New Comics Reviews 4/16/25: Summer of Superman, Godzilla Vs. Hulk, Catwoman & Wolverine!
New Comics Reviews for Wednesday 4/16!
Hello! Here are our new comics reviews for the week of 4/16/25, featuring Summer of Superman, Godzilla Vs. Hulk, Catwoman, and Wolverine!
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Joe’s Reviews:
Cover by Jimenez & Morey
Summer of Superman Special
DC Comic
Written by Mark Waid, Dan Slott & Joshua Williamson
Art by Jorge Jimenez (with help from Belen Ortega) and Dan Mora
Colors by Tomeu MoreyLetters by Dave Sharpe
48 pages for $5.99
Solicit: THIS IS IT! SPRING INTO THE SUMMER OF SUPERMAN! The Man of Steel and his universe of friends, family, allies, and rogues are in for some big changes, and it all starts in the Summer of Superman Special! Brought to you by Superman series architects Joshua Williamson (Superman), Mark Waid (Superman: Action Comics), and (making his grand entrance to the world of tomorrow) Dan Slott, this special oversize issue will set the stage for all the major events exploding throughout the Superman titles! When John Henry Irons and Lana Lang take their vows, everyone turns up for the big day–but trouble is brewing on the horizon, as threats from the past, present, and future kick off major new conflicts for the Superman Family. Brought to stunning life by the incomparable art of Jorge Jimenez (Batman, Super Sons), the Summer of Superman Special is the ground floor to the most exciting action imaginable in 2025!
Review: The Summer of Superman is here and it looks like it’s going to be a great one! This issue touches on Clark’s past, present, and future, coincidentally written by the three members of Superman’s main writing team: Mark Waid, Dan Slott, and Joshua Williamson.
Waid’s chapter reinforces Clark’s history as Superboy with a time-lost threat from the Legion of Super-Heroes era. As the villain bounces through the timestream, we’re able to check in on the Superman Family in various eras. The Waid story is a delight of course. I love it when DC acknowledges the Clark Kent Superboy concept.
Slott’s chapter focuses on the villain’s reappearance in the present day, on the eve of Lana Lang’s marriage to John Henry Irons. If you were worried about how Slott would take to the Man of Steel after so long at Marvel, don’t be. It’s wonderful, minus a painfully clunky moral lesson about the environment delivered like the end of a Captain Planet episode.
Williamson brings it all home with a more or less happy ending, and a preview of things to come. Lana and John are married, and I’m sure everyone will live happily ever after. Oh wait…I forgot the epilogue, which ties directly to the grim events of the DC All-In Special. It also disproves something I assumed about the Absolute Universe, but I’ll let you discover that for yourself.
Jorge Jimenez’s work throughout this issue is absolutely joyful. You can tell that he really loved revisiting the Superman Family after so much time spent in Gotham City.
The Summer of Superman Special is an excellent primer setting up the next year’s worth of stories and titles. It’s not something you NEED to read, but you’ll be really glad you did.
Rating: BUY IT
Cover by Coccolo & Valenza
Wolverine #400
Marvel Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Martin Coccolo
Colors by Bryan Valenza
Letters by VC’s Cory Petit
Backup story written and drawn by Daniel Warren Johnson
Backup colors by Mike Spicer
64 pages for $7.99
Solicit: CELEBRATING 400 ISSUES OF WOLVERINE WITH THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE! A massive issue you cannot afford to miss! WOLVERINE faces off with the ADAMANTINE! The WENDIGO is pulled into a deadly trap as a specter from Wolverine’s past emerges – and the Wolverine story you never thought you’d see begins here! PLUS: A special celebratory bonus story by DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON!
Review: I decided to check in on the Wolverine ongoing series for Logan’s big birthday issue and it looks like I haven’t missed much of anything. Eight issues in and the whole Adamantine arc wraps up in a lightning-fast 10 pages with no actual resolution and I couldn’t care less about anything that’s going on. The second lead story (I guess?) wraps up the lengthy Kid Wendigo subplot and sets up the next arc with a fairly big revelation that at least got my attention.
Unfortunately that’s really all the story has going for it. Ahmed’s script is repetitive to say the very least. Wolverine falls for obvious bait, rages out because of his past trauma, and calms himself down twice in the span of eight pages. I know the berserker stuff can be fun, but haven’t we gotten to the point where he’s made at least a little peace with his past?
Coccolo’s take on Wolverine is bizarre. The mask wing flap…things are out of control. Wendigo looks like a millennial pig dog. That isn’t to say that there aren’t bright spots. The layouts are fun and Coccolo draws a great action scene. The lead story looks rushed, though the second is an improvement. Frankly, the pacing of the main creative team’s entire narrative is weird.
