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Writer: Scott Snyder
Pencillers: Jim Lee, Dustin Nguyen
Inker: Scott Williams
Colourists: Alex Sinclair, John Kalisz
Letters: Sal Cipriano

It has been a big week for Superman and DC Comics this week, what with the 75^th anniversary of the Man of Tomorrow to celebrate, the launch of a new ongoing series, and the release of Man of Steel in theaters. With the superstar team of Scott Snyder and Jim Lee handed the reins of Superman Unchained, do the duo give the Man of Steel a new lease of life in the New 52, or does this opening issue fall flat?

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So, I actually finally got round to writing a review again.

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Writers: John Byrne, Chris Claremont
Penciller: John Byrne
Inker: Jerry Ordway

The 15^th collected edition of JLA reunites the creative team of Chris Claremont and John Byrne, best known for their legendary work on Uncanny X-Men during the late 70s. The Tenth Circle sees the Justice League face an ancient evil, thought destroyed by the Amazons centuries ago, whilst a new team of super-powered misfits emerges – but will they be friend or foe?

Fan response to some of Claremont and Byrne’s modern work has been mixed at best. Do the pair provide the Justice League with another vintage story here, or this another miss from the duo? Read on to find out…

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Writers: Gail Simone, Keith Giffen
Pencillers: Jim Calafiore, Matthew Clark, Ron Randall
Inkers: Jim Calafiore, Sean Parsons, Arthur Thibert

The final collected edition of the fan-favourite series, The Darkest House collects the two-issue crossover with Doom Patrol, before collecting the final six issues of the series. The crossover sees the Secret Six and Keith Giffen’s incarnation of the Doom Patrol go head to head once again, in an all-out epic brawl of humorous proportions, before the trade wraps up with a final story, in which the Secret Six literally go to hell, in an attempt to rescue Scandal’s love, Knockout.

Does Gail Simone manage to give the team the send off they deserve? Or did the New 52 prematurely end another one of DC’s best titles? Read on to find out.

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Writers: Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis
Pencillers: Chris Batista, Pat Olliffe
Inker: Rich Perrotta

Booster Gold was one of my favourite ongoing series from DC before everything was relaunched to make way for the New 52. The New 52 has many positives and negatives, but for myself and many others, especially those who collect comics in collected editions, the decision to cancel some of the solicited final trades from the pre-New 52 range was somewhat annoying to say the least. 

Having tracked down the uncollected issues, of what would have made the seventh volume of this series (the Flashpoint tie-in story was collected in Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Superman), were these issues worth buying? Or should only completists pick them up for their collections? Read on to find out. 

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It has been a while, but I’ve finally got back to reviewing! Check the review out in full below, or pop over to Population GO. 

Writer: Joe Kelly
Penciller: Doug Mahnke
Inker: Tom Nguyen

The final volume featuring the writing talents of Joe Kelly, “Trial By Fire” pits the JLA against a terrible new threat called the Burning, which seems to have links back to Earth’s distant past! An entity with seemingly unimaginable power, who forced the Guardians of the Universe into action centuries ago, can the JLA stand against it and complete chaos? Meanwhile, the Martian Manhunter seems to have finally found happiness with Scorch, finally being able to confront his fear of fire. But is all as it seems?

Does Kelly end his run on a high note, or does this feel like a disappointment? Read on to find out…

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Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon (screenplay & story), Zak Penn (story), Stan Lee (comic book) , Jack Kirby (comic book)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Colbie Smulders, Clark Gregg, Stellan Skarsgard, Gwyneth Paltrow

When the Tesseract is stolen by the god of mischief Loki, Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D brings together a band of heroes code named the Avengers to track him down, recover the cube and prevent an apocalyptic alien invasion of the Earth.

Hit the break for a special review of The Avengers!

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Hey guise check it, Paolo, Sam and myself put together an audio review of The Avengers :D

Oh deary me, this has actually been released.

Kind of hesitant to listen to how awful I am.

Everyone else should listen though, as Paolo and Ryley make some great points in the review.

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Writer: Kurt Busiek
Pencillers: Cary Nord, Thomas Yeates

Bringing the legendary Conan back to comics was a massive task, with the character having a massive following throughout multiple literary mediums, with some adaptations being great, and others less so. Busiek and Nord’s rendition of the Cimmerian however was a massive success, with the series being exceptionally well received, and multiple copies of the issues selling out.

Is this fantastic portrayal and expansion of Robert E. Howard’s classic creation one for just the fans of the character, or is this a series that everyone should check out? Read on to find out…

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Writers: Joe Kelly, Rick Veitch
Pencillers: Doug Mahnke, Duncan Rouleau, Darryl Banks
Inkers: Tom Nguyen, Aaron Sowd, Wayne Faucher

After the epic Obsidian Age which stretched over two volumes, Kelly’s JLA lessens in scale somewhat in this offering, which features three separate stories. The first is from guest writer Rick Veitch, whom pits the new JLA against a mysterious alien recording device, which threatens to destroy everything in its wake. The following two issue story which names the trade sees the JLA caught in a moral dilemma, when they receive news of an alien race threatening to invade a neighbouring planet. Do the JLA act as guardians of peace and intervene, or do they have no right to meddle in alien affairs? Wrapping the trade up is a three issue storyline which sees the JLA caught between the U.S. government and a superhuman commune, and seemingly causing the deaths of thousands of people. Surely the JLA aren’t guilty of mass homicide?

After the epic feeling of the last storyline, does this drop in scale detract from the quality of the series? Read on to find out.

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Writers: Kurt Busiek, Mark Waid, John Ostrander, Joe Edkins, Len Kaminski
Pencillers: George Pérez, Sean Chen, Andy Kubert, Derec Aucoin, Carlos Pacheco
Inkers: Al Vey, Bob Wiacek, Matt Banning - ‘Batt’, Bruce Patterson, Eric Cannon, Sean Parsons, Jesse Delperdang, Rich Faber, Vince Russell, Paul Neary

This volume sees Kurt Busiek and George Pérez unite to bring the Avengers back to prominence after the Heroes Reborn event which swept along the Marvel Universe, collecting the first 11 issues of the 1998 title, alongside the necessary tie-ins to the Live Kree or Die storyline. The entirety of Busiek’s run on The Avengers was highly critically acclaimed, seeing The Avengers return to being one of the premiere titles that Marvel published.

With the Avengers as a team, and indeed as a book being disassembled in 2004 under Brian Michael Bendis, does this old era still hold up?

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Writer: Joe Kelly
Pencillers: Doug Mahnke, Yvel Guichet, Lewis La Rosa, Darryl Banks, Dietrich O. Smith
Inkers: Tom Nguyen, Mark Propst, Allen ‘Al’ Milgrom, Wayne Faucher, Sean P. Parsons

The second half of the acclaimed Obsidian Age saga, Book Two sees the past and present day struggles of both JLA teams. In the past, the JLA soon learn the scope of the danger across time, and must fight back from death itself in order to stop the Ancients, whilst Nightwing’s JLA discover the link between the world-wide water crisis and the JLA’s seemingly fatal mission.

With a saga spamming across thousands of years, does Kelly bring it all together well, or does this feel like an unsatisfactory end to this chapter of the JLA?

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