By Greg Pak (writer), Ariel Olivetti (art) The Story: For those who missed Incredible Hulk #600, here’s a quick update: the Hulk is no more and all that’s left is puny Banner. This issue is the first day of the rest of Bruce’s life living Hulk free as he tries to be a hero as [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ariel Olivetti, comic books, Greg Pak, Incredible Hulk, Incredible Hulk #601, Incredible Hulk #601 - Review, Marvel Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
By Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (Writers) and Mike Choi & Sonia Oback (Art) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The last issue of X-Force gave me the feeling that the creative team behind it was desperately trying to get the series back up to speed after the miserable Messiah War storyline. I look forward to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Beast, Chris Yost, Comic Book Reviews, Craig Kyle, Cyclops, Disney, Frost Giants, H.A.M.M.E.R., Hellion, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Mike Choi, Sonia Oback, Surge, Warpath, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolfsbane, Wolverine, X-23, X-Force, X-Force #18 Review, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
By Brian Reed (Writer) and Sana Takeda (Art) Some Thoughts Before The Review: While the artist changes are quite annoying, The War of the Marvels has been pretty interesting so far. I just hope that Brian Reed pulls it all together because, let’s face it, the series has been a bit odd since Karla Sofen [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brian Reed, Carol Danvers, Comic Book Reviews, dark avengers, Dark Reign, Karla Sofen, Marvel Comics, Ms. Marvel, Ms. Marvel #44, Ms. Marvel #44 Review, Norman Osborn, Sana Takeda, The War of the Marvels, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
By Scott Lobdell (Writer) and Guillem March (Art) Some Thoughts Before The Review: While the art has been fantastic, everything else about Gotham City Sirens has been, at best, average. Maybe writer Scott Lobdell can turn things around a bit.. I’m fairly certain that artist Guillem March will hold up his end of the book. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Batman, Batman Reborn, Catwoman, cheesecake, Comic Book Reviews, Conundrum, DC Comics, Ed Nigma, Edward Nigma, Gotham, Gotham City Sirens, Gotham City Sirens #3 Review, Guillem March, Harley Quinn, Hush, Kyle Posluszny, Poison Ivy, Riddler, Scott Lobdell, Selina Kyle, Sexy, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 2 Comments »
By Geoff Johns (writer) Doug Mahnke (pencils), Cristian Alamy, Doug Mahnke, and Tom Nguyen (inks) and Randy Mayor (color) The Story: Geoff Johns shifts focus from the Barry and Hal vs newly resurrected Martian Manhunter slugfest to the exploration of greater DC cosmos as the Universe comes apart from Blackest Night. The main focus of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abin Sur, Black Lanterns, Blackest Night, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, Cristian Alamy, DC Comic Reviews, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #45, Green Lantern #45 - Review, Randy Mayor, Sinestro, Tom Nguyen, weekly comic book reviews | 1 Comment »
By Brian Reed (Writer), Chris Bachalo (Pencils & Colors), Rob Disalvo (Pencils & Inks), Tim Townsend w/ Mendoza & Sibal (Inks), and Andres Mossa w/ Fabela (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Note to Marvel: I demand a Brian Reed/Chris Bachalo Sinister Spider-Man ongoing series. It’d compliment the twisted Daniel Way/Paco Medina Deadpool series quite [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Other, Reviews | Tagged: Spider-Man, Marvel Comics, Chris Bachalo, Brian Reed, Spider-Man, Tim Townsend, Norman Osborn, Comic Book Reviews, Weekly Comic Book Review, WCBR, Andres Mossa, Mendoza, J. Jonah Jameson, Dark Reign, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Kyle Posluszny, Rob Disalvo, Sibal, Fabela, The Redeemer, Sinister Spider-Man #3 Review, Dark Reign Sinister Spider Man #3 Review, General Wolfram | Leave a Comment »
Some Thoughts Before The Review: While it’s been far from spectacular, I actually think I’ve enjoyed the Dark X-Men mini-series more than I’ve enjoyed the Utopia main event so far. “Hidden Depths” By Paul Cornell (Writer), Leonard Kirk (Pencils), and Brian Reber (Colors) The Story: Allowed in, Emma Frost travels through Namor’s subconscious looking for [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aurora, Brian Reber, Comic Book Reviews, dark avengers, Dark Reign, Dark X-Men, Dark X-Men The Beginning #3 Review, Dave Stewart, Emma Frost, Get Mystique!, Hidden Depths, Jason Aaron, Jock, Leonard Kirk, Marvel Comics, Namor, Norman Osborn, Paul Cornell, Paul Davidson, Rain Beredo, Simon Spurrier, The One Who Got Away, Utopia, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, X-Men, X-Men | 2 Comments »
by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges (writers), Jesus Merino (art), Allen Passalaqua (colors), and Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: The JSA fight back, getting a little extra help from a new member, before returning to the Brownstone to discover the wounded Mr. Terrific. Meanwhile, cracks are beginning to develop in the team that may reach [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alan Scott, Alex Evans, Bill Willingham, Comic Book Reviews, comic review, comic reviews, DC Comics, Dr. Fate, Fables, Green Lantern, Jesus Merino, JSA, Justice Society, Justice Society 30, Justice Society of America, Magog, Matthew Sturges, Power Girl, Stargirl, The Flash, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wildcat | 1 Comment »
