Review: Justice League Vs Godzilla Vs Kong 2 #6

Justice League Vs Godzilla Vs Kong 2 #6 came out last week, the penultimate chapter of this wild series. I always feel that these 'next to last' chapters are always crucial. The book has to be set up to a place where a satisfying conclusion to the overall story has to be possible. With an over-the-top book like this with all the insanity out there, I think we get there. I do wonder if a few crumbs will be left out there in case DC wants to do a third. 

Writer Brian Buccellato pushes things forward. With the freedom of working in a pocket universe, he can take big swings and continues to do so here. What I like about this is Buccellato also shows he is a fan of DC history because he inserts some fun moments into the work for gray beards like me. He also clearly loves the characters, treating them with respect. From Wally to Black Manta to Aquaman, there are moments for all. 

Meanwhile Christian Duce continues to shine here. He has the hard mission of super-hero antics and giant monster mayhem and both things happening at the same time. I love the detail of the work and I am very appreciative of DC giving him the time to do the series in its entirety. 

I keep waiting for a Kara/Kong moment and I am still waiting. But this was still fun. On to the book.

Review: Absolute Superman #14

Absolute Superman #14 came out this week, the culmination of a long first arc building the world and showing us who this Superman is. It was clear that the end of this was going to be a bare-chested sword fight with Ra's Al Ghul, perhaps a nod to the early O'Neil/Adams Batman stories with Ra's himself.

Now all along I have been praising writer Jason Aaron for the pacing of this book. Unlike the frenzy of Absolute Batman, Absolute Superman was a very deliberate title, showing us Krypton, this new world, and giving us a lot of backstory for not only Superman but also Jor-El, Lara, Lois, Jimmy, and even the Al Ghul's. This is a fully formed world. I feel we have learned who this Clark is. 

The action has been ramping up over the last few issues as Ra's kept pushing Clark to take a step towards evil. And we finally get it in this issue, a bloody, brutal brawl that has me questioning how either combatant survives. Unfortunately, while the opening is a bang, the end of the fight is a whimper. This tremendously layered, long, complex arc just sort of ends. 

Rafa Sandoval is back on art and gives us in incredible issue of melee and gore. I have loved Sandoval's work for a long time but I feel that his work on this title has been his best. I'll be sad to see him go. 

Should this sudden ending to this arc sully the tremendous work which got me here? I'm not sure yet.

On to the book.

Supergirl Best Of 2025 Part Three: Top Ten Comic Moments #5 - #1

Well, we are ending our look back at Supergirl's 2025 by getting to the best comic moments for the character.

As we close out the year, I have to once again say that this has been a big year for our hero. She had a cameo in the Superman movie and her own film is coming soon. She played a big role in the Superman book, the JL United book, and the JLA vs Godzilla vs Kong 2 book. In all those titles, she was treated as a serious hero, a field commander, a leader.

The biggest comic news, of course, was the new Supergirl title on the racks, a love letter to the character's history by writer/artist Sophie Campbell. We have seen some moments from that on the lower part of this top ten list already. But there have been many moments throughout the issues that have been spectacular. Campbell is mining Supergirl's 65 year history and it makes this old time fan happy.

On to the top comic moments of 2025! 

Supergirl Best Of 2025 Part Two: Top Ten Comic Moments #10 - #6

Welcome to part two of my three part review of Supergirl in the year 2025. Yesterday I posted Part One , a review of the Supergirl cameo in James Gunn's Superman movie, my own convention experience, and some comic moment Honorable mentions. 

This is my seventeenth end of year review on the site, a number that staggers even me. Over the course of that time, some years have been pretty lean. In contrast, the last couple of years have been solid ones for the character. 2025 saw Supergirl finally back in her own title, continuing to play a role in the more major storylines in the Superman books, and even a decent presence in other books. Whether it was Mark Waid's JLU, or the insanity of Justice League Vs Godzilla Vs Kong, or even the Kal-El-Fornia Love book, Kara was all over the place and always treated with respect. That meant there were a lot of great moments for me to choose from making this year a tough one to pick a top ten,

Making that even harder was the profound respect and sheer amount of Kara-history that Sophie Campbell has injected into the book. From Lar-On and The Yellow Ring of Nor-Kann, to Satan Girl, to a comb that changes hair color, to Lesla Lar and Nightflame, to Midvale to cover and panel homages, there has been a ton of Supergirl history from multiple realities and continuities in the book. And each of those could be a top ten moment. I feel like for the first time in a long time, we have a creator who loves and understands the character. And that love and understanding shows in the book.

So settle in ... here comes the Top Ten Supergirl Comic Moments of 2025. 

Supergirl Best of 2025 Part One: The Movie, Commissions and Cons, And Comic Honorable Mentions

Welcome to Day 1 of 3 of my year-end review of the character of Supergirl and my comic book year.

I have been doing this blog for a while and every so often a year comes around where Supergirl seems to be everywhere. This is one of those years. Perhaps boosted by the Superman movie and the concommitant 'Summer of Superman' in the comics, Kara has had a very good year. She has been on the big screen. She has an upcoming movie. She has a solo title on the racks. This is not one of the leaner years and I have seen plenty over my time here.

