- Flash 23.1 aka Grodd #1
Central City and we see Apes and Humans working together in perfect harmony. We also get thoughts wondering if destiny is something invented to justify our actions or is there really a grand design? Destiny is not tangible, not quantifiable but evolution is hard science. A Flash statue is unveiled and announced to be a gift from Gorilla City, the main Ape at this time seems to be one named Solovar, then we see an eclipse and a path of light which is normally Flash running but this time it's .... Grodd! who announce Flashs death, he says the people who freed him from the 'The Speed Force' killed Flash and that his time in the Speed Force gave him time to evolve with the power of light and now he has telepathy which is normally gained by older Apes. Grodd isn't happy that his fellow Apes are forging a truce with humans.
Four fellow villains show up on the scene now - Chroma, Tar Pit, Girder and Pied Piper, Grodd swats Pied Piper away like a fly, they say that the city is big enough for all of them. Grodd decides nah and takes out Girder, a scene which is referenced in Rogues Rebellion #1 when they find Girder. Chroma and Tar Pit flee as Grodd says he can't believe Apes wish to bend their knees to humans who he claims to be cowards. He says the Apes were poisoned by Solovar's lies and asks if they will stand with him but they refuse to budge as they are here to make peace with the humans. Grodd uses telepathy to rip the Flash symbol off of the statues chest and stabs Solovar with it, though not fatally. Grodd is angered by the Apes decision as they now stand against him in his eyes and he brings down a helicopter causing a big explosion, which explains most of the damage that The Rogues came home to.
The Apes lead by Solovar attack Grodd but he fights off Apes and Cops. Grodd states that Apes are superior due to their strength and intellect and announces that this is now Grodd City, he shouts Kneel Before Grodd, which is blasphemy to me as a Zod fan. Solovar can't believe how things have deteriorated so quickly, the peaceful future he foresaw gone, humans are now doomed, Flash is dead and the power of the light is in the wrong hands.
We see Chroma, one of the villains who arrived earlier, has been decapitated. Solovar has been chained up to the Flash statue, a fellow Ape asks Grodd if it is necessary to keep humiliating Solovar as the Apes need clarity as Grodd is treating a fellow Ape like a human slave. We get how Grodd feels about their opinion as in the next panel their head is impaled on a stick. We near the end with Grodd's thoughts 'I Am A Force Of Nature' 'I Am Without Peer', then he says 'This Bores Me' and asks 'Who Am I?', 'I Am A Contradiction' then he jumps away into the air as Apes look confused.
Writer: Brian Buccellato
Penciller: Chris Batista
Colorist: Wes Dzioba
REVIEW
- Made me not like Grodd, not in an uh I'm not reading this again way but in a man I wish he'd get his comeuppance way, which is an indication of good writing I suppose.
- One image I found particularly striking was on page four when we first see Grodd.
- I like how it focuses on pushing a story forward and isn't used as a chance to just rehash/retell a Villains Origins which at times I haven't minded but it is nice that we get something different here, also happened in The Rogues #1 which was penned by the same guy as was Reverse Flash #1 which I have but haven't read yet but now have high hopes for.
- I hope that at some point in the Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion we get Grodd Vs. The Rogues as Grodd's issue here ends with to be continued in Rogues Rebellion.
- Really impressed by the artwork, the main Apes within the story were distinguishable throughout and all of them were well drawn as they were unreal cartoony Apes.
- I felt the writing throughout was good as the story was clear throughout with no secondary stories derailing it's momentum. I disliked the antagonist which is a feather in the cap of writing and I wanted Solovar to fight back against Grodd, I look forward to wear this story goes from here, so this comic gets a thumbs up from me.
- One final note the 3D cover seems blurry to me.
Friday 28 November 2014
Tuesday 25 November 2014
The Rogues #1
- Aka Flash 23.3 - Though this is set just before Grodd #1 so why this is .3 I don't know.
