Great art. But the Krypton story could have been told in three pages and really nothing about Krypto makes any sense. Though I have to admit, dogs bore me.
There will come a day when Krypto stands beside Superman, helpinghim fight off monsters, aliens, and supervillains—a day when this dogwill save his adoptive world thanks to the incredible powers granted himby Earth’s strange yellow sun. But he’s not there yet. Today, Krypto isa normal puppy on Krypton, spending each happy, snoozy, endless day...
More sure footed than the first part, though I still don't love the Kents being so young.
A lot can change in a summer, especially for Clark Kent, a.k.a. Superboy.After a disastrous debut in Metropolis, the Kents are worried that the worldis not ready for their son and will do whatever it takes to protect him. Littledo they know, they’re about to send him to one of the most terrifying placeson the planet…Smallville High!
That is a lot to pay for Dan Jurgens, but he seems to have found new life as a writer so many years after his first go-round on Supes, and he's a lot better than Williamson. But the story here is the art. Redondo might simply be DC's best.
Legends collide as the Man of Steel goes supersized for the Summer of Superman! In this all-new treasury edition, quintessential Superman writer Dan Jurgens pairs with the modern master of sequential art, Bruno Redondo, to craft a larger-than-life story of power, tragedy, action, and, above all—hope. When a vicious armada of extraterrestrial extr...
Kind of fluffy, and why not just make the bad guy a talk show host instead of going for something overly contemporary. (A video podcast isn't a podcast, it's just more video!) And if you want to see Jim Gordon and Perry White, much better to read another World's Finest, the one by Dave Gibbons and Steve Rude.
A menace is loose in Metropolis, but Superman and Batman can’t do anythingabout it until Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne find a way to escape…a talk show? Willit be up to their friends—Perry White, Lois Lane, Commissioner Gordon, and AlfredPennyworth—to step in and help save the day? Also featuring an all-new cameovariant cover appearance by lat...
Sokid issue if a bit padded. The scene with Batman asking parenting advice is incredibly unlikely but heartfelt.
The General’s search for Batman and Robin’s true identities comes to Wayne Man-or’s doorsteps! Can the dynamic duo find a way to repel the General’s forces andstill keep their identities secret?!
Fun and sweet but aims mainly to put all the toys back in the toybox since there is canon yet to come. But what works works so well. Even if I am not quite sure how Uhura is still alive and well.
Two and a half years of comics spanning 60 years of Star Trek history, a fair few awards, and more than a few universe detonations, and it's all been coming to this! Star Trek: Omega is the denouement of the critically acclaimed Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant storylines, and the first glimpse at what come...
The art is great - I love the first page and the easter eggs - but it's hard to say this was exciting. Waid did a better job with Marvel's history than with DC's. And really, the stuff at the end is more essential.
In celebration of 90 years of DC, super fan and writer Mark Waid turns backtime to the very beginning of the DC Universe in a four-issue miniseriesdrawn by some of DC’s greatest artists and told by the newest chronicler oftime, Barry Allen, the Flash! In our debut issue, Barry takes us from the verybirth of the DC Universe to the rise of the Just...
Really scattered and characterization that doesn't go with anything I've seen for any of these heroes. Especially Captain Atom, who no one at DC, even his creators, have known how to make interesting since Flashpoint.
IT'S THE GREATEST POWER IN THE DC UNIVERSE...AND ALSO ITS DEADLIEST WEAPON. In the wake of Absolute Power, the superpowers of planet Earth are in chaos...and it's up to the newly reformed Justice League to restore order to that chaos. Enter Ray Palmer and Ryan Choi, together as the heroes called Atom. These brilliant minds get to work crafting the ...
Waid is really making it worth our while to read yet another early Robin story. He's so much better than Loeb in The Last Halloween, and matches the beats of the long ago year one story from Dixon.
The General is on the hunt for the man behind the mask and is on the warpath.As the Dynamic Duo continue to stretch themselves thin and tire themselves outstopping various threats around Gotham, the General’s threat closes in on them!
Volume 1? Really?
A serial killer is stalking Gotham. But its victims are all juvenile delinquents, teens, and young adultswith criminal records and time served. Are they even worth saving? For Batman, the answer is alwaysyes. No matter who they are or what they’ve done, every life is worth preserving.Not everyone agrees with this sentiment, as Bruce Wayne will di...
Unreadably ugly.
