Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Action Comics #900
DC Comics
Cornell, Woods, Merino, Dini, Donner, Frank, Goyer, Johns, Lindelof, Sook & Stelfreeze

The giant-sized, anniversary issue of the oldest periodical (numbering wise from the big two) ships this week with a strange choice for a main story and several smaller stories to provide an array of creators in hopes of bringing more casual readers to the table. For the most part, this issue provides a very entertaining read, but will undoubtedly be remembered for one little nugget hidden away in one of the smaller stories. There's a lot to like in here and I think this issue helps to give casual readers a sense of the state of the character while giving the regular readers of the title something to satisfy their needs.

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Superman #700
DC Comics
Straczynski, Robinson, Jurgens, Barrows, Chang, Mayer & Rapmund

Yet another big number anniversary rolls out this week and yet again it delivers a different format to its content. Superman #700 contains three short stories, all with different creative teams, to tell three very different kinds of stories. While the content is original material, the issue only really contains about forty pages of story. It also contains a write up from the various Super-related titles to explain the direction for those titles. For $5 it's a tough sell.

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Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Superman 80 Page Giant #1
DC Comics
Raicht, Wilson III, Immonen, Zonjic, McCool, Camp, McCallum, Shoyket, Hall, Lopez, Hoskin, Silva, Ryan and Henry

DC's anthology about the Man of Steel hits shelves at a whopping $5.99 delivering a decent page count over seven, ten page stories from largely fresh (or even unknown) talent. This particular collection doesn't seem to have much of a common theme as seen in the Batman 80 pager back in December, but it does offer a decent read about Superman and some of his supporting characters. The two biggest drawbacks are the price tag page count ratio. There are really only 70 pages of content not 80. The absence of a big time villain is a minor quibble as this comic doesn't contain Luthor, Doomsday or any of the other usual suspects except one at the very end. The best part of the comic is watching the newer talent take on a bigger property. There's some good stuff in here.

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by Elisabeth@TFAW

New Reviews of This Week’s Releases!

Hey guys! We’re back for this week’s Wednesday New Releases Video, and we’re talking about a bunch of awesome titles this week. Get the inside scoop on Arkham Reborn #1, Die Hard Year One #2, Detective Comics #858, Superman Secret Origin #2, the Abe Sapien one-shot from Dark Horse’s One-Shot Wonders, and the Batman Black & White statue by Ed McGuinness. Watch the video below for more:

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A Suspended Animation Classic from 2000, by Michael Vance.

Comics Legend Wayne Boring

Comics legend Wayne Boring played a major role in visually defining the most well known super-hero in the world during the peak of Superman's popularity.

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Suspended Animation Review

Son of Superman, Published by D.C. Comics in bookshelf format at 96 pages, priced at $14.95.

I love "Elseworlds" tales. Just like Marvel Comic's What If…? and the "imaginary tales" of Golden- and Silver-Age D.C. Comics, they give creators a free hand with some of the most interesting and entertaining fictional characters around today. An "Elseworlds" tale from 1999 is, in my opinion, one of the finest.

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Suspended Animation Review

Superman/Fantastic Four, published by DC Comics, 64 pages, $9.95, treasury format.

This week, I wanted to recognize a work which has enjoyed it's tenth anniversary this year. And, since I've always been a sucker for crossovers, this review is particularly enjoyable to write.

Superman/Fantastic Four took some of comicdom's most iconic characters, and placed them in a highly-entertaining situation that was, for all intents and purposes, a fanboy's dream. Long story short, when he becomes convinced that Galactus was responsible for the destruction of Krypton, Superman seeks out the F.F. in an attempt to learn more about the devourer of worlds. Adventure, intrigue, and a surprising plot twist concerning a certain Kryptonian, ensue. With little doubt, what occurs within these pages is something comic book readers never thought they would see.

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Superman #685
DC Comics
Robinson & Pina

Superman says goodbye to Earth. Mon-El escapes the Phantom Zone. The people that interact with Superman on Earth are left to carry on without him. This issue reads very much like a preview issue for the coming months of the Superman books. It’s an okay issue but it lacks in substance when dealing with the major events it breezes past in this issue. I can’t help but feel this issue was filler and could have been folded into either the previous issue of Superman or of Action Comics or fleshed out into its own arc.

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