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Softboy reviewed Power Girl #20 Apr 23, 2025

Horrible title with Atrocious writing. Don’t ever let Leah Williams writer anything involving Power Girl again DC! Good riddance.

Power Girl #20

By: Leah Williams, David Baldeon
Released: Apr 23, 2025

Karen Starr has triumphantly returned to Metropolis. But there’s a problem…theperson using that alias isn’t Power Girl! Paige can’t just stand by as this new Karengets involved in ventures and schemes she would never dream of. It’s up to her toexpose this imposter before they ruin her reputation for good!

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Softboy dropped Justice Society of America (2022) from their pull list Apr 16, 2025

Justice Society of America (2022)

The JSA returns in this monthly series by writer Geoff Johns and artist Mikel Janin with Justice Society of America: The New Golden Age Part One! The world's first and greatest superheroes return! Or do they? A long-lost hero from the JSA crashes into our era with a grave warning... but it's too late. A mysterious and malevolent enemy has invaded t...

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Softboy dropped Wesley Dodds: The Sandman (2023) from their pull list Apr 16, 2025

Wesley Dodds: The Sandman (2023)

THE GOLDEN AGE SANDMAN RETURNS IN A NEW NOIR MYSTERY! No one escapes the Sandman's dark dreams, not even Wesley Dodds himself. After years of testing and experimentation, Wesley perfected his sleep gas as the optimal weapon to fight crime without causing undue harm. But when his journal detailing all his failed and far more deadly formulas is stole...

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Softboy dropped World's Finest: Teen Titans (2023) from their pull list Apr 16, 2025

World's Finest: Teen Titans (2023)

Spinning out of the pages of the runaway hit Batman/Superman: World’s Finest comes a modern retelling of the early adventures of the original Teen Titans! Led by Robin, the Boy Wonder, a new super-team has burst onto the scene-meet the Teen Titans, DC’s grooviest group filled with super-teens with super-problems. When they’re not fighting alo...

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Softboy dropped Jay Garrick: The Flash (2023) from their pull list Apr 16, 2025

Jay Garrick: The Flash (2023)

JAY AND HIS LONG-LOST DAUGHTER RACE SIDE BY SIDE IN THE PRESENT DAY! Spinning out of the events of Stargirl: The Lost Children and Justice Society of America, Jay Garrick is reunited with his long-lost daughter, Judy. After being pulled from the timeline, Judy returns to a world where she and her dad aren't the only ones that ride the lightning, bu...

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Softboy dropped Shazam! (2023) from their pull list Apr 16, 2025

Shazam! (2023)

The World's Finest creators present the World's Mightiest Mortal in a dazzling solo series! Dinosaurs from space! The Clubhouse of Eternity! Homicidal worms and talking tigers! Atomic robots, alien worlds, mad scientists, sinister curses, and villains from throughout the DC Universe-welcome to the wild adventures of Billy Batson, whose big red alte...

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Softboy dropped Alan Scott: The Green Lantern (2023) from their pull list Apr 16, 2025

Alan Scott: The Green Lantern (2023)

A POWERFUL TALE OF ALAN SCOTT'S EARLY DAYS AS GREEN LANTERN! Alan Scott's early days as the Green Lantern are seen in a new light! The Green Lantern is the most powerful member of the JSA, beloved by all of America, but his personal life is a well-kept secret. This is a story about love, about fear, and most of all about courage to stand up to that...

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Softboy dropped Green Lantern (2023) from their pull list Apr 16, 2025

Green Lantern (2023)

Spinning out of the events of Dark Crisis, the Guardians of Oa at the heart of the Green Lantern Corps have quarantined Sector 2814, home of the planet Earth-and its champion along with it! A heartbreaking defeat has sent Hal reeling, returning home to rediscover his roots...and find the man responsible for ruining his life: Sinestro. From the visi...

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Softboy dropped Green Arrow (2023) from their pull list Apr 16, 2025

Green Arrow (2023)

The Emerald Archer is lost, and it will take Oliver Queen's whole family to find him! But dangerous forces are determined to keep them apart at any cost! Spinning out of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, Green Arrow by DC architect Joshua Williamson (Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, Superman) and artist Sean Izaakse (Thunderbolts) is an action-packed ...