All of that said, the bonus story by DWJ and Mike Spicer is a revelation. Johnson shifts seamlessly from his usual style to one clearly inspired by anime and old samurai movies, and Spicer washes the whole scene in deep, dark yellows, browns, and reds. The moment where Logan finally pops his claws, with the bit of Japanese Katakana that HAS to translate to “SNIKT,” is glorious.
I honestly didn’t expect to have so much to say about an issue that made me feel so little. Logan’s ongoing adventures deserve better. I’m a little intrigued by the new plot, and the DWJ story seems like a lock for next year’s Eisners. That’s just enough to get the issue into Skim It territory, but it’s a paper-thin margin.
Rating: LEAVE IT
Matt’s Reviews:
Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli
Godzilla Vs. Hulk #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Penciler by Giuseppe Camuncoli
Inks by Daniele Orlandini
Colors by Federico Blee
Letters by Ariana Maher
32 pages for $3.99
Solicit: ROUND TWO: VS. THE INCREDIBLE HULK! General Ross has no tolerance for monsters in any form. With the Thunderbolts, his anti-kaiju taskforce, he’s taken down or imprisoned the biggest and baddest monsters on the planet: Fin Fang Foom, Mothra, Kumonga, even the Hulk. Now all that’s left is his biggest hunt of all… GODZILLA. But the Thunderbolts’ efforts to bring their last monster to heel may just result in the most destructive battle royale to ever rock the earth. It’s time to figure out who’s really the strongest there is! ROUND TWO IN A SERIES OF SIX ONE-SHOT THROWDOWNS!
Review: Godzilla is gearing up for this summer’s Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe, and all signs point to the event taking place within Marvel’s classic 1970s Godzilla comic continuity. Gerry Duggan is writing the event, and his lead-up seems to reset that continuity with new twists on both Marvel and Godzilla characters.
The story is a romp, wasting no time getting to the giant monster-battling action—complete with the infamous Thunderbolt Ross and Bruce Banner piloting Mecha-Godzillas to take on Big G. Duggan’s script embraces the ridiculousness of classic Godzilla comics while also tapping into the wild energy of late-’60s and ’70s Godzilla films.
Camuncoli does a solid job capturing the classic Godzilla look, though a few panels suffer from over-inking, which slightly muddies the visuals and can make for some strange monster poses.
Godzilla vs. Hulk is a fun throwback to one of Marvel’s weirdest licensed series from the ’70s that is not afraid to lean into the King of the Monsters’ past in the Marvel Universe. After the all-too-serious tone of DC’s Godzilla vs. Justice League, Marvel’s return to its Godzilla continuity looks like it’s going to be a whole lot more fun, and fans are in for one wild crossover this summer.”
Rating: BUY IT
Cover by Sebastian Fiumara
Catwoman #75
DC Comics
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art and colors by Patricio Delpeche
Letters by Steve Wands
40 pages for $3.99
Solicit: IT’S THE BEGINNING OF THE END! Discover the ruinous event that sounded the death knell for Evie Hall and her compatriots and gave birth to Catwoman as we journey back to the beginning of the end of it all.
Review: I hadn’t checked in with Catwoman for a while, but there’s been a lot of positive buzz around Grønbekk’s All-In run, so this new story seemed like the perfect jumping-on point. And it is—as long as you know that Selina Kyle once operated under the alias *Evie Hall* during her criminal past. I didn’t know this until I did a little Google detective work, but it didn’t hinder the story at all.
Grønbekk uses Selina’s time as Evie to flesh out her backstory without stepping on existing continuity—undoubtedly to introduce an old enemy into her current arc. It feels a bit like Loeb and Lee’s Hush, and with Hush 2 out now, it’s a fitting time to explore Selina’s past. Here’s hoping this mystery is more effectively executed.
The story is a great entry point for fans of the heist-gone-wrong genre. We meet a crew of specialists with a perfect plan to steal some data during a spoiled rich kid’s sex party—but of course, no plan ever goes smoothly, and the last page leaves Evie/Selina in a very sticky situation.
Delpeche’s pop-art style and bold colors pair perfectly with Grønbekk’s script. Sam Fiumara’s incredible cover deserves a shout-out too—it really sets the tone.
Even without prior knowledge of the characters, the sharp dialogue and pacing carry the reader through to a strong cliffhanger. Catwoman #75 kicks off a promising new storyline exploring Selina’s past and looks to be in the capable hands of a great creative team.
Rating: BUY IT
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