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MY 5 FAVORITE SUPERMAN COMICS
5/SUPERMAN VS. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Written by Gerry Conway &; drawn by Ross Andru (with some help from Neal Adams and John Romita Sr.), released in 1976, this was the 1st official crossover comic between DC Comics and Marvel Comics. There have been many crossovers in the decades since then, some better written and drawn […]
WHAT IF SUPERMAN WAS REAL?
December 22, 2012
In recent weeks more information about the upcoming Superman movie, The Man of Steel, directed by Zak Snyder and starring Henry Cavill, has been released, starting with the above poster. My first thought was, that’s a very odd choice for a movie poster. Superman in handcuffs, surrounded by armed soldiers. What exactly is that supposed […]
PRESIDENT SUPERMAN
December 18, 2012
Back in 1991, DC Comics ran this crossover storyline called Armageddon 2001. It’s been years since I read any of this, so I’m going by memory. The basic premise was that in the future the world was being run by a ruthless dictator simply called The Monarch. No one knew who he or she was, […]
OCEAN by Warren Ellis
September 22, 2012
Ocean was a 6-issue comic-book miniseries released in 2003-2004, written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Chris Sprouse, with inks by Karl Story. I recall picking this up back then, because the premise was intriguing, plus I liked the idea of a science fiction story with a Black lead character, something we which is all […]
CONCEPT CORE 2 by DANN
September 15, 2012
Concept Core 2 is the 2nd pocket-sized collection of black & white comics written and drawn by the enigmatic creator called DANN. I reviewed the previous collection HERE. This collection is a bit bigger than the first edition, with 100 pages instead of 80. The first half of the issue features a series of stories […]
HALLOWEEN MAN VS. THE INVISIBLE MAN
September 9, 2012
Here is the latest collected edition of Drew Edwards’ awesome webcomic “superhero” Halloween Man. Previous reviews by moi can be read HERE and HERE. To recap, Solomon Hitch is a zombie. He resides in the futuristic town of Solar City, which he attempts to protect from the various supernatural threats which arise on disturbingly regular […]
THOR: UNKILLABLE THUNDER CHRIST #1
September 9, 2012
This is the 2nd comic-book written by Eric M. Esquivel that I have read, the first was THE BLACKEST TERROR #1, which you can read about HERE. Unfortunately, despite an awesome premise, I ultimately felt let down by that issue. Well, I am happy to say that I have no such problem with this issue. […]
SUPERMAN/SHAZAM: FIRST THUNDER
December 9, 2011
I’ve written before that Captain Marvel is #1 on my list of 10 FAVORITE SUPERHEROES. Unfortunately, he’s vary rarely been portrayed correctly in the comics, in my opinion. This is one of those stories that nails it perfectly. Written by Judd Winick and drawn by Joshua Middleton, this was a 4-issue series originally published by […]
SUPERMAN: SECRET IDENTITY by Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen
December 2, 2011
This is a 4-part miniseries published by DC Comics in 2004. I only just acquired it recently, after hearing it being spoken highly of on some message board. And I must say that it is a most excellent story. This takes place in the “real world,” where a young boy has been named Clark Kent […]
FUTURIUS COMICS
November 22, 2011
FUTURIUS is a web-based comic-book company that I’ve written about before. Their printed products include the 6-issue miniseries THE DARKLING, & the 15-issue anthology series TALES FROM THE PLEX, of which a story written by yours truly appears in issue #9. Here I’m going to review some of their newer books, the first two written […]
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