The cover of this glorious trade paperback tells you everything you need to know about this collection. It’s energetic, bright, youthful, and has a smattering of the old guard in the background. It’s like a melodic punk song. I enjoyed this collection because it was fun and sweet and there wasn’t an ounce of grimdark to be found. Perfect bedtime reading. The story begins with Superboy, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. He’s at school, stepping up for a bullied kid. (Of course […]
Superman Vol. 5: Hopes and Fears
Because I don’t keep up with this title, I was a little concerned that I might be at a bit of a loss starting this without having read Vol 4, but I needn’t have worried. Hopes and Fears collects three separate story arcs of the Superman title, and little prior knowledge is required: The Kents go on a road trip over the Fourth of July weekend, taking a break from their daily routine and paying call at various patriotic landmarks. Superman goes toe-to-toe with Parallax, […]
A Superswing and a Supermiss
J. Michael Straczynski is a decorated comic writer and a personal favorite of mine. One of his original creations, Midnight Nation, was the comic that got me back into comics as an adult. I appreciated his thoughtfulness and insight into how people tick. I was excited when he got to co-write the story to the first Thor MCU movie, and I was a big fan of Superman: Earth One Vol. 1. That book gave us a young Clark Kent, an outsider who wanted to do good but didn’t know […]
This is me quitting this series.
Unless something changes and I hear the next book is great, I don’t think I will be reading any more books in this series, or by this author. Not for me. And this PAINS ME GREATLY. I love Superman. I love Lois & Clark. I love Lois Lane. I don’t know if the novelty has just worn off for me and her style has always been this way, or if I’ve changed, or if she really has lost steam, but I’m just not feeling this […]
Veronica Mars + Lois Lane = Bliss.
Gwenda Bond’s Fallout is a wonderful mishmash of things that I love. First – the characters. Bond understands the characters of Lois Lane, Clark Kent, and that annoying itch to do the right thing, even if it’s not safe or convenient. The setting, high school, provides appropriate stakes for Lois’ origin story. She risks a lot to do good. It may not be the end of the world if she fails in her mission in the book, but there are real consequences. Finally, it was a fun […]
What even is this nonsense I just wrote.
Okay, so, context: 1. Superman is my favorite superhero. I have been smitten since watching the old Fleischer Technicolor Superman cartoons my dad bought me on VHS when I was five years old, but the big oaf became a life-long love in 1994 when Lois & Clark premiered on TV. Each iteration I’ve seen since has only made me love the character more (excepting Man of Steel and its sequel, which do not represent anything that I love about the character, which in fact actively takes […]