Sep 09

DCnU: Justice League International #1 Review

BufferDan Jurgens takes on a the comedic Justice League International, a U.N. sanctioned team of B and C-Listers (with Batman as an unofficial member) in DC’s New 52. This is a solid superhero comic and although it isn’t as funny … Continue reading

Sep 08

Detective Comics #1 Review (DC’s New 52) Batman vs Joker 2011

BufferDetective Comics #1 Review. Tony S. Daniel did a super job on the art and scripted a pretty generic yet easily accessible Batman vs Joker introductory comic book. It ends with a shocker. Detective Comics does more to establish the … Continue reading

Sep 08

Grant Morrison’s Action Comics #1 Review (DCnU)

BufferAction Comics #1 Review- DC’s New 52, What Was Old is New Again. Grant Morrison and Rags Morales have the honor of producing the most famous comic book issue number of all time: Action Comics #1. It’s a great responsibility, … Continue reading

Sep 07

Flashpoint Review: DCU’s Final Event Before DCnU

BufferFLASHPOINT REVIEW: I admit that I did not read FLASHPOINT until the event completed. My buddy dropped off all 61 crossover issues and I was so engrossed with them I read them all in around 3-4 days. Plotwise, FLASHPOINT is … Continue reading

Aug 31

DCnU 52: Justice League #1 Review

BufferDC’s New 52: Justice League #1 (2011) review: written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Jim Lee. FIVE YEARS AGO…superheroes were feared and considered criminals. Justice League #1 features Batman’s first meeting with Green Lantern, and a Cyborg subplot. Green … Continue reading

Aug 31

What is DCnU: is DC’s New 52 In Continuity?

BufferAll of DC Comics are being rebooted to #1 in September 2011. DC hyped this up as the mother of all events and Editor in Chief Dan DiDio and Jim Lee truly were optimistic about DC’s New 52 at the … Continue reading

Aug 26

What’s Going On With Green Lantern Comics and GLC (Green Lantern 67 Review)

BufferWhat’s Going On With Green Lantern Comics? How did Green Lantern end? I haven’t written about Geoff Johns’ Green Lantern run in a while (I’ve already read every Green Lantern comic that was ever published). So to recap this year’s … Continue reading

Aug 24

Action Comics Complete Collection: 1-904

BufferAction Comics Complete Collection review: Action Comics is clearly the #2 “Super” book. So many major events happened in Superman’s namesake flagship title as opposed to Action Comics. This was disappointing. Like virtually all modern day comics, the late 1980s … Continue reading

Aug 20

It’s Finished: Brightest Day Review (0-24)

BufferBRIGHTEST DAY REVIEW. Well, after Blackest Night, DC decided to go with Brightest Day, which is an anthology featuring 12 resurrected heroes and villains. Actually, some heroes and villains weren’t featured at all; Brightest Day spun off into other titles. … Continue reading

Aug 16

Captain America Movie Review

BufferAs a movie, Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) is an okay action movie, World War II period piece, and Nazi pulp film, albeit it’s in the Marvel Universe, which contains advanced technology, Gods, and other comic book themes. My … Continue reading