Ok, this one, I didn't care about. I really can't say what on Earth this episode was even about. Something about the future Supermen traveling in time back to Smallville to take down a "chronovore" (I think there's a Magic card of something like that), and at the same time Clark's father suffers a fatal heart attack.
 
Of course we get the expected funeral speech and such, but I honestly don't like this one.
 
But hey! Next up we got Bizarro! YEAH! I gotta hurry up and buy the second paperback!

This issue is a little different. Instead of being a Silver Age type story, instead it's just an addition to the main plot.
 
Clark's interview with Lex that we were told about earlier finally goes underway. We get see alot of how Luthor's mind works and how he treats his death sentence for multiple crimes agains humanity. It really shows off Luthor's personality. And shows his reasoning for hating Superman so much.
 
Not everything's quiet and easy, though. The Parasite breaks from his binds and incites a riot within the Maximum security prison. Oh, and we find out that Luthor secretly draws on his eyebrows (Well it's not like he can grow them).  
 
This is another one of the really good books that really make the Kent/Supes identity really work. Kind of like Birthright.

I was entertained, to say the least.

Seriously, I'm doing nothing but repeat myself over and over. This series has an awesome premise and it knows what it's doing.
 
One thing that amazes me is how this story was a one issue story that was still entertaining. I usually hate single issue stories. But really, to keep up with the whole Silver Age vibe, they're necessary. And they work perfectly.
 
To pay homage to the millions of stories where something ridiculous happens to Jimmy. In this case he takes over Dr. Spectrum's laboratory for a day. Ok, now I know his name, he's Leo Quintum. And he's on business interacting with the light based inhabitants of a distant planet.
 
Anyway, Quintum's crew uncovers Black Kryptonite in the Underverse (the undersection of the universe that builds up the natural physics of the universe or something like that). Guess who gets exposed to it. Only Jimmy can save the day, and it's hilarious how he accomplishes it.
 
 
I love this book. I might just end up repeating that for each issue. If I've got nothing new to say, I'll just do a number rating instead of a normal review for the next one.

Wow, was this issue great, or what?
 
While letting Lois temporarily have Kryptonian powers for a day,  they run into obvious Silver Age characters Atlas and Samson, who try hitting on Lois. Ol' Supes doesn't like that one bit. Lois gets a kick out of it and lets them go through a "super contest" to see who gets her. There's a few turns when the time traveling Samson reveals that he knows that Superman will eventually die, as well as steals jewelry from an ancient mythological creature.

This is awesome. It's an obvious Silver Age type story, but with Modern sensibilities added into it to make it both believable (as much as it can be) as well as very entertaining to read. I'm sold with the rest of this series. More writers should try to revitalize stories in such a way.

Wait, I thought the Fortress of Solitude was made of giant crystals and stuff? In this it's basically the Batcave. Ah, whatever.
 
After finally revealing his secret identity to Lois, ol Supes shows her the Supercave (c'mon, that's what it is, basically. It even has a giant penny with the Joker on it. Sure, Batman's giant penny just has Lincoln on it, but really, why does Superman have one? And with the Joker on it of all people?) Anyway, Superman shows off his robot butlers, his laboratory, his pet cosmic sun eater monster, and even has dinner with her in a rebuilt Titanic.
 
Al this is nice and all, but Lois still can't believe that after all these years, Clark Kent was the Man of Steel. Clark Kent, the bumbling oaf who can't even make two steps without falling over or running into someone. And even worse, Lois starts to ponder terrible scenarios as to why he took her there. Even thinking that the heavy sun radiation could have messed with his mind and that he's planning on using her for a horrific experiment!
 
I'm stopping right there. I don't want to spoil anything. The ending of the issue is kinda cool. I liked this issue.

Wow, they aren't kidding when they say Grant Morrison loves to keep the silliness of the old days of superhero comics still intact, and how he loves paying homage to the past. I greatly respect him for working in such a way. That's why I decided to give this a read.
 
I've heard alot of good about this series, and even though I didn't really like Batman RIP, I did like what I read of the sequel Batman and Robin (honestly, only the first issue. I'm waiting for the paperback to continue reading it.) And again, Morrison's MO also got me interested.
 
It starts off with a team of scientists (Genetically engineered to lack fear, I might add. Just go with it, it's supposed to be silly.) Are on a dangerous mission to literally take a sample of the sun. But things go south, and to make it worse, one of the crew turns out to be an actual living suicide bomb sent by Luthor! (I told you, just go with it.)
 
But ol' Supes saves them with some new powers thanks to being solar powered and, you know, BEING RIGHT ON THE SURFACE OF THE SUN. When he gets the scientists back home to their boss's laboratory (I have no idea who that is. Since he's so heavy on light and wears a rainbow colored suit, I'll refer to him as Dr. Spectrum until I find out his real name.)
 
After thanking Big Blue for saving his crew, Dr. Spectrum reveals some bad news. Being so close to the sun has overloaded Superman's solar powered cells, causing them to slowly deteriorate. Now knowing that he only has a small amount of time alive left, after walking Lois home, he reveals his identity.
 
A nice start. I want to see how she'll react. Morrison and Quitely is probably my favorite team in mainstream comics right now.

Sonic fights the Iron Legion while Tails takes the unconscious Robotnik to safety. However, the seemingly invulnerable Iron King is a heavy speed bump. Thankfully Sally and crew give their aid. But even then, they're numbers are too many, and they have to return to New Mobotropolis and set on the force field to keep them out.
 
