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Action Comics #7 – Review

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Grant Morrison (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: Ooh—I love your miniatures in a bottle collection. Wait, is that my house in there? The Review: I tend to feel Superman has the same problem as the Flash in terms of appeal. The whole heart of the Man of [...]

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Superman #2 – Review

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: George Pérez (writer), Jesús Merino (artist), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: If you can’t see it, whip out your glasses! They’re not just for show, you know. The Review: While most characters generally survived the relaunch with their core personalities intact, with few exceptions nearly all of them had some tweaks and changes to [...]

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Action Comics #2 – Review

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 [...]

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Action Comics #1 – Review

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 [...]

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Flashpoint: Project Superman #3 – Review

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis (writers), Gene Ha (artist), Art Lyon (colorist) The Story: It’s a bird, it’s a plane—it’s a flying muscleman with Super-Seiyan hair! The Review: If you’re going to write one of these Elseworlds-type stories, my unsolicited suggestion would be to really take the plunge into the alternate universe aspect of [...]

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Flashpoint: Project Superman #2 – Review

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis (writers), Gene Ha (artist), Art Lyon (colorist) The Story: “I’m only hurting you because I love you so much,” takes on all new meaning. The Review: Traditionally, we tend to see Superman’s values and virtues as something bred in him by the good, wholesome, Midwestern upbringing of Ma and [...]

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Flashpoint: Project Superman #1 – Review

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis (writers), Gene Ha (artist), Art Lyon (colorist) The Story: What, you think you’re better than us? Oh, you actually are? Never mind. The Review: In the world of Flashpoint, a lot of things have gone wacky, and one of the most significant ones is there is no man in [...]

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Superman: War of the Supermen #3 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: James Robinson and Sterling Gates (writers), Cafu (penciller), Wil Moss (assistant editor), Matt Idelson (editor) The Story: The Battle for Earth: First, the Kryptonians are screwed. Then, the sun (turned red last week) is turned back to its normal yellow. Only 7,000 Kryptonians have survived the brief color change and the destruction of New [...]

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Superman: War of the Supermen #2 – Review

Posted on May 12, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Sterling Gates & James Robinson (writers), Eduardo Pansica (artist), Wayne Faucher (inker) The Story: General Lane has turned New Krypton into a pile of rubble, killing almost all the Kryptonians on it. Zod’s navy is on its way to Earth for retribution. Kal-El is the only person standing in their way. What’s Good: The [...]

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