"We are each other's shelter from the storm."
SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #6

One day I walked into a library and my eyes fell on a book called Kingdom Come. I picked it up and to my surprise it was a comic book...or rather as I later learned, a graphic novel. But I saw beautifully painted panels and heroes that I recognized from my childhood who seemed ...well, grown up. I borrowed that book and I was moved and fascinated by, not only the story of men and women who are great heroes, but by they way they showed their humanity. They suddenly were not two dimensional people who just fought bad guys. They were deeply complex. I love books and reading on the whole and I guess getting into the comic genre as an adult woman was a case of serendipity. It led me to finding DC comics and the heroes I grew up with on TV and saw in movies and newsprint. It led me to finding Clark Kent or as he is known by his other name, Kal-El, and Princess Diana. I fell in love with them and am obsessed with all things Amazonian and Kryptonian now. I love their relationship. I love what they stand for. I love the contrasts of the princess/farmer's son; reporter/ambassador; pragmatic warrior/idealistic protector and empathetic teacher/enforcer of justice. A girl born of the earth and a boy who fell from the sky. The first daughter of Themyscira and last son of Krypton. And it surprised me to find that there were many fans like me, who adore them too.

DC rebooted their universe in 2011 and my favorite pairing is now canon!!! Yay.



Disclaimer : Superman and Wonder Woman are the property of DC comics.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Superman #9 Review



 What can I say. Not much interesting happens in this book. We spend pages of Superman saving a Russian Submarine only to have them hint that there might be some fishy business going on. Cause it's lead-lined and old Supes can't see into it.


We meet the new female villain, who calls herself Anguish, and to tell you the truth, I'm pretty much not all that interested. Then we have a guy called Victor Barnes who claims he has an exclusive on Superman. Because he is certain Superman walks among the populace as a normal person. He claims to have photographs and he is trying to get Lois Lane, executive producer of PGN, to pay him for the scoop of the century. We have the usual mandatory office farce with Clark coming in late and Lois tapping her feet and finger wagging and telling him he has to join her and Lucy for dinner to make up for not picking Lucy up in the last issue. I really don't care about Lucy Lane and I don't see why of all Superman's characters to bring into a new reboot we must drag her in now. Other than it is an excuse to have Lois now in Clark's personal life. Like it wasn't boring enough she was in his face at work for the last eight issues.


Anguish, like all good baddies, go and make a scene downtown and Superman meets her and seems he can't touch her, much less stop her.


Victor Barnes goes to Morgan Edge personally and gives him the scoop. Morgan agrees to run the photos and of course the guy they think is Superman is someone called Spence Becker, who turns out is the father of Anguish.

This issue was rather boring. The new team has not done that much better than Perez. Granted, I like the way Clark is written ( he's not whiny and mopey) but Anguish  is hardly intriguing and the office politics is old school. It's a case of nothing new here. Same with the Lois/Lucy situation and the mistaken identity of who could be Superman. Jurgens and Giffen are stuck back in time with their plot and execution.I believe we are already hearing rumblings of another new writing team and all I can say is...I am not surprised.

I give this 2.5 stars out of 5.

Best panel: Clark doing what I would do if I were him. This is something anyone who feels pressure at work can relate to.


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  1. AnonymousJuly 1, 2012 at 10:07 PM

    Kal: Blah. Blah. Blah. Bitch. Bitch. Bitch. Delete. Delete. Delete.

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