Despite it being free, meh. But I powered through the Secret Empire story. It still turns my stomach. I hate it. I hate it so fucking much. I heard that the Chip Zdarsky Spider-Man story was amazing, though, and I wanted to read that, figuring it would cheer me up after the shit show up ...
See, Wonder Woman knows her story has been retold time and time again, and she's not quite sure which telling is the truth. And so her mission becomes to find the truth, because she has to believe that the truth is important. Unsurprising, given her lasso's ability to compel people to tell the t...
The artwork is a stunner in this graphic novel volume, however the story is rather incomprehensible. It's hard to track what's going on, seeing as how there are two different Batmans and Supermans (technically one is Superboy), and their behavior was different from what you expect from the character...
I wasn't expecting much from this volume, but the Superman story was quite innovative, with a narrative angle I wasn't expecting at all. It's really kind of a scary what if about Superman's origins. He is not the man we know but that doesn't mean he doesn't come into his own as much as he's able. I ...
This wasn't one of my favorite graphic novels, mostly because it felt rather shallow: I still don't get the point of making Eddie Brock Anti-Venom. Of all the stories about redemption I've read, this rang one of the most hollow for me. Still, it's a fun read, for all that. It tackles issue su...
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Would seriously recommend two or more reads of this, just to get a clear take on it.Not the simplest of stories to follow, but truly epic, with fab artwork.
A little bit better, but there is a lot going on. And this trade is a casualty of the year skip following Infinite Crisis. I'm not sure why the issues after the time skip were included in this collection instead of in the next, but it was a bit jarring. A few big changes, some temporary. Babs tells ...