Afterward, Robotnik is left in protective custody (sorry, no AoStH quotes this time around), and Sonic is questioned by Monkey Kahn on why he shows mercy to his once enemy. Sonic answers with his own personal philosophy (not that he's aware of it). As many would expect, Sonic lives for the moment, and as such he's capable of forgivness, since he never looks back at the past.
 
This issue is definatley an improvement over the last one.

 I remember glancing at this back when it came out. Managed to pick me slightly up to speed with what's going on in the comic, as I stopped reading it 100 issues ago. Even worse, I finally learned that the comic even existed back around 90.
 
So...yeah.
 
Anyway, as one should expect, it's an action packed one-on-one showdown between or favorite mad scientist and blue rodent. Each taunting each other with they're previous victories, but Sonic, the smart-alec he is, has so much more to gloat about when it comes to victories. But even still, Robotnik isn't giving up.
 
After screaming the classic line "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!!!" at his defeat, something has changed. The doctor literally tears off his glorious mustache and throws a violent fit at the air, shouting broken gibberish while doing so. Something isn't right.
 
We learn through Snively that this was the last defeat Eggman could take, as his genius intellect couldn't stand the fact that 
 his carefully orchestrated plans always fall to pieces thanks to a talking animal, and his grip on sanity has been deteriorating with each defeat. At last, he finally broke.
 
The Freedom Fighters are now celebrating their new victory, but Sonic can't even crack a smile. He may have defeated Robotnik, but in doing so he's broken the doctor's mind. He wasn't expecting for it to end like this.
 
This is a very good issue, I must say. The expressions and poses are excellent, and they successfully used a very liberal page layout that never took away from clarity. The story itself took a very nice turn and also reintroduced a new main villain. A very nice comic.

Wow, you know one thing I REALLY don't like about mainstream comics? The fact that most of the time, you need to have kept up with everything that's happened in continuity in order to have a clue what's going on, now. How do you expect to draw in new readers when they have to scour comic shops for back issues to be up to speed on a comic they just picked up?
 
Technically, this isn't a mainstream comic, but that's the problem here. This problem didn't occur in the main comic's new arc, so I didn't expect it to happen with this one. But low and behold, I have barely a clue as to what's going on.
 
Knuckles, his gung-ho girlfriend Juilie-Su, and sidekick Mighty the armadillo, are apparently made a pact with an ex-villain named General Stryker, and are now on a mission to kill some guy. All the important stuff to have any idea what's going on is only vaguely hinted at, with captions telling me which issues to read to know what's happening? I HATE THOSE! If you're starting a new story arc, simply tell me what's going on in a recap page! The other Sonic comic did! Why not this one!?
 
But, my anger aside, this one was actually much more interesting than the other one I read, as much more happened.
 
As Knuckles and crew search the Downunda (the place that Angel Island originated, clever name) for whoever the dude is (I can't even pronounce his name), Vector and Ray are conversating about stuff while they guard the Master Emerald (Ray seems to have a speech impediment). I also learn that Espio turned out to be a traitor in an earlier issue.
 
While in the Downunda, Mighty discovers the fate that befell a character from an earlier story arc, and the dude has apparently become battle hardened from the events. Knux notices that the ancient architecture of the area isn't echidna made, but he has no clue as to their origins and can only speculate, frustrated that he should know the answers by now.
 
While Knux ponders this, Su gets impatient and tries to move things along, but they fall into a death trap, with spiked walls closing in on them. Meanwhile an army of flying robot birds attack Ray and Vector and go for the master emerald (of course). We end on the normal types of cliffhangers.
 
As I said, back issues aside, this one was more enjoyable as a story than the other arc so far. I'll be keeping an eye on both arcs, though.

If you check out my account on Comic Vine's sibling site Giant Bomb, you'll learn something about me: Sonic is one of the biggest influences in my life. His games may be a joke now, but in the 90's he was no laughing matter. Many people fondly remember the SatAM tv show (which I honestly don't like too much compared to AoSth), well, this comic began as a continuation of that show. They've added tons of their own characters as well as integrated the newer ones from the games (heck, they actually made Shadow cool, if at least for a moment)
 
I discovered that this comic existed back when Sonic Adventure 2 happened. They were at #94 or so. The very last comic I bought was number 100. You can see how long I've been out of the loop of whatever's going on in this comic. Thankfully, I did skim #200, so I'm up to speed somewhat. Sonic's continuous triumphs has rendered our favorite mad scientist insane, and now Snively and his girlfriend the Iron Queen have taken over the Eggman Empire, and locked Robotnik in a padded cell.
 
Now, onto #205.
 
Yeah, Robotnik's still crazy. But he's still Robotnik. In his insane babbles he manages to say his voice operated override and escape his padded cell. He takes a giant turtle robot and sets out the find Sonic. It doesn't take him long to cause enough trouble to bring the cornhog to him.
 
Sonic has pity for Eggman, since it was him who drove him insane in the first place. He gets Tails to easily disarm the robot. He reasons that Robotnik would be safer away from the "Iron Goons" and offers him a helping hand, but the mad scientist won't cooperate.
 
I know it's Sonic, but everything in this comic moves by to freakin' fast for me, and barely anything interesting actually happened (but they've clearly hinted at some sabotage within the Iron Army or whatever they are). For the time being the cover is a lie (no surprise there), but there's more issues for this arc. I might as well go ahead and see where it goes.
 
I was a fan of Matt Herms years before he started coloring fo this comic, and the current artist definately trumps whoever on Earth they had back in 90-100, despite some hiccups every here and there.