Posted on June 6, 2009 by paladinking
by John Layman (writer and letterer) and Rob Guillory (art) The Story: In a strange world gripped by a chicken prohibition, Detective Tony Chu solves crimes with his unique ability to gain psychic impressions from whatever he eats. The Good As you can tell by the story synopsis, the concept is incredibly inventive, fresh, and [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, avian flu, Chew, Chew #1, chicken, Comic Book Reviews, FDA, Image Comics, John Layman, Rob Guillory, Tony Chu, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
Posted on June 5, 2009 by rsg8101
By Grant Morrison (writer), Frank Quitely (pencils, inks) Alex Sinclair (colors) The Story: Following the events of Battle for the Cowl, Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne reunite the dynamic duo in the new Batman and Robin. Meanwhile, a new crew of mysterious and freaky villains, led by a sadistic criminal known as the Pyg invades Gotham [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Batman, Batman, Batman and Robin, Batman and Robin # 1 - Review, Batman and Robin #1, Batman R.I.P., Comic Book Reviews, DC Comic review, DC Comics, Frank Quitely, Gotham, Grant Morrison, Pyg, Robin, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 5, 2009 by rsg8101
By Jeph Loeb (writer), David Finch (pencils), Danny Miki (inks), Peter Steigerweld (colors) Usually it is an ominous sign here at WCBR when we forgo our standard format when writing a review; and in the case of Ultimatium #4, this warning is well warranted. Before I tear into this dreadful piece of literature; this horrendous and hideous production, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Other, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Danny Miki, David Finch, Jeph Loeb, Marvel Reviews, Peter Steigerwald, Ultimate Universe, Ultimates, Ultimatum, Ultimatum #4, Ultimatum #4 - Review, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 5, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Jeff Parker (Writer), Salva Espin & Casey Jones (Pencils), Karl Kessler (Inks), and Anthony Washington (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Clever, funny, and visually pleasing, Jeff Parker’s Exiles series is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. The Story: Imprisoned in an alternate-reality Genosha for trying to overthrow Magneto’s reign, the Exiles must think [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Anthony Washington, Beast, Black Panther, Blink, Casey Jones, Comic Book Reviews, Exiles, Exiles #3 Review, Genosha, Jeff Parker, Karl Kessler, Kyle Posluszny, Magneto, Marvel Comics, Polaris, Salva Espin, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Witch, X-Men, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 4, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Greg Rucka and James Robinson (writers), Pete Woods (artist), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: Three Green Lanterns (Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Sodam Yat) come to investigate the appearance of a new planet in Earth’s system, New Krypton. General Zod isn’t impressed, but lets Kal-El and Tyr-Van show them around. Part way through their [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: DC Comics, Green Lantern, Greg Rucka, James Robinson, New Krypton, Pete Woods, Reviews, Superman, Superman: World of New Krypton #4 Review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zod | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 4, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Mike Grell (writer), Chad Hardin (artist), Mike Grell (colorist) The Story: Morgan, Machiste and Shakira are traveling through the shadowlands and come across people who tell them of a heroic man who sacrificed himself for these strangers. The people tell Morgan that they seek the Warlord, who will protect them. This greatly disturbs Morgan. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Chad Hardin, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Mike Grell, Skartaris, Tinder, Warlord, Warlord #3 Review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 4, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Mike Benson & Adam Glass (Writers), Carlo Barberi (Pencils), Sandu Florea (Inks), and Marte Gracia (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: So far, Suicide Kings has been generic, dumb, immature, and gratuitous (in terms of both violence and sexuality). That said, it’s also been funny, enjoyably crazy, and sure of its target audience. The [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adam Glass, Carlo Barberi, comic reviews, Daredevil, Deadpool, Deadpool: Suicide Kings, Deadpool: Suicide Kings #3 Review, Kyle Posluszny, Marte Gracia, Marvel Comics, Matt Murdoch, Merc With a Mouth, Mike Benson, Punisher, Sandu Florea, Spider-Man, Tombstone, Wade Wilson, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 3, 2009 by rsg8101
