Issue #127: Comic Books For The Weeks Of Wednesday, July 13 & 20, 2011:

Comic book for the week of Wednesday, July 13, 2011:


Superman #713 (DC)

Comic books for the week of Wednesday, July 20, 2011:


Legion Of Super-Heroes #15 (DC)
Cinderella: Fables Are Forever #6 (of 6) (Vertigo/DC)
Terry Moore's How To Draw Women (Abstract Studios)

Superman #713 (DC) *  *


This is the next to last issue of the Grounded storyline (thank goodness). As the cover suggests, Clark/Superman has a talk with Conner Kent/Superboy and Supergirl about his future, and a stranger has a conversation with Clark about his own views on the Man of Steel. As an individual story, it's not that bad, but it doesn't make sense that Superman would have such a crisis of confidence at this point of his career. If it was caused directly from the events of the New Krypton story, maybe, but not because a woman criticized Superman because he wasn't on Earth to stop a tumor from killing her husband. At least Superman's evil stalker has finally revealed part of her plan. I just hope with the relaunch that DC can find the right people to tell good Superman stories again.

Legion Of Super-Heroes #15 (DC) *  *  *  *


The Legionnaires continue their battle against the new Legion of Super-Villains, to Professor Li, which is a very unusual place indeed. As this is the next to last issue before the relaunch, it's mostly cover to cover action, interspersed with brief character moments. The pieces of the plot are in place for quite a climax in the final chapter of this story. Will the mystery of Professor Li be solved? What about Dream Girl's premonition about the death of a Legionnaire? I can't wait for this story's final issue to be published.

Cinderella: Fables Are Forever #6 (of 6) *  *  *  *


The issue begins with Cinderella tied up, and she has her greatest enemy, Dorothy of the Silver Slippers, right where she wants her; or at least if you consider their past encounters as told by flashback in this mini-series. Or does she? This issue lived up to the build up of the first five issues and told the penultimate confrontation between Cinderella and Dorothy.

Terry Moore's How To Draw Women #1 (of 1) (Abstract Studios) *  *  *  *  *


This is the first of a series of comic books by Terry Moore on the How To of comic books. Instead of being a normal how to book, full of drawing tips, the majority of the issue deals with the why of drawing women. Moore explains his thinking behind drawing women the way he does. Terry is known for drawing natural women, and men for that matter, instead of the cliched superhero style of woman prevalent in superhero comic books. This book is as important of a reference as any book detailing how to draw women, or the use of various drawing tools. His plan is to publish other issues on different aspects of drawing comic books, eventually to be  collected in one volume. I plan on buying future issues of this series as he publishes them. Learning the why behind drawing something is as important as the how.

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