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Review: DC Comics Adventure Comics #6

Posted by David Torres Categories: Reviews, DC Comics,

  Rating ****
Wow! That’s all I have to say about Geoff Johns’ final issue of Adventure Comics. It’s too bad Geoff is leaving this book because in the short time he was been on this title, I’ve really come to like the character of Superboy. There is a genuineness to the character of Superboy aka Conner Kent aka Kon-El. Johns really writes this character as a teenage boy who like all teen boys can be insecure, have girl troubles, go to school, and have trouble with their families. Now none of us have the trouble he’s going through, but no matter how old you are, you can definitely relate and feel for this kid. However, I think this issue is really more about the character of Lex Luthor than it is about Conner.

I think if I met someone who were new to comic books and wanted to know something about the character of Lex Luthor, I wouldn’t send them to Wikipedia to read up on who Lex Luthor is - I would hand them this issue instead. In this issue alone, Johns shows you who Luthor really is and just how evil of man he is. The story picks up where we left off in the last issue where Superboy rescued a girl named Lori and brought her back home only to be find out that she is the niece of Lex Luthor, the man who cloned him from Superman and his greatest enemy. Luthor is here to recover his property (Superboy), but the revelation of who Lori and her mother are gets in the way of things.

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DC Comics Review: Adventure Comics #2

Posted by David Torres Categories: Reviews, DC Comics,

Rating: *** 1/2*

Another great issue by Geoff Johns with this month’s issue of Adventure Comics.  Our story opens with the U.S. military being attacked by Brainiac’s ship.  Inside the ship we see Brainiac and Lex Luthor.  Brainiac wants revenge on Superman for their recent altercation and he’s teamed up with Luthor to help him do just that.  In return, Luthor is promised control of the Earth. 

Luthor was in prison and he was under the watchful eye of General Sam Lane, the father of Lois Lane.  General Lane viewed the recent arrival of the Kandor Kryptonians as a threat to Earth and was using Lex to create weapons to defend Earth.  On Brainiac’s ship, we see one of those “weapons” in a human being floating in a tank.  This project is called Project: Alien Farm which Luthor says is a personal one - “it’s a about family,” he says.  Could Lex Luthor possibly be cloning another Superboy?  Is he using Conner’s DNA again or is he using DNA from another Kryptonian?  If it’s another Conner it should make things very interesting. 

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DC Comics Review: Adventure Comics #1

Posted by David Torres Categories: Reviews, DC Comics,

Rating: *** 1/2*

By the end of the mini-series Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds, writer Geoff Johns resurrected two recently deceased super-heroes: Kid Flash and Superboy.  With this issue we see another resurrection as well with the return of the long running DC title Adventure Comics.  The original book ran from 1938 to 1983 and featured numerous adventures of secondary DC super-heroes.  Some of the characters that were featured in the title were stories about Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes.  With the return of Adventure, we will be seeing new stories featuring both Superboy and the Legion once again. 

The difference here of course is where the original Adventure Comics showcased tales of a young Clark Kent as Superboy, this series will focus on Conner Kent who is a genetically created clone of Superman and Lex Luthor.  In this issue we see Conner return to Smallville to live with Superman’s mom Martha Kent.  Since he’s partially a clone of Superman, he’s also calling her Ma.

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