By Joe Kelly (writer), Paulo Siqueira (pencils), Amilton Santos (inks), Jeremy Cox (colors) The Story: As Harry Osborn makes his move to the “Dark Side,” by accepting a job with his father, Norman and his Dark Avengers, Peter decides to proactively protect Harry while scoring some revenge points against Norman. Meanwhile, Norah infiltrates Avengers Tower while trying [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #596, Amazing Spider-Man #596 - Review, American Son, Amilton Santos, ASM, dark avengers, Dark Reign, Harry Osborn, Jeremy Cox, Joe Kelly, Marvel Reviews, Norman Osborn, Paulo Siqueira, Spider-Man | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 3, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), Mike Deodato (Artist), and Rain Beredo (Colorist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Dark Avengers is easily my favorite Avengers title at the moment. That said, it’s the art and character work I look forward to, not the storyline. Maybe that will change now that the first arc seems to be [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis, Bullseye, Captain Marvel, Clint Barton, comic reviews, Daken, dark avengers, Dark Avengers #5 Review, Dark Reign, Hawkeye, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Mike Deodato, Ms. Marvel, New Avengers, Noh Varr, Norman Osborn, Rain Beredo, Spider-Man, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine | 7 Comments »
Posted on June 3, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Andrew Cosby (Story), Michael Alan Nelson (Script), Francesco Biagini (Art), and Matthew Wilson (Colors) The Story: In a post-apocalyptic future, Nick Masters is a courier that risks life and limb to travel from town to town, delivering packages (whatever they may be). With his kidnapped sister’s life on the line, Nick has 72 hours [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios, Reviews | Tagged: Andrew Cosby, Boom! Studios, Dead Run #1, Dead Run #1 review, Francesco Biagini, Kyle Posluszny, Mad Max, Mark Waid, Matthew Wilson, Michael Alan Nelson, Transporter, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 2, 2009 by pozzyfreak
Ray’s Top Picks Best Of The Past Week: Wonder Woman #32 – Gail Simone seriously took this character/ book to a whole new level. Most Anticipated For This Week: Batman and Robin #1 – A Dynamic Duo for the Dynamic Duo… I’m really looking forward to Morrison kicking ass again. And thank you lord for [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Batman and Robin #1, comic book picks of the week, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Exiles #3, Marvel Comics, Superman: World of New Krypton #4, War of Kings #4, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 2, 2009 by rsg8101
By Mark Waid (writer), Peter Krause (pencils, inks), Andrew Dalhouse (colors) The Story: The Plutonian falls deeper into depravity as s his troubling psychosis is revealed in this issue. The super villains of the Irredeemable Universe band together in the HQ of one of their fallen enemies to hatch a plan to win the Plutonian to their side, while the Plutonian’s former allies [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios, Reviews | Tagged: Andrew Dalhouse, Boom!, Boom! Reviews, Boom! Studios, Comic Book Reviews, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #3, Irredeemable #3 - Advanced Review, Irredeemable #3 - Review, Mark Waid, Peter Krause, The Plutonian, weekly comic book reviews | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 2, 2009 by Ray Hilario
10 Years of Frank Quitely By: Raymond Hilario With Batman and Robin around the corner, fans are once again treated to the amazing work of Frank Quitely. Who can honestly think of a better artist to compliment one of DC’s best writers to tackle the dynamic duo? We can all expect good things from Quitely [...]
Filed under: Features | Tagged: All Star Batman And Robin #10, All Star Superman #6, American Virgin, Batman and Robin, Batman and Robin #1, Bite Club, Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison, JLA: Earth 2, New X-Men #116, Sandman: Endless Nights, The Authority #18, We3, X-Statix #4 | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 2, 2009 by rsg8101
By Damon Lindelof (writer), Leinil Francis Yu (pencils, inks), Dave McCaig (colors) The Story: With Forge’s restrainers in tow, Wolverine hatches his end-game plan against the Hulk and his consort, She-Hulk. After disposing of the latter he make his move against the Hulk only to be outsmarted by Fury who, as always, is one-step ahead of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Damon Lindelof, Dave McCaig, Hulk, Leinil Francis Yu, Marvel Reviews, Nick Fury, She Hulk, Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk, Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk #6, Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk #6 - Review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 2, 2009 by paladinking
by Joshua Luna (writer and letters) and Jonathan Luna (art) The Story: Dara vs Knossos – Round 2. The Good: As I expected, this is an issue that’s packed with lots of action. What I especially liked with the action here is how the Luna Brothers gave a great sense of the collateral damage and [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, Dara Brighton, Demetrios, Image Comics, Knossos, Luna Brothers, Malia, The Sword, The Sword 17, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 2, 2009 by paladinking
