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Sunday, January 13th at 5pmET/4pmCT, G2Factor will discuss Bryan Q. Miller’s Smallville Season 11 #29 and Grant Morrison’s Action #16.
Bryan has given us some great action, mystery, and humor in this third episode of Smallville Season 11. Remember this book is digital-first and can be downloaded each and every Friday.
Grant Morrison collides time and subplots at break neck speed (literally). His penultimate issue begins to finally weave together, but he hasn’t filled in all the holes yet.
Live chat room and streaming available during the show. Downloads on iTunes and talkshoe after the show.
Come and enjoy the fun!
Sunday, January 6th at 5pmET/4pmCT, G2Factor will discuss Superman Family Adventures #8, Smallville Season 11 #28, and Superman #15. Plus some preview pages of Action #16.
Lots to talk about and to enjoy! Good to see George Perez’s villains from the initial issues of new 52 Superman in Superman Family Adventures. J’onn Jonzz and Batman appear in Smallville Season 11′s EFFIGY in its debut chapter. And Superman gave us Lex Luthor and the appearance of the Justice League. It was a Lois-less and Clark-less week in the Superman stories.
Hope you’ll join us in the live chat room or on live streaming. Downloads after the show on iTunes and talkshoe.
Sunday, December 30th at 5pmET/4pmCT G2Factor will discuss Bryan Q. Miller’s SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 digital-firsts #26 & #27. More Jorge Jimenez amazing artwork! Don’t forget to visit your local comic book shop on Wednesday for the print version of the first three chapters of HAUNTED. On January 4th, fans will be able to download the digital-first chapter of EFFIGY. Every Friday is now SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 FRIDAY!
Clark Kent and Lois Lane showed up in Geoff Johns’ Justice League #15 and Aquaman #15. We’ll surely have something to say about that and hopefully this is the sign the new year will be starting out right.
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Sunday, November 25th 5pmET/4pmCT G2Factor will discuss Red Hood & the Outlaws #14, Justice League #14, Supergirl #14 and Smallville Season 11 #23. Superman appearances in every single one of them.
There was a price discrepancy on the dccomics app on Friday for Smallville Season 11 #23. Comixology attributed it to a clerical error. Check your receipts to see what you were charged. Smallville Season 11 is still 99 cents. If you were charged something else, contact Comixology (not dccomics) and they’ll put it right. They are fantastic to work with.
It doesn’t look as if Clark and Lois fans are going to get a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, or Happy Valentine’s Day from the new 52. Too busy pushing the fauxmance at us. And the 75th anniversary for Clark/Lois/Superman is fast approaching. Yea, we’re worried. It’s currently standard operating procedure to kick Clark/Superman and Lois fans in the teeth in the new 52.
If you were one of the people who read a lot of the #1s last September (2011) then you might want to review Justice League Dark #1. Xanadu is scanning the future and there are panels involving Cyborg, Superman and Wonder Woman in a battle with Enchantress. This appears to be still in our reading future (possibly as a precursor to the Trinity War). It does show the bullship was planned from the beginning.
I think it’s time to get out the puke buckets again. BTW they still make those steel washtubs, you can get them at Home Depot in case buckets aren’t big enough.
SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 will continue to be our savior. And SUPERMAN FAMILY ADVENTURES, our joy.
A glimmer of hope in Supergirl 14 (see above convo) that is to be continued in Superman #14. But then we go into crossover hell with H’El and after that Helspont (confirmed in RH&TO).
Some good Clois tweets from writers who are writing future Superman books. We’ll inform you of those.
Batman has been terrific in SMALLVILLE SEASON 11′s DETECTIVE and proved he’s the GD Batman in Justice League #14. Do you think he’d appreciate a hug from us?
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Only 3 weeks before we get the trailer for Man of Steel film. That would be where Superman and Lois Lane share a kiss. CAN’T WAIT!!!
Sunday, November 18th at 5pmET/4pmCT, G2Factor will discuss the 22nd digital of Smallville Season 11. The final chapters of DETECTIVE will soon arrive. You can enjoy the print compilation the first Wednesday in December. The #6 (October) print issue increased in sales orders numbers over September. Bryan Q. Miller‘s exciting story is really heating up.