EISNER AWARD-WINNING STORYTELLER RAFAEL GRAMPA'S TWISTED VISION OF THE DARK KNIGHT! When you chase your own shadow...it leads you into the abyss. In a Gotham City where every day feels darker and more irredeemable than the last, Batman makes a definitive choice--to kill off the Bruce Wayne identity for good and embrace the cowl full-time. But thoug...
More like Plastic Man: No Point.
IT'S THE END OF PLASTIC MAN! OR IS IT? There sure are a lot of people who'd like to stop him from detonating the nuclear bomb he fashioned out of a member of the Metal Men--including the very son he's trying to save with this kamikaze scheme. But Patrick has come too far and sacrificed too much to stop now...
First off, people who got the FCBD special had to pay for it after all. That stinks.
There is the seed of a good idea but only after yet another retelling of Superman's origin. And the art is surprisingly sketchy. And why isn't Lois Superwoman? And what is the industrial use of kryptonite anyway?
The summer of Superman heats up with a brand-new ongoing series takingthe DCU by storm! When an asteroid the size of Metropolis hurtles towardcollision with planet Earth, the Justice League dispatches Superman to avertthe crisis—but a sinister threat lurks within that will change the world likenever before, and this danger glows green. The Last S...
Got this from my shop by accident since it was labeled Lore War. And I really don't know from Shaxs or from Ryan North. But hey, I paid for it, might as well read it. And this was a lot of fun, if at times too determined to be meta. I mean, who can't get behind killing fascists?
From the team who brought you the Ringo- and Eisner-nominated Shaxs' Best Day comes a rip-roaring ride full of clever ship high jinks, nonstop badassery, and bombastic punches... because at the end of the day, let's face it. It's not Shaxs' worst day. It's fascism's. Shaxs had his best day, but now that the universe has been rewritten...
In essence the final issue - though in reality not - and a good place to end, with a nifty "machina ex deus" that restores things with panache. Also, i love the all too brief interactions between the four engineers.
"Lore War," Part 5. Armed with the knowledge of how to defeat Lore once and for all, Sisko and what's left of his crew scatter to the four quadrants of space. Spock, Hugh, Alexander, and Paris each set out alone on a mission to save their remaining friends from Lore's control, but none is more alone than Sisko. He's taking the fight directly to Lor...
Starting off with "Times Past" suggests a deep and unexpected voyage to the past a la the issues in Starman with that label. Alas this was kind of light on calories and story, more filler than anything else. Nice art, though.
A tale from the early days of the Justice Society of America! As the dust from WorldWar II settles, the JSA makes its way into Europe to recover the powerful artifactthat prevented it entering the warfront…the Spear of Destiny!
Solid but not spectacular first issue with a certain timeless quality that is probably the only way Waid could approach Superboy. But if the Kents are in their 30s or 40s then, just how old is Clark Kent now?
Witness Mark Waid’s triumphant return to the title alongside rising starartist Skylar Patridge as they take Clark Kent back to his early years on KentFarm. This can’t-miss story, with ties to the present, takes the Boy of Steelto unexpected heights as he figures out what being a hero truly means. Firststop: Metropolis’s Expo of Tomorrow! Will...
Fun FF story but every FF story of late reads like every other. It's all Waid light.
The X-Men story was clunky.
In advance of Marvel's First Family arriving on the big screen this summer, Ryan North and Humberto Ramos craft an unusual story in which the FANTASTIC FOUR respond to a most unusual interdimensional summons!
And on the eve of the birth of the ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT X-MEN, there is one extra mutant in attendance. WHO is it? Only Collin Kelly an...
Nothing here begs me to keep reading, though nothing here is bad, either. Except JRjr's art.
Joe Kelly and John Romita Jr. remind us who Peter Parker and SPIDER-MAN are!
Plus, an exclusive prologue to this summer's blockbuster ULTIMATE event from Deniz Camp, Cody Ziglar & Jonas Scharf!
Exclusive Original Material
RATED T
I am not sure what is happening but the art is stellar.
In the wake of the Nyctari invasion of New Genesis, a hero is laid to rest. BlackRacer, speeding through deep space, must deliver his fallen comrade back to theSource. Bear witness to a cosmos-spanning epic that examines the very nature oflife, death, and everything in between in this special issue that reunites the all-starteam of Ram V and Filipe...
Don't care much about We Are Yesterday. Very much care about this comic. Waid does so much better with just Batman, Robin, and Superman than with dozens of heroes.
The Batman and Superman of yesterday…today?! As Gorilla Grodd’s vicious temporalonslaught upon the Justice League continues, the Dark Knight and Man of Steelfrom the time of the World’s Finest get a horrifying glimpse into their ownfutures…and the tragedies to come! It’s minute-by-minute mayhem in the epicnew installment of the “We Are ...
