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Showing posts with label Doug Mahnke. Show all posts

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Superman – The Final Days of Superman | Comics

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Superman – The Final Days of Superman
 | Comics
With his tip to Apokolips during “Darkseid War”, a spin in A.R.G.U.S.’s Kryptonite vault and the most recent encounter with Rao, Superman was having a pretty rough time. To make it all worse, he found out through tests that he is dying and there is nothing that can be done. In China, Doctor Omen is after information on Superman which is related to her secret research. Clark still does whatever he can to help humanity and then visits Lana Lang in Smallville to give her the news, only to break her in tears. Then he meets Lois Lane and approached her to write down the life history of his when he is gone. He goes to Gotham to seek Batman for his aid in locating Supergirl. They found her in a lab in National City and Clark gives the bad news to her in the Fortress of Solitude.

Clark handles the responsibly of his legacy and then Wonder Woman reaches there to confront him about the news and then share a moment together. Meanwhile, ex-con Denny Swan was trying to get away from a cop and then hit by a mysterious light that turns him into a being of solar power and he declares himself to be Superman. He causes trouble in Daily Planet before taken to A.R.G.U.S. but got free out of there too, setting Ulysses free to give Superman a beat-down. Diana and Clark are accompanied by Bruce to China, where Doctor Omen is busted and released the Energy Superman, who takes Lois out of her apartment only to face the three Super Friends for a final confrontation. While, they all were fighting the imposter, Clark gets help from an unexpected source.
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The Great Pretender
Here is your links for "Superman – The Final Days of Superman" crossover event from DC Comics in issues.

01. Superman V3 51

02. Batman/Superman 31

03. Action Comics V2 51

04. Superman/Wonder Woman 28

05. Batman/Superman 32

06. Action Comics V2 52

07. Superman/Wonder Woman 29

08. Superman V3 52

Here is your links for the "Superman – The Final Days of Superman" crossover event from DC Comics.

Superman – The Final Days of Superman (Softcover)

Superman – The Final Days of Superman (Hardcover)
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Supermen of Two Earths

Tying in with the issue from the monthly ongoing series Action Comics, Batman/Superman, Superman and Superman/Wonder Woman, The Final Days of Superman marks the end of Prime Earth’s Man of Steel run and also dawns a brand-new era that is build on the aftermath of “Before Truth” and “Savage Dawn”. Writer Peter J. Tomasi (Black Adam – The Dark Age, Brightest Day) took the grand responsibility of narrating this event and he was assisted by an array of artists including Dale Eaglesham (Green Lantern, Justice Society of America), Doug Mahnke (Final Crisis, Justice League Elite), Ed Benes (Birds of Prey, Justice League of America), Jorge Jiménez (Earth 2 – Society – Planetfall, Superboy – New 52), Mikel Janín (Justice League Dark, Grayson), Paul Pelletier (Aquaman – New 52, The Flash) and Scot Eaton (Swamp Thing, Black Panther). A few variant covers for the issues involved to the main plot were also delivered by the legendary John Romita, Jr. (Avengers Vs. X-Men, World War Hulk) as well. The Man of Steel from New Earth timeline, who was living in the Prime Earth following the events of Convergence, has finally made his presence known in a surprising way. This story also serves as a prelude to the upcoming “DC Rebirth” event to usher a new future.
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Friday, November 11, 2016

Superman – Savage Dawn | Comics

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Superman – Savage Dawn | Comics
Long ago, one of Kal-El's early ancestors, Im-El destroyed an incoming comet to Krypton and it crashed on the prehistoric France; home of the Savage Clan. Vandal and his father went looking for the meteorite and upon finding it, he kills his father and sought leadership as the rock made him Immortal. Throughout centuries he traveled many distant lands in search for more power, killing anyone who got in his quest. In present, Superman is having a hard time without his powers. Lex Luthor leads the Justice League to a mission, leaving Clark alone in the Watchtower. He heads to an emergency on Earth and then sees the Watchtower appears and then explodes right in front of him, killing many. Then Vandal Savage finally appears in the Stormwatch Carrier.

Just as Justice League United arrives, Superman charges at Savage and his children, trying to halt them wearing an armor suit powered by Kryptonite. He freed the heroes captured by Savage but wrecks the suit and is dying from Kryptonite poisoning. Wonder Woman takes him to the Gods of Olympus to save him. The poison is drained but it also made him powerless as his cells now cannot absorb solar energy. So, he calls Steve Trevor for a favor to use the Kryptonite vault of A.R.G.U.S. to try and restore his power. He emerged with new powers and as Savage fires an energy blast to Jupiter; he rushes to North Pole to save the Fortress of Solitude. With Kryptonite radiation killing his cells from within, can Superman truly defeats Savage and his children?
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A Savage Sacrifice
Here is your links for "Superman – Savage Dawn" crossover event from DC Comics in issues.

