Showing posts with label Superhero - comic books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Superhero - comic books. Show all posts

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (Post-Crisis Superman Chronology #10) by John Byrne

Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (Post-Crisis Superman Chronology #10) by John
Byrne-191 pages

I enjoyed reading this as part of superheroes month. I have seen most of the episodes of Smallville and enjoyed the show, so I figured that I would enjoy reading this, although this was written a few years before the show. It contains *a few* stories about Superman (aka Clark Kent) and Lois Lane and includes such villains as Titano and Brainiac. Overall, it was worth reading.

Monday, April 10, 2017

Batgirl Volume 2: Knightfall Descends (The New 52) by Gail Simone and Illustrated by Ardian Syaf

Batgirl Volume 2: Knightfall Descends (The New 52) by Gail Simone and Illustrated by Ardian Syaf

Batgirl Volume 2 continues to follow Batgirl as she battles back to recover the life she once lead.  Batgirl has to face her enemies and their followers who have a plan to execute every criminal.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore

The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore --- 408 pages including Sources and Acknowledgements, footnotes and index.


One of the first and most popular heroes of American comics was Diana Price a/k/a Wonder Woman, the Amazonian princess who became a champion and defender of the American way of life in the 1930s.

Not until now, however, has anyone managed to penetrate the murky antecedents of Wonder Woman and the even more astounding true tale of her creator, William Moulton Marston.

Lepore, the David Kemper 41 Professor of History at Harvard University, combines extensive and meticulously documented research with a wry sense of humor and a lively style of writing. She paints a vivid portrait of a man who claimed to be an expert detector of lies, but whose own life was one of secrets, intrigues and manipulation.  Here's a story that proves the old saying that truth is stranger than fiction.

Click HERE to read a review from National Public Radio (NPR).

Click HERE to read a review from the New York Times.

Click HERE to read a review from Comics Bulletin.

Click HERE to watch Jill Lepore talking about The Secret History of Wonder Woman on The Colbert Report.