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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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All the Heavy Hitters - Superman Action Comics vol 6: Superdoom

 

Cover of Action Comics vol 6

Review:

Doomsday's first appearance in the 1990s established him as one of Superman's most ferocious, destructive and dangerous foes. In a multi-part story spanning several of the DC Superman titles, he's been brought back by ominous forces.

This time, his defeat is reasonably swift, but he manages to first infect Superman with a mist that gradually transforms him into a variation on Doomsday, complete with spikes on his hands, head and body.

With Brainiac taking control of Lois Lane and others in a new attempted conquest, Xa-Du the Phantom King in the mix too, and Lex Luthor burying some of his own hidden motives and plans, this is a who's-who of Superman's greatest foes, all in one story arc.

It's a large and complex story, and write Greg Pak works hard to keep it balanced. I love the introductory pages for each chapter, which use the front page Daily Planet inserts to tell the reader what they might have missed in terms of key plot points that unfolded in one or more of the other Superman titles.

Aaron Kuder leads a trove or artists, with more than a dozen contributing to the collection. Such variety in panel and page approaches, the shifts between softness and sharp spikes on our characters, power and force vs mists and psionic control - they rise to the challenge of such breadth in artistic demands.

Yet despite the ambitious scope and approach, the story leaves the reader more confused than concerned. The relationships are there, but they fail to lift this collection to the heights that this many heavy-hitter villains implicitly promised.


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Doomsday is here.

The most brutal force Superman has ever faced is back, killing all life everywhere he goes. But defeating the beast is just the beginning. The evil of Doomsday has taken root inside Superman himself, turning him into an even deadlier, more destructive monster…and leaving the Earth defenseless for an invasion from beyond.

However, Superman does not fight his battle alone. Lois Lane. Lana Lang. Steel. Batman. Some are superheroes, others just everyday people of extraordinary bravery. It will take all they have to pull Superman back from the brink. It will take all Superman has to save the planet from its enemies-and himself…

Writer Greg Pak (BATMAN/SUPERMAN) and artists Aaron Kuder (GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS) and Scott Kolins (JUSTICE LEAGUE) lead the charge against Doomsday -the Last Son of Krypton's greatest challenge yet!

Collects: ACTION COMICS #30-35 and ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #3

Authors: Greg Pak
Artists: Aaron Kuder, Scott Kolins
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: Dec 29 2015
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN: 978-1401258658
Pages: 200 pages

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