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Action Comics #4 – Review

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 [...]

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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 | 4 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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Action Comics #1 – Review

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 »

Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket – Review

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Mike Carlin (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: We’re going to need a real big can of bug repellent The Review: Originality is hard to come by in fiction nowadays. To even grasp at the tail end of novelty, writers need the guts to plunge into the weirdness [...]

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Action Comics #900 – Review

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 [...]

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First Wave #6 – Review

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant & Phil Winslade (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: If you happen to be fighting giant robots and dinosaurs on a floating city in the middle of a tsunami, you’ll get pretty down too. The Review: Figuring out the ending to any kind of story is [...]

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First Wave #5 – Review

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant (inker), Nei Ruffino (colors) The Story: The Blackhawks, Doc Savage, the Spirit, Rima the Jungle Girl, the Bat Man, and the Avenger are set on a collision course with the Golden Tree just as it pushes toward its ultimate goal. Facing destructive powers beyond those of [...]

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Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1 – Review

Posted on July 15, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Jerry Ordway, Doug Mahnke, Chris Samnee, Rags Morales (artists), Tom Nguyen, Christian Alamy (inkers) The Stories: This three-issue limited series contains three stories. The first is about the Blue Lantern Saint Walker, and his sad origin and the nature of hope. The second story is an interesting father [...]

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Amazing Spider-Man #594 – Review

Posted on May 21, 2009 by rsg8101

By Mark Waid (writer), Barry Kitson and Mike McKone (pencils), Rags Morales and Andy Lanning (inks), Jeremy Cox (colors) The Story: Peter battles the new Vulture only to survive and have to face-off against his new ultra-bossy roommate. JJ and Osborn scheme against good ol’ Spidey as the public, inevitably turns against him. What’s Good: I [...]

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Superman/Batman #54 – Review

Posted on December 16, 2008 by shadowvenom

By: Michael Green (story) Mike Johnson (dialogue) Rags Morales (pencils and cover) John Dell (inks) Nei Ruffino (colors) Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: Superman struggles to find his place in a world without his powers. After striving for so long to be more human, he’s discovering that it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. [...]

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Superman/Batman #53 – Review

Posted on November 5, 2008 by shadowvenom

By Michael Green, (story) Mike Johnson, (dialogue) Rags Morales, (pencils and cover) John Dell, (inks) Nei Ruffino, (colors) Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: Whenever Bruce Wayne has business in Metropolis, Superman insists on filling in for Batman in Gotham in exchange for the same courtesy. A run-in with Silver Banshee has some lasting and drastic [...]

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