I know little to nothing of The Rogues but on saturday I bought Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion and it mentions The Rogues #1, the comic I shall be reviewing here, and luckily I have that in my collection so I read it and coming into it as someone who doesn't really know The Rogues does help in that I can't be subconsciously biased and gives me a new angle to come at in that I can decide if it wants me to learn more about The Rogues, which will be the parameters on which I shall judge this.
The Rogues are - Captain Cold (Leonard Snart), Glider (Lisa Snart - Cold's sister), Mirror Man (Sam Scudder), Weather Wizard (Marco Mardon), Heatwave (Mick Rory) and Trickster (Axel Walker).
Starts by mentioning this is set before Grodd #1, we are in Central City as we see The Rogues planning to break someone named The Trickster out of jail.
Keystone City is the setting now as we flashback as we see Rogues breaking into a bank vault by going underneath it through a mine and using their powers to break through. The mine starts to rumble though and sensing danger Cold aborts the mission, though in a surprising touch to me, it is due to the people above being at risk, 'we're The Rogues and Rogues don't kill' says Captain Cold,
A bit of the comic is narrated by Captain Cold, he reveals that Lisas power is that she can project herself anywhere but her powers only showed because of a mistake he made and the team don't trust him anymore. Mirror Man is stuck forever in the Mirror World due to Captain Cold but Lisa, through astral projection as she is in hospital really, reveals that she plans to use her astral projection powers to pull Sam free from the Mirror World, Captain Cold isn't happy as he claims she is putting herself before The Rogues as she is boss and recklessly risking her life.
We are in a hospital now as Lisa is stood over her actual body then she uses a mirror to pull Sam out of the Mirror World but she suffers heart failure and is put on life support. Weather Wizard and Heatwave call an angry Cold a hypocrite as he has done things in the past without consulting The Rogues to which Cold leaves the hospital shouting 'The Rogues Are Done!'.
Cold gives us a brief history lesson now as he recalls when he recruited The Rogues who were wet-behind-the-ears thieves and they were doing well under his leadership until Flash arrived. He then used a 'Genome Recoder' to re-write The Rogues super power weapons into their DNA. Back now and we see Cold has gone back to the bank himself where police show up but The Rogues appear and pull Cold into the Mirror World. Cold tells them he is sorry for giving them their powers and this leads to a Rogue reunion as Cold is made temporary leader in Lisa's absence,
Back to the present day now as Rogues are outside the prison going to free Trickster when a red blur runs through them and the prison wall. Inside now as Cold apologises to Trickster for kicking him out of The Rogues and shows him an amulet style object which he says Pseudo-Flash gave them if they wanted to join the Secret Society, does he mean Reverse-Flash? We see the Crime Syndicate gathered outside what remains of the Watchtower as Ultraman claims the Justice League to be dead. Captain Cold tells The Rogues that the Gem Cities are now their's for the taking but when they return to Central City they see that it has been destroyed. (It transpires that Grodd is the reason, and that is why this happens prior to Grodd #1) =- To Be Continued in Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion.
Writer; Brian Buccellato
Artist: Patrick Zircher
Colorist: Nick Filardi
REVIEW
- This may of supplanted Zod #1 as my favorite so far of the Villains Month Titles, I have a lot of them but have only got round to reading a few so far though I doubt many will top Zod/Rogues/Grodd issues.
- The fact I knew little to nothing about The Rogues didn't in any way hamper my enjoyment of this comic which is a positive.
- I like the way that they are criminals but also have a heart/conscience, as some villains just kill as many people as possible but Rogues stand out due to their stance.
- Quite a few of the Villains Month stories have focused on the origin of that issues Villain but this is one of the ones where the focus is on pushing an ongoing story, Rogues origins were kept to a single page where Cold recounts how they got their powers.
- This as you may of guessed is my inaugural meeting with The Rogues so I am unsure as to whether these are new costume designs so some long time fans may be annoyed if they are but personally I enjoyed the art of this issue.
