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My Greatest Adventure #6 – Review

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Robotman burns out, G-Man fights the law, and Tanga exchanges fluids. The Review: Can you believe that we’re already winding down the last couple issues of DC’s second sci-fi showcase?  Boy, do I feel old.  If I’m to be perfectly honest, both series have largely [...]

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My Greatest Adventure #4 – Review

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Robotman enters a race!  Garbage Man vs. Dinosaur!  Tanga breaks up with Za! The Review: I don’t know why it took me this long to realize it, but it occurred to me today that one of the biggest disadvantages of a multi-feature series is how [...]

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My Greatest Adventure #3 – Review

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Robotman in the jungle!  Garbage Man meets Batman!  Tanga flies with whales! The Review: Back in my creative writing days, I had a professor (shout-out to Ron Carlson) who would talk to us about the hump of fiction known as the “Big Fat Middle,” the [...]

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My Greatest Adventure #2 – Review

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Robotman gets in a tight squeeze.  Garbage Man learns the pitfalls of hailing ladies from dark alleys.  Tanga blows her stack. The Review: For everyone who loves to read, you know a good story when it not only captures your interest, but sustains it, making [...]

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Mister Terrific #3 – Review

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Eric Wallace (writer), Scott Clark (penciller), Dave Beaty (inker), Mike Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: Downgrade this Braintsorm into a Braindrizzle—Mister Terrific’s here! The Review: I’ve tried to avoid focusing on the subject of race in reviewing this title because it doesn’t seem like a very post-Norman Lear thing to do, and I don’t plan [...]

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Mister Terrific #2 – Review

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Eric Wallace (writer), Gianluca Gugliotta (penciller), Wayne Faucher (inker), Mike Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: I’m a comic book reviewer, not a quantum physicist! The Review: In real life, a super-genius of the first degree would have no problems finding admirers and adulation anywhere he or she chooses to practice his or her intellect.  In [...]

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My Greatest Adventure #1 – Review

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Robotman versus zombies!  Garbage Man finds religion!  Tanga stands up for virtue! The Review: For my thoughts about the structure of this series, check out my review of Weird Worlds #1.  While still taken with the concept of a multiple-feature series, I don’t really support [...]

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Mr. Terrific #1 – Review

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Eric Wallace (writer), Gianluca Gugliotta (penciller), Wayne Faucher (inker), Mike Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: If you’re such a hot-shot, how come you don’t have your own reality show? The Review: By a show of hands, who else has ever wondered at the premise behind the modern Mr. Terrific?  You can instantly grasp the appeal [...]

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Green Lantern Corps #63 – Review

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

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 [...]

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Flashpoint: Citizen Cold #1 – Review

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Kolins (writer and artist), Mike Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: Citizen Cold versus Mr. Freeze.  What can be cooler than that? The Review: For a while now, DC has played the dicey game of allowing artists to take up writing duties, with mixed results.  It can be a difficult transition to go from thinking [...]

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Justice Society of America #50 – Review

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Look out Haggar of Metro City—the Flash is giving you a run for the money in the superhero mayor department. The Review: This has been a good week for oversized, anniversary issues.  Like Action Comics #900, you get a good chunk of the title’s running [...]

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Justice Society of America #49 – Review

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Marc Guggenheim (writer), Scott Kolins (artist), Mike Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: What’s better than the JSA?  Double the JSA. The Review: As the short-lived Heroes demonstrated, a massive cast can be a great thing for a series to have: the mix of personalities and storylines do a lot to grab and sustain your interest.  [...]

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Justice Society of America #48 – Review

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Marc Guggenheim (writer), Scott Kolins (artist), Mike Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: Dr. Chaos shows exactly how he got his credentials in all-out crazy-making. The Review: Every now and then you’ll hear DC getting some flak for not providing a handy recap page the way Marvel does for all its titles.  You can’t really deny [...]

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Justice Society of America #46 – Review

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Marc Guggenheim (writer), Mike Norton (artist), Mike Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: The disorder in Monument Point spirals further out of control as the Justice Society tries to contain the aftermath of Scythe’s attack.  With the mayor’s life at stake, the team’s great social experiment seems already on the verge of collapse. The Review: One [...]

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Justice Society of America #44 – Review

Posted on November 1, 2010 by dfstell

By: Marc Guggenheim (writer), Scott Kolins (art), Mike Atiyeh (colors) & Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: The JSA takes on a super-powered terrorist. What’s Good: Ugh! Not much.  This was a hot mess.  The best thing about the comic is Kolins’ art, which is quite good in places.  Compared to the current inking style that [...]

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The War that Time Forgot #1 – Review

Posted on May 10, 2008 by chibamm

By Bruce Jones (writer) Al Barrionuevo (pencils) and Jimmy Palmiotti (inks), Mike Atiyeh (colors) So, I’m strolling through a comic shop Wednesday and what do I see? It’s a brand new comic book sporting a Neal Adams cover with Enemy Ace and Tomahawk on the cover. Needless to say, I was pumped up for this [...]

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