Posted on February 3, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), John Dell (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist), Sholly Fisch (feature writer), Chriscross (feature artist), Jose Villarrubia (feature colorist) The Story: Now you know where all those little voices in your head are coming from. The Review: I don’t think I’m the only one, but I sometimes give Morrison a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #6, Action Comics #6 review, Andy Kubert, Brad Anderson, Chriscross, Clark Kent, Cosmic Boy, DC, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, John Dell, Jonathan Kent, Jose Villarrubia, Kal-El, Lana Lang, Legion of Super Heroes, Lightning Lad, Martha Kent, Pete Ross, Saturn Girl, Sholly Fisch, Superman | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 25, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams, Sandra Hope, Mark Irwin, Joe Weems (inkers), Alex Sinclair, Gabe Eltaeb, Tony Avina (colorists) The Story: I’ll give this for Hal—the kid takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’. The Review: Look, I get it. Even with a whole cast of perfectly formed, likable characters, you’re [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Apokolips, Barry Allen, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Cyborg, Darkseid, DC, DC Comics, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Justice League, Justice League #5, Justice League #5 review, Kal-El, Princess Diana, Superman, The Flash, Vic Stone, Wonder Woman | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 5, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Invasion of the Space Babies! They’ll overwhelm you with their cuteness! The Review: The coming of Superman to Earth as a babe rocketed from the doomed planet of Krypton is probably the origin story of origin stories, one which still retains a lot of its [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #5, Action Comics #5 review, Andy Kubert, Brad Anderson, Chriscross, Clark Kent, Cosmic Boy, DC, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, Jesse Delperdang, Jonathan Kent, Jor El, Jose Villarrubia, Kal-El, Krypto, Lara, Lightning Lad, Martha Kent, Saturn Girl, Sholly Fisch, Superman | 10 Comments »
Posted on December 23, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair & Gabe Eltaeb (colorist) The Story: Vic, would this be a bad time for me to suggest you star as the new Bionic Man? The Review: I admit, I had mixed feelings when I heard Cyborg was going to join the Justice League. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Apokolips, Aquaman, Barry Allen, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Cyborg, Darkseid, DC, DC Comics, Flash, Gabe Eltaeb, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Jim Lee, Justice League, Justice League #4, Justice League #4 review, Princess Diana, Scott Williams, Superman, The Flash, Victor Stone, Wonder Woman | 7 Comments »
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 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar & Bill Reinhold (artists), Paul Mounts (colorist) The Story: Supergirl gets her first taste of Earthling villainy—and it’s bitter stuff. The Review: One thing that always struck me as odd about Supergirl in previous incarnations was her seemingly seamless transition into Earth—specifically American—culture. The last iteration [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Bill Reinhold, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Kal-El, Kara Zor-El, Mahmud Asrar, Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Paul Mounts, Simon Tycho, Supergirl, Supergirl #3, Supergirl #3 review, Superman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair, Hi-Fi, Gabe Eltaeb (colorist) The Story: Those ain’t no flying monkeys! The Review: One of the more intriguing elements to this version of the Justice League is the youth they project. Appearance-wise, they all look around their late twenties or early thirties, and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Aquaman, Arthur Curry, Barry Allen, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Cyborg, DC, DC Comics, Flash, Gabe Eltaeb, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Hi-Fi, Jim Lee, Justice League, Justice League #3, Justice League #3 review, Princess Diana, Soctt Williams, Superman, The Flash, Victor Stone, Wonder Woman | 5 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 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar (penciller), Dan Green (inker), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: On the plus, this means no more babysitting for Supergirl—probably. The Review: Back when DC brought back Kara Zor-El as Supergirl sometime in the first few years of the new millennium, they took a lot of things [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Clark Kent, Dan Green, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Kal-El, Kara Zor-El, Mahmud Asrar, Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Supergirl, Supergirl #2, Supergirl #2 review, Superman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: You know, I guess it’s not a new-fangled Rubik’s cube after all. The Review: While the debut issue of this series had quite a lot of fun, engaging material to it, it also had the disappointment of a false promise. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Barry Allen, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Cyborg, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Jim Lee, Justice League, Justice League #2, Justice League #2 review, Scott Williams, Superman, The Flash, Victor Stone | 14 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 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar (penciller), Dan Green (inker), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: Take me to your leader…and your best mall. The Review: Most every comic book character is guilty of a burdensome back-history, but Supergirl has perhaps some of the most convoluted continuity of all. Compared to her famous [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Clark Kent, Dan Green, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Kal-El, Kara Zor-El, Mahmud Asrar, Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Supergirl, Supergirl #1, Supergirl #1 review, Superman | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: I’m telling you, man—I don’t like the way that shrub is looking at me! The Review: Despite Swamp Thing’s illustrious career, we really do know oh so very little about its human originator, botanist Alec Holland. Snyder has already covered in several interviews [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alec Holland, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Nathan Fairbairn, Scott Snyder, Superman, Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing #1, Swamp Thing #1 review, the Green, Yanick Paquette | 19 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 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: I have only one question—what happened to everybody’s underwear? The Review: Funny. It doesn’t feel like a new age of comics. But DC insists one has come, and seeing the enormous slate they’ve just wiped clean, we must take their [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Cyborg, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Jim Lee, JLA, Justice League, Justice League #1, Justice League #1 review, Justice League of America, Scott Williams, Superman, Vic Stone | 35 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 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jonathan Vankin (writer), Marco Castiello (penciller), Vincenzo Acunza (inker), Barbara Ciardo (colorist) The Story: John, you should know the only thing to do with a stubborn weed is smoke it. The Review: Even if you’ve never taken improv comedy, you can appreciate one of its most important tenets: the only time you should enter [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alec Holland, Barbara Ciardo, Batman, Boston Brand, Brightest Day, Brightest Day Aftermath, Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing, Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing #3, Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing #3 review, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Deadman, John Constantine, Jonathan Vankin, Kal-El, Madame Xanadu, Marco Castiello, Search for Swamp Thing, Superman, Swamp Thing, the Green, Vincenzo Acunza | 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 August 1, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jonathan Vankin (writer), Renato Arlem (artist), Barb Ciardo (colorist) The Story: Just the what the heck kind of fertilizer are they using around here? The Review: DC has its reasons for the existence Vertigo, and keeping it largely separate from popular continuity. It’s not just that in a Vertigo comic, you can cuss up [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alec Holland, Barb Ciardo, Batman, Brightest Day, Brightest Day Aftermath, Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing, Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing #2, Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing #2 review, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, John Constantine, Jonathan Vankin, Kal-El, Renato Arlem, Superman, Swamp Thing, The Search for Swamp Thing | 2 Comments »
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 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 »
