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Zatanna: Bring Down the House
Mariko Tamaki earned my attention immediately with the first issue of this series, and the fact that she was working with one of my favorite characters added no small amount of excitement. In the interest of being up front, this is not quite as unified an effort as “Supergirl Being Super”, but has a startling…
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Devil in the White City
Pros: Even the second time through, this is an absolutely engaging read. As with the best modern history books, this work contains a narrative that reads like a novel yet is fastidious in its historical accuracy. Despite the macabre draw of the sinister figure of the serial killer, I found the efforts of Daniel Burnham,…
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Absolute Power
I was quite fond of the short run Mora and Waid had on the relaunch of the Shazam! book, so I’ll admit I had high hopes for this large scale crossover story, and out of the gate I thought there was a chance that something special was afoot. The notion that a government agency could…
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Gotham City Sirens
The story of this purchase is an interesting one. I saw this Guilliam March connecting cover set in a preview catalog on one of the first days back in the comic shop and liked it enough to put an order in for it months before it was released. I was less interested in what the…
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Zatanna Seven Soldiers
This is an interesting four-parter to say the very least. What I wish I had been aware of (and should have taken the time to find out) is that this is not simply a four issue Zatanna story but also an introduction to the larger Seven Soldiers story arc that Morrison would springboard from within.…
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Supergirl Being Super
If your superhero story can be stripped entirely of its superheroic elements and remain a fully engaging narrative with thoughtful and well developed characters, you have done something rare and wonderful. Such is the case with this quietly amazing four-issue arc retelling the origin of the titular Supergirl. This story had two things going for…
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House of Brainiac
I have a quasi-antagonistic relationship with comic book event storytelling. I often cite Marvel’s Civil War as one of the catalysts to quitting the medium, and my impression is that more often than not they are plot at the expense of character and, since the concept of death has long been an unfortunate farce in…