Well, all ye comic book fans of the Bloggerverse, the DC\Archie Buff has arrived!
I have decided to name my blog thus, for those are the greatest (latter more than the former) comic book companies ever!
You see, in my scheme of awesomeness, it is thus:
At the first place is Archie Comics, which has kept up the awesome since the 40s, with 95% awesome! They have not been given 100%, for no company can put out comics that are all uniformly awesome at all times.
At second place, is DC Comics, the oldest of them all, which has 90% awesome. The reason for this rating is that though they are usually awesome, occasionally they produce bombs (creatively speaking) like Identity Crisis.
At third place, lies Marvel Comics. I would rate it 50% awesome. The reason is that Marvel occasionally publishes something interesting like say, Civil War, but the other 50% (or even more) of the time they suck.
Anyway for my first review, i'm going to review Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? by Alan Moore and a collection of artists, among which are Curt Swan and George Perez.
So it's good. The concept is interesting (what did happen to Earth-One's Superman following Crisis on Infinite Earths?), the execution is well done, and there are the epic moments one savors, i.e. Brainiac (possesing Lex Luthor) dying, and Superman walking into the Gold Kryptonite chamber. So what's wrong? Maybe just the story after WHMT, 'The Jungle Line' from DC Comics Presents #85, is a bit too brooding and dwells too much on the whole thing with Krypton's 'extinction'. Also, I am not a big fan of Swamp Thing, who feels a bit shoehorned into the story, which in my opinion could have done without him in a regular Superman book (not in DCCP, which teamed Superman up with various other heroes). I guess that's why the description on Amazon says it's a 'additional bonus' 'For the Man who has Everything' is great, good concept, good art, moments like Wonder Woman holding the neural impacter. Maybe it's no wonder that it was made into the second episode of the first season of 'Justice League Unlimited'.
The Bottom Line:
Writing: 9/10
Art: 8/10
Concept:10/10
Value: 8/10
Overall: 9/10
So that's it for now, be sure to check back tomorrow for my next two cents on comics (Archie review, will alternate between Archie and DC, and occasionally Marvel)!
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