Review Search: John J. Hill
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Edison Rex #1"Edison Rex" #1 takes the "What if Lex Luthor won?" concept in a fun direction.
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July 5th, 2012 |
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Swamp Thing #5Only one thing smells like bacon, and that's bacon! Undead pig monsters smell like something else entirely and are harder to vanquish.
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January 4th, 2012 |
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Supergirl #2For the first time in relaunch history Superman and Supergirl fight each other!
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October 21st, 2011 |
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The Unexpected #1Another Vertigo anthology with lackluster writing and great art.
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October 17th, 2011 |
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Swamp Thing #2"Swamp Thing" continues to change the rules for old readers while trying to draw in new ones.
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October 5th, 2011 |
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Supergirl #1The new "Supergirl" reboots Kara Zor-El once more, and makes her a stranger now more than ever.
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September 21st, 2011 |
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Swamp Thing #1This series appears to be just what the doctor ordered to help wipe out all memory of the recently completed lackluster “Brightest Day” tie-in. Scott Snyder’s story and Yanick Paquette’s art sure helps.
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September 7th, 2011 |
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Legion of Super-Heroes #16A sad combination of trite and predictable. Legion goes out in a rush, with the storytelling suffering for it.
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August 17th, 2011 |
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Superman #814Hello, Superman, hello. J. Michael Straczynski's "Grounded" plot wraps up here, with help from Chris Roberson and Jamal Igle.
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August 3rd, 2011 |
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Legion of Super-Heroes #15It's a race to the conclusion! Can Paul Levitz scramble to wrap things up?
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July 21st, 2011 |
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Flashpoint: The Outsider #2The purpose of "Flashpoint: The Outsider" is still a little perplexing, even at the two-thirds mark.
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July 20th, 2011 |
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Adventure Comics #528"Adventure Comics" winds down with a graduation ceremony, and the return of an old villain.
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July 7th, 2011 |
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Flashpoint: The Outsider #1If this issue is any indication, the Outsider should definitely be the ‘X-Man’ of “Flashpoint” and somehow survive into the DCU.
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June 26th, 2011 |
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Legion of Super-Heroes #14Wrap it up!
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June 16th, 2011 |
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Adventure Comics #527Long-time and new readers alike finally get the scoop on Comet Queen.
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June 2nd, 2011 |
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Strange Adventures #1Like so many anthologies, "Strange Adventures" is an wildly uneven book.
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May 25th, 2011 |
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Power Girl #24“You’re a shaved head away from being Lex Luthor. You’re going to be watched.”
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May 19th, 2011 |
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Action Comics #900This is the sort of comic where you wish the big anniversary issue was less pages in length, not more.
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April 27th, 2011 |
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Superman/Batman #83Cullen Bunn and ChrisCross's magically- themed story isn't bad, but it doesn't quite have the punch you'd expect either.
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April 24th, 2011 |
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Legion of Super-Heroes #12Month after month, "Legion of Super-Heroes" delivers solid super-hero entertainment.
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April 24th, 2011 |
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Power Girl #23“She’s a magician. She’s got magic everything. Dinnerware, car, washing machine, bras – magic out the wazoo.”
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April 20th, 2011 |
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Booster Gold #43“By the time they’re done with me, I feel like a throbbing hemorrhoid in the anus of the universe.”
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April 15th, 2011 |
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Superman #710That's right, it's yet another previously untold tale of an early Superman and Batman team up. (Just how many of them are there?)
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April 13th, 2011 |
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JLA 80-Page Giant 2011 #1“I’ve done my share of bad things, but always under someone else’s influence. You’re not the one who decides whether I have to go to Hell or not.”
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April 12th, 2011 |
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Supergirl #62"Supergirl" has some fun guest stars, but also throws away what briefly made it different.
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March 23rd, 2011 |
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Power Girl #22Superman teams up with Power Girl to fight dinosaurs in New York City, but these dinos have a bite that makes even Kryptonians bleed!
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March 19th, 2011 |
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Morning Glories #8Hunter gets a date with Casey, but he’ll definitely be late, if he makes it at all, thanks to his own special nightmare.
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March 17th, 2011 |
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Superboy #5“Hey, even Krypto’s catching up! Come on, Conner, we got a crowd waiting for us. Let’s go!”
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March 10th, 2011 |
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Power Girl #21“Max Lord! Dick, he stole the OMAC Project, he killed tens of thousands that time, he just framed Captain Atom in Magog’s murder and killed nearly another 900 civilians in Chicago! He killed Ted Kord.”
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February 25th, 2011 |
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Batgirl #18Batgirl versus... Klarion the Witch Boy? Really?
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February 9th, 2011 |
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Superman #708It's a Straczynski title crossover this month, sort of.
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February 9th, 2011 |
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Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1Do you see what eye see?
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February 2nd, 2011 |
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Superboy #4Jeff Lemire's overall plotting is fun, and this book is settling into a nice groove.
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February 2nd, 2011 |
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Power Girl #20For a first-time reader of the Winick/Basri "Power Girl," it's an enjoyable introduction.
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January 19th, 2011 |
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Superman #707Incoming writer Chris Roberson gets this series back on track by derailing the absurdly bad “Grounded” run and offering a more exciting direction.
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January 14th, 2011 |
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Superboy #3“A little too busy. Smallville was supposed to be my place away from all the craziness.”
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January 5th, 2011 |
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Power Girl #19“Max Lord can control minds, can control our perceptions and now he’s done it on the largest scale imaginable. He’s fooled the whole world.”
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December 23rd, 2010 |
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Superman/Batman #79We’re heading to the 853rd century with the return of Superman and Batman from “DC One Million!”AX
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December 22nd, 2010 |
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Batman, Inc. #2Lord Death Man is dead. And now he’s not. Crap.
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December 22nd, 2010 |
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Superman #705Straczynski tries to make a point about every-day heroes, but it gets lost in the melodrama.
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November 18th, 2010 |
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Batman Incorporated #1The first issue of Morrison's "Batman Incorporated" is a blast, with an amazing art team in Paquette and Lacombe.
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November 18th, 2010 |
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Superboy #1“I’m - - I’m okay. . . just tired. And don’t call me Conner in public, genius.”
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November 3rd, 2010 |
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Batman/Catwoman: Follow the Money #1Batman. Catwoman. Howard Chaykin. If that isn’t enough, I don’t know what else I can say.
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November 3rd, 2010 |
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Superman #704Wilson's fill-in script is solid, but the art doesn't quite live up to the early promise.
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October 27th, 2010 |
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Power Girl #17“He can jump. Do your scans show that? All kinds of jump-i-ness."
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October 24th, 2010 |
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Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1Because you, the reader demanded more “Blackest Night,” here’s more “Blackest Night.” Or maybe DC just figured out we’d buy more “Blackest Night.”
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October 13th, 2010 |
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Power Girl #16Power Girl’s secret identity is out and it’s unintentionally comical with its over-the-top melodrama.
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September 24th, 2010 |
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Superman #702Superman’s walk across America continues on, with this issue bringing him to Detroit.
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August 15th, 2010 |
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Time Bomb #1Upon finding a mysterious underground location, first things first, don’t try to break in, especially if that mysterious subterranean establishment is a Nazi base of some kind.
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August 2nd, 2010 |
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Power Girl #14While the “Brightest Day” banner isn’t flying over the logo on this cover yet, the influence of “Brightest Day” is certainly making itself known in the pages of this issue.
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July 27th, 2010 |
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