- I felt the writing and the story were very strong throughout the issue, I also found out at the end of Grodd #1 that that issue was also penned by Brian Buccellato and I enjoyed that one as well so you can consider me a fan of Mr. Buccellato.
- This issue was a success as it has made me interested in The Rogues characters and that is the ultimate sign of approval really, I intend to peruse my local comic shop for old Flash comics with The Rogue in.
Thumbs well up from me.
I know little to nothing of The Rogues but on saturday I bought Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion and it mentions The Rogues #1, the comic I shall be reviewing here, and luckily I have that in my collection so I read it and coming into it as someone who doesn't really know The Rogues does help in that I can't be subconsciously biased and gives me a new angle to come at in that I can decide if it wants me to learn more about The Rogues, which will be the parameters on which I shall judge this.
The Rogues are - Captain Cold (Leonard Snart), Glider (Lisa Snart - Cold's sister), Mirror Man (Sam Scudder), Weather Wizard (Marco Mardon), Heatwave (Mick Rory) and Trickster (Axel Walker).
Starts by mentioning this is set before Grodd #1, we are in Central City as we see The Rogues planning to break someone named The Trickster out of jail.
Keystone City is the setting now as we flashback as we see Rogues breaking into a bank vault by going underneath it through a mine and using their powers to break through. The mine starts to rumble though and sensing danger Cold aborts the mission, though in a surprising touch to me, it is due to the people above being at risk, 'we're The Rogues and Rogues don't kill' says Captain Cold,
A bit of the comic is narrated by Captain Cold, he reveals that Lisas power is that she can project herself anywhere but her powers only showed because of a mistake he made and the team don't trust him anymore. Mirror Man is stuck forever in the Mirror World due to Captain Cold but Lisa, through astral projection as she is in hospital really, reveals that she plans to use her astral projection powers to pull Sam free from the Mirror World, Captain Cold isn't happy as he claims she is putting herself before The Rogues as she is boss and recklessly risking her life.
We are in a hospital now as Lisa is stood over her actual body then she uses a mirror to pull Sam out of the Mirror World but she suffers heart failure and is put on life support. Weather Wizard and Heatwave call an angry Cold a hypocrite as he has done things in the past without consulting The Rogues to which Cold leaves the hospital shouting 'The Rogues Are Done!'.
Cold gives us a brief history lesson now as he recalls when he recruited The Rogues who were wet-behind-the-ears thieves and they were doing well under his leadership until Flash arrived. He then used a 'Genome Recoder' to re-write The Rogues super power weapons into their DNA. Back now and we see Cold has gone back to the bank himself where police show up but The Rogues appear and pull Cold into the Mirror World. Cold tells them he is sorry for giving them their powers and this leads to a Rogue reunion as Cold is made temporary leader in Lisa's absence,
Back to the present day now as Rogues are outside the prison going to free Trickster when a red blur runs through them and the prison wall. Inside now as Cold apologises to Trickster for kicking him out of The Rogues and shows him an amulet style object which he says Pseudo-Flash gave them if they wanted to join the Secret Society, does he mean Reverse-Flash? We see the Crime Syndicate gathered outside what remains of the Watchtower as Ultraman claims the Justice League to be dead. Captain Cold tells The Rogues that the Gem Cities are now their's for the taking but when they return to Central City they see that it has been destroyed. (It transpires that Grodd is the reason, and that is why this happens prior to Grodd #1) =- To Be Continued in Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion.
Writer; Brian Buccellato
Artist: Patrick Zircher
Colorist: Nick Filardi
REVIEW
- This may of supplanted Zod #1 as my favorite so far of the Villains Month Titles, I have a lot of them but have only got round to reading a few so far though I doubt many will top Zod/Rogues/Grodd issues.
- The fact I knew little to nothing about The Rogues didn't in any way hamper my enjoyment of this comic which is a positive.
