Action Comics #4:  Written by GRANT MORRISON;  pencils by RAGS MORALES
Action Comics #4 Steel backup:  Written by SHOLLY FISCH;  art by BRAD WALKER
Action Comics #5:  Written by GRANT MORRISON;  pencils by ANDY KUBERTAction Comics #4 was basically a couple of big fight scenes:  Superman fights Metallo (or Metal-0, I guess seems to be his name now ( Read more... )

Action Comics: written by GRANT MORRISON, art by GENE HA and RAGS MORALES

Action Comics #3 starts off with a flashback to Krypton, featuring a pretty darn adorable baby-Kal and finding a way to link Brainiac to Krypton without going the animated-series route of having him be the planetary AI.  Oh yeah, and an interesting hint:


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Tiny Titans #43:  Written by ART BALTAZAR and FRANCO; Art and cover by ART BALTAZAR
All-New Batman:  The Brave and the Bold #10:  Written by SHOLLY FISCH • Art and cover by RICK BURCHETT and DAN DAVIS

Last week's new comics were mostly fine, but not inspiring enough to be scannable, honestly.  Superman had things that I liked, but was a little mopey ( Read more... )

Iｎ the continuation of World of Krypton, Jor-El grows increasingly obsessed with Lara and with their offspring, as he also begins to unravel the doom of Krypton:
( He touches unprocessed soil! )

John Byrne's influence on the Superman character and mythos is deep and far-reaching. After Crisis of Infinite Earths, he was tapped to re-make Superman, and he took the character in very different directions. There had been, in the late pre-Crisis, a tendency to see Clark Kent as the real persona and Superman as the "mask"--Byrne's envisioning of ( Read more... )

Title: Till Death Do Us Part
Characters/Pairings: Kal/Bruce, Lex Luthor, Lara, Jor-El, Alfred
Rating: PG-13
Summary:   Nightwing and Flamebird discover Lex Luthor's evil plan and rush to stop him if possible.   A continuation of the From This Day Forward series.
Word count: 2700
Note:  This is technically the conclusion of the series (at least for now ( Read more... )

Title: Let No Man Put Asunder
Characters/Pairings: Kal/Bruce, Lex Luthor, Lara, Jor-El, Zatanna
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Kal is summoned to a meeting and discovers all is not quite as it seems on Krypton.   A continuation of the From This Day Forward series.
Word count: 2000

( ...and this latest act by Nightwing and Flamebird shows that the two vigilantes are unlikely to be giving themselves up anytime soon. For the Kryptonopolis News, I'm Kal-El reporting. )