Posted on May 31, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Script), Mike Perkins (Art), and Laura Martin (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The slow pace of The Stand is starting to get to me as a monthly reader. I realize that the book is adapting a fairly large work and that Stephen King is an author that likes to take his [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: American nightmares #3, Captain Tripps, comic reviews, Kyle Posluszny, Larry Underwood, Laura Martin, Marvel Adaptation, Marvel Comics, Mike Perkins, New Jersey, New York, Randall Flagg, Rita Blakemoor, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King, The Stand, The Stand American Nightmares #3 Review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 31, 2009 by paladinking
by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges (writers), Mark Buckingham (pencils), Andrew Pepoy (inks), Lee Loughridge (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: The Page sisters battle the Genres, Old Sam and Hansel finally get sick of one another, and Kevin Thorn tries to get around his brother, Writer’s Block. The Good: Not that it’s saying [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bigby, Bill Willingham, Comic Book Reviews, DC, Fables, Great Fables Crossover, Kevin Thorn, Literals, Mark Buckingham, Matthew Sturges, Page sisters, Snow White, The Literals #2 Review, The Literals #2 Weekly Comic Book Review, The Literals 2, Vertigo, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 31, 2009 by paladinking
by Brian Wood (writer), Vasilis Lolos (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Two vikings, champions for their respective lords, meet in a battle to the death on an icy plain. The Good: Wow. Just wow… This issue is truly a work of art and a testament to what a writer can do [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Alex Evans, Brian Wood, Comic Book Reviews, DC, DMZ, Northlanders, Northlanders #17 review, Northlanders 17, the viking art of single combat, Vasilis Lolos, Vertigo, Viking, Vikings, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 30, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Phil Hester (Writer), Michael Broussard (Pencils), Ryan Winn (Inks), and Arif Prianto (Colors) The Story: Jackie fights the lady with the red ribbon’s guardian and comes to learn the secret of the curse… and of his break with the Darkness. What’s Good: The battle between Jackie and the sand guardian feels adequately epic thanks [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Arif Prianto, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Kyle Posluszny, Michael Broussard, Phil Hester, Ryan Winn, The Darkness, The Darkness #77 Review, Top Cow, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Witchblade | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 29, 2009 by paladinking
by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Billy Tan (pencils), Matt Banning (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), and Albert Deschesne & Jimmy Betancourt (letters) The Story: It’s the Hood vs Son of Satan as a new Sorcerer Supreme is crowned. The Good: The definition of a solid New Avengers issue as Bendis does what he does best in [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Comic Book Reviews, Dark Reign, Dr. Strange, Marvel, New Avengers, New Avengers 53, New Avengers 53 review, Sorcerer Supreme, Spider-Man, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 29, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Brian Reed (Writer) and Sana Takeda (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I became a fan of Karla Sofen (Moonstone) back when she was part of the Thunderbolts, so it’s nice to see her finally playing a larger role in the Marvel universe. The Story: Ms. Marvel stops a meteor from crashing to earth [...]
Filed under: Other, Reviews, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Marvel Comics, Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers, Brian Reed, Sana Takeda, Norman Osborn, Thunderbolts, Moonstone, Weekly Comic Book Review, WCBR, comic reviews, Dark Reign, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Kyle Posluszny, Karla Sofen, Ms. Marvel #39 Review, M.O.D.O.K., A.I.M., Meteor, Storyteller, Weekly Comic Book Review Ms. Marvel #39 Review | 5 Comments »
Posted on May 29, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By John Arcudi (Script), Zach Howard (Pencils & Inks), Mark Irwin (Inks), and Wes Dzioba (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: It’s been a long time since I picked up an Aliens comic. Maybe a new number one is just the thing to get me back on board… The Story: A crew of scholars heads [...]
Filed under: Dark Horse Comics, Reviews | Tagged: alien, aliens, Aliens #1, Aliens #1 Review, Dark Horse Comics, H.R. Geiger, John Arcudi, Kyle Posluszny, Mark Irwin, Ridley Scott, Ripley, Sigourney Weaver, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wes Dzioba, Zach Howard | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 29, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Jerry Ordway (writer and artist), Bob Wiacek (colorist) The Story: Atom Smasher is wallowing in his sorrows in a bar when he’s called out by Stargirl, and told how Obsidian has gone weird, and has taken Green Lantern, Wildcat, the Flash, and Liberty Bell hostage. They then head to the mansion, and as it [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: bob wiacek, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Jerry Ordway, JSA, JSA #27, Justice Society of America, Justice Society of America #27, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 28, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost (Writers) and Clayton Crain (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The “Messiah War” storyline has been extremely hit or miss. It’s had a few good moments but as a whole, it’s been rather unsatisfying. I’d love for it to find some sort of consistent, quality groove, but at this [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Apocalypse, Bishop, Cable, Christopher Yost, Clayton Crain, comic reviews, Craig Kyle, Deadpool, Domino, Elixir, Hope, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Messiah War, Messiah War Chapter 4, Stryfe, Vanisher, Warpath, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-Force, X-Force #15 Review, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 27, 2009 by pozzyfreak
Ray’s Top Picks Best of the Past Week: Captain America #50 – From the cover to the end, this issue was simply the most entertaining read last week. Most Anticipated for this Week: Green Lantern #41- After Free Comic Book Day’s “Blackest Night” oneshot, my trust in Johns has been restored. Other Top Picks: JSA [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2009 by paladinking
by Warren Ellis (creator) and Steve Pugh (writer, art, and letters) The Story: Hotwire visits the “maximum security cemetery” in the hopes of finding some answers about the “ghost bombs” and ends up dealing with a paranormal jailbreak. The Good: The art in this issue is inexpressibly phenomenal. This is the best looking book yet [...]
