Pearls of Digital Comics: Adventures of Superman vol. 2

Year 2011 was the breaking point for digital comics and specifically DC digital comics. First issue of New 52, Justice League #1, was the first DC issue which was released the same day in print and digitally. For 3.99$, which ose one dollar extra from regular price, you had a special bagged issue with redeemable digital code (after a few months Marvel made its first issue with free redeemable digital code). This option had only some titles but it was quite popular at the beginning. And in this year DC started digital first series tied to Batman Arkham games (very first by Paul Dini). In the beginning of 2012 then they started a few digital series and after while there was new digital issue every day (best-selling series was Smallville Season 11, but very strong sales were also Legends of Dark Knight vol. 2 and Injustice: Gods Among Us). One of these titles were Adventures of Superman vol. 2.

DC Digital Mini Reviews February 22th - 26th (Milestone Returns Infinite Edition #0, Represent! #5, Sensational Wonder Woman #8, Truth & Justice #8)

This week was very rich for DC digital firsts. We had the start of a new series, mini The Next Batman: Second Son (review is here). Then we had three installments of ongoings and one-shot Milestone Returns Infinite Edition #0.

Pearls of Digital Comics:Jessica Jones: Blind Spot

This is a series of articles about the best titles in the history of digital comics. And this is the first article about Marvel comics on this site. House of Ideas had two big digital first initiatives - Infinite Comics and Marvel Digital Originals. This six digital chapter title started the later. It was then printed in three oversized printed issues and one TPB.

Private detective Jessica Jones was created by Brian Michael Bendis in the Marvel Max comic book Alias. Since she was a member of New and Mighty Avengers and Defenders, she had two series of her own TV Show and she married Luke Cage after being pregnant with him. Digital First series Jessica Jones: Blind Spot is starting here.

Mini Review: The Next Batman: Second Son #1 (9/10)

DC comics just started a digital-first mini-series which is pretty unique even for them as leading digital comics publisher. It is the origin of Tim Fox which is the new Batman in Future State and it is very possible that there will be more of him in other titles. There was only one similar series, “Arrow: The Dark Archer”, but it told the origin of the villain and it was set not in the main DC Universe but in Arrowverse.

It is very good news that for the first chapter you don't need to read Future State nor “Dark Nights: Death Metal” which set basics for the future seen in Future State. You will find Tim Fox straight in action in Vietnam at some stealth operation. As always, it will not be as expected and it will continue to be a big danger. For almost complete issue only one thing known from Future State is Vol, some remote collaborator of Tim. Only on the last page we are meeting persons which Tim apparently knows.

DC Digital Mini Reviews February 15th - 19th (Represent! #3, Sensational Wonder Woman #7, Truth & Justice #7)

This week we had three issues. Irt is standard DC Digital production for last three weeks, since “Challenge of Super Sons”´s break started. Bit next week is mini-serie “The Next Batman: Second Son” and we have also robust start of Milestone Revival, one-shot Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0. But this week we had a nice chapter of Represent!, very good Sensational Wonder Woman half-story and superb start of John Contantine issue in Truth 7 Justice.
 

Mini review: Truth & Justice #6 (8.5/10)

Conclusion of Superman’s story in Truth & Justice is able to ask deep social questions behind the action story. At the beginning we have one of Superman' s older villains explaining what was his motivation and why all this thing about prisoner’ s teleportation happened. Chapter is ending with Clark’ s article contains some harsh facts.

All these three chapters were very fine and good to read. Brandon Easton shows that it is not so hard to write action stories with huge moral points and even make contributions to Black History Month. First DC story illustrated by Jahnoy Lindsay proves that his sharp lines and over-mimic faces fitts to superhero comics, even to that of the first superhero. I hope that DC will have more work for him.