01. Superman Annual V3 03

02. Action Comics V2 48

03. Superman/Wonder Woman 25

04. Superman V3 48

05. Action Comics V2 49

06. Superman/Wonder Woman 26

07. Superman V3 49

08. Action Comics V2 50

09. Superman/Wonder Woman 27

10. Superman V3 50

Here is your link for the "Superman – Savage Dawn" crossover event from DC Comics.

Superman – Savage Dawn

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The Immortal Combat
The previous Superman storylines have explored the idea of a new Strange Visitor; Ulysses, (The Men of TomorrowSuperman discovering new Solar Flare power and a mysterious enemy HORDR Root knowing his secret identity  was all a build-up to the bigger picture. In “Savage Dawn”, it is finally revealed that all the dots of the plots prior to this connect here and it doesn’t get better than this. Writer Greg Pak (Batman/Superman, World War Hulk), Gene Luen Yang (New Super-Man, Superman – Before Truth) and Peter Tomasi (Black Adam – The Dark Age, Superman/Wonder Woman) made it large with their envisioned plotting skills, while Aaron Kuder (The Amory Wars, Key of Z) also included himself among their league. Artist Ardian Syaf (Brightest Day, Flashpoint – Emperor Aquaman), Dan Jurgens (Death of Superman, Superman/Doomsday – Hunter/Prey) Doug Mahnke (Final Crisis, Justice League Elite) and Howard Porter (JLA, The Flash) did not only took care of the interiors but also provided cover arts. Ed Benes (Birds of Prey, WildC.A.T.S.) and John Romita, Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man, Kick-Ass) also made their presence known quite dominantly by delivering some of the jaw-dropping covers for the issues involved. Savage Dawn eventually leads to The Final Days of Superman; a prelude to DC Rebirth.
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Trinity War | Comics

In the prehistoric era of 8,000 B.C.E., Pandora found a golden skull in the woods, that would unleash the Seven Deadly Sins onto the world and as punishment, she was granted an eternal life. In modern age, she approaches Superman with the box in hopes to open it and relieve her of the curse, considering him to be purest of heart. Surprisingly, the box almost immediately tries to corrupt Superman and Pandora then quickly vanishes with the box.

Batman informs Clark that Shazam is entering the restricted borders of Kahndaq and they need to stop him before it's too late. When their confrontation turns into a fight between Superman and Shazam, Steve Trevor's Justice League of America arrives to the scene to escort Justice League out of Kahndaq. Both teams get into a fight and in a sudden moment of confusion, Superman lost his control and kills Doctor Light after he accidentally blasts off Wonder Woman upon losing control over his powers for unknown reasons.

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Justice League – Trinity War | Comics

This shocking development left everyone in awe and the Man of Steel then knocks off everyone around him. Superman then begs to be kept locked up and Col. Steve Trevor's team complies by taking him to A.R.G.U.S. While Cyborg and Martian Manhunter was analyzing Superman's autopsy to prove him clean, Batman pays him a visit. To uncover the secrets of Pandora's Box, Diana eventually approaches the smith-god Hephaestus and then finally recruits help from Justice League Dark, who was looking for their missing teammate Madame Xanadu.

When the mystery gets even more complicated, Phantom Stranger and The Question enter the scene to reveal the identity of the culprit responsible for all these chaos. Regarding the theory of what really made Superman gone berserk and Trevor's previous encounter with Pandora's Box finally made Batman lead a team of remaining heroes at his employ to stop Wonder Woman and it gets really intense inside the House of Mystery.

Constantine and Shazam go their own separate way out of the brawl of heroes to solve this mess by themselves. The Question busts out Superman off the A.R.G.U.S. facility to go after the evil telepath known as Doctor Psycho. While all of them were fighting each other, seemingly it was all planned out by The Outsider, who also kept Madame Xanadu captive and rallied the Secret Society of Super-Villains for his own nefarious end.

For more information on Trinity War crossover event, you can check out these links below.

Trinity War  (Comics) Wikipedia

Trinity War  (Comics) DC Wikia

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War of The Justice Leagues

Here is your links to buy "Trinity War" from DC Comics in issues on Amazon.

