Category: New Book
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Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #2 by Tom Taylor Review
One of DC’s greatest video games as well as “elseworlds” tales is Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013). After years of these characters having completed their story arcs and disappearing from comics, they are returning in Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent (2023). But before Jon can deal with that, he has to face his greatest adversary—the…
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Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1 by Tom Taylor Review
Already, this series is enveloped with hype as author Tom Taylor announced Jon Kent will be entering the world of Injustice. For those unaware, Injustice: Gods Among Us is a best-selling, fan favorite video game and comic series in which Superman goes mad following the death of Lois Lane—in his madness, Superman steps into the…
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Stargirl: The Lost Children #4 by Geoff Johns
Holy exposition, Batman! In issue #3 of Stargirl: The Lost Children, readers were given an abundance of exposition and thought that was the end. However, Issue #4 proves readers should never get too comfortable with the amount of information they have—things are always changing, lies are being told, revelations being unearthed. So, here is everything…
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Justice Society of America #3 by Geoff Johns
After months of delays, Geoff Johns’ next chapter of JSA has finally hit the market! However, readers were expecting more from such a long awaited book. Though Geoff Johns clearly has a story he wants to tell, it feels as though he is pulled in all directions. Perhaps it is because he is also working…
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Justice Society of America #2 by Geoff Johns
Huntress has fallen through time! Having been the leader of a murdered Justice Society in her own time, Helena Wayne now finds herself among the original founding members of the JSA—Jay Garrick, Alan Scott, Kent Nelson, etc. And in this confusion, the JSA attempts to verify Helena’s story.
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Stargirl: The Lost Children #3 by Geoff Johns
Stargirl: The Lost children has been a quest—not a task or labor, but a venture into an unknown called The Golden Age. Being as such, it is hard to tell what Geoff Johns created specifically for this story apart from authentic golden characters. That is part of the attraction, only few people get all the…
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Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #2 by Josh Trujillo
They say the man wears the suit—but what if that suit were an alien scarab named Khaji Da? Last issue in Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #1, Blue Beetle was benched by the superhero community—specifically by Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. The basis was the fear of a group called “The Reach” returning to Earth—fans of…
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Stargirl: The Lost Children #2 by Geoff Johns
Continuing Courtney Whitmore and Emiko Queen’s quest to find the lost children, the pair of girls descend into the “Arrow Cave”—clearly Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) has secretly been playing Batman, though he lacks a whitty butler and giant penny. As they enter the Arrow Cave, the girls are greeted by Ollie’s memorabilia from the Seven…
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Justice Society of America #1 by Geoff Johns
Geoff Johns has finally started his much anticipated 12-issue Justice Society of America title! Although the reader should have started with “The New Golden Age”, Geoff allows for a bit of exposition for the unread reader. This information includes the existence of Helena Wayne and her brief origin story.
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Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #1 by Josh Trujillo
Dan Garret, Ted Kord, and Jaime Reyes. All three men have taken the title of Blue Beetle during different ages of comics—Dan Garret and Ted Kord being golden age and silver age heroes at Charlton comics before being acquired by DC Comics. Jaime Reyes became the most recent Blue Beetle following Infinite Crisis at DC,…
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