Waiting for the Trade by Bill Miller   The Final Night by Karl Kessel and Ron Marz collects Final Night 1-4 and Parallax Emerald Night 1   Why I Bought This: As someone who doesn’t read a lot of DC this was an event I was always curious about and at a recent comic show I attended the trade was being sold for $5. At that price why not? The Plot: A creature called the Sun Eater shows up attempts to eat the Earth’s sun causing Earth’s heroes and a few villains to unite in an attempt to save the planet.

Waiting for the Trade By Bill Miller   Superman: Reign of Doomsday By Paul Cornell Collects Action Comics 900-904   Why I Bought This: I had read the previous trade ( Return of Doomsday ) in which Doomsday returned to take on all of the Reign of the Superman characters and that one had ended on a cliffhanger with Doomsday victorious. While that trade was only okay, I was still likely to pick up the conclusion once the price dropped online sooner or later. The Plot: the Reign of Superman heroes awaken on a space station containing a pocket universe and Doomsday. Supes goes to mount a rescue mission of the Reign characters only to be waylaid by a newly omnipotent Lex Luthor.

Waiting for the Trade   by Bill Miller Justice League vol. 1: Origin by Geoff Johns, Jim Lee and Scott Williams collects Justice League 1-6.   Why I Bought This: Even though I’m primarily a Marvel reader, like most of the comic-buying public I was pretty intrigued when DC launched its New 52. This being the flagship title is the obvious one to sample. Plus Jim Lee’s art in the preview pages looked fantastic. On Cyber Monday, Midtown Comics put all the volume 1 New 52 trades on sale at 40-percent off so I finally picked this up (along with Aquaman and JLI ). The Plot: The Justice League comes together for the first time to deal with the threat of Darkseid. Your heroes are Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Flash and Cyborg.

Waiting for the Trade by Bill Miller   Superman: Camelot Falls – The Weight of the World by Kurt Busiek, Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino collects Superman 662-664, 667 and Superman Annual 13   Why I Bought This: This had been in the discount bin of my favorite local comic store for many months and I kept considering picking it up because of the Camelot reference on the cover and Kurt Busiek’s authorship. About two months after Busiek responded to my Aquaman review on this site, I figured why not when the price dropped again to $5.   The Plot: Prior to this trade Superman was informed by an Atlantean sorcerer that the presence of alien heroes on Earth is disrupting the natural cycle of good and evil that guides human destiny. The sorcerer claims that when evil finally breaks through it will be so pent up that it will lead to the extinction of humanity. Thus he asks Superman to consider leaving the planet for the greater good. Now Superman has two w...

Waiting for the Trade By Bill Miller Superman: Return of Doomsday by James Robinson, Jeff Lemire, Dan Didio and Steve Lyons. Collects Steel #1, Outsiders #37, JLA #55, Superman/Batman Annual #5 & Superboy #6. Special Bonus Content: Avengers the movie – So before getting to the review I wanted to weigh in on the Avengers movie. The short review: it’s awesome in all the right ways paying off the anticipation of the five-year wait since Iron Man and Hulk came out in the same summer and we were promised a future Avengers film.