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Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #2 – Review

By: Sterling Gates (writer), Oliver Nome (penciller), Trevor Scott (inker), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: Oh, Bart, you can’t hide anything.  I can see right through you. The Review: In watching a few episodes of Dexter I noticed that even though the titular lead is one of the most compelling figures in television, very little [...]

Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #1 – Review

By: Sterling Gates (writer), Oliver Nome (penciller), Trevor Scott (inker), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: You ever get the feeling you just don’t belong to this world…and era…and reality? The Review: Dealing with an altered reality and all the taken-for-granted conventions it entails (subtle or not) can get pretty mind-boggling to begin with.  And by [...]

Action Comics #899 – Review

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 [...]

Legion of Super-Heroes #10 – Review

By: Paul Levitz (writer), Yildiray Cinar & Wayne Faucher (artists), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Family, the ties that bind…and gag.  Chameleon Boy finds to his regret that having a rich aunt isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The Review: Before I get to the specifics of this issue, I think it’s important I stake [...]

R.E.B.E.L.S. #25 – Review

By: Tony Bedard (writer), Claude St. Aubin (penciller), Scott Hanna (inker), Rich and Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: The return of Starro the Conquerer!  Or, more technically, the return of the return of Starro the Conquerer!  By the way, it’s raining Czarnians. The Review: There are generally two kinds of villains: your garden-variety, day-to-day thugs [...]

R.E.B.E.L.S. #24 – Review

By: Tony Bedard (writer), Claude St. Aubin (penciller), Scott Hana (inker), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: With a bout of peace at last, our R.E.B.E.L.S. finally have some time to work on their romantic entanglements.  These are…the days of their lives… The Review: With the last issue focused mainly on the Vega sector’s [...]

R.E.B.E.L.S. #23 – Review

By: Tony Bedard (writer), Claude St. Aubin (penciller), Scott Hanna (inker), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: John Stewart, along with the Vega rookies, arrive on Rann as a delegation from the Green Lantern Corps to make nice with the R.E.B.E.L.S.  But with Vril Dox scheming on how to turn the photo op into [...]

The Legion of Super-Heroes #7 – Review

By: Paul Levitz (writer), Yildiray Cinar & Wayne Faucher (artists), Francis Portela (back-up artist) The Story: Cosmic Boy, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy, and Tyroc investigate the murder of a United Planets councilor, leading them to confront the assassins and prevent further government deaths.  Meanwhile, Sun Boy considers Legion leadership, and Mon-El and Earth-Man have words [...]

Adventure Comics #3 – Review

By Geoff Johns and Michael Shoemaker (writers), Francis Manapul and Clayton Henry (artists), Brian Buccellato and Brian Reber (colorists), Elizabeth V. Gehrlein (editor) The Story: If issue #1 was the set-up and issue #2 was the boy-finds-girl, then issue #3 is really the buddy story. Conner (Superboy) and Tim Wayne (Red Robin) are best friends [...]

Adventure Comics #2 – Review

By Geoff Johns and Michael Shoemaker (writers), Francis Manapul and Clayton Henry (artists), Brian Buccellato and Brian Reber (colorists) The Stories: Johns opens the book on a squadron of military helicopters searching for Brainiac and Luthor, who have both just escaped. Brainiac and Luthor are in cahoots and nothing good is going to come of [...]

Action Comics #870 – Review

By Geoff Johns (story), Gary Frank (pencils), Jon Sibal and Bit (inks), Brad Anderson (colors) The Story: Geoff Johns wraps up his Brainiac retcon as Superman must not only deal with his own means of survival, but also the fates of Metropolis and Kandor – two cities have been shrunken down for Braniac’s “private collection”. [...]

Action Comics #868 – Review

By Geoff Johns (writer), Gary Frank (pencils), John Sibal (inks), Brad Anderson (colors) After two issues of intense build up, I’ve gotta come out and say that I’m a little underwhelmed by the unveiling of the “real” Brainiac. From a design standpoint he’s little more than a humanoid in a “Cenobite” costume and leaves a [...]

Action Comics #867 – Review

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 [...]

Action Comics #866 – Review

By Geoff Johns (story), Gary Frank (pencils), Jon Sibal (inks), Brad Anderson (colors) I’m not the most knowledgeable Superman reader out there, but I know a retcon when I see one. And that’s exactly what Geoff Johns does with Action Comics #866. The subject matter this time is Brainiac. Written as a relentless terror from [...]

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