Issue #68: Catch Up Week Lucky #13: Comic Books For The Weeks Of Wednesday, August 5, 2009 & Wednesday, August 12, 2009!

Comic books for the week of Wednesday, August 5, 2009:

Terry Moore's Echo #14 (Abstract Studios)
Superman: World Of New Krypton #6 (of 12) (DC)

Terry Moore's Echo #14 (Abstract Studios) * * * * *

In this issue Julie's sister Pam continues her journey from the institution. Ivy reveals her daughter's prognosis and we see more of HeNRI's inner workings, and it's not very nice. The heat is about to be turned up even more on Julie and Dillon, who get enough of a chance to relax to do some grocery shopping. There is something new happening with all of the characters in the separate plot threads that advances the story and builds the anticipation for the next story. But then what else would you expect from Terry Moore. Fans of this comic book will be glad to know that this title has been optioned for a motion picture. There is enough here to make a fantastic movie, if the producers appreciate what they have. I hope they do this story justice. Whether or not they succeed, we have the real thing to look forward to each month from your local comic book store or subscription service.

Superman: World Of New Krypton #6 (of 12) (DC)

While I have been collecting this title from the beginning I've just been grabbing it off the shelf instead of putting it on my subscription list. Well, it came back to bite me when I went to the comic book store the following week. Acme Comics in Longwood http://acme-superstore.com was sold out, but their great staff reordered a copy for me and placed it on my pull list so this won't happen again. This title has been such an excellent story that I hate to have to wait two weeks to read it, but now I only have another week to wait.

Comic books for the week of Wednesday, August 12, 2009:

Superman: Secret Files 2009 #1 (DC)
Action Comics #880 (DC)
Adventure Comics #1 (#504) (DC)

Superman: Secret Files 2009 #1 (DC) * * * *

This one shot issue ties into the just begun Codename: Patriot storyline, which I missed when Superman: World Of New Krypton #6 was sold out. This 64 page title has some nice pages with background information. These pages come in handy for new readers and are a nice bonus for older readers. There are some short stories, involving Commander Ursa, including a short reprint about her defense of Kandor during Brainiac's attack. The Who's Who pages involve all of the main characters now headlining in the Superman titles, including Mon-El, Supergirl and Thara. We see the beginnings of Kara's and Thara's friendship, which was strained after the murder of Kara's father. The issue ends with a very surprising story about the origin of a certain secret organization figuring large in the Superman titles.

Action Comics #880 (Codename: Patriot #2) (DC) * * *

A certain super hero makes a surprise appearance, chasing another rogue Kryptonian named Ral-Dar. Lois has a nice visit with someone close to her. It appears that Ral-Dar has friends in high places, and Nightwing and Flamebird are attacked by surprising opponets. There is a lot going on, not just Kryptonians beating on each other, on several levels. This makes this issue full of plot and character development, and a little better than recent issues of Action and Superman.

Adventure Comics #1 (#504) (DC) * * * *

I have been looking forward to this title, delayed by the late release of Final Crisis: Legion Of 3 Worlds. The Conner Kent story is great, as he starts his life over again in Smallville, living with Ma Kent. There is a lot of establishing the supporting cast here, but I'm interested enough in Conner/Superboy that I'm looking forward to the next issue. My only criticism is that the Legion Of Super-Heroes co-feature in the back is too short. It has even more setup filling fewer pages, but I'm such a Legion fan I'm willing to overlook it. The only major problem is the two page spread showing Sueprman with the Legion, complete with the I.D. boxes next to each member. The printing is smudged on some of them, and two outright mistakes are made. Shadow Lass and Night Girl have their label captions swapped. Star Man has begun his new mission back in the 21st century and meets an old friend. There are a series of panels of different characters which will set up future stories, and we get a clue who one of the new Green Lanterns of the 31st century is.

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