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ACTION COMICS #872


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  1. Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
    December 8, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    Creature Commandos!

  2. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    December 8, 2008 at 5:35 pm

    @conor i know, oh lord this just went from cool to Grindhouse cool like that *snaps fingers

  3. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    December 8, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    I don’t know who the Creature Commandos are 🙁 

    Still, I can’t wait!

  4. Avatar photo Garrett says:
    December 8, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    Is that Frankenstein’s monster next to Supes? I mean, I know he’s part of the DC Universe and all, but still..

  5. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    December 8, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    @Garrett  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_Commandos

  6. Avatar photo Crippler says:
    December 8, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    New Krypton has been a really good read so far.  This must have been why Johns was talking about GI Robot in San Diego (if I remember correctly).

  7. Avatar photo jmstump says:
    December 8, 2008 at 11:26 pm

    I’m always sad when Gary Frank isn’t doing the pencils on this book.

  8. malakilii says:
    December 9, 2008 at 12:34 am

    @jstump….. totally agree, I miss gary frank so much.  he wasnt on the last issue and i feel like no one noticed.  i cry

  9. Avatar photo WinTheWonderboy says:
    December 9, 2008 at 1:14 am

    That is one hell of a badass cover!!!

  10. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    December 9, 2008 at 1:47 am

    Yeah man, that cover is like a push-up bra — false advertising.

    Still, even without Gary Frank, Action Comics chapters have been the strongest of New Krypton & that solicit makes this issue sound awesome.

  11. Avatar photo gat0rl1vebeatz says:
    December 9, 2008 at 10:55 am

    i love that cover — can’t wait to see how this ties to the whole Superman saga.

  12. edward says:
    December 9, 2008 at 6:41 pm

    you know by the end of this story, superman is going to be so badly beat down……. that i’ll get a little turned on for some perverted reason

  13. Avatar photo LeviticusPrime says:
    December 10, 2008 at 2:30 am

    I freaking love the Creature Commandos!

  14. Avatar photo s1lentslayer says:
    December 10, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    People’s faces looked off in quite a few spots with respect to the art. I still gave it a 4 despite that.

  15. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    December 10, 2008 at 8:06 pm

    Art was pretty good, story was alright.  I am enjoying Robinson’s issues more though.  Its hard for me to get fully behind this event, but I am still enjoying it quite a bit.

  16. flapjaxx says:
    December 10, 2008 at 10:06 pm

    The interaction between Luthor and Brainiac in this issue was near-instant-classic. It always bugged me a bit how Brainiac made Luthor his b*tch in "Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow", so Lex’s comments in his issue seemed like meta payback or something.

  17. Avatar photo Kimbo says:
    December 11, 2008 at 8:24 am

    I’m such a huge fan of the silver age silliness, more Creature Commandos!  

  18. Avatar photo drakedangerz says:
    December 11, 2008 at 2:01 pm

    After re-reading, I get the sneaking suspicion that they are just throwing everything on the wall to see what sticks.  Creature Commandos, Nightwing & Flamebird, Doomsday, Brainiac, Lex, etc.  Don’t get me wrong, I am enjoying this, its just something I picked up.  I suppose if you had 100,000 Kryptonians, you would HAVE to throw everything you had at them.

  19. Avatar photo Ruo21 says:
    December 11, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    Backmatter: "Lastly, I can finally announce that following INFINITE CRISIS, Superman’s origin is secret no more and it will be the definitive spin from the incredible team of Johns and Frank." -DD

    You’d think Didio would know what his own companies big event was.

     It didn’t help that this issue wasn’t any good. Some of the dialogue made me laugh it was so bad. This coming from a Johns Fanboy.

  20. Avatar photo Garrett says:
    December 11, 2008 at 5:53 pm

    I liked that this issue had lots of crazy-ass stuff thrown into it like the Creature Commandos, Nightwing/Flamebird, Lex and nekkid Doomsday..

    That said, I didn’t think that the art was as good as previous issues, especially the scenes in Kandor which looked a bit rushed. I’m still lovin’ ma boo Supes though.

  21. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    December 12, 2008 at 1:30 am

    I’m not a huge fan of Woods’ pencils, but apart from that, this type of comic is the reason I read superhero comics. Over the top ideas, characters & action always keep things entertaining.

    I have to wonder if Braniac has green pubes, though … 

  22. Avatar photo Garrett says:
    December 12, 2008 at 3:35 am

    He looked pretty damn smooth all over to me!  ;o)

  23. Avatar photo superchuck says:
    December 12, 2008 at 2:01 pm

    @Ruo I’m pretty sure he was referring to the fact that Superman’s new origin has been a mystery since Infinite Crisis.

     I liked this issue, but I almost feel like they’re trying to do too much here.  I feel that the results of New Krypton will be good at the expense of the story.  I mean, we haven’t seen much reaction from the world at large because they’ve been spending pages introducing Nightwing, Flamebird, Superwoman, Supergirl’s Parents, telling her origin, the Guardian, Agent Liberty, Creature Commandos, Ultraa, Sam Lane, new Metallo, Reactron… man, that’s a lot.  It makes this story seem rushed and dragged out at the same time. 

  24. Avatar photo Rude3 says:
    December 13, 2008 at 10:04 pm

    Pretty cool issue.

  25. Avatar photo Mithel says:
    December 14, 2008 at 1:57 am

    Creature Commandos ongoing right the *&^% now.

  26. Avatar photo mountainwindcat says:
    December 15, 2008 at 1:01 am

    Is everyone loving this "New Krypton" event, cuz it’s kinda leaving me cold.

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