The DC Implosion couldn’t keep a good superheroine down. Gerry Conway’s Vixen finally earns her DCU debut, teaming here with Superman in a story drawn by Curt Swan and Frank Chiaramonte.
READBlack Bolt screams, leaving Attilan in ruin. Facing their darkest moment, Maximus attacks the royal family once more! Doug Moench delivers a strong climax to his opening arc, with dynamic art from Gil Kane.
READMaximus’ prophesy of doom is followed by the appearance of a strange machine – and an attack on Attilan by Blastaar! Doug Moench and George Pérez team on this potential-laden series debut.
READSuperman struggles to protect blind medium Cassandra Craft from the twin terror of Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster. Despite its potential, this horror-infused outing from Len Wein, Paul Levitz, Curt Swan and Frank Chiaramonte ultimately falls flat.
READReturning from an interstellar mission, Superman finds himself trapped on an Earth where everyone has changed sexes. This lightweight relic from Martin Pasko and Curt Swan isn’t bad, but it’s not very entertaining, either.
READAn industrialist inventor’s effort to launch a tidal power station runs afoul of the Sub-Mariner – and the Magaia. Throw in Daredevil and Black Panther and this annual – by the creative team of Marv Wolfman, Chris Claremont, George Tuska and Frank Chiaramonte – still falls short of entertaining.
READAn interesting assortment of DC B-listers – Doctor Fate, the New God’s Lightray, and Black Canary – get the secret-origin treatment. While lacking a little drama, this issue features an interesting mix of artists, led by pencilers Joe Staton, Don Newton and Mike Vosburg.
READThe Teen Titans go zero for two in battles against Dr. Light and the newly formed Fearful Five. The new villains are a bit of a motley crew, but writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez continue to gain traction on The New Teen Titans.
READThe High Overlord is called before a forum of Martian masters to review an earlier debacle against the rebel Killraven. A lovely new framing sequence from artist P. Craig Russell almost makes up for this slapdash repackaging of a contemporary reprint. Almost.
READKillraven fights to free himself from Martian overlords and mutant rat creatures while his allies plan a rescue mission. The overarching story of Killraven and crew seems to be spinning its wheels, but this is still an enjoyable comic from the team of Don McGregor, Herb Trimpe and Frank Chiaramonte.
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