Posted on February 23, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (breakdowns), Joe Prado (artist), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: See, Mera, this is where a little concept called a shopping list would come in handy. The Review: I don’t know about other reviewers, but I like to throw around the words “cliché,” “predictable,” “trope,” “formula,” and “archetype” like time’s [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #6, Aquaman #6 review, Arthur Curry, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 10, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Mike Choi (artist), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: In which Sinestro finds prophecies to be heavy reading. The Review: At some point in every superhero’s life there comes a time when they have to face the prospect of hanging up the cape/putting away the spandex outfit for a while, even for [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Book of the Black, Carrol Ferris, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #6, Green Lantern #6 review, Hal Jordan, Lyssa Drak, Mike Choi, Sinestro | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 30, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (penciller), Joe Prado & Eber Ferreira (inkers), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: Hey, Aquaman—talk about a fish out of water, huh? …Please don’t kill me. The Review: As a longtime reader of Johns’ work, I’m always amazed at the difference in effect his stories have depending on whether you [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #5, Aquaman #5 review, Arthur Curry, Atlantis, DC, DC Comics, Eber Ferreira, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 12, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Mark Irwin, Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen (inkers), Alex Sinclair & Tony Avina (colorists) The Story: Instead of power rings, maybe it’s best the mob goes back to pitchforks and torches. The Review: It’s a funny thing about people. We spend a great lot of our time [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #5, Green Lantern #5 review, Green Lantern Corps, Guardians of the universe, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Korugar, Mark Irwin, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps, Tom Nguyen, Tony Avina | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (penciller), Joe Prado & Eber Ferreira (inkers), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: Hey, Trench—your mama’s so fat, she cuts herself and calls it rare! Booyah. The Review: As relatively civilized beings, we impose some standards of morality upon ourselves, one we in our lily-handed society can easily adhere to. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #4, Aquaman #4 review, Arthur Curry, Atlantis, DC, DC Comics, Eber Ferreira, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis, Trench | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 23, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair & Gabe Eltaeb (colorist) The Story: Vic, would this be a bad time for me to suggest you star as the new Bionic Man? The Review: I admit, I had mixed feelings when I heard Cyborg was going to join the Justice League. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Apokolips, Aquaman, Barry Allen, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Cyborg, Darkseid, DC, DC Comics, Flash, Gabe Eltaeb, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Jim Lee, Justice League, Justice League #4, Justice League #4 review, Princess Diana, Scott Williams, Superman, The Flash, Victor Stone, Wonder Woman | 7 Comments »
Posted on December 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy & Keith Champagne (inkers), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Sinestro, you can’t just hand out these power rings like they’re candy! The Review: Oh, come on—seeing Hal get fried in the Yellow Central Battery was all good and fun, but no one thought for one second [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #4, Green Lantern #4 review, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Korugar, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (penciller), Joe Prado (inker), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: These guys would make one heck of a ninth-grade biology dissection project. The Review: Johns gets a lot of attention and devotion because he not only brings such genuine enthusiasm to the job, he also injects enormous heart into the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #3, Aquaman #3 review, Arthur Curry, DC, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis, Trench | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair, Hi-Fi, Gabe Eltaeb (colorist) The Story: Those ain’t no flying monkeys! The Review: One of the more intriguing elements to this version of the Justice League is the youth they project. Appearance-wise, they all look around their late twenties or early thirties, and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Aquaman, Arthur Curry, Barry Allen, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Cyborg, DC, DC Comics, Flash, Gabe Eltaeb, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Hi-Fi, Jim Lee, Justice League, Justice League #3, Justice League #3 review, Princess Diana, Soctt Williams, Superman, The Flash, Victor Stone, Wonder Woman | 5 Comments »