- I like the way that they are criminals but also have a heart/conscience, as some villains just kill as many people as possible but Rogues stand out due to their stance.
- Quite a few of the Villains Month stories have focused on the origin of that issues Villain but this is one of the ones where the focus is on pushing an ongoing story, Rogues origins were kept to a single page where Cold recounts how they got their powers.
- This as you may of guessed is my inaugural meeting with The Rogues so I am unsure as to whether these are new costume designs so some long time fans may be annoyed if they are but personally I enjoyed the art of this issue.
- I felt the writing and the story were very strong throughout the issue, I also found out at the end of Grodd #1 that that issue was also penned by Brian Buccellato and I enjoyed that one as well so you can consider me a fan of Mr. Buccellato.
- This issue was a success as it has made me interested in The Rogues characters and that is the ultimate sign of approval really, I intend to peruse my local comic shop for old Flash comics with The Rogue in.
Thumbs well up from me.
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Zod #1
- Zod #1 or Action Comics #23.2 if you prefer. I have the 2D version, yet to find 3D.
- Zod is one of my favourite villains, Top 5 maybe even Top 3, but I have taken of my fan hat and placed upon my head my unbiased hat so this will be a fair review. I believe that up to this point, september 2013, Zod had not appeared in the New 52 yet so this was an introduction for him to an extent, now onto the comic itself -
We see Dru-Zod as a child raising monsters that his parents decide to dissect but then they are attacked by monsters. We go forward a year now as we see brothers Jor-El and Zor-El, who are Superman and Supergirl's dads respectively, searching a jungle after they discover a beacon, here they find a young Zod who has gone all Bear Grylls/Arrow in the past year.
15 Years Later now as Zod is training in the Krypton equivalent of X-Men's Danger Room, killing beings known as Char, they're a kind of human/lizard hybrid.
Two Years Later now as Zod has now got two lieutenants Non and Faora. We see them fighting more Char now and Zod thanks the enemy for they have reawakened Krypton, I get the feeling he felt Krypton had grown complacent. We see more, this time unsuspecting, Char being wiped out by Krytponian ships.
Now we see Jor-El has summoned Zod, who believes he is meeting Zor-El also he mentions Brainiac abducting Kandor. Jor-El punches Zod who then finds himself surrounded by armed guards and being called a traitor. We go to the Krypton Council now as Jor-El reveals that the monster that killed Ten Thousand Kryptonians was not of Char origin but instead a hybrid created on Krypton using genetic material stolen from Zor-Els lab. The war Vs. Char was based on a lie. This leads to Zod, Non and Faora being exiled to the Phantom Zone, Zod's parting words 'I Will Always Be Your Monster'.
We go back to Zod and his family being chased when he was younger, we see his mother being killed then we see that in order to slow down the monsters and enable his escape Zod stabbed his dad so that the monsters would spend time eating him.
Across the last couple of pages we get Zods' thoughts - 'As the Phantom Zone takes me .... I see your faces and I know you understand .... I will turn your fear into action, I will show you all what you are capable of .... I will make you great and because of me .... you will have the chance to survive .... and grow strong until you need me again.' Then the final panel is an image of Superman being projected by Zod in the Phantom Zone.
Writer: Greg Pak
Artist: Ken Lashley
Colors: Pete Pantazis
Cover: Gene Ha
REVIEW
- Firstly the cover Zod differs to the Zod within the comic, the main difference is cover Zod is wearing attire akin to the Russian Zod design.
- It's basically an origin story and I like how it goes, albeit briefly, back to young Zod, it was interesting to see Zod in a stranded Oliver Queen style state.
- The beings who kill Zods mother seem to be a type of Char so maybe that's why he had them killed.
- I like how he tricked the Kryptonians by creating the hybrid as it shows he can use his intelligence to his advantage and is more than simply the man who uses his Kryptonian powers for evil on earth. I like brains in a villain as it adds depth instead of just a whack 'em, smack 'em villain.
