Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Free Comic Book Day 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Review: Superman House Of Brainiac Special #1
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
My Adventures With Superman, Season Two
Monday, April 29, 2024
Comic Box Commentary Is Sixteen Years Old
We haven't had much else.
I always have to stop and thank anyone who comes here to read my rambling reviews and listen to my thoughts on the super-family. I have made so many friends through this site. I am still here because of the conversations that happen here! Thank you all so much!
Friday, April 26, 2024
Review: Power Girl #8
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
DC Comics July 2024 Solicitations
https://www.gamesradar.com/DC-comics-july-2024-solicitations-covers/
Absolute Power #1
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
Variant covers by JIM LEE, STEPHEN BLISS, PUPPETEER LEE, CHRIS SAMNEE, CHRISSIE ZULLO, and more
THE TRINITY OF EVIL HAS WON.
DC’s epic summer event kicks off with a bang, as the combined might of FAILSAFE and the BRAINIAC QUEEN has at last given Amanda Waller the ability to steal the metahuman abilities of every hero and villain on planet Earth. As chaos erupts in the streets and a massive misinformation campaign sways public opinion to her side, the founder of the Suicide Squad methodically targets each superhero dynasty one at a time, starting with SUPERMAN. But even in this darkest of hours, a resistance is forming…and BATMAN is out for vengeance. It’s a shocking blitzkrieg across the globe that is decades in the making—and will shape the course of the DC Universe for years to come! Brought to you by the superstar talents of MARK WAID and DAN MORA—it all starts here!
Waid and Mora are a fantastic team. Seeing Mora drawing an event incorporating the whole DCU is a big draw. But I just don't think it is going to be enough. And seeing Batman seeking vengeance somehow is a negative draw.
Monday, April 22, 2024
Review: Batman/Superman World's Finest #26
Friday, April 19, 2024
Review: Superman #13
Superman #13 came out this week, the second chapter of the House of Brainiac storyline and another winner, especially if you are a Supergirl fan.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Absolute DC And Scott Snyder
I'm an old jaded reader who remembers when words like 'Crisis' carried some sort of weight.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/scott-snyder-ultimate-line-dc-absolute-comics-all-in/
Monday, April 15, 2024
Joshua Williamson On 'House of Brainiac' And Supergirl
Friday, April 12, 2024
Review: Action Comics #1064
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Review: Action Comics #514
Monday, April 8, 2024
Review: Kneel Before Zod #4
Kneel Before Zod #4 came out last week and was another interesting and somewhat vexing issue within this series. We are a third of the way through the book and the focus and events keep shifting radically, perhaps showing how chaotic life as Zod must be. But I wonder if all the plot threads and ideas that are being showered on me in this book will ever be resolved.
Friday, April 5, 2024
Review: Superman '78 The Metal Curtain #6
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Back Issue Box: Action Comics #549
Monday, April 1, 2024
Review: Power Girl #7
Friday, March 29, 2024
Back Issue Box: Action Comics #548
Surprisingly, despite all those things being in this book, the issue is incredibly padded with Superman stopping muggers, Superman saving people from a scientific experiment gone awry, and the Daily Planet staff getting seemingly random stories to investigate.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Review: World's Finest #25
Monday, March 25, 2024
Review: Superman #12
We have waited a year for the culmination and this issue rushes us there. The whole Pharm and Graft arc ends here, with a sprint and a lot quick explanations to get us there. I don't like decompressed stories, often complaining about glacial pacing. This is the reverse. The story Williamson has been building deserved a chance to unfold at a more deliberate pace to give us a satisfactory ending. I guess DC wanted to get to that House of Brainiac story sooner rather than later.
Friday, March 22, 2024
Review: Justice League Vs Godzilla Vs Kong #6
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Back Issue Box: Superman Adventures #52
On to the book!
Monday, March 18, 2024
Relatively Geeky Podcast Guest
One of the things I am truly grateful for is the community of comic friends I have made on social media. Whether from this site or from other platforms, I have been very lucky to meet some very cool comic fans who I now can call friends.
One of those friends is Professor Alan who runs the Relatively Geeky Network of podcasts. The professor and I talk about a lot of things including, of all things, sports!
But it was our love of comics that was the beginning of the friendship. I really feel honored to call him friend. And I've been lucky enough to be a guest on his podcasts a number of times, talking about everything from my hometown to Black Orchid. This time he asked me to talk about a topic near and dear to my heart.
That's right ... Supergirl! And her highlights in Robert Greenberger's DC Super Heroines 100 Greatest moments.
