I haven’t been reading comics as of late, except for Fear Itself (because it’s awesome) and Flashpoint (because it’s horrible). However, co-editor RJ has been keeping me up to speed on what is going on comics, manly DC. My Yahoo! Messenger window is filled with nothing but rants on how horrible DC’s last pre-reboot issues are. I’m not surprised, considering that the reboot was just thrown in as an afterthought and wasn’t really part of DC’s long-term strategy, and imagine how many storylines had to be cut short because of this bullshit.

If you’ve been following my tirades on this site for the last few months, you know that I have absolutely nothing but dread for this reboot. I know reboots are DC’s thing, and that this has been done to death since 1985, but it looks like DC has not been able to fix their shit since Infinite Crisis, and their only way out is, well, another reboot. Only this time, they have horrible 90′s inspired costumes. Don’t get me wrong, though – I’m excited for a few comics coming out of this reboot, like Grant Morrison’s Superman reboot in Action Comics, Scott Snyder taking over Batman, and the Animal Man comic with amazing art that intrigues me.

Well, there’s one more thing that has just been added to my list of comics that I want to read in the DCnU: Justice Society of America. Let’s face it: when Geoff Johns left the JSA, he left it in shambles. That Kingdom Come tie-in with Earth-22 wasn’t great and it took a year to finish, plus with a Power Girl story set in Earth-2 that nobody even bothered to finish. Then the team was divided between the old guard and the younger ones who were more proactive. At that point I just gave up reading JSA altogether. And RJ tells me that Alan Scott, the best and greatest Green Lantern of Earth just died, so fuck that. (continue reading…)

Well me and RJ just came home from discovering the secret tribe of hot Tibetan women. But when we told them that we were unwilling to impregnate them, they chased us out using poison-tipped spears. RJ is still traumatized so I guess it will be just me making a post for now.

Blackest Night: Superman looks like it will be a good series on its own! Even without it being too tied up with the Green Lantern story (for now), the concept of Kal-L and the rest of the dead cast of Superman & Co. stands out quite well.

Much to my disappointment (just a bit) they really didn’t kill anyone major this time around. As we have found out, the Black Lanterns of Earth 1 / Sector 2814 / just Earth if you are not a geek are forming their own Justice League – who are of course EVIIIL zombies with superpowers.

I am a bit iffy at the fact though that so far, Blackest Night is seeming to be redundant. Basic plot line is as follows: Somebody dead rises and that somebody dead makes living superheroes feel bad about themselves by saying over and over where they went wrong – and they punch each others’ faces out for no apparent reason.

This is why Superman became EMO in the issue:

Lest I spoil the comic too much, I won’t reveal anything else. Overall it is a good comic and a series that commands high potential and expectations. I just hope Blackest Night will go further than the plot lines that they have been using for now – such as revealing WHAT the Black Lanterns are after, WHY they see the living as a combination of emotions and WHAT is with their power levels?

One last thing though just to spoil you if you haven’t read it, but not only did Kal-L (Earth 2 Superman) become a Black Lantern, but so did Zor-El and Earth-2 Lois Lane. YIKES! That oughta teach you to read the comic before the review!

If you are following Blackest Night, needless to say a must-read. 4/5 stars.