Filed under: Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, blue light, Comic Book Reviews, Hotwire, Hotwire 3, Mobey, Radical, Radical Comics, Requiem for the Dead, Souleater, Steve Pugh, Warren Ellis, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 25, 2009 by rsg8101
By Tony Daniel (writer and pencils), Sandu Florea (inks), Ian Hannin and JD Smith (colors) The Story: As Gotham reals from the destructive attacks from the Black Mask, Nightwing assembles “The Network,” a band of Gotham heroes, to plot a response to the unprecedented terrorism that has been unleashed on the city. Afterwards, he confronts an unhinged Jason Todd who has attempted to [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Other, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Batman, Batman: Battle for the Cowl, Batman: Battle For The Cowl #3, Batman: Battle For The Cowl #3 - Review, DC Comic Reviews, DC Comics, Ian Hannin, JAson Todd, JD Smith, Nightwing, Robin, Sandu Florea, Tim Drake, Tony Daniel, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 25, 2009 by rsg8101
By Ed Brubaker (writer), Luke Ross (pencils, inks), Rick Magyar (inks), Frank D’Amarta (colors), Marcos Martin (writer and art) The Story: It’s Bucky’s birthday as he escapes a surprise attack by jet-packed, heat missile shooting, and fully armored right-wing extremists. Interspersed with his weaving and missile-ducking and saving the life of an innocent here and there, Bucky reminisces about birthday bashes [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Captain America #50, Captain America #50 - Review, Ed Brubaker, Frank D'Amarta, Luke Ross, Marcos Martin, Marvel Comics, Marvel Reviews, Rick Magyar, weekly comic book reviews | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 25, 2009 by rsg8101
By Joe Kelly (writer) Max Fiumara (pencils, inks), and Nestor Pereyra (colors) The Story: Our protagonist Enrico, full of pure innocence and unbridled optimism, goes on his first dragon egg hunt with a pack of unseemly and desperate characters. While working out his pervasive sense of loss over the death of his father, he meets other members of Boccini’s crew, as [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Review, Dragon Comic book, Four Eyes, Four Eyes #3, Four Eyes #3 - Review, Image comic reviews, Image Comics, Joe Kelly, Max Fiumara, Nestor Pereyra, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 24, 2009 by paladinking
by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Tony Harris (pencils), Jim Clark (inks), JD Mettler (colors), and Jared K Fletcher (letters) The Story: The mystery of the white box deepens as preparations are made for the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebrations. The Good: This issue is “slow-burn” at its finest. Vaughan knows how to thicken the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Wildstorm | Tagged: Bradbury, Brian K. Vaughan, Comic Book Reviews, DC, Ex Machina, Ex Machina 42, Ex Machina 42 review, Jack Pherson, Mitchell Hundred, New Year's Eve, Tony Harris, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, white box, Wildstorm | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 23, 2009 by paladinking
by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges (writers), Russ Braun (pencils), Jose Marzan Jr. (inks), Daniel Vozzo (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Bigby continues to feel Kevin Thorn’s wrath, Thorn continues to grapple with writer’s block, and the Page sisters decide to get in on the action. The Good: After a lacking Fables issue [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Other, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Bigby Wolf, Bill Willingham, DC, Fables, Great Fables Crossover, Great Fables Crossover 5, Jack, Jack of Fables, Jack of Fables 34, Kevin Thorn, Literals, Matthew Sturges, Page sisters, Russ Braun, Snow White, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 23, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By David Lapham (Writer), Koi Turnbull (Pencils), Scott Hanna & Mark Pennington (Inks), and Sotocolor’s C. Garcia (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The character work in the first issue of Terror Inc. impressed me far more than the plots being developed. I hope things get more exciting and less predictable in the second issue [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Apocalypse soon, comic reviews, David Lapham, Koi Turnbull, Kyle Posluszny, Mark Pennington, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Mr. Terror, Scott Hanna, Sotocolor's C. Garcia, Terror, Terror Inc., Terror Inc. Apocalypse Soon #2 Review, terrorism, Typhoid Mary, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 23, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Tim Seeley (Writer), Emily Stone (Artist), and Mark Englert (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Whether it be through dark comedy or some old-fashioned slasher movie gore, you can always count on Hack/Slash to deliver a good time. The Story: An unlikely hero emerges as Cassie and Vlad are helpless and at the mercy [...]
