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This was such a great read. I always enjoy an amazing adventure with Lois Lane. It was such a thrilling read. I can‘t wait to read what happens in the last book in the series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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AroundTheBookWorld

Triple Threat | Gwenda Bond

For the first time, Lois Lane has almost everything she wants. Non-temporary home? Check. Dream job? Double check. Incredible BFFs? The absolute best. And now, her online crush, SmallvilleGuy, is coming to Metropolis. If all goes well, they'll turn their long-distance friendship into a some-kind-of-fairy-tale romance. But when does all ever go well? Before she can check "boyfriend" off her list, Lois must take down a mad scientist.
#TripleThreat

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TieDyeDude

Superman Red & Blue | Brandon Easton, John Ridley

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Beginning with Loeb and Sale's Marvel series, I love the concept in comics of doing an anthology series with a focus on the characters primary colors. Superman: Red and Blue does not disappoint. A mix of stories about citizens and aliens, heroes and villains, and values.

vivastory A couple of weeks ago I read, & loved, this one

Darth Vader - Black, White & Red

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Robotswithpersonality

All-Star Superman | Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely

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That was...A LOT, but I wanted more. I can see real potential in a storyline where Superman actually has to confront mortality. I also like the idea of exploring the near/far future with the Superman cast of characters. I'll admit I'm not as 'up' on his lore as I might claim to be aware of Batman's so that might hamper my appreciation of some of the storylines included here - particularly my lack of interest in anything Bizarro. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? I just didn't feel good about the fact that after the reveal Lois wouldn't accept that Clark and Superman were the same person, even if, yeah, they needed to have a long conversation about how much he'd lied to her in canon! Similarly the whole idea that his closest friends at the newspaper would not see it at the last. Such a lonely notion that he wouldn't be seen for who he was as a whole even when possibly(?) dying. 2mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? It's probably a side effect of just having read the powerfully infuriating but emotionally complex Luthor as characterized in Superman Birthright, but this Luthor felt like a court jester of bad decisions and obliviousness in comparison. Not that that can't be a whole villain vibe, it just seems a little paltry in comparison. 2mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? I don't know that the story needed the addition of a set of Herculean tasks to further underline Superman's value to the world, I would have been happier to see a more emotionally resonant, intimate picture of his possible(?) final days. The search for a cure or replacements was enough clutter without also introducing new challenges. 2mo

Robotswithpersonality 5/5 And I know I'm a broken record at this point, but the art? Maybe it's just the circumstances: aging, illness, distress featuring so highly, but I again found myself unsettled by a lot of the faces and bodies. Could be on purpose! 🤷🏼‍♂️ 2mo

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Robotswithpersonality

All-Star Superman | Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely

Okay, points for the looney toons vibes in the issue cover. 😆

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Robotswithpersonality

All-Star Superman | Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely

This being is 30% chin. 🤔

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Robotswithpersonality

Superman: Birthright | Mark Waid

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Not a lot of graphic novels can make me cry twice! The first time, there's a moment where the story set up and the art combine that just HURTS. The second I honestly should have seen coming but it still GOT ME! Waid skillfully draws the strong parallel between the many advantages of Lex Luthor and the many advantages of Superman, the potential for isolation on both sides, and how much fear vs acceptance can make a difference.1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? I'm a sucker for a refreshed origin story, and this one really worked for me. Only thing that could have made me love it more is a change in the art style. While heightened emotional moments were skillfully conveyed in how human faces and figures crumpled into grotesqueries of pain or fear or distress or anger, I found the everyday panel to panel rendering of people just a bit off kilter and distracting. 2mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/3 I'm all for stylized to fit a mood, but this kept wandering into uncanny valley - too close to be unique artistic choice, not close enough to feel natural. The number of times I realized I was staring at Kent's teeth trying to figure out what was bugging me? Just...little weird. Purely subjective issue? Maybe. 🤷🏼‍♂️ 2mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Superman: Birthright | Mark Waid

I mean, yeah, if I was indestructible, playing with big kitties would definitely be near the top of the list.

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Robotswithpersonality

Superman: Red Son | Mark Millar

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That. ENDING. 😮 I'll admit, I wasn't totally feeling it for a good portion. Perhaps it's recent American history, or just American history as a whole, or my distance from the Cold War, but my main thought for much of the book was 'it's downright bizarre to see the binary thinking of if Superman were raised in the Soviet Union he would have turned into a despot and of course that would never happen in the U.S.' 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? Being raised on propaganda and being guided by suspect political influences to do wrong in the name of an ideology feels like something that could easily happen in the U.S. today.
Definitely some parallels with the Injustice storyline, Superman in a position of power for the good, which is warped, Batman heading the underground insurrection. 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/3 But the one-two punch of the ending, the letter bringing it home, the line of succession and Luthor's part in it, those names and that plan, the cycle of humanity's decisions?! Damn. I get why this one looms large in people's recommendations of Superman comics. 3mo

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RamsFan1963

Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come Part II SC | Geoff Johns

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71/150 Part II of the Thy Kingdom Come storyline. While I enjoyed the whole Gog plotline, my favorite part was Power Girl back on Earth-2, meeting Justice Society Infinity (a merger of the JSA and Infinity Inc), and seeing these characters drawn again by Jerry Ordway. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
71st book finished for #Readaway2024 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Andrew65

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3mo

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