- I read another Villains Month issue the other day and Zod showed up in that and after reading this it seems he is in the Phantom Zone in that issue so I would guess that Zod #1 is set before Doomsday #1.
- The story is well paced through out the comic, it at no point feels rushed or dragged out.
- The art, colors and writing all get a thumbs up from me, the comic version of Phil Jackson's triangle. I like how he is shown with no fear or remorse when he is exiled.
- Kneel Before The Comic Stand! Then buy Zod #1.
- Zod is one of my favourite villains, Top 5 maybe even Top 3, but I have taken of my fan hat and placed upon my head my unbiased hat so this will be a fair review. I believe that up to this point, september 2013, Zod had not appeared in the New 52 yet so this was an introduction for him to an extent, now onto the comic itself -
We see Dru-Zod as a child raising monsters that his parents decide to dissect but then they are attacked by monsters. We go forward a year now as we see brothers Jor-El and Zor-El, who are Superman and Supergirl's dads respectively, searching a jungle after they discover a beacon, here they find a young Zod who has gone all Bear Grylls/Arrow in the past year.
15 Years Later now as Zod is training in the Krypton equivalent of X-Men's Danger Room, killing beings known as Char, they're a kind of human/lizard hybrid.
Two Years Later now as Zod has now got two lieutenants Non and Faora. We see them fighting more Char now and Zod thanks the enemy for they have reawakened Krypton, I get the feeling he felt Krypton had grown complacent. We see more, this time unsuspecting, Char being wiped out by Krytponian ships.
Now we see Jor-El has summoned Zod, who believes he is meeting Zor-El also he mentions Brainiac abducting Kandor. Jor-El punches Zod who then finds himself surrounded by armed guards and being called a traitor. We go to the Krypton Council now as Jor-El reveals that the monster that killed Ten Thousand Kryptonians was not of Char origin but instead a hybrid created on Krypton using genetic material stolen from Zor-Els lab. The war Vs. Char was based on a lie. This leads to Zod, Non and Faora being exiled to the Phantom Zone, Zod's parting words 'I Will Always Be Your Monster'.
We go back to Zod and his family being chased when he was younger, we see his mother being killed then we see that in order to slow down the monsters and enable his escape Zod stabbed his dad so that the monsters would spend time eating him.
Across the last couple of pages we get Zods' thoughts - 'As the Phantom Zone takes me .... I see your faces and I know you understand .... I will turn your fear into action, I will show you all what you are capable of .... I will make you great and because of me .... you will have the chance to survive .... and grow strong until you need me again.' Then the final panel is an image of Superman being projected by Zod in the Phantom Zone.
Writer: Greg Pak
Artist: Ken Lashley
Colors: Pete Pantazis
Cover: Gene Ha
REVIEW
- Firstly the cover Zod differs to the Zod within the comic, the main difference is cover Zod is wearing attire akin to the Russian Zod design.
- It's basically an origin story and I like how it goes, albeit briefly, back to young Zod, it was interesting to see Zod in a stranded Oliver Queen style state.
- The beings who kill Zods mother seem to be a type of Char so maybe that's why he had them killed.
- I like how he tricked the Kryptonians by creating the hybrid as it shows he can use his intelligence to his advantage and is more than simply the man who uses his Kryptonian powers for evil on earth. I like brains in a villain as it adds depth instead of just a whack 'em, smack 'em villain.
- I read another Villains Month issue the other day and Zod showed up in that and after reading this it seems he is in the Phantom Zone in that issue so I would guess that Zod #1 is set before Doomsday #1.
- The story is well paced through out the comic, it at no point feels rushed or dragged out.
- The art, colors and writing all get a thumbs up from me, the comic version of Phil Jackson's triangle. I like how he is shown with no fear or remorse when he is exiled.