Filed under: Reviews | Tagged: Cassie Hack, Devil's Due Publishing, Emily Stone, Hack/Slash, Hack/Slash #22 Review, Kyle Posluszny, Mark Englert, Tim Seeley, Vlad, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 22, 2009 by paladinking
by Jeff Parker (writer), Carlo Pagulayan (pencils), Jason Paz (inks), Jana Schirmer (colors), and Nate Piekos (letters) The Story: Atlas takes on the New Avengers in one big, mighty brawl. The Good: Well, after how awkward the whole Captain American debacle was last issue, I expected this to be a complete disaster. After all, if [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Agents of Atlas, Agents of Atlas 5, Alex Evans, Atlas, Carlo Pagulayan, Comic Book Review, Comic Book Reviews, Dark Reign, Gorilla Man, Jeff Parker, Jimmy Woo, Marvel, Marvel Boy, Namora, New Avengers, Norman Osborne, Spider-Man, Temugin, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 22, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Jonathan Hickman (Script), Sean Chen (Pencils), Lorenzo Ruggiero (Inks), and John Rauch (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’ll be honest with you and admit that I had completely forgotten about the Dark Reign: Fantastic Four mini-series until this week’s shipping list reminded me about it. That probably says a lot about the first [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ben Grimm, Black Bolt, comic reviews, Dark Reign, Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #3 Review, Dr. Doom, Fantastic Four, Franklin Richards, H.A.M.M.E.R., Illuminati, Iron Man, John Rauch, Johnny Storm, Jonathan Hickman, Kyle Posluszny, Lorenzo Ruggiero, Magneto, Marvel comic Reviews, Marvel Comics, Namor, Norman Osborn, Pirates, Reed Richards, Sean Chen, Skrulls, Sue Storm, The Bridge, Tony Stark, Valeria Richards, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 22, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Andrew Kreisberg (writer), Mike Norton (artist), Joseph Rubenstein (inker) Some Thoughts Before the Review: While exploring the DC universe, I decided to check in on Green Arrow and Black Canary; two characters I haven’t paid a lot of attention to before. I jumped in at part five of the Enemies List arc. The Story: [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Andrew Kreisberg, Black Canary, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Green Arrow, Green Arrow & Black Canary #20, Green Arrow & Black Canary #20 Review, Mike Norton, Reviews, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 22, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Peter J. Tomasi (writer), Lee Garbett (artist), Trevor Scott (inker) The Story: We open with the origin of Vandal Savage (one of my favourite DC villains) and the Outsiders’ mission to find him. They use the fact that part of Rex’s power comes from the same meteor that empowered Vandal Savage to light him [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Co, DC Comic Reviews, DC Comics, Lee Garbett, outsiders, Outsiders #18, Outsiders #18 Review, Peter Tomasi, Trevor Scott, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 21, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Ron Marz (Writer) and Stjepan Sejic (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The War of the Witchblades got off to a solid start. Now that the stage is finally set, it’s time for the War to truly begin. I for one, can’t wait to see what happens. The Story: Tensions between Sara and Dani [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Angelus, comic reviews, Dani Baptiste, Darkness, Image Comics, Kyle Posluszny, Patrick Gleason, Ron Marz, Sara Pezzini, Stjepan Sejic, The Curator, The War of the Witchblades, Top Cow, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Witchblade, Witchblade #127, Witchblade #127 Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 21, 2009 by paladinking
by Rick Remender (writer), Jerome Opena (art), Dan Brown (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Frank lays siege to the Hood’s big base in New York City in the conclusion of Rick Remender’s first story arc. The Good: With every issue, I love Jerome Opena’s art more. It’s incredibly unique and a perfect fit [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: 3 inches of blood, Alex Evans, Comic Book Review, Comic Book Reviews, Dark Reign, Frank Castle, Jerome Opena, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Microchip, Norman Osborne, Punisher, Punisher 5, Rick Remender, The Hood, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 21, 2009 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Ron Garney (art), Jason Keith (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Logan seeks out the new Blackguard Weapon X commandos as, he heads to Columbia. Meanwhile, reporter Melita Garner decides to try to figure out who exactly Wolverine is. The Good: Jason Aaron really has a knack for Wolverine’s character. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adamantium Men, Alex Evans, Blackguard, Comic Book Review, Comic Book Reviews, Jason Aaron, Logan, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Maverick, Melita Garner, Ron Garney, WCBR, Weapon X, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine, Wolverine: Weapon X 2, X-Men | 1 Comment »