We can hardly wait to read these new pages. Fire up your comic apps on Friday, November 16th for the anticipation of downloading this fantastic book.
The Little Comic That Could Is Doing It!!!
And now for something completely different …
G2Factor is offering to be your first line of defense with what DC Comics is doing with Superman in the new 52.
DC seems to be determined to keep new 52 Superman edgy and alien without relating to humans, particularly Lois Lane. Clark has strong feelings for Lois but thinks she is unattainable and his love seems unrequited. This from a guy who supposedly had a five year relationship with Ms. Lane before the start of Superman #1. Now after the kiss in JL12, Wonder Woman is smitten and will consult with Eros about her feelings for the Man of Steel. Another kiss cover will be displayed in February.
Superman of the new 52 doesn’t seem to have any responsibility where his feelings are concerned. Is this a good depiction of the Man of Steel?
Despite the fact that the 75th anniversary is fast approaching, it appears as though Lois Lane will not be celebrating along with Clark/Superman. If you find this a despicable fate, then allow us to do the dirty work for you.
Matt Idelson said he wanted fans to pine for Clark and Lois so intensely that DC will hear us loud and clear and allow the characters to be together. The only way to make that voice known is contacting DC Comics with your respectful views and most importantly … DON’T BUY THE BOOKS. This is where G2Factor comes in. We will monitor the books for you. You can PINE WITHOUT PAYING. We’ll let you know if DC is finally getting a clue about the absence of Lois in Superman’s romantic life holding him back from being the hero generations have loved for 75 years.
Save your money. Don’t have Superman, Action, Justice League on your pull lists. G2Factor will check all books Superman and/or Lois are in and let you know how things are going. You can listen to the shows as we do the research. You can decide to buy or not buy at that time. Don’t put hope in the dangling carrot.
In the meantime, we’ll continue reviewing and enjoying Smallville Season 11 and Superman Family Adventures. These are the true Superman!!! Smallville Season 11′s Superman is very much the Man of Steel. He has restraint and is emotionally balanced. He follows his heart. He’s exciting to read. And he’s younger than the new 52 Superman.
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Sunday, October 14th at 5pmEDT/4pmCDT, G2Factor will discuss the latest installment of SMALLVILLE SEASON 11, #19 of DETECTIVE.
Clark and Batman are trying to protect Joe Chill while fighting Prankster and Mr. Freeze. Will we see Lois, Lex, and Otis? Will Steph!Babs help save the day? Can’t wait for my weekly fix of the REAL Superman in SMALLVILLE SEASON 11.
Also, we have TONS of New 52 news about Superman in his various storylines and books. More news from NYCC such as Scott Snyder and Jim Lee are going to be involved with a yet-to-be-titled new Superman book. Not sure why the secrecy.
Andy Diggle and Tony Daniels will be taking over Action Comics with #18 (March). And will there be a new 52 version of A death of Superman?
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Sunday, September 16th, at 5:00pm EDT/4:00pm CDT, G2Factor will discuss Smallville Season 11 #16 featuring World’s Finest in it’s early days and Action #0 also showing us Superman’s initial introduction to Metropolis.
Also, Kimmie and Tasha experienced the Baltimore Comic Con last weekend. They will be giving us news from writers and artists about their books, art, and how they feel about Clark Kent/Lois Lane/Superman. Can’t wait to hear it all from our intrepid geek girls!!!
We’ll also discuss the Diamond comic book order stats for the month of August as well as if the ‘tricks of the trade’ of the 90s are still fruitful in these times.
Should be an interesting show! Hope you’ll join us.
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G2FACTOR: SS11 #10, ACTION #11, DC & SDCC NEWS
Sorry about the technical difficulties last week. This week G2Factor will discuss Smallville Season 11 digital #10, Action #11, Action Annual #1 news, SDCC news and … all things Superman.
If you haven’t gotten it already, this is the icon to look for when purchasing and downloading Smallville Season 11 #10.
Another exciting chapter of GUARDIAN by Bryan Q. Miller with interior pencils by Pere Perez and digital cover art by Cat Staggs! A special HELLO to Bryan & Cat who are at SDCC 2012 this weekend.
