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The Red Bee reviewed Superman #4 Mar 23, 2024
8.0

Bloodsport is surprisingly vicious, even Lex is horrified by his excesses. And Jimmy Olsen's great in this story.

Superman #4

By: John Byrne
Released: Mar 25, 1987

Imagine the death and destruction a sadistic madman could cause if any weapon he thought of appeared in his hand simply by wishing it. Well the man called Bloodsport has this ability. Can Superman stop this maniacal killer before more innocent lives are lost?

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The Red Bee rated Superman #3 Mar 23, 2024
8.0

Superman #3

By: John Byrne

A LEGENDS crossover, continued from WARLORD #115. While Lois interviews Glorious Godfrey, Superman is transported to Apokolips by Darkseid and is shocked by the conditions there. Continued in ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #426.

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The Red Bee rated Action Comics #587 Mar 23, 2024
7.5

Action Comics #587

By: John Byrne

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The Red Bee rated Action Comics #586 Mar 23, 2024
6.0

Action Comics #586

By: John Byrne

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8.0

Superman versus the Mob! First appearance of Bibbo Bibbowski, one of my favourite Superman supporting characters.

Adventures of Superman #428

By: Marv Wolfman, Jerry Ordway
Released: May 13, 1987

Mobster Jay Falk's men kidnap Perry White's son! Plus, Superman encounters his future number one fan, Bibbo, for the first time.

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8.0

Adventures of Superman #427

By: Marv Wolfman, Jerry Ordway
Released: Apr 8, 1987

Suspecting that Qurac is funding terrorist cells around the world, Superman invades the country and confronts their president looking for answers.

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6.5

Adventures of Superman #426

By: Marv Wolfman, Jerry Ordway

A LEGENDS crossover, continued from SUPERMAN #3. Under the influence of Amazing Grace, Superman leads an uprising on Apokolips against Darkseid. Continued in ACTION COMICS #586.

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The Red Bee rated Avengers #97 Mar 15, 2024
7.0

Avengers #97

By: Roy Thomas, John Buscema
Released: Mar 8, 1972

Rick Jones is transported from the Negative Zone to the Kree homeworld by the Supreme Intellgence itself. When Ronan and his men arrive to eliminate Jones and the Supreme Intelligence, Rick's newfound power manifests for the first time!

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The Red Bee rated Avengers #96 Mar 15, 2024
7.0

Avengers #96

By: Roy Thomas, John Buscema
Released: Feb 9, 1972

The Avengers travel to the Andromeda Galaxy aboard a S.H.I.E.L.D. spacecraft to rescue their captured teammates. En route to the faraway sector of the universe, the Avengers are attacked by a Skrull flotilla!

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The Red Bee rated Avengers #95 Mar 15, 2024
7.0

Avengers #95

By: Roy Thomas, Neal Adams
Released: Jan 12, 1972

Maximus has taken over the city of the Inhumans! Where is Blackbolt when his people need him the most? Plus, The Avengers versus the Mandroids!

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The Red Bee rated Avengers #94 Mar 15, 2024
7.0

Avengers #94

By: Roy Thomas, Neal Adams
Released: Dec 8, 1971

The Avengers have captured three Skrulls warriors! Though the Avengers have succeeded in turning the tables on the would-be alien conquerors, the heroes soon discover that The Vision has gone missing! Has he been captured?

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The Red Bee rated Action Comics #585 Mar 15, 2024
6.0

Action Comics #585

By: John Byrne

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6.5

Adventures of Superman #425

By: Marv Wolfman, Jerry Ordway
Released: Feb 11, 1987

Desperate to be recognized for his inventions, Professor Hamilton puts Superman through a series of tests.

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8.0

The critic's review posted above is for a Supergirl series, not Adventures of Superman.

Adventures of Superman #424

By: Marv Wolfman, Jerry Ordway
Released: Jan 14, 1987

Following from the events of CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, a brand-new direction (and history) for the Man of Steel. As the Freedom League stages several attacks in Metropolis, Clark Kent meets Cat Grant and Professor Hamilton for the first time.

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The Red Bee reviewed Superman #2 Mar 10, 2024
8.0

Entertaining, though Lex Luthor makes a series of un-Lex like mistakes in this issue. Also, I just noticed how many of Lex's employees are women. An equal opportunity employer ahead of his time!

Superman #2

By: John Byrne
Released: Apr 21, 1999

The diabolical Lex Luthor uses all the vast resources and limitless funding at his disposal to do the unthinkable: he learns the true identity of his hated enemy, Superman!

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The Red Bee rated Action Comics #584 Mar 10, 2024
7.5

Action Comics #584

By: John Byrne

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Merlyn reviewed The Man of Steel #6 Feb 20, 2022
7.5

Review for the whole book. This was good, I read it a very, very long time ago and just re-read it right now and it's good, it's just... not as good as people remember it. The Bizarro issue is by far the best.

