“52” has fast become one of my favorite pleasures of every Wednesday. This week’s no different, save for some small complaints I have with the cover of the issue. Simply put, the cover doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Take a quick look at it. It’s got a sweet picture of Steel holding the…
I haven’t read any of Marvel’s Ultimate line (except for the sublimely ugly Ultimates) for about a year now. X-Men fell down during Brian K. Vaughn’s run, Spider-Man never struck my fancy, Galactus was boring and delayed, delays ruined Iron Man and Fantastic Four was good, but I couldn’t justify adding it to my already…
“Poor Ralph . Even after he thought he’d lost everything, he still had his mind. Now… Now what happens?” Save three pages, this issue is all about the resurrection of Susan Dibny, Ralph Dibny’s deceased wife, murdered by Jean Loring in “Identity Crisis.” In this issue, Ralph brings in Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Green Arrow…
Everyone remembers the shot heard ‘round the world. No, not the shot that killed Archduke Ferdinand which started the first World War. No, not the battle at old North Bridge, the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. I am referring, of course, to the moment Maxwell Lord shot Blue Beetle in the head, which…
It looks like we have another answer to one of the questions scrawled on Rip Hunter’s blackboard, folks. Who is Diana Prince? Why, she’s one of Cassie Sandsmark’s aliases. Ralph Dibny, ever the detective, figures it out while looking for the people who broke into his storage garage last week. Cassie and the Cult of…
It is rare that I actually get to read my new comics on a Wednesday, so here’s an actual timely review of the week’s haul to celebrate in the order I read them… Astro City Special #1 Fantastic. Everything I read from the Astro City line is consistently fantastic. Like the inside front cover says,…
So that this review can be found with the other 52 reviews, I plucked it out of the week’s compiled reviews and gave it its own little home. “And gathering together countries like chess pieces to consolidate a power base that only serves to threaten your people and the rest of the world.” How does…
In Week Six, Booster Gold visited Rip Hunter’s lab, only to find that the good man has gone plum insane and has also vanished without a trace. Amongst his mad scribblings on his chalkboard, Rip has left a note reading, “Who is the Batwoman?” She’s been shrouded in mystery ever since showing up in the…
…so now that I’ve finally seen Superman Returns, here are some thoughts. I thought what the movie did exceptionally well, first and foremost, to such a degree that the negatives didn’t bug me all that much, was present Superman as the lonely outsider. From his voyeurism to his silent hovering in space, the character’s relatively…
I think that may be my favorite moment in “52” so far. Granted, Black Adam has been nothing short of bad-ass throughout this thing, but that moment is absolutely brilliant. That aside, here’s the rundown on this issue. Clark Kent is fired from the Daily Planet for not being able to secure an interview with…