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: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Grounded, J. Michael Straczynski, Jamal Igle, JMS, Jon Sibal, Kal-El, Lois Lane, Marcelo Maiolo, Robin Riggs, Superman, 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: DC Comics, Reviews | 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 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis (writers), Gene Ha (artist), Art Lyon (colorist) The Story: What, you think you’re better than us? Oh, you actually are? Never mind. The Review: In the world of Flashpoint, a lot of things have gone wacky, and one of the most significant ones is there is no man in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Art Lyon, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Project Superman, Flashpoint: Project Superman #1, Flashpoint: Project Superman #1 review, Gene Ha, General Lane, Lowell Francis, Project Superman, Scott Snyder, Superman | 3 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 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Kurt Busiek (writer), Rick Leonardi (penciller), Jonathan Sibal (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: What’s the matter, boy? What? Connor’s stuck in a time-space crisis? Let’s go! The Review: As much love exists between a man and his dog, it has nothing on that between a dog and his boy. As a clone with [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brad Anderson, Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, Infinite Crisis, Jonathan Sibal, Kon-El, Krypto, Kurt Busiek, Rick Leonardi, Superboy, Superman, Superman #712, Superman #712 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Kenneth Rocafort & Jesus Merino (artists), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: To kill five Super-people, of course you need five Doomsdays, right? The Review: In my review of Superboy #6, I described Doomsday as a shallow character who no one cared (or at least, I didn’t) much to see again, a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #901, Action Comics #901 review, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, Conner Kent, DC, DC Comics, Doomsday, Eradicator, Jesus Merino, John Henry Irons, Kara Zor-El, Kenneth Rocafort, Kon-El, Linda Lang, Paul Cornell, Reign of the Doomsdays, Steel, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman | 21 Comments »
Posted on May 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: J. Michael Straczynski & Chris Roberson (writers), Eddy Barrows (penciller), J.P. Mayer (inker), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: No, Superman–not the electric-blue costume! The situation’s not that desperate! The Review: It’s pretty obvious the original premise of Straczynski’s storyline—Superman walking across the country, discovering the real America, or something—has largely faded from view. This [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Dr. Roquette, Eddy Barrows, Grounded, Iron Munro, J. Michael Straczynski, J.P. Mayer, Jimmy Olsen, JMS, Livewire, rod reis, Superman, Superman #711, Superman #711 review | 15 Comments »
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: Judd Winick (writer), Sami Basri (artist), Jessica Kholinne (colorist) The Story: This guy has to learn he can’t just punk people’s magic whenever he wants. The Review: In my last review of Power Girl I got a little tough on Winick, mostly because I felt cheated out of a completed storyline. Just know, however, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Jessica Kholinne, Judd Winick, Kara Zor-L, Karen Starr, Power Girl, Power Girl #23, Power Girl #23 review, Sami Basri, Starrware, Superman, Zatanna, Zatanna Zatara | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: J. Michael Straczynski & Chris Roberson (writers), Eddy Barrows & Travel Foreman (pencillers), J.P. Mayer & John Dell (inkers), Rob Reis & Dave McCaig (colorists) The Story: Can a nerd from the sticks and an emo from the big city work together to defeat an immortal caveman? The Review: I’ve managed to stay above [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Bruce Wayne, Chris Roberson, Clark Kent, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Eddy Barrows, J. Michael Straczynski, J.P. Mayer, John Dell, Kal-El, Rob Reis, Superman, Superman #710, Superman #710 review, Travel Foreman, Vandal Savage | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Marco Rudy (artist), Jaime Grant & Dominic Regan (colorists) The Story: Could this be the death of Superboy—again? The Review: Crossover stories can be fun, wild events, but they definitely have a downside as well: call them forced tie-ins. It’s one thing to have certain titles leech into each other during [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, Dominic Regan, Doomsday, Jaime Grant, Jeff Lemire, Marco Rudy, Ray Palmer, Red Robin, Reign of Doomsday, Simon Valentine, Superboy, Superman, The Atom, Tim Drake | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Jesus Merino (artist), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: My, those are some big black balls you’ve got there, Lex Luthor. The Review: It’s been a long, wild journey we’ve had, following Superman’s arch-nemesis on his quest for ultimate power. He’s faced off against some of the baddest of the baddies in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #899, Action Comics #899 review, Brad Anderson, Brainiac, comic book reviewsw, DC Comics, Jesus Merino, Lex Luthor, Paul Cornell, Robot Lois, Superman, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Nick Spencer (writer), RB Silva with Amilcar Pinna (pencillers), DYM & Rob Lean (inkers), Dave McCaig (colorist The Story: Meet Jimmy Olsen, Boy-Man of Steel, and about to save the world in his underpants. The Review: If you flip through the television nowadays, it’s amazing how hard it is to find something to watch [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Amilcar Pinna, Chloe Sullivan, Dave McCaig, DC Comics, DYM, Jimmy Olsen, Maggie Mxyzptlk, Natasha Irons, Nick Spencer, Perry White, RB Silva, Rob Lean, Sebastien Mallory, Superman | 5 Comments »