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Softboy dropped Batman and Robin (2023) from their pull list Apr 16, 2025

Batman and Robin (2023)

Father and son. Bruce and Damian. Batman and Robin. From Batman vs. Robin to Knight Terrors, a lot has happened to the Dynamic Duo, but now they are back together and ready to fight crime in Gotham--just in time for Batman's most monstrous rogues to team up to turn the city into an urban jungle! A new villain watches from the shadows, intent on rev...

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Softboy reviewed Exceptional X-Men #8 Apr 16, 2025
5.5

This comic has the same pacing of reheating food in the microwave. Moving slow and repetitive. The kids are fine. Kitty talks to her girlfriend and goes to work. There is no Emma and Bobby this issue. The stuff with Sinister should’ve got the ball rolling this issue, but once again nothing exciting with that happens until to the final

Exceptional X-Men #8

By: Eve Ewing, Carmen Carnero
Released: Apr 16, 2025

Our guy AXO is in trouble. Big trouble. He's bitten off more than he can chew in his relationship with charismatic technologist and Verate C.E.O. Sheldon Xenos, and now he's being held hostage while an Alex clone wanders around in his stead. Can the rest of the Exceptional team bail him out, or will they fall for the dupe of their beloved friend?

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Softboy reviewed JSA #6 Apr 2, 2025
3.5

Does Jeff Lemire even want to write the JSA? This series is so soulless and rushed. There is no sense of passion or coherent story structure present. The decision to start the story in the middle of nowhere and show the team at their worst is extremely odd. I expected better from Lemire.

JSA #6

By: Jeff Lemire, Diego Olortegui
Released: Apr 2, 2025

THE TOWER OF FATE UNDER ATTACK! As the demon horde descends on the Tower of Fate, a JSA-er won't survive! Meanwhile, the traitor within the Brownstone's halls makes their strike against the other team!

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mego-joe - Apr 2, 2025

Getting the same feelings. Well put!

Softboy reviewed Secret Six #2 Apr 2, 2025
8.5

Nicole Maines is doing the damn thing with this title!

Secret Six #2

By: Nicole Maines, Stephen Segovia
Released: Apr 2, 2025

THE TEAM THAT BRAWLS TOGETHER, FALLS TOGETHER! The Secret Six are at last assembled...but they're going to need to stop trying to kill each other if they want the secrets of the DC Universe! Checkmate has got Amanda Waller's treasure trove, but they need a key to open it! A key that only the Super Son, Cat Man, Dreamer, Deadshot, Gossamer, and Blac...

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Softboy rated Power Girl #18 Mar 1, 2025
2.5

Power Girl #18

By: Leah Williams, David Baldeon
Released: Feb 26, 2025

POWER GIRL GETS PREHISTORIC! Power Girl's throwing a housewarming party! But it's soon crashed by ecoterrorists who desire a return to the days when nature flourished without technology. Before she can pause the music and show them the door, they detonate a magic bomb--that takes everyone back to the prehistoric age!

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Chris X reviewed Exceptional X-Men #5 Jan 15, 2025
6.0

I applaud Eve Ewing for not shying away from addressing Kitty‘s recent past, however, it’s just not possible to justify the murders she has committed during the Fall of X storyline. Kitty, one of my favorite X-Men ever, is a ruined character, and it isn’t Ewing’s fault. However, the issue of Kitty’s mass murder is brushed aside pretty easily, and this is a problem.

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Exceptional X-Men #5

By: Eve Ewing, Carmen Carnero
Released: Jan 15, 2025

Saying the past is the past doesn't make it so, and Kitty is carrying the weight of her choices. Violence, vengeance and her life as Shadowkat are not so easily left behind - especially now that the rest of her team of new recruits knows the ugly reality of what she did in the shadow of Krakoa's fall. Now that the truth is out, so is Melee, leaving...

