Mild Mannered Reviews - "Superman: Man of Tomorrow" Digital-First Comic Books
Superman: Man of Tomorrow #8
Scheduled to arrive in stores: June 22, 2020Cover date: June 2020
"The Obituary"
Writer: Van Jensen
Penciller: Nick Robles
Inker: Nick Robles
Reviewed by: Craig Boehmer
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On a slow news day Clark is writing obituaries for The Guardian, Black Lightning, and Superman. He struggles with the morbidity of the assignment. Jimmy imagines possible deaths for the Guardian and Black Lightning, but quickly flees when he hears Perry call his name. Perry and Clark talk about his progress on the obituaries and imagines how Superman may die. Clark begins writing about his life as Clark and as Superman. He is interrupted by a fire alarm and races off.
Story - 3: More of a character analysis. Provides interesting glimpses into possible deaths of characters but doesn't tell much of a story. Clark's own reflection on his life and experiences was fun to read, but overall, the story didn't really cover much.
Art - 4: Nick Robles provided strong art. It made the story nice to look at, even if he wasn't given much to do. The final splash looks fantastic. I would like to see a story where Nick Robles can really stretch his artistic talent and showcase the power of the Man of Steel and his world.
"Deadline"
Writer: Van Jensen
Penciller: Andie Tong
Inker: Andie Tong
Clark attends a press conference where tabloid owner, Alex Ewell announces he is running for mayor. Ewell calls out Clark Kent as a jealous liar during the press conference. Clark notices some of Ewell's associates are secretly carrying heavy weaponry. Using Batman's database in the Hall of Justice, Superman discovers Ewell and his associates are linked to bombings. He quickly follows the associates to a train station. The men try to apprehend Clark, but he quickly disposes of them and changes into Superman. He has tracked two bags on two separate trains, only one of them is ticking. Superman grabs the non-ticking bag and as he flies it skyward it explodes. The thug he grabbed with it explains that Ewell is working for Markovian and was going to use the staged terrorist attack to fuel his campaign. Superman races back to the Daily Planet to get the story typed up in time for that day's paper.
Story - 4: This story was interesting and fun. Seeing Clark dispatch the henchmen without revealing who he was, was fun. The ticking diversion was an interesting take, but let's be real...Superman could fly to both before the bomb blew up.
Art - 4: Andie Tong turns in some good art for this short story. The style matches well with Roble's from the previous story to create a fairly seamless transition.
Mild Mannered Reviews
2020
Note: Except for digital first releases, the month dates are from the issue covers, not the actual date when the comic went on sale.January 2020
- Superman #17
- Action Comics #1017
- Batman/Superman #4
- Lois Lane #5
- Supergirl #36
- Supergirl Annual #2
- Justice League #35
- Justice League #36
- Legion of Super-Heroes #1
- Young Justice #10
- Event Leviathan #6
- Superman #18
- Batman/Superman #5
- Lois Lane #6
- Supergirl #37
- Justice League #37
- Justice League #38
- Legion of Super-Heroes #2
- Young Justice #11
- Doomsday Clock #12
- Superman Smashes The Klan #2
- Action Comics #1018
- Action Comics #1019
- Superman #19
- Batman/Superman #6
- Lois Lane #7
- Supergirl #38
- Justice League #39
- Legion of Super-Heroes #3
- Young Justice #12
- Superman #20
- Action Comics #1020
- Superman: Heroes #1
- Batman/Superman #7
- Lois Lane #8
- Supergirl #39
- Justice League #40
- Justice League #41
- Legion of Super-Heroes #4
- Young Justice #13
- Superman Smashes The Klan #3
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #1
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #2
- Superman: Villains #1
- Superman #21
- Action Comics #1021
- Batman/Superman #8
- Lois Lane #9
- Supergirl #40
- Justice League #42
- Justice League #43
- Legion of Super-Heroes #5
- Young Justice #14
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #3
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #4
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #5
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #6
- NOTE: Due to COVID-19 no printed comic books were published this month (April 2020)
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #7
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #8
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #9
- Lois Lane #10
- Justice League #44
- Justice League #45
- Supergirl #41
- DCeased: Hope at World's End #1
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #10
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #11
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #12
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #13
- Action Comics #1022
- Superman #22
- Batman/Superman #9
- Lois Lane #11
- Supergirl #42 [Final Issue]
- Justice League #46
- Justice League #47
- Legion of Super-Heroes #6
- Young Justice #15
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #1
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #14
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #15
- Action Comics #1023
- Superman #23
- Batman/Superman #10
- Lois Lane #12
- Justice League #48
- Justice League #49
- Legion of Super-Heroes #7
- Young Justice #16
- DCeased: Dead Planet #1
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #2
- Superman #24
- Action Comics #1024
- Batman/Superman #11
- Justice League #50
- Justice League #51
- Legion of Super-Heroes #8
- Young Justice #17 //
- DCeased: Dead Planet #2
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #3
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #16
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #17
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #18
- Action Comics #1025
- Superman #25
- Batman/Superman #12
- Batman/Superman Annual #1
- Justice League #52
- Justice League #53
- Justice League Annual #2
- Legion of Super-Heroes #9
- Young Justice #18
- DCeased: Dead Planet #3
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #19
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow #20
- Action Comics #1026
- Superman #26
- Batman/Superman #13
- Justice League #54
- Justice League #55
- Legion of Super-Heroes #10
- Young Justice #19
- DCeased: Dead Planet #4
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #4
- Challenge of the Super Sons #1
- Challenge of the Super Sons #2
- Challenge of the Super Sons #3
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