Posted on February 3, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), John Dell (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist), Sholly Fisch (feature writer), Chriscross (feature artist), Jose Villarrubia (feature colorist) The Story: Now you know where all those little voices in your head are coming from. The Review: I don’t think I’m the only one, but I sometimes give Morrison a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #6, Action Comics #6 review, Andy Kubert, Brad Anderson, Chriscross, Clark Kent, Cosmic Boy, DC, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, John Dell, Jonathan Kent, Jose Villarrubia, Kal-El, Lana Lang, Legion of Super Heroes, Lightning Lad, Martha Kent, Pete Ross, Saturn Girl, Sholly Fisch, Superman | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 5, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Invasion of the Space Babies! They’ll overwhelm you with their cuteness! The Review: The coming of Superman to Earth as a babe rocketed from the doomed planet of Krypton is probably the origin story of origin stories, one which still retains a lot of its [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #5, Action Comics #5 review, Andy Kubert, Brad Anderson, Chriscross, Clark Kent, Cosmic Boy, DC, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, Jesse Delperdang, Jonathan Kent, Jor El, Jose Villarrubia, Kal-El, Krypto, Lara, Lightning Lad, Martha Kent, Saturn Girl, Sholly Fisch, Superman | 10 Comments »
Posted on December 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Man of Steel, meet Man in Steel. The Review: I’ve become a bit wary of DC’s backup and co-features over time. The fact they hang on to a bigger, stronger storyline definitely poses some drawbacks. Only rarely do they have a charm and intrigue of [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #3, Action Comics #3 review, Brad Anderson, Brad Walker, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, Jay David Ramos, Jimmy Olsen, John Henry Irons, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, metropolis, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Sean Parsons, Sholly Fisch, Steel, Superman | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant (inker), Gene Ha (guest artist), Brad Anderson & Art Lyon (colorists) The Story: Corrupt people rabidly spouting nonsense on TV—what will fiction think of next? The Review: Anybody who’s read much of Superman has wondered this question at some point: which is the real alter-ego, Superman [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #3, Action Comics #3 review, Art Lyon, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Gene Ha, Grant Morrison, Jimmy Olsen, Jor El, Kandor, Krypton, Lara, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Superman | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Rags Morales & Brent Anderson (pencillers), Rick Bryant (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: We’re no Guantanamo, but we’ve got ways of making an alien in a T-shirt talk. The Review: One thing Morrison does consistently well is place characters into unusual situations, and when it comes to iconic superheroes, that [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #2, Action Comics #2 review, Brad Anderson, Brent Anderson, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, General Lane, Grant Morrison, John Henry Irons, Krypton, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Superman | 9 Comments »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: If he falls, a Superman has to get up, dust his jeans off, and hit even harder. The Review: For those of you desperately attempting to push back the memories of Grounded into the far-flung recesses of your brain, don’t [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #1, Action Comics #1 review, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, General Lane, Grant Morrison, Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Superman | 23 Comments »
Posted on June 26, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Kenneth Rocafort & Axel Giménez (artists), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: And I was like Doomsday, Doomsday, Doomsday, no… Stop singing? Okay. The Review: One thing you’ll notice with a lot of movies nowadays is that they’ll pile on the action to keep you from noticing how little story there is [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #902, Action Comics #902 review, Axel Giménez, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, Doomsday, Doomslayer, John Henry Irons, Kara Zor-El, Kenneth Rocafort, Kon-El, Lois Lane, Paul Cornell, Reign of the Doomsdays, Steel, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman | 5 Comments »