So to set the stage, today I will review the big news of her movie, my commissions and cons this year, and then comic honorable mentions. Settle in ... this is a long one.

As this blog is really comic focused, tomorrow and the following day we will countdown the top ten Supergirl comic moments of the year. 

Perhaps the biggest news for the character was her drunken cameo at the end of James Gunn's Superman. I wrote down my thoughts back in July and they really haven't changed. "Truth. Justice. Whatever." is hardly inspiring.

The teaser trailer just dropped 3 weeks ago and I wrote at length about it then. You can read that here.

I am not surprised she is the cursing drunk girl. The movie is based on Tom King's Woman of Tomorrow. The saucy 'Look Out' very early teaser poster, again focusing on her drinking and her misbehavior cemented it. Krypto peeing on Superman to open the trailer isn't subtle. 

And I am still pretty perplexed by screenplay writer Ana Nogueira saying that she couldn't wrap her head around a character so sunny. Tell me you haven't read a Supergirl comic past 1970 without telling me.

Still, Milly Alcock is a great actress. She looks fantastic in the uniform. The visuals look good. The action looks good. And the end bit of the trailer - Kara, the sun behind her, no duster coat - makes me hope this is a redemption story. That she comes out of the haze and depression and realizes she is a hero.

I have to be hopeful.

Review: Superman #33

Superman #33 came out last week, a Luthor solo story showing his round 2 DC KO brawl with Etrigan. Written by Joshua Williamson with art by Hayden Sherman, it is a deep dive into the intricacies of Lex's mind and history so was an intersting read.

Since the beginning of this volume of Superman, Lex has been front and center. The whole premise by Williamson was showcasing the Lex/Superman relationship as Luthor wanted to befriend Superman, first for nefarious reasons and then because he was turned. Then House of Brainiac, amnesia, a truly good (almost naive) Lex emerging, only to have his unsavory life outlook sort of resurface. For sure, Lex has been complicated.

In this issue, Lex dwells on his mindset and background. He has an 'ends justify the means' foundation that he uses to justify every decision he has made in life, from literally making a deal with the devil to doing what he needs to do to advance in this Omega tournament. Throw in the Demon, Etrigan's own history, some deep DC history, and this is a worthy even tie-in.

Hayden Sherman is on art and brings a great style to the proceedings. I have just started to discover Sherman's work while reading Batman Dark Patterns and Absolute Wonder Woman back issues. One of the best things in this book is the page layouts with creative panels and page layouts. I don't know if his style is best for Superman but for an issue mostly located in Hell? Perfect. Alejandro Sanchez's color schemes of oranges, reds, and yellows only accentuates it.

If I had one nitpick, this issue could have used some editors notes pointing out where some flashbacks took place. 

On to the book. 

DC Comics Solicits - March 2026

The March 2026 DC Comics solicits sort of came out last week and it certainly was an interesting mixof Super-solicits in the wake of the ending of DC KO which ends that month..

Here is a link to the full list: https://aiptcomics.com/2025/12/19/full-march-2026-dc-comics-solicitations/

The biggest thing for me was the 'Reign of the Superboys' arc running through all the Super-titles. Now that title, reminscent of the post-"Death of Superman' arc titled 'Reign of the Supermen' arc, in addition to the complete lack of Superman in any of the super-titles makes me think something must happen to the Man of Steel in KO. Plus 'Symbol variant' covers this month have to be like the Reign of Supermen symbol covers showcasing the 4 shields of the supposed Supermen back then. Intriguing.

Now the name 'Reign of the Superboys' was enough of a hook. But the cover of Superman Unlimited made me pause. Then it made me smile. Settle in. 

On to the books.

SUPERGIRL #11
Written by SOPHIE CAMPBELL
Art by SOPHIE CAMPBELL
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant covers by JEFF DEKAL, TERRY DODSON, and SOPHIE CAMPBELL
Reign of the Superboys variant cover by ACO
Corner Box variant cover by SKYLAR PATRIDGE
Women's History Month variant cover by LEIRIX
Symbol variant cover

With the bottled city on fire (literally), Kara Zor-El abandons the comfort of Midvale to save the last survivors of Krypton. The youth are in revolt after a shocking secret is revealed, and the Science Council is put on trial for its crimes against the next generation. Can Supergirl find peace between the two warring factions?

Looking at the cover, it looks like Connor is the Superboy in the Supergirl title. The sight of Boy Thunder is also very interesting given his arc in prior World's Finest stories where he turned out to be Magog. 

It wasn't mentioned in this solicit but in another article about the month, the issue was described like this:"That same week, Supergirl #11 drops Kara into Kandor, strips her powers, and gives her a cybernetic upgrade as she leads a revolution alongside Conner Kent and a legion of Boy Thunder clones."  This has to be Sophie Campbell leaning into the stories in Adventure Comics where Supergirl was powerless and needed a Kandorian exoskeleton to have super-abilities. I love how much Campbell is leaning into Kara's history.