Review: Superboy #1

I’ve mentioned previously that the DC relaunch seems conflicted with regards to origin stories and new readers. Play to the faithful and assume prior knowledge enough to hit the ground running or risk loosing out on core audiences and tell new readers all they need to know from the off? Both approaches seem to have their dangers. Superboy is one of the few books that has opted to go for a straight up origin first issue, and from the looks of it, it was the right choice too. Superboy himself seems fairly radically changed in the nuDCU  (likely as a result of the so so reception of his last ongoing) so the fresh introduction seems the right sell.

Review: Men of War #1

Well here’s a book I wasn’t expecting. And by ‘not expecting’, I mean ‘had no idea was even coming out at all’. But that’s partially why this blog was created: to explore every inch of the New-52 and find some new stuff. If it happens by accident, then all the better.

Review: Action Comics #1

How do you go about modernising Superman? It’s a question that’s plagued DC comics for years. There’s certainly a need for it: The corn fed, chisel jawed slab of all American farmboy that is Clarke Kent came about in the forties when America had a sense of moral superiority. Truth, justice and the American way were tangible concepts, almost absolute truths. In 2011, however, America is a country that has sacrificed much of their moral authority and exists in a far more cynical time. The former Man of Tomorrow looks, with each passing year, like the Man of Yesterday.

Review: Justice League #1

Comics continuity is nothing if not complicated. For those on the inside, it means that there’s a rich interconnected world which provides an exciting backdrop for great characters and their brilliant adventures. However, the sword is, as always, double edged. Every detail that enriches the world for fans is another detail to learn for an outsider.