ACTION COMICS #992 Written by Dan Jurgens and Rob Williams Art by Will Conrad, Hi-Fi, and Rob Leigh Published by DC Comics Release Date: November 22, 2017 “The Oz Effect” has left Superman in a desperate place. In this aftermath issue, Superman does some soul searching about the events concerning his father and what his…
Review: ACTION COMICS #991
ACTION COMICS #991 Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Viktor Bogdanovic, Trevor Scott, Scott Hanna, Mike Spicer, and Rob Leigh Published by DC Comics Release Date: November 8, 2017 The finale to one of the most controversial Action Comics story for some time reaches its no hold barred conclusion that acts more like a definitive…
Review: ACTION COMICS #990
ACTION COMICS #990 Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Viktor Bogdanovic, Trevor Scott, Scott Hanna, Mike Spicer, and Rob Leigh Published by DC Comics Release Date: October 25, 2017 The Oz Effect steadily increases the global stakes and personal crisis that the Superman Family is facing, and the threat is more near and dear…
Review: ACTION COMICS #989
ACTION COMICS #989 Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Viktor Bogdanovic, Trevor Scott, Mike Spicer, and Rob Leigh Published by DC Comics Release Date: October 11, 2017 The fight between hope and pessimism continues to grow more personal, deadly, and reaches far and wide for Superman and his family. The Oz Effect Part Three focuses…
Review: ACTION COMICS #988
ACTION COMICS #988 Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Ryan Sook and Hi-Fi Published by DC Comics Release Date: September 27, 2017 Mr. Oz (or possibly known as Jor-El, the father of Superman) is here and one of the biggest reveals of the year comes with a warped take on the Superman origin. The beginnings…
HOT FIVE: Week Of September 27, 2017
Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five. Hot Five is a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold in the comic market. ACTION COMICS #988…
COMICS CLASSROOM: The Role of Comics in Politics and Art [Part 3]
In the second part of this series I took the commentary surrounding Action Comics #987 to task, and while most aspects of the criticism leveled against the issue don’t stand, they got me thinking. What came to my mind was this: how do we tend to see, visually, immigrants in comics put out by companies…
COMICS CLASSROOM: The Role of Comics in Politics and Art [Part 2]
In the first part of this series, points were established about how politics and comics intersect. While it is understood that politics and social issues have been part of the Big Two since before some of their most iconic characters, i.e.: Superman and Captain America, were even part of these companies as we know them…
Review: ACTION COMICS #987
ACTION COMICS #987 Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Viktor Bogdanovic, Jonathan Glapion, Jay Leisten, Mike Spicer, and Rob Leigh Published by DC Comics Release Date: September 13, 2017 By the end of this issue you will know and get a minimal understanding of who Mr. Oz is and his endgame involving Superman’s world. Since Superman…
HOT FIVE: Week Of September 13, 2017
Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five. Hot Five is a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold in the comic market. ACTION COMICS #987…