Posted on November 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Tom Nguyen (inkers), David Baron (colorist) The Story: You know what the Korugans need? An Occupy movement. The Review: Just as Green Lantern has risen in stature in the last few years to the point where he now has the same iconic [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, David Baron, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Ganthet, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #3, Green Lantern #3 review, Guardians of the universe, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Korugar, Mark Irwin, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps, Tom Nguyen | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (penciller), Joe Prado (inker), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: Just don’t expect Aquaman to break out into a verse of “Candle on the Water.” The Review: Last issue tackled the merits of Aquaman as superhero right on the head by having him addressed as a joke at every opportunity [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #2, Aquaman #2 review, Arthur Curry, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis, Trench | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: You know, I guess it’s not a new-fangled Rubik’s cube after all. The Review: While the debut issue of this series had quite a lot of fun, engaging material to it, it also had the disappointment of a false promise. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Barry Allen, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Cyborg, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Jim Lee, Justice League, Justice League #2, Justice League #2 review, Scott Williams, Superman, The Flash, Victor Stone | 14 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy & Keith Champagne (inkers), David Baron (colorist) The Story: It’s easy to see who’s the bad cop in this pairing. The Review: While comics mostly serve as escapist fiction, that doesn’t mean they can’t bear commentary on real life as well. A lot of writers seem [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Christian Alamy, David Baron, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #2, Green Lantern #2 review, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (penciller), Joe Prado (inker), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: He does more than just talk to fish—he’s pretty good buddies with dolphins, too. The Review: I’m an Aquaman fan. There—I said it. Let the jokes fly. But seriously, all funny business aside, the concept of his character has a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #1, Aquaman #1 review, Arthur Curry, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis | 7 Comments »
Posted on September 14, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy & Tom Nguyen (inkers), David Baron (colorist) The Story: Sinestro, to the rescue! For once, I’m actually not kidding you. The Review: One of the few titles sticking to its guns and continuity post-relaunch is Green Lantern, so we can safely start by talking about what [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, David Baron, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Ganthet, Geoff Johns, GLC, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #1 review, Green Lantern Corps, Green Latnern #1, Guardians of the universe, Hal Jordan, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps, Tom Nguyen | 17 Comments »
Posted on August 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: I have only one question—what happened to everybody’s underwear? The Review: Funny. It doesn’t feel like a new age of comics. But DC insists one has come, and seeing the enormous slate they’ve just wiped clean, we must take their [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Cyborg, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Jim Lee, JLA, Justice League, Justice League #1, Justice League #1 review, Justice League of America, Scott Williams, Superman, Vic Stone | 35 Comments »
Posted on August 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Sandra Hope & Jesse Delperdang (inkers), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: The Flash realizes sometimes it’s better to just start from square one. The Review: And so we come to the end. But what exactly is ending? A misdirected war between races? The atrocious perversion of an entire [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Andy Kubert, Barry Allen, Batman, Bruce Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Eobard Thawne, Flashpoint, Flashpoint #5, Flashpoint #5 review, Geoff Johns, Jesse Delperdang, Reverse-Flash, Sandra Hope, The Flash, Thomas Wayne, Zoom | 14 Comments »
Posted on August 3, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Jesse Delperdang (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Remember kids: never accept juice boxes from strangers. The Review: It’s pretty clear that whatever point Johns originally conceived Flashpoint with, the series serves little more purpose now than as a convenient vehicle to carry the upcoming DCU into fruition. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Andy Kubert, Aquaman, Arthur Curry, Barry Allen, Batman, Billy Batson, Captain Marvel, Cyborg, DC, DC Comics, Element Woman, Enchantress, Flashpoint, Flashpoint #4, Flashpoint #4 review, Geoff Johns, Hal Jordan, Jesse Delperdang, The Flash, Thomas Wayne, Victor Stone, Wonder Woman | 6 Comments »
