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Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #2 – Review

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

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 [...]

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Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #1 – Review

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

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 [...]

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Action Comics #899 – Review

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 [...]

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Legion of Super-Heroes #10 – Review

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

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 [...]

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R.E.B.E.L.S. #25 – Review

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

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 [...]

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R.E.B.E.L.S. #24 – Review

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

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 [...]

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R.E.B.E.L.S. #23 – Review

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen

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 [...]

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The Legion of Super-Heroes #7 – Review

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen

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 [...]

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Adventure Comics #3 – Review

Posted on October 15, 2009 by DS Arsenault

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 [...]

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Adventure Comics #2 – Review

Posted on September 11, 2009 by DS Arsenault

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 [...]

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Action Comics #870 – Review

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Deamentia

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”. [...]

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Action Comics #868 – Review

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Deamentia

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 [...]

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Action Comics #867 – Review

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 [...]

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Action Comics #866 – Review

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Deamentia

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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