Posted on May 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Kenneth Rocafort & Jesus Merino (artists), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: To kill five Super-people, of course you need five Doomsdays, right? The Review: In my review of Superboy #6, I described Doomsday as a shallow character who no one cared (or at least, I didn’t) much to see again, a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #901, Action Comics #901 review, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, Conner Kent, DC, DC Comics, Doomsday, Eradicator, Jesus Merino, John Henry Irons, Kara Zor-El, Kenneth Rocafort, Kon-El, Linda Lang, Paul Cornell, Reign of the Doomsdays, Steel, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman | 21 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Lex Luthor is about to bring fun, love, and joy to all the people of the universe—the crazy part is I am being totally serious right now. The Review: Say what you like about Superman: he can be overly naïve, overbearingly preachy, arguably antiquated, and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #900, Action Comics #900 review, Ardian Syaf, Blond, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, Cyborg-Superman, Damon Lindelof, Dan Jurgens, David S. Goyer, DC, DC Comics, Death, Derek Hoffman, Eradicator, Gary Frank, Geoff Johns, Jamal Igle, Java Tartaglia, Jesus Merino, Jon Sibal, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Matt Camp, Migeul Sepulveda, Mr. Mind, Norm Rapmund, Paul Cornell, Paul Dini, Paul Mounts, Pete Woods, Rags Morales, RB Silva, Reign of Doomsday, Richard Donner, Rob Lean, Robot Lois, Ryan Sook, Steel, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Jesus Merino (artist), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: My, those are some big black balls you’ve got there, Lex Luthor. The Review: It’s been a long, wild journey we’ve had, following Superman’s arch-nemesis on his quest for ultimate power. He’s faced off against some of the baddest of the baddies in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #899, Action Comics #899 review, Brad Anderson, Brainiac, comic book reviewsw, DC Comics, Jesus Merino, Lex Luthor, Paul Cornell, Robot Lois, Superman, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Pete Woods (artist), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: Something went severely amiss in Larfleeze and Lex Luthor’s upbringing, as they seriously need to learn to share. The Review: As far as I know, the guest star is a feature exclusive to television shows and comics. In television, the guests have pull [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #898, Action Comics #898 review, agent orange, Brad Anderson, DC Comics, Larfleeze, Lex Luthor, Orange Lantern, Paul Cornell, Pete Woods, Robot Lois | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 26, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Pete Woods (artist), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: It’s the World’s Un-Finest! Can the world’s greatest mind keep up with the world’s sickest wit? Yes and no, honestly. The Review: In the DCU, there can be no two personalities more complex and inscrutable than Lex Luthor and the Joker. Either one [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #897, Action Comics #897 review, Brad Anderson, DC Comics, Larfleeze, Lex Luthor, Paul Cornell, Pete Woods, Robot Lois, The Joker | 7 Comments »
Posted on December 29, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Pete Woods (artist), Brad Anderson (colorist), Nick Spencer (feature writer), RB Silva (feature penciller), DYM (feature inker), Dave McCaig (feature colorist) The Story: Lex Luthor enlists the Secret Six to get him out of a tight spot. But things aren’t so cut and dry when they’re facing Vandal Savage, who just [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #896, Action Comics #896 review, Brad Anderson, Dave McCaig, DC Comics, DYM, Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor, Nick Spencer, Paul Cornell, Pete Woods, RB Silva, Scandal Savage, Secret Six, Vandal Savage | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 4, 2010 by paladinking
by Paul Cornell (writer), Marco Rudy & Ed Benes (art), Val Staples & Jason Wright (colors), and John J. Hill (letters) The Story: A young Lex Luthor finds himself the unwilling “employee” of Darkseid and, in the back-up, the disciple of Ra’s Al-Ghul. What’s Good: First things first: this issue is $4.99, but it’s a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics Annual, ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #13, Alex Evans, Anti-Life Equation, Apokolips, Bruno Mannheim, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daily Planet, Darkseid, DC Comics, DC Universe, DCU, Desaad, Ed Benes, Intergang, Lazarus Pit, Lex Luthor, Marco Rudy, New God, New Gods, Paul Cornell, Perry White, Ra's Al Ghul, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 28, 2010 by paladinking
by Paul Cornell (writer), Pete Woods (art), Brad Anderson (color), and Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: Lex meets Death and tries to worm his way back into the world of the living. What’s Good: If it wasn’t clear before, it sure is now: Paul Cornell gets Lex Luthor. Even clearer is the fact that this may [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics 894, afterlife, Alex Evans, Black Lantern, Black Lanterns, Black Ring, Blackest Night, Chloe Sullivan, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daily Planet, Dalwythians, Death, Death Sandman, Durvella Cwion, Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, metropolis, Neil Gaiman, Nick Spencer, Paul Cornell, Pete Woods, RB Silva, Sandman, Superman, the Endless, Vertigo Universe, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 12, 2010 by paladinking
Welcome to a new feature here at WCBR, which will hopefully resurface periodically. Here we highlight series that we reviewers feel are not getting the readers, or the attention, that they deserve. These are books that we’ve been particularly enjoying. These are DC/Marvel books that should be in the top ten, or at least the [...]
