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It’s a spooky, spoilery Spotlight Sunday as we take a look at this week’s seasonally-appropriate winner… DC House of Horror #1 Plot: Keith Giffen Writer: Various Artist: Various Cover: Michael Wm. Kaluta Rated T+ $9.99 DC When it came to horror-based media, I was a pretty wimpy kid. I used to close my eyes and…
This week, Mr. Oz is a typical grandpa and offers Superboy a hard candy if he’ll join him in leaving humanity to its fate, an unholy Grail goes on a quest of her own that will lead to Wonder Woman’s brother, horror invades the DCU, we go slightly less Beyond with Batman in a tale…
And this week’s winner is… Wait, for real? I…huh. Okay, you weirdoes, spoilers ahead for… Trinity #14 Writer: Rob Williams Artist: V Ken Marion Cover: Danny Miki, Tony S. Daniel Rated T $3.99 DC I mean, it’s not a bad comic, but you had some other choices that seemed more compelling, like an anniversary issue…
It’s a very DC-centric week, with Super Sons, Trinities both holy and unholy, the continuing adventures of the Amazing Amazon and the Savage Cimmerian, Lex Luthor going to the Darkseid, a vigilante versus the Russian mob, and the beginning of the end for the Goddess of Thunder. It’s time to vote! Please note that voting…
In a stunning, from-behind victory, this week’s Spotlight shines on… The Wicked + The Divine #32 Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist: Jamie McKelvie Cover (B): Noelle Stevenson Rated M/Mature $3.99 Image (Spoilers) Every ninety years twelve gods return as young people. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are all dead. It’s happening…
A prim and murderous domestic goddess In this selection, she’s not the oddest Diana, that Amazon Woman of Wonder In part two, she hunts the hunter To her father-in-law, whether he’s Oz or El, Lois Lane will likely exclaim “Just go to Hell!” The war wages on and takes its toll, But Scott Free’s story…
Our first-ever unanimous victory goes to… NEW SUPER-MAN VOL. 2: COMING TO AMERICA Writer: Gene Luen Yang Artist: Billy Tan, Viktor Bogdanovic Cover: Viktor Bogdanovic and Mike Spider Rated T $16.99 DC (SPOILERS) There are no shortcuts in life. That remains true even if – or perhaps especially if – a brilliant scientist of questionable…
A very light Weigh In this week, with the choice between Superman and Super-Man. Cast your vote, and then come back for Spotlight Sunday. TPB = Trade Paperback, a volume containing a longer original story, or collecting multiple issues of a regular comic. HC = Hardcover, a volume containing a longer original story, or collecting…
In the time since I’ve started doing these Weigh In Wednesday/Spotlight Sunday posts, it’s been interesting to see how what gets voted for compares to what I would have been inclined to write about without the vote. Of course, it would be even more interesting if there were more people voting, but in any case,…
The kid from Kansas pays some attention to the man behind the curtain, James Robinson decides that the best way to capitalize on the success of her movie is to make Wonder Woman’s latest storyline be about a man, Buffy takes on the government, Thor takes on Thor, Red Sonja keeps on truckin’, Angel learns…
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