by Garth Ennis & Jimmy Palmiotti (writers), Mihailo Vukelic (art), and Simon Bowland (letters) The Story: The conclusion of this limited series sees Bob Saetta finally having his showdown with brother “Paul the Wall,” but not before he learns a little secret about his wife Penny. The Good: As anyone who’s ever opened an issue [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Back to Brooklyn, Back to Brooklyn 5, Bob Saetta, Comic Book Reviews, crime comics, Garth Ennis, Image Comics, Jimmy Palmiotti, Mafia, Paul the Wall, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 2, 2009 by paladinking
by Garth Ennis (writer), Carlos Ezquerra (pencils), Hector Ezquerra (inks), Tony Avina (colors), and Simon Bowland (letters) The Story: Our tankies continue to try to find a company to rendezvous with in the midst of an increasingly poorly organized war effort. The Good: The series once again does a great job of detailing the vulnerability [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Battlefields, Battlefields: Tankies 2, Carlos Ezquerra, Comic Book Reviews, Dynamite Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Garth Ennis, Tankies, war stories, Weekly Comic Book Review, WWII, WWII tanks | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 2, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Mark Millar (Writer), Steve McNiven (Penciler), Dexter Vines & Jay Leisten (Inkers), and Morry Hollowell w/ Nathan Fairbairn & Paul Mounts (Colorists) Some Thoughts Before The Review: “Old Man Logan” is definitely going to go down as one of the most memorable Wolverine stories ever told. The concepts, the characters, and the crazy action [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Captain America, comic reviews, Dexter Vines, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Jay Leisten, Kyle Posluszny, Mark Millar, Marvel Comics, Morry Hollowell, Nathan Fairbairn, Old Man Logan, Old Man Logan Chapter 7 Review, Paul Mounts, Red Skull, Steve McNiven, Super-Soldier Serum, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, Wolverine #72 Review, wolverine 72, X-Men | 4 Comments »
Posted on June 2, 2009 by Ray Hilario
By Geoff Johns (writer), Philip Tan, Eddy Barrows (artists), Jonathan Clapion, Ruy Jose, Julio Ferreira (inks) I really wish I can write a review for this book in our typical format, but there just isn’t enough good to write about. Earlier this week, I had chosen this book to be my top pick for Wednesday. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: agent orange, agent orange part 3, Blackest Night, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #41, Green Lantern #41 Review, Philip Tan, Sinestro Corp, The Blackest Night, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 2, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Gail Simone (writer), Aaron Lopresti (artist), Matt Ryan (colorist) The Story: Wonder Woman goes after Genocide. Neither is taking prisoners. What’s Good: Genocide continues to threaten the absolute destruction of Wonder Woman’s world, both personally and literally. She is a brilliant villain for Diana; giving this issue a kick-ass superhero fight that should be [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Gail Simone, Matt Ryan, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 1, 2009 by rsg8101
By Joe Kelly (writer), Phil Jimenez (pencils), Andy Lanning (inks), Chris Chuckry (colors) The Story: The living specter of the Green Goblin bears down into Pete’s life as Norman Osborn tries to play father-of-the-year by offering a job to Harry. Speaking of screwed up family issues, Peter and JJ, soon-to-be brothers, attend the celebration of Aunt May’s [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man # 595, Amazing Spider-Man # 595 - Review, American Son, Andy Lanning, Chris Chuckry, Green Goblin, Joe Kelly, Marvel Review, Norman Osborne, Phil Jimenez, Spider-Man, Weekly Comic Book Review | 7 Comments »
Posted on June 1, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Christos N. Gage (Script), Humberto Ramos (Art), and Edgar Delgado (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Avengers: The Initiative is downright reliable. The storylines are a perfect fit for the style of the series, the artwork is almost always solid, and the character work is handled in a way that manages to impress each [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Avengers: The Initiative, Avengers: The Initiative #24 Review, Bengal, comic reviews, Constrictor, dark avengers, Dark Reign, Gauntlet, Hardball, Hydra, Kyle Posluszny, Madripoor, Marvel Comics, Norman Osborn, Taskmaster, Typhoid Mary, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 1, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (Writers), Ryan Stegman (Pencils), Terry Pallot (Inks), and Raul Trevino (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I love how Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente blend the Greek myth with the Marvel universe in Incredible Hercules. It helps to give the series a very unique feel. The Story: [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aegis, Amadeus Cho, Athena, Casino, Charon, comic reviews, Erebus, Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak, Hebes, Hera, Hercules, Incredible Hercules, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Pluto, Raul Trevino, Ryan Stegman, Terry Pallot, The Incredible Hercules #129 Review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Zeus | Leave a Comment »