This story is way too long, and the substitute artist is pretty bad. Plus it's pretty anticlimactic once Firestorm (who Waid has no sense of how to write) can suddenly make kryptonite.
PRISON BREAK! In a last-ditch attempt to save both the Earth and the Phantom Zone from certain annihilation, Superman has been knocked for a loop and is only just now regaining consciousness. But what's that in the distance? The tiny silhouettes of every single Phantom Zone prisoner freed and heading straight for him? Uh oh... Plus, the true villai...
Are we running out of steam? This wasn't bad - how can it be with Xermanico's art? - but it was sort of spinning its wheels. Why is the Spectre without a host again? Why would anyone bring back G'Nort? Something is a bit off.
Hal plumbs the depths of hell to retrieve material from an evil villain that can helpthe Lanterns build new Central Power Batteries, but his plans are interrupted by theSpirit of Vengeance who has come to offer Hal his old job back!
Where's my typewriter? I have to send a letter to DC demanded this series continue!
With the malevolent mastermind of Cy.C.L.O.P.S. now ruling the Earth and sky,Metamorpho has no choice but to enter the Ra-Realm, summon fire from theheavens themselves, and unleash the secrets of the gods upon a fearful humanity…in his own fab, yvoorg, and ultra-marvy style! Al Ewing and Steve Lieber swing forthe solar fences as the New Age of Me...
I honestly don't like the premise of "time traveling villains from the past" since you know they all fail (and also are really bad teammates). But the execution of the story here is really good, though the art is not. Again, Waid does much better when he isn't juggling sixty heroes and six plots.
What is a John Stewart story doing here instead of in his own comic? I have no idea. But more
"We Are Yesterday” part three of six. The secret origin of the single most unholyunion in DCU history is at last revealed! The Legion of Doom has set in motion ascheme to lay waste to not only the World's Finest Team—but to the present-dayJustice League Unlimited! How is this possible? All will be revealed in this specialWorld’s Finest Annual...
A really good story that happens to connect to another comic by the same author that isn't nearly as good. The strength of this and the weakness of that is cast size. A handful of heroes is more than enough to be entertaining. JLU is just too crowded.
“We Are Yesterday” part one of six. The sinister psychic powers of the deviousGorilla Grodd have the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight in their sights, but all isnot as it seems to be! There’s something strange going on here...some monkeybusiness that the World’s Finest can’t quite put a finger on. It’s almost as if thisGorilla Grodd has...
A solid finale though a bit crowded. I really wonder what sort of market there is that can't support a comic with both Peter and Miles.
IT'S ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR SPIDER-MEN!
• Tragedy strikes and rising-star super hero ELEMENTARY goes missing.
• While every Coffee Bean-frequenting super hero (and villain) joins the search, the SPIDER-MEN take a risky gamble to solve the mystery before it's too late!
RATED T+
Happy Xermanico is back. But wow, Adams is throwing a lot of stuff at us. Dan Garrett AND Gnort?
It’s Hector Hammond versus Hal Jordan as the confrontation comes to a head,while Kyle Rayner, Superboy, and Odyssey come across a Reach outpost and amysterious stranger!
Apparently Al Ewing knows DC lore and Batman as well as he knows Marvel lore and the Hulk. His first go round with the Bat is a stunning success. And those name drops of Conway and Milligan suggest his influences are the grounded Batman stories of the former and the weirdness of the latter.
The backup story probably sat in a drawer for years, but it's fun and smart, and between the two more
“Batman, do not solve my murder.” Those are the words, written in blood, that the World’s Greatest Detective has found next to the body of a dead billionaire. Clues are few in this dead man’s home, save for a book with the alarming title "How to End The Universe." Now, armed only with questions, Batman must set off to England to solve a mur...
Disappointed that instead of a full length story by Waid and Davis, we are in "the only way to celebrate big events is with inconsequential short comics" mode. Waid still knows how to write the FF, but a story with four splash pages is a waste of his skill. Davis's story is likewise pretty good but minor. Ironically, the story by Andrew Wheeler, who is unknown to me, was the best of the bunch.
MARVEL'S FIRST FAMILY! In this special, full-color anthology series, each issue focuses on a particular member of the team! For this inaugural outing, Mark Waid and Ramon Rosanas depict an escalating prank war between the Human Torch and the Thing; Alan Davis sends the team into hazards deep underground; and Andrew Wheeler and Sara Pichelli reveal ...