00. The New 52 - FCBD Special Edition

01. Trinity of Sin - Pandora 01

02. Justice League V2 22

03. Justice League of America V3 06

04. Justice League Dark 22

05. Constantine 05

06. Trinity of Sin - Pandora 02

07. Trinity of Sin - Phantom Stranger V4 11

08. Justice League of America V3 07

09. Trinity of Sin - Pandora 03

10. Justice League Dark 23

11. Justice League V2 23

Here is your links to buy "Trinity War" from DC Comics on Amazon.

Justice League – Trinity War (Softcover)

Justice League – Trinity War (Hardcover)

In 2013, DC Comics assembled the elite comic-book writer/artist team of Doug Mahnke (Justice League Elite, Major Bummer), Geoff Johns (Flash – Rebirth, Green Lantern – Rebirth), Ivan Reis (Infinite Crisis, Sinestro Corps War), Jeff Lemire (Beowulf, Essex County) and Mikel Janín (Batman – I Am Suicide, Superman – The Final Days of Superman) for plotting out the "Trinity War" crossover event, which has been building up from story arcs like "The Villain's Journey" and "The Grid".

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Hunt for Pandora's Box

Since the "Flashpoint" changed the entire DC Universe like never before, the world's greatest heroes found themselves in Prime Earth. When the Justice League prevented an invasion of Apokolips and battled Darkseid (Justice League – Origin), the barriers of dimensions are weakened and using that lead, the story progresses towards a very interesting turn. This very arc will lead path for another big-one titled "Forever Evil" up next, which will sow seeds for one of the biggest event from the monthly Justice League series of The New 52 titled "Darkseid War".
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Sunday, March 9, 2014

Superman/Wonder Woman | Comics

When Clark Kent was living his dual life of a journalist and a superhero, Diana of Themyscira became an ambassador of peace for United States as Wonder Woman, led by Colonel Steve Trevor. Diana and Trevor started dating that somewhat worked till she got involved in Justice League after halting an invasion by the forces of evil god: Darkseid (Justice League – Origin).

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Superman/Wonder Woman | Comics

Upon her joining in the League with Aquaman, Batman, Cyborg, Green LanternSuperman and The Flash made Trevor jealous and they eventually broke up on terms after defeating David Graves (Justice League – The Villain's Journey). That time, when discussing their different situation and loneliness, they both realized how much they are alike and it all started then with a romantic kiss.

Apart from their duties to Justice League as well as their solo career of a hero, Superman and Wonder Woman would always hang-out when they are off duty and shares adventures of fighting threats together. Even when they are not wearing costumes, this "Power Couple" enjoys their little dates and some alone time together.

As they are as one, now they face the mutual antagonism from many of their own deadly adversaries leading them to battle Atomic Skull, Brainiac, Cyborg Superman, Major Disaster, Phantom Zoners and Metallo. But before they face all those super-powered goons, first they have to survive the wrath of the ultimate rampaging killing machine from Kryptonian; Doomsday and the antagonism of Diana's over-jealous godly kins as well.

For more information on Superman/Wonder Woman comics series, you can check out the link below.

Superman/Wonder Woman (Comics) Wikipedia


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Love Is A Battlefield
Here is your links to buy "Superman/Wonder Woman" comics from DC Comics on Amazon.

Justice League – Origin (Softcover)

Justice League – Origin (Hardcover)

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol 01 – Power Couple (Softcover)

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol 01 – Power Couple (The New 52)

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol 02 – War and Peace (Softcover)

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol 02 – War and Peace (Hardcover)

Superman – Doomed (Softcover)

Superman – Doomed (Hardcover)

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol 03 – Casualties of War (Softcover)

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol 03 – Casualties of War (Hardcover)

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol 04 – Dark Truth (Softcover)

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol 04 – Dark Truth (Hardcover)

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol 05 – A Savage End (Softcover)

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol 05 – A Savage End (Hardcover)

Superman – Savage Dawn

Superman – The Final Days of Superman (Softcover)

Superman – The Final Days of Superman (Hardcover)

During the wake of The New 52 wave by DC Comics after "Flashpoint" crossover event, many ongoing titles and the featured characters has undergone change. Following the timeline change Superman and Wonder Woman started dating each other and to explore further on that relationship status, a new monthly ongoing is released on 2013.

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Romance of Super Couple

Writer Charles Soule (New Gods – Godhead, Red Lanterns – Atrocities) and artist Tony Daniel (Adrenalynn – Weapon of War, The Tenth – Resurrected) primarily started the series and later artist Doug Mahnke (Batman – The Man Who Laughs, Black Adam – The Dark Age) start to fill in the illustration duties for a few issues. Few issues from the title were counted as tie-in to the major New 52 crossover event ‘Superman – Doomed’.
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