Be with G2Factor on Sunday,July 15th at 5pmEDT/4pm. We’ve got 2 weeks of things to say!!! Live chatroom and live streaming available. Downloads after the show on iTunes and talkshoe.
While reading Action #11 by Grant Morrison, besides realizing he’s populating this book with tons of Silver Age characters; Lois’ niece, Susie, may have some concepts of a character in the pre-Flashpoint/new52, known as the protector of the DCU. No, not Pandora. That’s new 52 crap. Kismet. She appeared not only in the Death of Superman story but also in the Dominus/King of the World story arc (both with Dan Jurgens contributing). She appeared as a young girl much like Susie. Here are some panels from Superman v2 #138.
Remember in the new 52 Superman book written by Jurgens, we know Clark is experiencing alternate realities. In Superman v2 #183, Kismet disguised as a young girl tells Superman (who is married to Lois) that he is existing on four separate planes. And we know that Morrison enjoys writing on different time lines. Why not boost that with alternate realities? Especially if the Superman book is being micromanaged and Jurgens is not able to tell the story he wanted to tell before being taken off the book at #12 (September, 2012).
A good idea should not die because of editorial. ”One life spread across different places in time and space, all occurring simultaneously.” Notice that Kismet is green and has a universe of stars, planets, galaxies throughout her body. Now look at Susie in Action #11.
Susie is wearing green and has the universe in her eyes. Coincidence? Lois wishes she could stop thinking about her friend Clark who has ‘died.’ Precocious Susie reminds her auntie her name is not Suze. ”Don’t worry, Aunt Lois. You’ll be okay. You won’t be sad for long.” In this issue, we know Clark has taken on another identity. Fireman Johnny Clark. As Superman, he actually screams Lois’ name when she is injured. An iconic moment for all Superman fans.
New readers cannot appreciate what are in the panels of Action #11 if they have no history of what came before. The history gives the story depth and connectivity. In a DC panel at SDCC, a fan stated she missed the history, Geoff Johns admitted, “I actually kind of agree, since we don’t have that timeline laid out now, that’s something we’re all moving towards and trying to build the depth.” Morrison is not known for his depth. You’ll get characters and concepts thrown in and MAYBE he’ll tie them in at the end of the story arc — whenever that may be.
October Solicits came out week before last. Action Annual #1 was announced. Sholly Fisch will be doing the main story for that issue. BUT in a very controversial move, Max Landis, son of director John Landis, will be doing another story in the book. Hollywood Kid Landis wrote the movie, Chronicle and on the day of its release, he uploaded a YouTube video about the Death of Superman. Fifteen minutes of disparaging Superman especially and the entire DC Universe cast of characters. We will definitely be discussing this matter on Sunday! It’s not the first time DC has hired people to work on the new 52 Action who publicly have denigrated the character of Superman. Rags Morales, anyone?
Should be a lively show! That and all the SDCC news and rumors, too. Might have to take some vitamins.
G2FACTOR: BQM’s SVS8 HEX, ACTION #11 & DCaU NEWS
Clark Kent dials 911. Somebody saaaave meeeee
Sunday, July 8th at 5pmEDT/4pmCDT, G2Factor will discuss Bryan Q. Miller’s Smallville Season 8 HEX, Action #11, and the latest news from the DCaU. Some good, some worse.
Hope you all have picked up your Smallville Season 11 #3 print from your comic shop. Digitals were on hiatus this Friday. They will be back on July 13th, that’s right, Friday the 13th.
Bryan Q. Miller was to be on the Superman panel at San Diego Comic Con but now The Powers That Be have taken him off. Bryan will be signing autographs from 2 to 3pm on Saturday. Hope you’ll show your support for the BEST Superman book DC has to offer.
HEX: Lois is always Lois even when Chloe wishes she was her. Remember when Zatana and Oliver were blatantly flirting?
Action #11 actually has Superman saying Lois’ name and still has multiple time lines and introductions of even more Silver Age characters.
The new 52 is a universe where Superman ‘continuity’ must not exist. It’s okay for Batman and pretty much everyone else, but not the Man of Steel.
Action annual #1 news: Mixed.
Got an opinion about that? Then join us on Sunday for a very lively discussion.
