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Superboy #6 – Review

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Lobdell & Tom DeFalco (writers), R.B. Silva (penciller), Rob Lean (inker), Richard & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: When Superboy meets Supergirl. The Review: Usually, I’m all for continuity respect across titles.  The sense of a shared universe feels a lot stronger when certain series make note or call attention to events happening [...]

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Superboy #5 – Review

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Lobdell (writer), R.B. Silva (penciller), Rob Lean (inker), Richard & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: What is it about redheads that gets the best of every male superhero? The Review: One of my long-running complaints about this series has been its inability to take major steps forward in the story.  A lot of [...]

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Superboy #3 – Review

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Lobdell (writer), R.B. Silva (penciller), Rob Lean (inker), Richard & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: She’s melting—melting! The Review: From the start, this series has emphasized Superboy’s disconnect from the “outside.”  His virtual existence has prevented him from taking a position on the big moral compass one way or the other, and so [...]

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Superboy #2 – Review

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Rob Lobdell (writer), R.B. Silva (penciller), Rob Lean (inker), The Hories (colorists) The Story: Get a dime every time someone mentions “telekinesis” and you’ll be rich in no time. The Review: Crafting well-rounded characters takes a great deal of balance in a lot of respects, but probably the most difficult balancing act of all [...]

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Superboy #1 – Review

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Lobdell (writer), R.B. Silva (penciller), Rob Lean (inker), the Hories (colorists) The Story: Look on the bright side, Superboy—you could also be a monkey. The Review: It seems like no one really knows what to do with Superboy’s character.  The inconsistency in his various portrayals says it all: he’s gone from swinging teenager, [...]

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Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager #3 – Review

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jimmy Palmiotti (writer), Tony Shasteen & Alex Massacci (artists), Rich and Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: I’ll be a sea monkey’s uncle before I let my daughter get daddy issues! The Review: If you want people to care about something, you have to let them spend some time with it.  That goes double for [...]

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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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Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager #2 – Review

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jimmy Palmiotti (writer), Joe Bennett & Tony Shasteen (artists), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: One can never tell what lies under the sea…mayhap a dude in a fish mask and high-collar cape. The Review: Here’s the thing about pirates: expect a lot of hacking and slashing, but don’t expect much in the [...]

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Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager #1 – Review

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jimmy Palmiotti (writer), Joe Bennett (artist), John Dell (inker), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: Yargh, ‘tis Deathstroke, most fearsome pirate of the however many seas! The Review: We can all admit we’ve at one time or another fallen for something where the concept is so intriguing, it gets us halfway in before [...]

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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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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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