The Man of Steel #6

By: John Byrne

Clark Kent's childhood sweetheart Lana Lang is back in Smallville, and the Man of Steel decides to pay her a visit. In the process, Clark learns the truth of his home planet of Krypton and the life his people led--but what does it mean for his future on Earth?

The Red Bee rated The Man of Steel #6 Mar 8, 2024
7.0

The Man of Steel #6

By: John Byrne

Clark Kent's childhood sweetheart Lana Lang is back in Smallville, and the Man of Steel decides to pay her a visit. In the process, Clark learns the truth of his home planet of Krypton and the life his people led--but what does it mean for his future on Earth?

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The Red Bee reviewed The Man of Steel #5 Mar 8, 2024
8.0

I always enjoy issues with Bizarro. Also features Lucy Lane, only she's blind and suicidal.

The Man of Steel #5

By: John Byrne

Lex Luthor scans Superman's cellular and molecular structure, enabling one of his scientists to create a being with strength, powers and memories almost equal to Superman. Superman meets his match when Bizarro arrives in Metropolis!

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The Red Bee rated Superman #1 Mar 8, 2024
8.5

Superman #1

By: John Byrne
Released: Dec 31, 1986

Superman's first adventure following the CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS mega-event just may be his last as he comes face-to-face with Metallo, the Man with the Kryptonite Heart!

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The Red Bee rated Avengers #93 Mar 8, 2024
7.0

Avengers #93

By: Roy Thomas, Neal Adams
Released: Nov 10, 1971

A battle-damaged Vision arrives at Avengers Mansion and details the strange events that have befallen the team. Meanwhile, Captain Marvel and Carol Danvers are held prisoner by the Skrulls! Can Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man rescue them in time?

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The Red Bee rated Avengers #92 Mar 4, 2024
8.0

Avengers #92

By: Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema
Released: Sep 8, 1971

Anti-alien sentiment has spread across the nation! The Avengers must now answer to a governmental committee looking for an explanation as to the interactions between the Kree race and Earth's Mightiest.

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The Red Bee reviewed Avengers #91 Mar 4, 2024
8.0

This was a pretty good conclusion to the Marvell - Kree storyline. Things are heating up between Vision and Scarlet Witch!

Avengers #91

By: Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema
Released: Aug 4, 1971

Ronan The Accuser plans to de-evolve humanity into their ancestral simian form so that Earth may serve as a beachhead for the Kree-Skrull engagement. Can the Avengers stop Ronan and Sentry #459 without the help of the recently captured Mar-Vell?

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The Red Bee rated Avengers #90 Mar 4, 2024
7.0

Avengers #90

By: Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema
Released: Jul 7, 1971

Ronan The Accuser has activated Sentry #459 to kill Captain Marvel! But the Avengers wind up getting in the Sentry's way and halt the Kree servant's progress. Plus, Rick Jones reveals the nature of his bond with Mar-Vell!

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The Red Bee rated Avengers #89 Mar 4, 2024
6.0

Avengers #89

By: Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema
Released: Jun 9, 1971

Captain Marvel must free Rick Jones from the Negative Zone! But in doing so, Mar-Vell unleashes Annihilus himself! Plus, Captain Marvel is exposed to harmful Nega-Radiation. Will it prove lethal?

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The Red Bee rated The Man of Steel #4 Mar 4, 2024
8.0

The Man of Steel #4

By: John Byrne

Lois and Clark go on a cruise that gets hijacked--a cruise that also includes the power-mad business mogul Lex Luthor! Witness the birth of the Man of Steel's ultimate arch-rival as John Byrne's new take on Superman's early days continues!

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The Red Bee rated The Man of Steel #3 Mar 4, 2024
8.5

The Man of Steel #3

By: John Byrne

Superman heads to Gotham City and finds himself at odds with the brutal--and oftentimes unlawful--methods Batman uses to fight crime when the Dark Knight tricks Superman into helping him by putting an innocent life on the line!

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The Red Bee rated The Man of Steel #2 Feb 29, 2024
8.5

The Man of Steel #2

By: John Byrne

Lois Lane drives off a pier in order to get Superman's attention so she can interview him for the Daily Planet. In addition, Superman writes his first story for the Metropolitan newspaper, leading to the meeting of Lois and Clark!

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The Red Bee rated The Man of Steel #1 Feb 28, 2024
8.5

The Man of Steel #1

By: John Byrne

Superman enters the post-CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS age with this limited series by superstar John Byrne introducing an all-new origin tale that gives a completely different take on the early days of the Man of Steel and his home planet of Krypton!

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The Red Bee reviewed Avengers #88 Feb 23, 2024
6.0

Story idea by Harlan Ellison and guest starring Hulk! It even has an Avengers team of A-listers. A pity then that it's kind of average. Just feels like a long-winded set-up for an Incredible Hulk issue.

Avengers #88

By: Harlan Ellison, Sal Buscema

The Hulk has finally been subdued thanks to the help of Reed Richards and Charles Xavier. But just as Mr. Fantastic gets Hulk in a glass tube, the green brute is teleported away!

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