Posted on July 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Tom Nguyen, Mark Irwin (inkers), Gabe Eltaeb & Randy Mayor (colorists) The Story: This makes me want to break out into a chorus of, “Feelings…woah, woah, woah…” The Review: With all this Flashpoint business going on, War of the Green Lanterns has gotten kind [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Christian Alamy, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Gabe Eltaeb, Ganthet, Geoff Johns, GLC, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #67, Green Lantern #67 review, Green Lantern Corps, Guardians, Guardians of the universe, Guy Gardner, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Krona, Kyle Rayner, Mark Irwin, Randy Mayor, Sinestro, Tom Nguyen, War of the Green Lanterns | 4 Comments »
Posted on July 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Sandra Hope (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Huh… So this is Superman. He’s shorter than I imagined. The Review: There are essentially two important conflicts driving the events in Flashpoint: you have Reverse Flash’s alterations to reality, the consequences of which remain unclear; and you also [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Andy Kubert, Barry Allen, Batman, Cyborg, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Flashpoint #3, Flashpoint #3 review, Geoff Johns, Lois Lane, Sandra Hope, Superman, The Flash, Thomas Wayne, Victor Stone | 5 Comments »
Posted on June 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Sandra Hope (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Barry, I need you to know, if you don’t make it through this…this is the stupidest thing you’ve ever done. The Review: Unlike many comic book Events, Flashpoint intends to move fast (ba-dum-tch!), as its story has been written to [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Andy Kubert, Aquaman, Arthur Curry, Atlanatis, Barry Allen, Batman, DC, DC Comics, Diana Prince, Eobard Thawne, Flashpoint, Flashpoint #2, Flashpoint #2 review, Geoff Johns, Professor Zoom, Reverse-Flash, Sandra Hope, Steve Trevor, The Flash, Themyscira, Thomas Wayne, Wonder Woman | 9 Comments »
Posted on May 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy, Mark Irwin, Tom Nguyen (inkers), Randy Mayor (colorist) The Story: Little blue midgets have never seemed so frightening. No, not the Smurfs. The Review: The Guardians of the Universe have had a large role in the Green Lantern mythos since the Silver Age, and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Christian Alamy, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Emotional Spectrum Entities, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #66, Green Lantern #66 review, Green Lantern Corps, Guardians, Guardians of the universe, Guy Gardner, Hal Jordan, Indigo, Indigo Lantern, Indigo Tribe, Keith Champagne, Krona, Mark Irwin, Randy Mayor, Red Lantern, Sinestro, Tom Nguyen, War of the Green Lanterns, Yellow Lantern | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Sandra Hope (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Nothing is as it seems! Everything isn’t as it should be! Alright, some things are kind of the same! The Review: I’m a huge fan of parallel-universe nonsense; there are few things quite as fun as taking the familiar and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Andy Kubert, Aquaman, Barry Allen, Batman, Cyborg, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Flashpoint #1, Flashpoint #1 review, Geoff Johns, House of M, Sandra Hope, The Flash, Wonder Woman | 5 Comments »
Posted on May 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns & Scott Kolins (storytellers), Francis Manapul (artist), Michael Atieyh and Brian Buccellato (colorists) The Story: What will Iris do when she walks in on the Flash—with another woman? The Review: There was some risk that this “last” issue of The Flash would come off feeling rushed and inconclusive, what with Flashpoint coming [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barry Allen, Bart Allen, Brian Buccellato, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Francis Manapul, Geoff Johns, Hot Pursuit, Iris Allen, Iris West, Michael Atiyeh, Patty Spivot, Reverse-Flash, Scott Kolins, The Flash, The Flash #12, The Flash #12 review, Zoom | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins (storytellers), Michael Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: Barry, can’t you see we’re trying to stop you because you can’t stop yourself?! The Review: Juggling two A-stories in a comic can be tricky, especially when one is the ongoing tale and the other is an invasive crossover plot. But really, Johns [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barry Allen, Central City, Central City PD, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Geoff Johns, Hot Pursuit, Iris Allen, Jay Garrick, Michael Atiyeh, Patty Spivot, Reverse-Flash, Scott Kolins, The Flash, The Flash #11, The Flash #11 review, Wally West | Leave a Comment »
