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Superboy #10 – Review

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: No offense, Superboy, but honestly, one of you is more than enough. The Review: From the get-go, we knew the Hollow Men would wind up Superboy’s first major opponents in this title, but only in recent issues have we gotten some clarification about their exact [...]

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Superman #713 – Review

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J. Michael Straczynski & Chris Roberson (writers), Diogenes Neves, Oclair Albert, Eddy Barrows, JP Mayer, Jamal Igle, Jon Sibal (artists), Marcelo Maiolo (colorist) The Story: This is a job for Superman!  What?  He’s not there?  Leave a voicemail, I guess…. The Review: No matter how much you get into a superhero comic, at some [...]

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Teen Titans #97 – Review

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: Who cares how many there are?  You’ve seen one demon, you’ve seen ‘em all. The Review: If you’re going to dislike a certain writer’s style, it’s probably a good idea to be clear about what turns you off about their [...]

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Superboy #9 – Review

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (artist), Jaime Grant & Dom Regan (colorists) The Story: It’s like looking in a mirror, isn’t it?  Make that several hundred mirrors.  In 3D. The Review: It’s sometimes difficult to take teen superheroes seriously partly due to their smaller scale adventures.  Their villains tend to be sub-par versions of [...]

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Action Comics #902 – Review

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Paul Cornell (writer), Kenneth Rocafort & Axel Giménez (artists), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: And I was like Doomsday, Doomsday, Doomsday, no…  Stop singing?  Okay. The Review: One thing you’ll notice with a lot of movies nowadays is that they’ll pile on the action to keep you from noticing how little story there is [...]

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Superman #712 – Review

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Kurt Busiek (writer), Rick Leonardi (penciller), Jonathan Sibal (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: What’s the matter, boy?  What?  Connor’s stuck in a time-space crisis?  Let’s go! The Review: As much love exists between a man and his dog, it has nothing on that between a dog and his boy.  As a clone with [...]

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Superboy #8 – Review

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (artist), Jamie Grant & Dom Regan (colorists) The Story: Superboy and the Chamber of Secrets. The Review: The moment Lemire launched this title, he injected a supernatural tone to the Smallville mythos that he many times said he would expand in time.  The Phantom Stranger’s multiple appearances heralded significant [...]

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Action Comics #901 – Review

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Paul Cornell (writer), Kenneth Rocafort & Jesus Merino (artists), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: To kill five Super-people, of course you need five Doomsdays, right? The Review: In my review of Superboy #6, I described Doomsday as a shallow character who no one cared (or at least, I didn’t) much to see again, a [...]

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Teen Titans #95 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: First rule of creepy-island exploring: don’t split up!  Geez, doesn’t anyone learn from movies? The Review: Writing these reviews can get a little tricky.  A lot of the times, there’s so much to say even about one issue that parsing [...]

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Superboy #7 – Review

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Marco Rudy with Daniel HDR (artists), Jamie Grant & Dom Regan (colorists) The Story: Superboy discovers what the fuss is all about with these hallucinogenic plants. The Review: Ever since Geoff Johns wrote Superboy as the product of the world’s greatest hero and the world’s greatest villain, this dual nature has [...]

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Teen Titans #94 – Review

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: If all you know about Hinduism is the Kama Sutra, let me tell you—there’s nastier where that came from. The Review: In a lot of ways, this current round of Teen Titans has been around each other a pretty long [...]

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Teen Titans #93 – Review

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: JT Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: It’s getting dark, guys.  Hey Solstice–lend us a light? The Review: There’s a very clear separation between what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s mediocre, but it can be difficult to explain what makes them such, especially when something falls in [...]

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Superboy #5 – Review

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (artist), Jamie Grant (colorist) The Story: Like my alarm clock whenever I want it least, the race between Kid Flash and Superboy is on! The Review: Some people are inclined to call interlude issues—the done-in-ones between story arcs—filler, and there’s just cause for that.  Since they tend to have [...]

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Teen Titans #92 – Review

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Georges Jeanty (penciller), Rob Hunter (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: These exploding Calculator robots are really harshing these Turkish clubbers’ buzz. The Review: In crossovers, besides the stickiness of mixing up different characters (who may or may not be a good fit for each other), you’ve also got the issue [...]

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Superman 80-Page Giant 2011 – Review

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Too many to list—you’re better off reading the review. The Story: Jor-El does Mission Impossible; Perry White takes a shot with Wildcat; the many lives of Jimmy Olsen; the inconsistent grammar of Bizarro World; Supergirl’s ten-second boyfriend; Lois Lane’s good deed; and Superboy, the Werewolf Slayer! The Review: Annuals may be a grab bag [...]

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Superboy #4 – Review

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (artist), Jamie Grant (colorist) The Story: Enter Psionic Lad, master of mental might, escapist of eras…and feigner of friendship. The Review: There’s nothing like time-traveling hijinks to liven up a story.  It’s literally twice the fun: the world of the past and the world of the future.  Then there’s [...]

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Teen Titans #91 – Review

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood & Scott Kobush (inkers), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: Teens these days…if they’re not listening to terrible pop music, they’re creating black holes in their schools. The Review: Each of the major teams in the DCU stands for something—the Justice League representing strength in numbers, while [...]

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Superboy #2 – Review

Posted on December 10, 2010 by paladinking

by Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (art), Jamie Grant (colors), and Sal Cipriano (letters) The Story: Superboy teams up with Poison Ivy in order to figure out what is causing Smallville’s plant life to run amok. What’s Good: This Superboy comic is delightfully weird.  There’s this wackiness that gives real life to the book throughout [...]

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Superboy #1 – Review

Posted on November 4, 2010 by paladinking

by Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (art), Jamie Grant (colors), and John J. Hill (letters) The Story: Superboy defends Smallville from a major member of Superman’s rogues gallery. What’s Good: Reading this first issue of Superboy, it’s clear that there are two different Jeff Lemires at work here. There’s the contemplative, indie creator attuned to [...]

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