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Dark Nights Metal review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMay 9, 20220Comments

Scott Snyder is an acquired taste. He seeks to write as in a sub-textually meaningful way as Geoff Johns and Alan Moore with the cosmic scale of Grant Morrison, but more often than not just about missing the mark in being a little too ambitious and overt with his plans. Dark Nights: Metal is one such…

Green Lantern review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMarch 3, 20220Comments

I was not very enthusiastic to take up the latest Green Lantern book. See I am a HUGE Hal Jordan fan. It was through Geoff Johns' run that I got into Green Lantern and later to his supporting cast. While I love all of the Green Lantern Corps (my favorites being Kilowog, Mogo and Isamot Kol),…

Shazam: The Seven Magic Lands reviewed by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJuly 20, 20210Comments

No-one reinvents mythologies like Geoff Johns; to me, by now, it is a given. Out of all of his books, however, the writing in Shazam: The Seven Magic Lands does slip into being blatant in what is being said rather than complex character writing. It does, however, in my opinion, serve the narrative, as it…

Batman: Earth One reviewed by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJuly 12, 20210Comments

How do you reinvent a legend? While the origins of Batman have been told ad nauseam with varying degrees of success, Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's take on Batman's lore in Batman: Earth One is perhaps the most "real" of more recent takes, highlighting how much of a journey Bruce Wayne had to undertake to shift…

Geoff Johns’ Aquaman review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 19, 20200Comments

From the word "go", Geoff Johns' Aquaman clearly outlines who Arthur Curry is at heart; Aquaman is the one who does not belong. He does not belong to the surface world, he does not belong in Atlantis; he does not even belong in his own narrative, as the narrative reminds us this by flipping cliched…

The Flash : Rogues War review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 19, 20200Comments

I am cheating here because I was due a Marvel one today. But I watched the supposed finale to the current season of the Flash and...I think I'm finally done with that series. I want to vindicate it. I read the Flash since I was young. The first comic I picked up of the character…

Green Lantern – The Sinestro Corps War review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 19, 20200Comments

The Green Lantern is my absolute favorite character, tied with the Flash, and the credit for both being on top comes to the same author, Geoff Johns. Johns has a way of reaching into any character whatsoever and bringing out what makes them work to the forefront, rebuilding their world the ground up in a…

Flash: Rebirth (Tpb)

Comics, ReviewsSeptember 14, 20110Comments

Here I am raving again about Geoff Johns' writing and it's all his fault! He is the reason why must I admit that most of the DC comics' characters are not so lame anymore. The more I read the more I am becoming a defender of these characters. This story is unlike the Green Lantern's…

Green Lantern: Rebirth (Tpb)

Comics, ReviewsAugust 25, 20110Comments

This has to stop! I am becoming addicted to Geoff Johns' writing. As well said in Brad Meltzer's introduction, this rebirth could have been done the easy way out but an impressive new beginning is told. Hal Jordan fell from grace and he died a villain. He did not gather any fans through being the…