- Kneel Before The Comic Stand! Then buy Zod #1.
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Bizarro #1
Bizarro #1was released as Superman #23.1
- Lets get straight to the point I love Bizarro, or should that be Me Hate Bizarro. I used to be Marvel only, due to X-Men and Spiderman, but one night I started watching Smallville which opened my eyes to the Superman/DC Universe, the first episode I caught was Aqua then a year or so later found out Arthur Curry is Aquaman. Season 6's finale was when I first saw Bizarro, albeit unknowingly, then when I read an issue of the Smallville magazine I discovered this other Clark was Bizarro.
Thus since this discovery I have bought each issue of Superman or Action Comics that I can find in my local comic store with Bizarro in it, also a set of Four comics entitled A. Bizarro. Also Bizarro was the first of the Villains Month comics I bought though I initially thought it was just a one off in the Superman comic run but at the end of the issue they showed all 52 of the Villains Month releases and it snowballed from there, though Bizarro is not among the 3D issues I own unfortunately.
The comic starts Five years ago where we see Superman demanding his cape back from Lex but more importantly Superman bleeds onto Lex unknowingly giving Lex a sample of his blood to work with. Lex isn't happy that instead of creating Super Soldiers the military simply simply sticks soldiers in suits, he thinks you should augment humans themselves.
We see Lex thinking of his own Superman, who has a suit with an L on it and that would be an interesting skin for the Injustice game, as would Red Son. Superman's blood was the key to Lex mapping the Kryptonian genome and he intends to splice it with human DNA. We now see Lex's test subject named Bobby who seems to be nothing more than a kid, he wears a Superman shirt much to Lexs chagrin. Lex injects Bobby then exposes him to sunlight to stimulate the augmented cells, the yellow sun powers Superman. Bobby has a bad reaction to the treatment and turns grey and huge he also wont answer Lexs commands who wonders if Bobbys brain cells are swelling like Bobby's body but the intracranial edema would cut off the blood flow to his brain reducing hs intelligence to next to nothing.
Lex's K(ryptonite)-Cannon doesn't stop Bobby, we see Bobby use the Ice vision and Fire breath whilst fighting Lexs drones. Bobby is finally stopped when Lex exposes him to the sunlight again and Bobby promptly explodes as Lex explains that the pseudo-Kryptonian cells and human tissue couldn't take the strain, which makes him decide to omit the human factor in future attempts at his own Superman and clone a purely Kryptonian body from the cells of Superman. Then for the final panel of the comic we jump to 'Today' and see a body inside a tube/tank whatever you want to call them, I assume this to be THE Bizarro.
Writer: Sholly Fisch
Pencil: Jeff Johnson
Colors: Javier Mena & Jordie Bellaire
Cover: Aaron Kuder w/ Daniel Brown.
- Bizarro is cartoony looking but fits with the character so I don't mind.
- A panel I really liked is one where Lex holds up Bobbys Superman shirt which is now inside out and gives us a glimpse of what becomes Bizarro's S.
- Notice in the credits that there's a cover artist different ti the artist used for the comic, well the Bizarro on the cover is different to the one we see within the comic, I like both interpretations of Bizarro and having two different offerings kind of fits with the Bizarro character and maybe the Bizarro on the cover is the one used in the Forever Evil comic, i'm not sure as I haven't looked into that series yet properly.
- Main issue I have with this is that it's more about Lex as THE Bizarro doesn't show up, Bobby/Bizarro in this comic explodes so he's not the end product Bizarro, a good thing though is that there's no side stories so the whole comic is based on Lex's attempts to create a new Superman giving it a good pace and clear structure throughout.
- If this is how New 52s Bizarro comes about, making him a Lex experiment, then I guess there's no more Cubed Planet *sings Candle In The Wind as a tribute*.
- Overall I did enjoy it from design to story though it isn't really a Bizarro story it's more a Lex Luthor #2 in Villains Month. So it is a Bizarro story just without Bizarro .... how Bizarre!
