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Supergirl #7 – Review

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: Supergirl’s first trip to the Big Apple, and it’s under crisis. Perfect timing, right? The Review: Look, I love big, drawn-out action scenes as much as the next guy. That opening chase sequence in the newest Casino Royale is a [...]

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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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Supergirl #6 – Review

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: Kara, here’s your first lesson from Earth: you can’t really ever go home again. The Review: If there’s one thing the new 52 has done for the Superman mythos, it’s been to bring the culture of Krypton front and center [...]

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Supergirl #5 – Review

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: It’s a hard fact of life, Supergirl: Daddy won’t always be around. The Review: A year or so ago, I read over a collection of old Silver Age tales starring Supergirl, and I came away a bit wistful at the [...]

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Action Comics #3 – Review

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Grant Morrison (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant (inker), Gene Ha (guest artist), Brad Anderson & Art Lyon (colorists) The Story: Corrupt people rabidly spouting nonsense on TV—what will fiction think of next? The Review: Anybody who’s read much of Superman has wondered this question at some point: which is the real alter-ego, Superman [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #3, Action Comics #3 review, Art Lyon, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Gene Ha, Grant Morrison, Jimmy Olsen, Jor El, Kandor, Krypton, Lara, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Superman | 5 Comments »

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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Superman/Batman #50 – Review

Posted on August 3, 2008 by shadowvenom

Michael Green, Mike Johnson, (writers) Ed Benes, Matthew Clark, Allan Goldman, Ian Churchill, (pencils) Matt “Batt” Banning, Norm Rapmund, Marlo Alquiza, Rob Hunter,(inkers) John Rauch, (colors) Andrew Robinson, Greg DiGenti, (Krypton sequence), Rob Leigh, (letters) Ethan Van Sciver, Ed McGuinness, Dexter Vines, Dave McCaig (covers) This issue has The League rebuilding Smallville and fighting it [...]

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Action Comics #866 – Review

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Deamentia

By Geoff Johns (story), Gary Frank (pencils), Jon Sibal (inks), Brad Anderson (colors) I’m not the most knowledgeable Superman reader out there, but I know a retcon when I see one. And that’s exactly what Geoff Johns does with Action Comics #866. The subject matter this time is Brainiac. Written as a relentless terror from [...]

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