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TJMB3891 - Mar 21, 2025

I think the ladder are reading the book. I don't think teens are reading this book. Because I am 42 years old and I'm reading this book. I rarely see teens in the comic book store.

fthissite - Mar 29, 2025 (edited)

Not just teens. Technically the cut off for gen x is 45 right now. Readers in their thirties and twenties is more my thinking. I'm 48 and most people in my store who really dislike this style are 40 and above. There will always be those who like it in all age groups, just speaking of the majority.

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BillyBat rated Power Girl #15 Dec 1, 2024
1.0

Power Girl #15

By: Leah Williams, Adriana Melo
Released: Nov 27, 2024

With her best friend fighting for her life in the hospital, Power Girl swears vengeance on the one who put her there: Ejecta! There's something strange about Metropolis's newest super, with the power to predict crimes before they happen. Could it be that someone more powerful is pulling her strings?

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Softboy rated Detective Comics #1090 Oct 25, 2024
6.5

Detective Comics #1090

By: Tom Taylor, Mikel Janin
Released: Oct 23, 2024

Long ago, the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne changed Gotham forever. But there is something you never knew about the Dark Knight's tragic origin, which has been lying in wait to strike at Batman ever since that fateful night in Crime Alley. And now, all these years later, this ghost of Gotham's past begins to reveal itself. Superstars Tom Taylo...

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Softboy rated Power Girl #14 Oct 25, 2024
3.0

Power Girl #14

By: Leah Williams, Adriana Melo
Released: Oct 23, 2024

ENTER EJECTA! The mysterious new hero has taken Metropolis by storm, but Power Girl and Omen don't believe the hype. How can this heroine stop crime before it starts? Find out as Power Girl fights to save her city from itself!

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BillyBat reviewed Power Girl #14 Oct 23, 2024
3.0

I am a huge fan of Power Girl. To me, she's one of the most underutilized characters in the Super-Family (sadly overshadowed by Supergirl). She’s a more mature and assertive version of Supergirl, who also doesn’t take herself too seriously. The series by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner is a real delight and deserves more recognition. This series, however, is written by an author who doesn’ more

Power Girl #14

By: Leah Williams, Adriana Melo
Released: Oct 23, 2024

ENTER EJECTA! The mysterious new hero has taken Metropolis by storm, but Power Girl and Omen don't believe the hype. How can this heroine stop crime before it starts? Find out as Power Girl fights to save her city from itself!

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ResearchReader - Dec 16, 2024

I can answer it sort of. This is my 'shame read of the month'. I hate it but I still hope it can be better. I really wish DC had editors that cared. Like most of my DC reads are by Jeremy Adams or Joshua Williamson who are good writers so I often wonder why DC doesnt get more readers. I read PG to remind myself why DC is doing so badly. To keep this series running after issue 12 is insane. The fact it is going past 18 is also mind blowing.

mego-joe - Dec 18, 2024

I don’t think it’s going to get any better.

Softboy reviewed Power Girl #13 Sep 25, 2024
1.0

Not even about Power Girl anymore.

Power Girl #13

By: Leah Williams, Adriana Melo
Released: Sep 25, 2024

OMEN'S TELEPETHY GONE AWRY! Can Power Girl trust her suitor Axel? Only one person can tell her that answer for sure--her best friend Omen. But when Omen's telepathy is threatened by a chance encounter with a new hero, Paige must focus on saving her from herself--along with the rest of Metropolis!

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4.5

Justice Society of America #11

By: Geoff Johns, Mikel Janin
Released: Sep 4, 2024

As Huntress pushes to recruit the Harlequin's Son, the Legionnaire enacts his plans against the JSA! What does this mean for the future of the world's first superteam?!

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LeonReadsNRates - Sep 5, 2024

You didn't like this issue?

8.5

Justice Society of America #10

By: Geoff Johns, Mikel Janin
Released: Jul 3, 2024

THE HUNTRESS, HUNTED! Ruby's search for her father continues, and she'll stop at nothing to find him, even if it means killing the Huntress and destroying the Justice Society of America!

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Softboy reviewed Power Girl #10 Jul 1, 2024

What a pointless, soulless, and boring tie-in to House of Brainiac.

