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Of Embassies and Origins - Justice League International Part 2 (Eaglemoss Collection v77)

  Review: Since we are doing a series of reviews focusing on Booster Gold over his nearly 40-year history, we include this one as a collection of some of his earliest appearances, dating to late 1987. That places the original publish date of these tales while his original solo series was still going strong.  This book is a beautiful, glossy hard-cover with smooth and heavy-stock paper inside, although the sometimes-low print reproduction quality leads to blurred and hard to read word balloons on occasion. It is also a rare book here in North America, as Eaglemoss Collections targeted UK fans with this series. At this point in the history of the 1987-rebooted Justice League, they have gained official United Nations recognition and sanction. To ensure their reach truly is global, they rebrand as Justice League International (as does the title of the series!) and they open new headquarters buildings around the world: New York, Paris and Moscow are included here. As this is a product of 19
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5-Dimensional Check and Mate - Superman Action Comics vol 3: At the End of Days

 

Cover of Action Comics vol 3

Review:

Grant Morrison has been playing multi-dimensional chess with us in this New 52 reboot of Superman, and his many subplots collide for a complex and satisfying finale.

Vyndktvx, posing as a "little man", has been recruiting Superman's enemies throughout time. When all is ready, he launches an attack that hits Superman at multiple times of his life: Prom night; at points in his jeans-and-T-shirt days; on Mars later in his career; even at the End of Days. But for the assistance of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Mrs Nyxly and Mr Mxyzptlk, all would be lost.

In the reboot, Morrison faced the daunting task of placing 70+ years of history, friends, foes and continuity into the new setting. It's been a spectacular and thoroughly entertaining effort!

The artists involved with this collection need to work in a wide array of styles, as demanded by Morrison's wide-ranging narrative. From the stylings and desaturations of the Phantom Zone, to the Martian settlements in a battle with massive mecha; from fanged angels to the whimsical 5th-dimesnsion and its distortions; from Super Doomsday to Smallville serenity, they match and meet those demands. The visuals are on-point and often serve as excellent clues to the shifts in settings.

Sholly Fisch again fills in with fascinating backup tales around the margins of the main narrative. A heart to heart between Clark and his pa, Jonathan Kent; Superman's influence on marginalized kids standing up to their white bullies; and the love and devotion of Krypto the dog. Sweet, warm, beautiful tales that add depth and richness to the expanding rebooted Superman mythology.


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The New York Times best-selling creative team Grant Morrison and Rags Morales' landmark run on SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS ends here in SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS VOLUME 3: AT THE END OF DAYS!

Five years ago, Clark Kent moved to Metropolis. Alone but hopeful, he donned a simple t-shirt laden with a giant S, beginning the career of one of the greatest heroes this--or any other--world has seen. Superman has grown with the city around him, and though he is feared by the public, there's no doubt they need him to protect them from this universe's gravest threats. But when the multiverse sends it's deadliest villains against the Man of Steel, can even he turn them back?

Collects: Superman: Action Comics #13-18

Authors: Grant Morrison, Sholly Fisch
Artists: Rags Morales, Brad Walker
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: July 29 2014
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN: 978-1401246068
Pages: 224 pages


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