After that, we get a Superboy Halloween story. Either creepy things are happening in the swamp, or Superboy and his little girlfriend got stoned. The girlfriend’s grandfather is going with the stoned theory. So am I. This is a story I could have lived without.

Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason's Superman Vol. 3: Multiplicity is the best of the three volumes so far, spinning a Superman-centric super-tale that, with hardly an exaggeration, steals the fire of the (Grant Morrison-ian) gods and dares to wield it in "everyday" twice-monthly comics. As with "Escape from Dinosaur Island" and as with "Super-Monster," Tomasi and Gleason's creativity has never been in doubt, and "Multiplicity" is wonderfully wild.

Grant Morrison's Multiversity was such an epic work that in some respects it seems no other creator dares touch it; it was the same with Final Crisis that despite potentially reality-rending consequences, most books just shrugged and went back to their own thing. Leave it then to Tomasi and Gleason to touch the third rail and enmesh their new Superman title in Multiversity, from the Justice League Incarnate to the Ultima Thule, Harbinger (and there goes that Mr. Oz theory) to frozen music. It's gutsy, and also a gauntlet thrown; it says nothing's too great and nothing's off-limits for what should rightfully be DC Comics's flagship title.

And indeed the three-part "Multiversity" is good. The most mundane and yet perhaps most important part of all of it is the first meeting of Superman and New Super-Man Kong Kenan. Tomasi and Gleason have always presented a caring, heroic Superman, and they do fine work here with a Superman who's both a fine leader but yet deferential -- especially in recognition of the presidential Superman of Earth-23 -- and also self-sacrificing; I thought our Superman was too willing to sacrifice his own life now given Lois and Jon, but he's still very admirable. And the multitude of Supermen is fun, and the book surely achieves the epic tone I've been hoping for when all the Supermen are lit up in the end.

I love the rebirth series and this is just another thrilling volume. I look forward to future volumes

The new Superman encounters Swamp Thing to get is vibration and Earth's aligned. Then he encounters the Justice League Incarnate and aids them on their quest to halt the kidnappings of Superman from all the various Earths. And Superboy has a very strange adventure when he and a neighbor girl trace a missing grandpa and cow to a swamp. Interesting times!

ARC from Netgalley.
Overall, the Volume was alright. It started with an excellent 2-part throwdown between Superman and Swamp Thing. Then it dissolved into a story we've read so many times before with both DC and Marvel: our hero (in this case Superman), meets a bunch of his counterparts from the multiverse and they have to all team up together to defeat a threat that is trying to collect them. (Most recent that comes to mind was Spider-Verse). They band together and defeat the bad guy, but not before losing one or more of the counterparts. The only unique thing here is that Superman finally met face-to-face with Kenan Kong, known now as New Super-Man.
Art is good, story was fine.... just tired of the same storylines over and over again. Recommend.

'Superman Vol 3: Multiplicity' by Peter J. Tomasi & Patrick Gleason collects Annual #1 and issues #14-17.

The book starts with a story featuring the new Superman with a confrontation with Dr. Alec Holland, aka Swamp Thing. It seems that this Superman's presence is triggering problems.

Speaking of problems, the next story is about someone hunting down all the Supermen in the Multiverse. With some unusual help, can Superman stop this from happening?

The final story involved Superman's son Jon and a spooky late night trip through a spooky bog. I expected Swamp Thing to show up again.

The stories are solid, but the multiverse story seemed like such a big concept that I was surprised that it wasn't longer, but overall the pacing was good, so I've got no complaint. The art works well enough. I liked Superman and Swamp Thing duking it out, and I liked seeing all the various versions of Superman. It was good to see Kenan, the Chinese Super-Man again too.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

A generous two stars for this book - I'd read the superior content, the 2017 Annual already, so knew that to be an interesting trip into the world of the Swamp Thing. The title story is a silly mess, with countless Superpeople standing around idle while one of ours does all the muscle work. It's got no internal logic (the baddie only wants some of the Superpeople, and those not on his list can just beat him before he worries, and, er...). And then we have a Superbrat filler of the most trippy and inconsequential kind, and the sense this whole book (much like its immediate predecessor) is filler is just too much. That's three duds in a row now.

Superman Annual #1, the first issue in the book, was far too long for the amount of story actually in it. The next arc, "Multiplicity," felt too rushed. Maybe because it was Crisis on Infinite Earths condensed to three issues (complete with a Flash death that wasn't earned)? Too small to function as a true crossover event, but too big for the space provided. Of course, I don't think it would have been much better with more room to breathe. I usually think it's pretty awesome when multiple Supermen show up in the same place, but this story just didn't grab me. It really was just a long-winded way of getting to hinting at the next big-bad. The final issue saw Jon Kent running around looking for a cow, so that was pretty much a wasted issue except for the shadowy figure that appears to be playing a role soon. It seems like this volume wants to be an important part of the Superman continuity, but it was more like a lot of running in place.

A big thank you to Netgalley and DC Comics for letting me read this for a review. I have been a big fan of the Superman since Rebirth. I was very happy to continue on this series. The last two books were really good and the mystery around My Superman in this new Earth world has been one that has kept my attention.

This book starts out with this exact topic. Things around Clark are starting to change. The river (or creek, I don't remember) has run dry and Clark has no idea what happened. Until a guest star grows out of the ground. Swamp Thing has shown up to explain that the frequency around the Superman I know doesn't match with the frequency of this Earth and it is causing nature to pull away. Superman needs to leave or submit to Swamp Thing in order to put the natural order of Nature back to normal. The first issue or two of this was a lot of fun to read and I always like with Swamp Thing shows up in an issue of one of my favorite heroes.

Once the story with Swamp thing has passed we finally get to the reason for the title of this volume. A "for lack of a better term" collection of Supermen have come to this world chasing a threat. That villain is hunting Supermen to even the scales and our Superman will have to team up with all these other worlds' Supermen to save the earth and the rest of the Supermen.

I have really enjoyed the Superman books during Rebirth. This was an interesting read and really held my attention. I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Tomasi and Gleason revisit Grant Morrison's Multiversity concept. Superman analogues are disappearing across the multiverse. Some guy named Prophecy is stealing all their power to defeat this ultimate bad guy who is coming. Presumably, the same dark figure behind the creation of the new 52. The Multiversity is a lot of fun when Morrison isn't making things weird and over explaining the concept.

Additionally, Supes meets Swamp Thing and we get a solo issue where Jon spends the night alone. Besides, the Jon issue the book focuses purely on Superman. I'm still loving Tomasi and Gleason on this book, even if this book is filled with guest artists.

I guess that I wasn't really paying attention when I saw the title of this and should have realized the implications of what it meant. Multiplicity, which means, it's time for a mutliverse road trip!!

I don't always love these sorts of stories, sometimes they quite make my head hurt, but, in this case, with all these Supermen and Women (and bunnies), it was awesome. We get the Superman of Earth-23 and our current Superman working together, there's even a bit from the Red Son Superman as well. And, of course, as is the usual with these Rebirth titles, there is quite the cliffhanger at the end (well, before the story about Jon, his friend who's a girl, and a cow and some swamp gas??).

I liked this book, it was fun, and serious at the same time, something which the New52 (and some of the Rebirth titles still) seem to have forgotten how to do. Remember, Comics are supposed to be fun?

Well, this one definitely was.

I was given this ARC by Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment.

A fantastic addition to the Multiverse story, was great to see Supermen and woman from all the Earth's and take on a new mysterious villain.