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DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration #1
Grab your favorite boba and pull a chair up to the dim sum table as we celebrate Asian Heritage Month with all your favorite Asian DC characters, old and new! Join Cassandra Cain, Katana, Green Lantern Tai Pham, the Atom, Dana Tan (a.k.a. Batman Beyond), Red Arrow, Lady Shiva, Damian Wayne and the al Ghul clan, New Super-Man, and more as we present new tales of these characters from their thrilling history! Plus, Cheshire Cat's relationship to Cheshire is revealed as Shoes asks Selina Kyle to take her under her wing as Cat Girl. And that's just the start!
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Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles
May 11, 2021Easily one of the more important books DC has released in 2021, this celebration of Asian superheroes spotlights characters that arent typically the focus of marketing material. Read Full Review
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DC Comics News - Seth Singleton
May 11, 2021Comics are a shared passion. One that forges a connection to new friends from backgrounds completely different than their own. In more than one story there is a hint that the narratives will continue. Some characters are slated to appear in upcoming issues of titles that already exist. Characters like the Monkey Prince will star in solo titles. DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration #1 is both a launching point and an introduction. In all ways, it is a new beginning. Read Full Review
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ComicBook.com - Nicole Drum
May 12, 2021This is quite honestly one of, if not the, actual best anthology DC Comics has ever put out, period. Read Full Review
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Dark Knight News - Kendra Hale
May 13, 2021I wish I could give higher marks, but my review alone honestly states my love for this one. This book's definitely one to grab! Read Full Review
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AIPT - David Brooke
May 11, 2021The DC Festival of Heroes #1: The Asian Superhero Celebration is truly a celebration of the many Asian characters that populate DC Comics, but also the cultures they come from and share with others. It's a great success for that reason alone, but there are also tales that tie into ongoing stories and hopeful new starts to look forward to as well. This anthology is filled with unforgettable moments, great action, and richly rendered culture. Read Full Review
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The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
May 11, 2021A good introduction into the world, personality and conflicts of the character. I like the art style, the tone of the story and look forward to more adventures. Read Full Review
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Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
May 11, 2021Overall, this is an exceptional connection of stories paying tribute to some of DC's most underrated heroes. The only weak spot is that some are very short and leave you wanting more, but this is a must-buy. Read Full Review
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But Why Tho? - Swara Ahmed
May 11, 2021DC Festival of Heroes The Asian Superhero Celebration Issue #1is an amazing compilation of the Asian and Asian-American heroes of the DC Universe. Through the presentation of their more intimate moments and personal adventures, readers old and new are given a fantastic look at characters they may not have known much about before, and be excited to see where they go next. While it also showcases that DC still has a ways to go on AAPI representation, this feels like a promising start for where they might go next. Hopefully a DC Festival of Heroes The Asian Superhero Celebration Issue #2has an even more diverse and comprehensive collection of AAPI superheroes of the DC Universe. Read Full Review
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Forces Of Geek - Lenny Schwartz
May 12, 2021Representation in all media is extremely important and it is great to see DC doing something like this book. It has various stories in it and it is good to see the company taking it all seriously. This is a fine collection of comics. Read Full Review
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6.0
Batman-News - Joshua McDonald
May 12, 2021DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration is a bit of a mixed bag, and most of that bag is on the less-than-stellar side of things. While I appreciate the initiative to feature Asian talent and characters, it also just seems to be for show. Other than one or two instances, are there actually any plans for the featured talent/ characters to move forward for regular, or semi-regular, issues? No. And beyond that, aside from Ram V's story with Cheshire Cat and Mariko Tamaki's story with Cass, most of these stories don't really serve as a great introduction to who these characters are and why they're worth your time. Read Full Review
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The Batman Universe - James Remolde
May 13, 2021This story gives a good glimpse into the various Asian characters of the DC universe but I prefer longer stories to flesh out issues and themes. Read Full Review
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9.5
Amazing stories, i really missed Kenan. I hope DC can do something with this characters soon. I kinda curious what are they planning with Monkey Prince and Liam. Monkey Prince its a interesting concept and has so much potential and lore, i hope they choose to work with him instead more batbooks full of nothing. And its great to see Liam coming back to the lights and being the sidekick of Selina. Loved so much this special, but, i guess some 2 pages-stories are kinda... meh? Still, im waiting so much the next special.
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8.5
It was great. Tamaki writting a good story with Cass. There is a good story with Connor. Liam is back. The Robin story had great artwork. Dustin Nguyen drew something. Grace Choi is back. And Emiko's story was entertaining.
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A great foreword. Some great stories but also some that didn't quite hit the mark. I enjoyed Cassandra Cain's, Kenan Kong's & Connor Hawke's as well as Shoes' the most. Seeing Grace Choi again also makes me happy. I've missed her.
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7.5
Lovee some of the shorts here that I read and the exposure to characters that just get overlooked. Kong should be replacing Jon for the next Superman role, and finding out so much of Green Arrow'd extended family - I smell a new Arrow team complete with a new Speedy. And as for that last tale, Nubia looked perfect completing the Trinity. DC what's the hold up? Bendis would write her well, I have no doubts. Time to stop tokenizing Nubia, and put her in the game. - Audiomack.com/cvrthebard
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7.0
I like the characters and I'm happy they did this celebration, but only a few stories were good, the rest was forgettable
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7.0
LIAN IS BACK. Ram V, Greg Pak, and GLY had the only worthwhile stories.
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7.0
Just about every story is fun. Although, as with most of these anthologies, there's a lot of sameness here that keeps many of the shorts here from being memorable. The exception may be the Catwoman story, which seems to actually be a pivotal chapter in the Ram V/Fernando Blanco run.
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5.5
This was relatively fine. Some stories were better than others. The Cassandra Cain story was my favorite. The story that this issue is named after was a bit overdone. I completely agree with the sentiment, but I felt like I was reading a pamphlet more than anything. Like Mr. A, but without the terrible objectivism. I support this kind of thing that DC is doing, especially considering the rise in hate crimes perpetuated against Asians recently. Hence why I read it. But I just wish the content in all these giant anthologies were of a higher overall quality.
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5.5
This was better than I usually expect an anthology to be, but it still had several weak stories that just dragged the whole thing down.
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Tamaki's Cassandra Cain story and Pak's Green Arrow story were both pretty good. Yang's Monkey Prince tale tried too much for my taste, it wasn't bad or anything but it didn't convince me that this is a character I want to see more of. The other stories ranged from bad to atrocious, regardless of the generous reviews they will surely get. I'm sorry but if DC is going to try to celebrate Asian characters, it really needs to do better than just a lazy attempt for a pat on the shoulder.
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Nauseating race-baiting from DC.
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