- Lets get straight to the point I love Bizarro, or should that be Me Hate Bizarro. I used to be Marvel only, due to X-Men and Spiderman, but one night I started watching Smallville which opened my eyes to the Superman/DC Universe, the first episode I caught was Aqua then a year or so later found out Arthur Curry is Aquaman. Season 6's finale was when I first saw Bizarro, albeit unknowingly, then when I read an issue of the Smallville magazine I discovered this other Clark was Bizarro.
Thus since this discovery I have bought each issue of Superman or Action Comics that I can find in my local comic store with Bizarro in it, also a set of Four comics entitled A. Bizarro. Also Bizarro was the first of the Villains Month comics I bought though I initially thought it was just a one off in the Superman comic run but at the end of the issue they showed all 52 of the Villains Month releases and it snowballed from there, though Bizarro is not among the 3D issues I own unfortunately.
The comic starts Five years ago where we see Superman demanding his cape back from Lex but more importantly Superman bleeds onto Lex unknowingly giving Lex a sample of his blood to work with. Lex isn't happy that instead of creating Super Soldiers the military simply simply sticks soldiers in suits, he thinks you should augment humans themselves.
We see Lex thinking of his own Superman, who has a suit with an L on it and that would be an interesting skin for the Injustice game, as would Red Son. Superman's blood was the key to Lex mapping the Kryptonian genome and he intends to splice it with human DNA. We now see Lex's test subject named Bobby who seems to be nothing more than a kid, he wears a Superman shirt much to Lexs chagrin. Lex injects Bobby then exposes him to sunlight to stimulate the augmented cells, the yellow sun powers Superman. Bobby has a bad reaction to the treatment and turns grey and huge he also wont answer Lexs commands who wonders if Bobbys brain cells are swelling like Bobby's body but the intracranial edema would cut off the blood flow to his brain reducing hs intelligence to next to nothing.
Lex's K(ryptonite)-Cannon doesn't stop Bobby, we see Bobby use the Ice vision and Fire breath whilst fighting Lexs drones. Bobby is finally stopped when Lex exposes him to the sunlight again and Bobby promptly explodes as Lex explains that the pseudo-Kryptonian cells and human tissue couldn't take the strain, which makes him decide to omit the human factor in future attempts at his own Superman and clone a purely Kryptonian body from the cells of Superman. Then for the final panel of the comic we jump to 'Today' and see a body inside a tube/tank whatever you want to call them, I assume this to be THE Bizarro.
Writer: Sholly Fisch
Pencil: Jeff Johnson
Colors: Javier Mena & Jordie Bellaire
Cover: Aaron Kuder w/ Daniel Brown.
- Bizarro is cartoony looking but fits with the character so I don't mind.
- A panel I really liked is one where Lex holds up Bobbys Superman shirt which is now inside out and gives us a glimpse of what becomes Bizarro's S.
- Notice in the credits that there's a cover artist different ti the artist used for the comic, well the Bizarro on the cover is different to the one we see within the comic, I like both interpretations of Bizarro and having two different offerings kind of fits with the Bizarro character and maybe the Bizarro on the cover is the one used in the Forever Evil comic, i'm not sure as I haven't looked into that series yet properly.
- Main issue I have with this is that it's more about Lex as THE Bizarro doesn't show up, Bobby/Bizarro in this comic explodes so he's not the end product Bizarro, a good thing though is that there's no side stories so the whole comic is based on Lex's attempts to create a new Superman giving it a good pace and clear structure throughout.
- If this is how New 52s Bizarro comes about, making him a Lex experiment, then I guess there's no more Cubed Planet *sings Candle In The Wind as a tribute*.
- Overall I did enjoy it from design to story though it isn't really a Bizarro story it's more a Lex Luthor #2 in Villains Month. So it is a Bizarro story just without Bizarro .... how Bizarre!
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