Thank God It’s Wednesday!!! It is on Hump Day that all the geeks and nerds across the lands venture to their local comic book stores or whip out their tablets and get to downloading all the new books for the week. Wednesday is the high holy day of the work week for those of us that like funny books and since I am very fond of my own opinion on things it is also the day that I will do quickie reviews of a couple of the new releases.
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 100% (Audience)
Directed By: James Tucker
Written By: Bob Goodman
Starring: Matt Bomer, Stana Katic, Molly C. Quinn and John Noble
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Synopsis: An unstoppable android on the horizon. A mysterious fireball hurtling toward Earth. A fearless – and beautiful – reporter who will stop at nothing to get her story. It’s just another day for the heroic Man of Steel… only this time, for better or for worse, he has his unpredictable cousin, Supergirl, by his side. The gritty adventure begins as Superman learns about the ruthless force known as Brainiac, who has seized and miniaturized Krypton’s capital city of Kandor. (Source)
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Now I know most people have a very low opinion of Aquaman based off of how useless he was made to be in the old SUPER-FRIENDS cartoon but that was a poor representation of what is really one of the coolest super-heroes around.
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December 14th was Monkey Day (who knew, right?), the “annual celebration of all things simian” and two things ran through my mind when I realized this day existed: How the hell did I not know about this before now? And that there are quite a few simians in pop culture that hold a spot in my heart. So with that in mind click onward for my list of favorite pop culture simians!
BATMAN #13
GRADE: A+
STORY BY: Scott Snyder
ART BY: Greg Capullo / Jock
COVER BY: Greg Capullo
PUBLISHER: DC
SYNOPSIS:
After being out of action for a year (and having his face sliced off) The Joker returns to torment Batman and the rest of Gotham City in this first issue of the Death Of the Family storyline running through all of the Bat Family titles.
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Green Lantern Optimus Prime! Batman Transformer Armor! Wonder Woman’s Invisible Plane as a Transformer! Megatron vs Superman! Drawn by the phenomenal Phil Jiminez!
All of that awesomeness could have been in my grubby little hands except one of the braintrust running DC decided not to do it. To that person or persons I wish all manner of bad juju upon.
Unless of course they change their mind and re-greenlight this project. then I’ll be their bestest friend forever.
Click onward to see one of the coolest pieces of art you will ever see.
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Sword of Sorcery #0
GRADE: C+
STORY BY: Christy Marx/Tony Bedard
ART BY: Aaron Lopresti/Jesus Saiz
COVER BY: Josh Middleton
PUBLISHER: DC
SYNOPSIS:
DC dives back into the world of fantasy comics with the launch of this comic that features the return of the 1980s character Amethyst who has been reimagined for the New 52 DC universe. This comic is written by Christy Marx who knows a thing or two about jewelry based heroines from her days writing for the Jem and The Holograms cartoon. The book also contains a back-up feature focusing on Beowulf by Tony Bedard and Jesus Saiz.
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NEW TEEN TITANS: GAMES
GRADE: B-
STORY BY: Marv Wolfman
ART BY: George Perez
COVER BY: George Perez
PUBLISHER: DC
SYNOPSIS:
Legendary creators Marv Wolfman and George Perez return to their most successful work with the 20something years in the making GAMES Graphic Novel. Set in the heyday of the Wolfman/Perez Titans series, the team is recruited by shady government agent King Faraday to help him win a deadly matching of wits against The Gamesmaster.
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THE TEN-EYED MAN
Real Name: Philip Reardon
Powers: 360 degree vision
Arch-Enemy: Batman
First Appearance: Batman #226 (1970)
Crustula 