Review: Superman and Justice League of America Vol. 1

I used to have a great deal of sympathy for Dan Jurgens, who took over DC's Justice League franchise–or at least half of it–after Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis' five-year run as its writer…

Meanwhile, at Comics Alliance...

I interviewed Tim Hanley, author of Wonder Woman Unbound , about his new book, Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of The Daily Planet's Ace Reporter . It's a fascinating book abo…

Lois Lane in The New 52-iverse

I've been thinking about Lois Lane more than usual lately, particularly in light of DC's announced but not yet detailed "Rebirth" initiative . It's not unreasonable to think tha…

Superman: American Alien #3: The comic where Clark Kent drinks a lot and has sex with The Cheetah

In October of 2014, DC published Batgirl #35 , in which the writing team of Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher and the art team of Babs Tarr and Stewart pretty much completely reinvented the charac…

Justice League: The Darkseid War: Superman #1

Previously, in "The Darkseid War"... • Justice League #41 ("The Darkseid War" Pt. 1) • Justice League #42 ("The Darkseid War" Pt. 2) • Justice League #43 ("The D…

On Superman: American Alien #2

Writer Max Landis is working with a murderers' row of great artists on his American Alien maxi-series, which is kind of too bad for the rest of the Superman line, given how much better the firs…

Review: Batman vs. Superman: The Greatest Battles

The usual disclaimer regarding collections of superhero comics purporting to tell the greatest or best stories is that they tend to be the greatest or best short , one-issue stories, in order to fit …