Posted on December 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Man of Steel, meet Man in Steel. The Review: I’ve become a bit wary of DC’s backup and co-features over time. The fact they hang on to a bigger, stronger storyline definitely poses some drawbacks. Only rarely do they have a charm and intrigue of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #3, Action Comics #3 review, Brad Anderson, Brad Walker, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, Jay David Ramos, Jimmy Olsen, John Henry Irons, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, metropolis, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Sean Parsons, Sholly Fisch, Steel, Superman | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Adisakdi Tantimedh (writer), Galen Showman & P. Craig Russell (artists), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: I say, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane—oh, wait, those don’t exist yet. The Review: I wasn’t sure how to classify these DC Comics Presents books. Even though they’re released as “issues,” they really represent [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adisakdi Tantimedh, Barry Allen, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, DC Comics Presents, Elseworlds, Galen Showman, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Industrial Revolution, JLA, JLA: The Age of Wonder, JLA: The Age of Wonder review, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, P. Craig Russell, Princess Diana, Starman, Superman, Ted Knight, The Flash, Thomas Edison, Wonder Woman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: George Pérez (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Trevor Scott (inker), Brian Buccellato, Brett Smith, Blond (colorists) The Story: When in doubt, just shoot heat vision at your problem. The Review: Over in Action Comics, Grant Morrison is revamping the early days of Superman and essentially the core of his character. In Justice League, Geoff Johns [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Blond, Brett Smith, Brian Buccellato, Clark Kent, Daily Planet, DC, DC Comics, George Pérez, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Nicola Scott, Perry White, Superman, Superman #3, Superman #3 review, Trevor Scott | 8 Comments »
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 | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: George Pérez (writer), Jesús Merino (artist), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: If you can’t see it, whip out your glasses! They’re not just for show, you know. The Review: While most characters generally survived the relaunch with their core personalities intact, with few exceptions nearly all of them had some tweaks and changes to [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brian Buccellato, Cat Grant, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, General Lane, George Pérez, Jesus Merino, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Superman, Superman #2, Superman #2 review | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #2, Action Comics #2 review, Brad Anderson, Brent Anderson, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, General Lane, Grant Morrison, John Henry Irons, Krypton, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Superman | 9 Comments »
Posted on September 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: George Pérez (writer), Jesús Merino (artist), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: Extra, extra, read all about it! Superman realizes print media is dead! The Review: In a lot of ways, Grant Morrison’s reconceptualization of Superman over in Action Comics feels slightly theoretical, almost like an Elseworlds tale in certain respects. But we all know [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brian Buccellato, Clark Kent, Daily Planet, DC, DC Comics, George Pérez, Jesus Merino, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Perry White, Superman, Superman #1, Superman #1 review | 15 Comments »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: If he falls, a Superman has to get up, dust his jeans off, and hit even harder. The Review: For those of you desperately attempting to push back the memories of Grounded into the far-flung recesses of your brain, don’t [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #1, Action Comics #1 review, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, General Lane, Grant Morrison, Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Superman | 23 Comments »
Posted on August 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis (writers), Gene Ha (artist), Art Lyon (colorist) The Story: It’s a bird, it’s a plane—it’s a flying muscleman with Super-Seiyan hair! The Review: If you’re going to write one of these Elseworlds-type stories, my unsolicited suggestion would be to really take the plunge into the alternate universe aspect of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Art Lyon, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Project Superman, Flashpoint: Project Superman #3, Flashpoint: Project Superman #3 review, Gene Ha, General Lane, Kal-El, Lois Lane, Lowell Francis, Project Superman, Scott Snyder, Subject Zero, Superman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
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 [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Andy Lanning, Artemis, Britannia, Christian Duce, Dan Abnett, DC, DC Comics, DnA, Etrigan, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance, Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #3, Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #3 review, Grifter, Hi-Fi, Lois Lane, Lois Lane and the Resistance, Penny Black, Walden Wong, Wonder Woman | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 21, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Kelly Sue DeConnick (writer), Chriscross (penciller), Marc Deering (inker), Blond (colorist) The Story: Think Ghostbusters meets the Goonies, with a splash of the Breakfast Club. The Review: In my review of Zatanna #13, I mentioned that a supporting cast can really make a title, a point worth elaborating. No matter how strong a star, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Blond, Chriscross, DC, DC Comics, Kara Zor-El, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Linda Lang, Lois Lane, Marc Deering, Professor Ivo, Supergirl, Supergirl #67, Supergirl #67 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: J. Michael Straczynski & Chris Roberson (writers), Jamal Igle (penciller), Jon Sibal & Robin Riggs (inkers), Marcelo Maiolo (colorist) The Story: Stop eating those French fries, Superman, have some self-respect! Don’t you know you can fly?! The Review: Superman has been around for so long, has been written by so many different kinds of [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: DC Comics, Superman, J. Michael Straczynski, DC, Lois Lane, Jon Sibal, Robin Riggs, Clark Kent, Jamal Igle, Kal-El, Chris Roberson, JMS, Marcelo Maiolo, Grounded, Superman #714, Superman #714 review | 7 Comments »
Posted on July 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