Here is a link: https://relativelygeekypodcast.blogspot.com/2024/03/e-012-dc-super-heroine-moments-pt-2.html
Friday, March 15, 2024
Review: Action Comics #1063
Action Comics #1063 came out this week, one of the most baffling and therefore unsatisfying reads of recent memory. And because of that, this is going to be, perhaps, a baffling review.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Back Issue Box: Action Comics #339
The latest Superman crossover event 'Queen Brainiac' is right around the corner. The seeds have been planted by Joshua Williamson in his Superman book. And with Jason Aaron's 3-part Bizarro arc mercifully over, the arc will be in the Action Comics book too.
Monday, March 11, 2024
Review: Kneel Before Zod #3
Friday, March 8, 2024
Review: Superman '78 The Metal Curtain #5
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Back Issue Box: Superman Family #198
Friday, March 1, 2024
Review: Power Girl #6
Marguerite Sauvage is a solid artist and I think her work on this title actually works well. She switches to a more cartoonish version of her art when the story switches to the fantasy world. And the one part of the story which seems perfect to let Sauvage run wild, a scene on a college campus, is left too soon. I do love the Amy Reeder cover.
But I would avoid this issue and this series. If you are a fan of Power Girl (her character, her history, etc.) you aren't going to get that here at all.
On to the specifics.
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Review: Justice League Vs Godzilla Vs Kong #5
Monday, February 26, 2024
Review: Batman/Superman World's Finest #24
Friday, February 23, 2024
Review: Superman #11
Superman #11 came out this week, the next chapter in the Joshua Williamson era and a chapter moving the 'Lex Luthor Revenge Squad' storyline forward. After last issue's wonderful Western side mission, this issue sort of puts the pedal down on the plot, pushing it forward nicely. It also sharply shines a spotlight on Lena.
These references are done to build on this storyline. Finally, the Lex Luthor Revenge Squad is formed and it includes a couple of surprise members. There's even a decent cliffhanger.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Supergirl McFarlane Multiverse Figure
In what is best described as a late Christmas gift to myself, I finally got my hands on a McFarlane Supergirl Multiverse action figure.
It is a very nice action figure and a solid addition to my collection.
It all starts with the box. The front is nice and clean with a good look at the figure. I like the back as well with a nice Emanuela Lupacchino shot of Kara flying in the city.
Monday, February 19, 2024
Review: Action Comics #1062
Friday, February 16, 2024
Preliminary Con Prep: Terrificon 2024
As always, the showrunner Mitch Hallock has put together a tremendous guest list. As of today, there is a glut of comic talent that is going to be there. Now I have had the luxury of having been to many cons over my life. So I have met many of the superstars that have been listed, including but not limited to Jim Lee, Chris Claremont, Scott Snyder, Howard Chaykin, the Simonsons, and lots of others. While I am sure that I will have books to get signed from many of them, I thought I would focus on the announced guests that have grabbed my attention the most.
And at the top of the list is:
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Monday, February 12, 2024
Review: Kneel Before Zod #2
When Kneel Before Zod was announced as a mini-series, I didn't know what to expect. For a while Zod was everywhere. Then he was nowhere. Now he was going to headline a book? And from creators who I didn't really know.
It is, for sure, an about face for everything we have read of Zod recently. While it seemed shocking, and maybe a bit out of character, I had to remind myself that it has been a while since we have seen him. Time has passed so there maybe things we don't know that has led him here. I am a giant fan of John Boorman's Excalibur. In that movie, Uther Pendragon, after years of marauding, wants to settle back and raise a child. He grew weary of battle. This issue reminded me of that.
Friday, February 9, 2024
Review: Superman '78 The Metal Curtain #4
Superman '78 The Metal Curtain #4 came out this week and was a quick, entertaining read by creative team of writer Robert Venditti and artist Gavin Guidry.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Back Issue Box: Adventure Comics #283
Today was an open slot in the blog schedule and had been a while since I had done a back issue so I was pondering what to cover. With Kneel Before Zod on the shelves, I thought looking back at the original Phantom Zone story and the introduction to General Zod might be fun.
So set the time machine for 1961 and Adventure Comics #283. In all transparency, I have this issue in the Tales From The Phantom Zone trade so might be mining that particular collection more in the future.
Pretty solid cover here by Curt Swan promoting The Phantom Superboy and name dropping the Phantom Zone for the first time. And nice ethereal colors on the phantom hero, showing us the terrain in the background.
On to the story.