Scans: Supergirl 53, Detective 866, Superman 700
Superman 700: Art and Story by DAN JURGENS (at least the scans I have here)
Supergirl 53: Written by STERLING GATES • Art by JAMAL IGLE & JON SIBAL
Detective 866: Written by DENNIS O'NEIL • Art by DUSTIN NGUYEN
Superman #700 basically has Superman not deal very much with the aftermath of New Krypton, with him and Lois telling each other "it's too awful to talk about" and going on from there. Well okay, but just because it's too awful to talk about doesn't mean it's all in the past, right? No answers on that yet. Robinson and JMS have stories in this three-part issue, but I'm going to show scans from the middle story by Dan Jurgens, because it was cute and also had Bruce in post-party evening wear. Yum.
Some nice stuff for fans of Dick Grayson!Robin in these issues, as both Superman and 'Tec have flashback stories featuring him!
Jurgens's story has Dick sneaking out of the Manor while Bruce is off at a function to try and take down some arms dealers. He quickly gets in over his head and has to be bailed out by Superman, who rescues him from a watery grave. Suggestions of a team-up are met with some incredulity:
Superman gives a sleepy Dick a ride back to the Manor. I love his expression in the second panel so much:
Mmmm, Bruce in a partly-undone tux is yummy.
*snork* I read a review of the issue complaining that Superman wouldn't help Dick cheat, but considering the next page:
I can't help but be pretty sure Clark knew Bruce would totally see through the forgery and was doing it just to tease him.
Meanwhile, over in Supergirl, Sterling Gates is having Kara deal with her grief in more detail to some extent. That's likely because Gates was one of the writers on the whole war storyline and so is a lot more invested in it.
He also makes the wise choice of telling us Supergirl went totally missing for two months and not telling us what she was doing or where she was, leaving us to fill in the worst of the grieving process in our minds.
Finally, she has Lana, who's a great foil for her depression here.
Sorry for the weirdness on the next scan, I haven't quite gotten the hang of capturing screens on the iPad yet, lol. As Lana and Linda/Kara discuss directions for her now, a spaceship crashes into the ground nearby and is being investigated by Gangbuster and Dr. Light:
Interestingly, in the end this is a Supergirl comic in which Supergirl doesn't appear once (the capsule, by the way, holds what seems to be Bizarro Supergirl, which is a great idea in general and particularly an awesome villain at this specific point). I think Lana is pretty much just the right counter-balance to Kara here--Kara's grief and retreat are portrayed as quite understandable, but Lana is correct as well, I think.
Finally, in Detective Comics, there's a very slight story by O'Neil, the main purpose of which seems to be to stay out of the way while Dustin Nguyen rocks the town with his art. The story switches back and forth between a flashback to Dick's first night as Robin and Dick as Batman finding closure on that case. That means Nguyen gets to showcase a bright, clean, sharp style (I particularly liked the fake-aging on the pages, for some reason):
And a really adorable Robin:
And contrast it with the more murky, shadowy and atmospheric art set in the modern day. I really liked the lines and Batman's cape in this next page:
Really, really pretty.
Supergirl 53: Written by STERLING GATES • Art by JAMAL IGLE & JON SIBAL
Detective 866: Written by DENNIS O'NEIL • Art by DUSTIN NGUYEN
Superman #700 basically has Superman not deal very much with the aftermath of New Krypton, with him and Lois telling each other "it's too awful to talk about" and going on from there. Well okay, but just because it's too awful to talk about doesn't mean it's all in the past, right? No answers on that yet. Robinson and JMS have stories in this three-part issue, but I'm going to show scans from the middle story by Dan Jurgens, because it was cute and also had Bruce in post-party evening wear. Yum.
Some nice stuff for fans of Dick Grayson!Robin in these issues, as both Superman and 'Tec have flashback stories featuring him!
Jurgens's story has Dick sneaking out of the Manor while Bruce is off at a function to try and take down some arms dealers. He quickly gets in over his head and has to be bailed out by Superman, who rescues him from a watery grave. Suggestions of a team-up are met with some incredulity:
Superman gives a sleepy Dick a ride back to the Manor. I love his expression in the second panel so much:
Mmmm, Bruce in a partly-undone tux is yummy.
*snork* I read a review of the issue complaining that Superman wouldn't help Dick cheat, but considering the next page:
I can't help but be pretty sure Clark knew Bruce would totally see through the forgery and was doing it just to tease him.
Meanwhile, over in Supergirl, Sterling Gates is having Kara deal with her grief in more detail to some extent. That's likely because Gates was one of the writers on the whole war storyline and so is a lot more invested in it.
He also makes the wise choice of telling us Supergirl went totally missing for two months and not telling us what she was doing or where she was, leaving us to fill in the worst of the grieving process in our minds.
Finally, she has Lana, who's a great foil for her depression here.
Sorry for the weirdness on the next scan, I haven't quite gotten the hang of capturing screens on the iPad yet, lol. As Lana and Linda/Kara discuss directions for her now, a spaceship crashes into the ground nearby and is being investigated by Gangbuster and Dr. Light:
Interestingly, in the end this is a Supergirl comic in which Supergirl doesn't appear once (the capsule, by the way, holds what seems to be Bizarro Supergirl, which is a great idea in general and particularly an awesome villain at this specific point). I think Lana is pretty much just the right counter-balance to Kara here--Kara's grief and retreat are portrayed as quite understandable, but Lana is correct as well, I think.
Finally, in Detective Comics, there's a very slight story by O'Neil, the main purpose of which seems to be to stay out of the way while Dustin Nguyen rocks the town with his art. The story switches back and forth between a flashback to Dick's first night as Robin and Dick as Batman finding closure on that case. That means Nguyen gets to showcase a bright, clean, sharp style (I particularly liked the fake-aging on the pages, for some reason):
And a really adorable Robin:
And contrast it with the more murky, shadowy and atmospheric art set in the modern day. I really liked the lines and Batman's cape in this next page:
Really, really pretty.