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 [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Amazons, Andy Lanning, Dan Abnett, DC, DC Comics, DnA, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance, Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #2, Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #2 review, Gianluca Gugliotta, Grifter, Hi-Fi, Lois Lane, Lois Lane and the Resistance | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis (writers), Gene Ha (artist), Art Lyon (colorist) The Story: “I’m only hurting you because I love you so much,” takes on all new meaning. The Review: Traditionally, we tend to see Superman’s values and virtues as something bred in him by the good, wholesome, Midwestern upbringing of Ma and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Art Lyon, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Project Superman, Flashpoint: Project Superman #2, Flashpoint: Project Superman #2 review, Gene Ha, General Lane, Kal-El, Krypto, Lois Lane, Lowell Francis, Project Superman, Sam Lane, Scott Snyder, Superman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 26, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
Hello again from the Real Thing, where we give you, absolutely free of charge, part two of our talk with Kelly Sue DeConnick. Yesterday we spoke about the place of women behind comics. Today we talk about women in comics (and some dudes as well). ——- You’ve said that you were a fan of Wonder [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Kara Zor-El, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Linda Lang, Lois Lane, Supergirl, The Real Thing, Wonder Woman | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Kelly Sue DeConnick (writer), Chrisscross (penciller), Marc Deering (inker), Blond (colorist) The Story: And here I thought college was supposed to get you out of the sewers. The Review: To capture the audience’s attention and to keep it, even long after the story finishes, you need characters who strike you with as much vitality [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Blond, ChrissCross, Ivo, Kara Zor-El, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Linda Lang, Lois Lane, Marc Deering, Professor Ivo, Supergirl #66, Supergirl #66 review | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Clark Kent, Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, Diogenes Neves, Eddy Barrows, J. Michael Straczynski, Jamal Igle, JMS, Jon Sibal, JP Mayer, Kara Zor-El, Kon-El, Linda Lang, Lois Lane, Marcelo Maiolo, Oclair Albert, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman, Superman #713, Superman #713 review | Leave a Comment »
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 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 [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #902, Action Comics #902 review, Axel Giménez, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, Doomsday, Doomslayer, John Henry Irons, Kara Zor-El, Kenneth Rocafort, Kon-El, Lois Lane, Paul Cornell, Reign of the Doomsdays, Steel, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman | 5 Comments »
Posted on June 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
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 [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Amazons, Andy Lanning, Cyborg, Dan Abnett, DC, DC Comics, DnA, Don Ho, Eddie Nunez, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance, Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #1, Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #1 review, Hi-Fi, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Lois Lane and the Resistance | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Kelly Sue DeConnick (writer), ChrissCross (penciller), Marc Deering (inker), Blond (colorist) The Story: Just remember, kids: college doesn’t protect you from sinister hostage plots. The Review: A lot of fanfare greeted Kara Zor-El when she finally returned to the DCU proper, but after over five years, with currently the longest-running female-led title on the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Blond, ChrissCross, DC, DC Comics, Kara Zor-El, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Lois Lane, Marcus Fenix, Professor Ivo, Supergirl, Supergirl #65, Supergirl #65 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: James Peaty (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: No way is Supergirl going to play these mind games with a horny freak! The Review: In comics, like in most other fiction, corniness and clichés aren’t crimes as long as they’re done sparingly, or with some kind of irony or self-awareness. In fact, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex, Bernard Chang, Blond, Blue Beetle, Cadmus, Damian Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Dubbilex, Jaime Reyes, James Peaty, Kara Zor-El, Linda Lang, Lois Lane, M'gann M'orzz, Megan Morse, Miss Martian, Robin, Supergirl, Supergirl #64, Supergirl #64 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Lex Luthor is about to bring fun, love, and joy to all the people of the universe—the crazy part is I am being totally serious right now. The Review: Say what you like about Superman: he can be overly naïve, overbearingly preachy, arguably antiquated, and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #900, Action Comics #900 review, Ardian Syaf, Blond, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, Cyborg-Superman, Damon Lindelof, Dan Jurgens, David S. Goyer, DC, DC Comics, Death, Derek Hoffman, Eradicator, Gary Frank, Geoff Johns, Jamal Igle, Java Tartaglia, Jesus Merino, Jon Sibal, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Matt Camp, Migeul Sepulveda, Mr. Mind, Norm Rapmund, Paul Cornell, Paul Dini, Paul Mounts, Pete Woods, Rags Morales, RB Silva, Reign of Doomsday, Richard Donner, Rob Lean, Robot Lois, Ryan Sook, Steel, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: James Peaty (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: Honestly, Supergirl’s had it up to here with clones. The Review: In a Newsarama interview, Nick Spencer described his departure from DC and subsequently Supergirl as differences in conceived direction for the character. He didn’t go into much detail as to what those differences [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Bernard Chang, Blond, Blue Beetle, Cadmus, DC, DC Comics, Dubbilex, Jaime Reyes, James Peaty, Kara Zor-El, Lois Lane, M'gann M'orzz, Megan Morse, Miss Martian, Nick Spencer, Supergirl, Supergirl #63, Supergirl #63 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: James Peaty (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: Two aliens, a prepubescent assassin, and a guy in bug-themed robotic armor–a winning combination. The Review: After the excitement of Nick Spencer’s takeover of Supergirl was ultimately diminished by his immediate departure after issue 60, I was relieved when the following month offered as [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Bernard Chang, Blond, Blue Beetle, Damian Wayne, DC Comics, Jaime Reyes, James Peaty, Kara Zor-El, Lois Lane, M'gann M'orzz, Megan Morse, Miss Martian, Nick Spencer, Robin, Supergirl, Supergirl #62, Supergirl #62 review | Leave a Comment »