Power Girl #10

By: Leah Williams, Eduardo Pansica
Released: Jun 26, 2024

HOUSE OF BRAINIAC TIE-IN! BREAK OUT! Power Girl joins the Holliday Girls in this action-packed House of Brainiac tie-in! Goblin and his goons may have the neighborhood, but they'll never break the spirit of our local hero and her new allies. With the biker gangs brawling, it's now up to Crush and Paige to shut the Czarnians down for good. Can the p...

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4.0

Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #6

By: Tim Sheridan, Cian Tormey
Released: May 22, 2024

Alan Scott's final battle with the Red Lantern rages to a fever pitch! With Alan overcome with anger at his mortal enemy, will he cross a line he's never thought he would? The explosive conclusion of one of the Green Lantern's earliest adventures is here, and the fallout will affect Alan Scott forever!

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Softboy reviewed Power Girl #8 Apr 25, 2024
3.5

Picking back up from issue #4 after skipping the pointless Frembia arc.

For part 1 of the House of Brainiac tie-in we get the following from Leah Williams: Slice of life skate-boarding with cheesy boob jokes, Omen invading privacy being used as a comedic effect, and two pages of the guest star of the issue (Crush) with a tease of what’s to come in the future issues.

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Power Girl #8

By: Leah Williams, Eduardo Pansica
Released: Apr 24, 2024

HOUSE OF BRAINIAC TIE-IN! After an unexpected attack by Brainiac and his army of Lobos, everyone who has power in Metropolis has been kidnapped and imprisoned. But fear not, our hero has avoided capture and is the lone super in a city of helpless civilians. Will she be up for the challenge? Or is a strange visitor about to turn her world upside-dow...

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Softboy rated Jay Garrick: The Flash #6 Apr 16, 2024
8.0

Jay Garrick: The Flash #6

By: Jeremy Adams, Diego Olortegui
Released: Apr 17, 2024

Jay and Judy's battle with Doctor Elemental comes to a head! Can Jay save his daughter, or is this reunion over before it's even begun?!

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Softboy reviewed Deadpool #1 Apr 4, 2024
7.5

Action oriented with a promising beginning. This just needed more of Deadpool’s personality, kinda reads like a generic mercenary character rather than Deadpool.

Deadpool #1

By: Cody Ziglar, Roge Antonio
Released: Apr 3, 2024

A NEW ERA FOR THE MERC WITH A MOUTH, AND A GUN, AND A SWORD... CODY ZIGLAR (Futurama, Miles Morales: Spider-Man) has a wild ride planned for the Merc with the mouth! Introducing a terrifying new villain who won't stop until he catches Wade in his DEATH GRIP. But all work and no play makes Deadpool a very dead boy!

Rated T+

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Softboy reviewed Power Girl #7 Mar 26, 2024

Not ranking this issue, because I haven’t read it. I’m genuinely curious on who is interested in this plot and new version of Power Girl?

Power Girl #7

By: Leah Williams, Marguerite Sauvage
Released: Mar 27, 2024

THE SUPERGIRLS ARE TRAPPED! While tracking down the missing citizens of Metropolis, Paige and Kara have found themselves powerless in the mythical realm of Ferembia. They'll now have to rely on their wits to find an escape and the brains behind the whole operation before they're stuck in their own personal dark age!

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Smithd33 - Mar 29, 2024

the first arc has its moments. Now it’s just crap.

Red Hood - Apr 10, 2024

Yeah first arc was not bad but it went downhill after 4.

Softboy reviewed Green Arrow #10 Mar 26, 2024
9.5

Mia!

Green Arrow #10

By: Joshua Williamson, Sean Izaakse
Released: Mar 27, 2024

ROY HARPER IS MISSING. Green Arrow and Connor Hawke investigate what happened to him and what Amanda Waller has done to the rest of the Arrow family...which makes it difficult when they are attacked by surprise agents of Waller! Red Arrow, Red Canary, Arrowette, and Speedy!

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6.5

Should’ve just been a Red Lantern mini.

Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #5

By: Tim Sheridan, Cian Tormey
Released: Mar 27, 2024

Alan Scott and the Red Lantern come to blows! But what's going to happen when these two ancient forces battle it out, and what will it mean for the Green Lantern?!

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