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Young Justice S02E03 – Review

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Kevin Hopps (story) The Story: Now this is the textbook definition of “frienemies.” The Review: One thing that has really impressed me with this show is how well the writers have paced themselves in terms of revealing major plot points, throwing in the occasional twist, and building up character storylines.  Although season one had [...]

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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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