Filed under: Features | Tagged: 28 Days Later, 28 Days Later comic, action comics, American Vampire, Artifacts, Artifacts comic, best comics, Boom Comics, DC Comics, Fantastic Four, IDW Comics, Image Comics, Kill Shakespeare, Lex Luthor, Marvel Comics, Orc Stain, Scalped, Scalped comic, SHIELD, SHIELD comic, Superman, Top Cow, Vertigo Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 29, 2010 by jtmazz
by Paul Cornell (writer), Pete Woods (artist), Pere Perez (artist), Rob Leigh (colorist) The Story: Lex Luthor continues his quest for complete control of everything, after having tasted true power as an Orange Lantern. However, being so determined to gain domination brings much resentment in the form of super villains. Lex surely has his work cut [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: action comics, Action COmics #892, Action Comics #892 review, Comic Book Reviews, Deathstroke, Lex Luthor, Paul Cornell, Pere Perez, Pete Woods, Rob Leigh, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking
by Paul Cornell (writer), Pete Woods (pencils & inks), CAFU (pencils), BIT (inks), Brad Anderson (colors), and Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: Lex Luthor fights Mister Mind for control of his own fantasies. What’s Good: It’s always a pleasure to read a comic that feels wickedly smart and it’s even more special when this comic [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #891, ACTION COMICS #891 review, Alex Evans, Black Lanterns, Black Ring, black rings, Blackest Night, Blackest Night Aftermath, Cafu, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, Deathstroke, Frankenstein, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Mister Mind, Paul Cornell, Pete Woods, Prometheus, Superman, weekly comic book reviews, western | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 24, 2010 by jtmazz
By James Robinson (Writer), Bernard Chang (Penciler), Dan Jurgens (Writer), J. Michael Straczynski (Writer), Eddy Barrows (Penciler), J.P. Mayer (Inker) DC celebrates its biggest title with a look at Superman’s past, present and future. All three, of which, look at the importance of Superman to Earth, and the need society has for him on his [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: action comics, Bernard Chang, Comic Book Reviews, Dan Jurgens, Eddy Barrows, Gary Frank, J. Michael Straczynski, J.P. Mayer, James Robinson, Man of Steel, Superman, Superman #700, Superman #700 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 15, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By Greg Rucka and Eric Trautmann (writers), and Pere Perez (artists), Javier Mena (colorist) and Travis Lanham (letterer) The Story: Flamebird continues the fight against false Rao, alone since Nightwing is incapacitated. Luckily the cavalry arrives in the form of the JSA and Wonder Woman to even the odds. What’s Good: I love the way [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #888, Action Comics #888 review, DC Comics, Eric Trautmann, Flamebird, Greg Rucka, JSA, Nightwing, Pere Perez, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 14, 2009 by Ray Hilario
By Geoff Johns (Writer), Pete Woods (Artist), Renato Guedes (Artist), Wilson Magalhaes (Artist) and Rob Leigh (Colors) After months of building up the tension between the people of Kandor and Earth, the “New Krypton” finale fails to finish “properly.” For weeks, we followed this story as the overlooked important event in DC and to Superman’s [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: action comics, Geoff Johns, New Krypton, Pete Woods, Renato Guedes, Rob Leigh, Supergirl, Superman, Superman, Wilson Magalhaes | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 15, 2008 by Ray Hilario
By Geoff Johns (Writer), Pete Woods (Artist), Brad Anderson (Colorist), and Rob Leigh (Letterer) Picking up from the end of Superman #681, Part 4 of New Krypton follows as a mild entertaining read that will leave fans with another “WTF moment,” and wishing for more Kryptonians vs. Doomsday action. In this issue, readers will find [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #871, Alex Ross, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, New Krypton, Pete Woods, Superman, Superman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 14, 2008 by Deamentia
By Geoff Johns (writer), Gary Frank (pencils), Jon Sibal (inks), Brad Anderson (colors) Geoff Johns retconning of Brainiac continues. Unlike last issue where we got a ton of Brainiacs wrecking havoc across the universe, this issue give us a full-on explanation of who they are and who the “real” Brainiac is. It’s all told recited [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #867, Brad Anderson, Brainiac, DC Comics, Gary Frank, Geoff Johns, Jon Sibal, Supergirl, Superman, Superman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2008 by abadar100
By Geoff Johns & Richard Donner (Writers), Adam Kubert (Artist) & Edgar Delgado (Colors) Reading this comic, it’s impossible to forget the 1978 original Superman film. I don’t need to say this is a good thing, do I? Well, it is. And of course, there is a slightly different story and some more characters in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics Annual #11, Adam Kubert, annual, DC, Geoff Johns, Lex Luthor, metropolis, Ricard Donner, Superman, Superman | Leave a Comment »
