Behind the Capes

Keep up with this great series! Man of Steel, Part 2 Creative Team Brian Michael Bendis - Writer; Doc Shaner (pp 1-13), Steve Rude ( pp 16-24), Jay Fabok (pp 14-15) - Artists; Alex Sinclair - Colors; Josh Reed - Letters; Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Sinclair - Cover; Jessica Chen - Associate Editor; Michael Cotton - Editor; Brian Cunningham - Group Editor; Superman Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster; Superboy Created by Jerry Siegel; By Special Arrangement with the Jerry Siegel Family DC Comics' Solicitation With an arsonist loose in Metropolis, Superman’s powers are almost useless in finding the culprit. And back at the Daily Planet, everyone wants to know what’s going on with Lois Lane. How can Clark hold on to the secret of what happened to Lois and Jon much longer? Secrets of the Superman Superman is keeping some major secrets from absolutely everyone in his life.  Of course, this keeps the story intriguing for the reader, but why would Clark be keeping so much ...

Cover - Brent Anderson Initial Reactions On first glance through the book, this is a Halloween-inspired issue.  In addition to some of our classic heroes like Green Lantern, Shazam!, and Superman, we also get Deadman and Phantom Stranger stories to add some great supernatural action in the issue.  Even though these stories are only 8 pages each, they tackle quite a few interesting topics that we can examine.  I will only be picking out the highlights, not every story will be referenced. Highlights Green Lantern:  Priest Script, Plot, and Pencils - James Owsley & M.D. Bright, Inks - Jose Marzan, Colors - Tony Tollin, Letters - Albert De Guzman, Assistant Editor - Dan Raspler, Editor - Denny O'Neil We open to see Hal running out of charge on his Lantern Ring.  He is picked up by an unknown alien that drags him to his planet.  Hal is dropped in the middle of a war between these another planet and their robots.  Hal is not of much use ...