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Worlds’ Finest #1 – Review

By: Paul Levitz (story), George Pérez (pencils), Scott Koblish (inks), Kevin Maguire (art), Hi-Fi & Rosemary Cheetham (colors) The Story: Introducing the Thelma and Louise of the DCU. The Review: Longtime readers of the site know the dissatisfaction I felt reading Levitz’s work on Legion of Super-Heroes and Adventure Comics.  At the time, his writing [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #6 – Review

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: All storms must end sometime, and with them go the thunder. The Review: After my review of last issue, reader Don asked me what titles I could recommend to satisfy his craving for Nick Spencer material, once this series wrapped up.  I had to admit [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #5 – Review

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Apparently, even a simple question of “dead or alive” has no straight answers. The Review: Of course, the thing about having a huge relaunch of your entire line of titles is you’re not only thinning out all the weaker series, but the strong ones as [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #4 – Review

By: Nick Spencer (writer), Wes Craig (artist), Hi-Fi (colorist), Sam Keith (feature artist), Jeromy Cox (feature colorist) The Story: NoMan teaches us that living in a clone body can’t get in the way of friendship! The Review: One of the things I really like about T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents—and there are many—is its point of view.  Most [...]

Justice League #6 – Review

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams, Sandra Hope, Batt, Mark Irwin (inkers), Alex Sinclair, Tony Avina, Hi-Fi (colorists) The Story: Darkseid, wouldn’t printing ads on the back of milk cartons work better than all this? The Review: Justice League Dark demonstrated, by negative inference, how important it is to give each member [...]

Suicide Squad #6 – Review

By: Adam Glass (writer), Clayton Henry (artist), Scott Hanna (inker), Vale Staples & Hi-Fi (colorists) The Story: If any couple deserves the tag of “Crazy Love,” these two do. The Review: As a rule, I have no hesitation in jumping into the middle of a series with little to no context whatsoever.  In fact, it’s [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #3 – Review

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: For taphophobes, consider this immersion therapy; you’ll feel better if you don’t die. The Review: I must say, I was rather amused by the tagline inscribed on this issue’s cover: “NoMan’s dark secret revealed!”  For one thing, the tease is horribly melodramatic—italics have that effect [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #2 – Review

By: Nick Spencer (writer), Wes Craig & Jerry Ordway (artist), Hi-Fi & Chris Beckett (colorists) The Story: All I’m saying is if Demo grows a tiny mustache on his upper lip, I’m outta here. The Review: Spencer is an interesting beast of a writer.  From his work on Morning Glories and Supergirl, you know he [...]

Justice League International #4 – Review

By: Dan Jurgens (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: This is how the world ends—as a flashing, neon disco light before obliteration. The Review: This issue picks up where we left off last time, with Booster Gold and Batman fending off a legion of golems as they attempt to prevent [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 – Review

By: Nick Spencer (writer), Wes Craig (artist), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Here’s a tip—don’t talk about dead mothers and brothers on the first date. The Review: In this new DCU, there are more superhero teams than ever, one of them even having backing from the United Nations which presumably also sponsor our heroes here.  Spencer [...]

The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men #3 – Review

By: Ethan Van Sciver & Gail Simone (writers), Yildiray Cinar (artist), Steve Buccellato & Hi-Fi (colorists) The Story: Everybody, run for cover—Firestorm’s comin’! The Review: You’ve heard the old line about too many cooks in the kitchen, right?  Well, that same logic tends to apply to comics writers as well.  It’s one thing to have [...]

Justice League #3 – Review

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 [...]

Justice League International #3 – Review

By: Dan Jurgens (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Actually, I can believe it’s not the Justice League. The Review: On the topic of super-teams that need to distinguish themselves from the Justice League, let’s turn our attention to one of the most obvious offenders.  We mustn’t forget that for [...]

Justice League International #2 – Review

By: Dan Jurgens (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Well, it’s not “Hands Around the World,” but it’ll have to do. The Review: With one Justice League already in existence, and with all the world’s biggest, brawniest, most recognizable heroes counted in the roster, it really puts all other teams [...]

Justice League International #1 – Review

By: Dan Jurgens (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: I don’t know about you guys, but all this is giving me an urge to visit EPCOT. The Review: While there’s nothing inherently wrong with the idea of JLI, its recreation does call into question the place of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents in [...]

Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #3 – Review

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Christian Duce (penciller), Walden Wong (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: No, no, I said we need to get the truth out there! The Review: I had a literary journalism major as an undergrad.  One of the required courses I took was on journalistic ethics, which included a session [...]

Green Lantern Corps #63 – Review

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: A Lantern’s life for me—as long as it involves burgers and fries in some capacity. The Review: Let me assure you, I don’t like handing out bad grades.  To be specific, I don’t like being put in the position of having to hand out bad [...]

Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #2 – Review

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Gianluca Gugliotta (artist), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: What do we want?  Men’s rights!  When do we want it?  Now! The Review: Historically, resistance movements against foreign occupiers have been marginalized in importance, mostly because much of what they do tend to be, by nature and necessity, discreet and [...]

Adventure Comics #528 – Review

By: Paul Levitz (writer), Geraldo Borges & Ransom Getty (pencillers), Marlo Alquiza & Rob Hunter (inkers), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Now would be the time to sing the Legion Academy school song, but no one has kazoos on hand, do they? The Review: Back when Jim Shooter took over the Legion “Three-boot,” the estimable comic [...]

Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #1 – Review

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Eddie Nunez (penciller), Don Ho (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: All the single ladies, all the single ladies—put your hands up!  You’re under arrest! The Review: Considering the overwhelming span and scope of these Big Events, DC has made a laudable effort to ensure the numerous Flashpoint tie-ins [...]

Legion of Super-Heroes #14 – Review

By: Paul Levitz (writer), Fernando Dagnino & Raul Fernandez (artists), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: If it is wisdom you seek, die first.  No, I’m not kidding. The Review: When this title rebooted last year, it introduced the character of Harmonia Li to be of some significance and then pretty much shelved her.  Yet Levitz never [...]

Adventure Comics #527 – Review

By: Paul Levitz (writer), Geraldo Borges (penciller), Marlo Alquiza (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Calling the love of your life chubby may not be the best way to get on his good side. The Review: Of the Legion Academy cast, Comet Queen is most likely to have any familiarity, first appearing to the Legion in [...]

Legion of Super-Heroes #13 – Review

By: Paul Levitz (writer), Yildiray Cinar & Jonathan Glapion (artists), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Geez, Saturn Queen–someone took her total jag pill this morning. The Review: One of the major weaknesses of this story arc so far—and frankly, there have been many—is how much we still don’t know about this mysterious benefactor-guide of Saturn Queen’s, [...]

Adventure Comics #526 – Review

By: Paul Levitz & Geraldo Borges (storytellers), Marlo Alquiza (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist), Jeffrey Moy (2nd feature penciller), Philip Moy (2nd feature inker) The Story: Glorith performs the first genetic exorcism, and XS tries her hand at modern art. The Review: Even though DC’s co-features largely didn’t work, the concept of them as bonus tales to [...]

The Legion of Super-Heroes #12 – Review

By: Paul Levitz (writer), Yildiray Cinar & Jonathan Glapion (artists), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: An egomaniacal, power-hungry diva gets a massive boost in telepathy and decides she’s queen of the universe—what are the odds? The Review: The Legion is such a sprawling team with such a wide scope of influence—basically the entire galaxy and perhaps [...]

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