Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    New comic book Wednesdays have been a tradition for millions of comics fans for decades. It is exciting to travel into your local comic shop, and see all the new issues ready to be bought and read. This feeling has been heightened for me ever since I read DC Universe Rebirth #1. I have always been a DC fan, but lately my trips to the comic shop were rarely to buy DC issues. The New 52 did not speak to me like the amazing adventure stories of my past. But after reading Rebirth, I have begun to have a renewed interest in DC Comics. Why? Because their new commitment to their fans has thus far produced amazing books.  And it is great to see the DC Bullet back on top of their books.   My next reading experience while going through my two-week stack of titles was Green Arrow Rebirth #1. I was particularly excited, because it reunites Green Arrow and Black Canary. I have enjoyed the twelve issue run of Canary's sol...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   And once again the time has come for DC Comics to make a clean sweep of their universe and start anew. But what makes DC Rebirth different from Crisis, Infinite Crisis, Flashpoint, Zero Hour, and the multiple other "reboots"? Apparently they are listening to their audience, and working to bring back the DC Universe we knew and loved from the 1970s through the 1990s. And this week we will be introduced to yet again another incarnation of our favorite titles with Rebirth #1. I have high hopes for this new relaunch. Time will tell. Here are my pics for Wednesday, May 25, 2016: Boom Studios Joyride #2 Its an intergalactic trip to the mall when Uma and crew find a treasure on their ship. What could possibly go wrong? Writer: Jackson Lanzing   Art: Marcus To   Cover: Marcus To     $3.99 Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems The journey continues for Steven...