By Daniel Way (Writer), Shawn Crystal (Pencils), John Lucas (Inks), and Lee Loughridge (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Piratepool brought the funny last issue. I’m assuming that he’ll do the same in Deadpool #14. The Story: Deadpool, his parrot (Hydra Bob), and his “blind pirate wench” face off against the pirate known as Wackbeard. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Daniel Way, Deadpool #14, Deadpool #14 Review, Hydra Bob, John Lucas, Kyle Posluszny, Lee Loughridge, Marvel Comics, Merc With a Mouth, Pirates, Shawn Crystal, Wade Wilson, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
by Greg Rucka (writer), J.H. Williams III (art), Cully Hamner (back-up art), Dave Stewart (colors), Laura Martin (back-up colors), Todd Klein (letters), and Jared K. Fletcher (back-up letters) The Story: Batwoman narrowly escapes the clutches of the Religion of Crime, thanks to some unlikely allies. Meanwhile, the Question gets away, only to return to deliver [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: 52, Abbott, Alex Evans, Alice, Batman, Batman, Batman Reborn, Batwoman, Comic Book Reviews, comic review, comic reviews, DC Comics, Detective Comics, Detective Comics #856, Greg Rucka, JH Williams III, Kate Kane, Religion of Crime, Renee Montoya, The Question, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
By Matt Fraction (Writer), Luke Ross (Pencils & Inks), Rick Magyar & Mark Pennington (Inks), and Dean White (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Anyone else getting annoyed by “X” crossovers? First the Messiah War came and screwed up all the momentum that X-Force had. Then Utopia started and completely derailed the Dark Avengers… The [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Cyclops, Dark Avengers #8 Review, Dark Avengers Utopia, Dean White, Emma Frost, Kyle Posluszny, Luke Ross, Mark Pennington, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Norman Osborn, Rick Magyar, Scott Summer, Uncanny X-Men, Utopia Chapter 5, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, X-Men, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
By Grant Morrison (writer), Frank Quitely (artist), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Dick Grayson, the new Batman, is still trying to cement his positionas the Dark Knight, as Gotham doesn’t buy him. Meanwhile, Robin has taken off on his own. As the dynamic duo go their separate ways, Professor Pyg and his band of sadistic [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Batman, Batman, Batman and Robin #3, Batman and Robin #3 review, Bucky, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, Damian Wayne, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, DS Arsenault, Frank Quitely, Gotham, Grant Morrison, Professor Pyg, Robin, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
By Gail Simone (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: Black Canary and Wonder Woman are shopping in Tokyo, waiting for their next meta-human cage fight as they hunt their prey. Diana continues to struggle with balancing the Amazonian and human cultures through her observations of Dinah. When they go [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Birds of Paradise, Black Canary, Brad Anderson, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Gail Simone, Matt Ryan, Nemesis, Pele, Trinity, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman | 1 Comment »
by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Dale Eaglesham (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: After fighting a gang of robots in typical FF style, Reed enters the Bridge to meet a “council” of very familiar faces. What’s Good: As a Fantastic Four comic, Hickman’s first go is generally a success for being 22 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Ben Grimm, Comic Book Reviews, comic review, comic reviews, Dale Eaglesham, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four #570, Franklin Richards, Galactus, Human Torch, Infinity Gauntlet, Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm, Jonathan Hickman, Marvel Comics, Mr. Fantastic, Nu-World, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, The Thing, The Wizard, Val Richards, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
By Brian Michael Bendis (Script) and Alex Maleev (Art) w/ voice work by Nicolette Reed (Spider-Woman/Jessica Drew), Stephanie K. Thomas (Abigail Brand), and Geoff Boothby (Spider-Man) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Since the Spider-Woman motion-comic is quite a bit different than your average comic, I’ll be reviewing it by breaking down each of its different [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Brand, Alex Maleev, Brian Michael Bendis, Comic Book Reviews, Geoff Boothby, Itunes, Jessica Drew, Kyle Posluszny, Madripoor, Marvel Comics, Motion-Comic, Nicolette Reed, S.W.O.R.D., Skrulls, Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Spider-Woman Agent of Sword #1 REview, Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. #1 Review, Stephanie K. Thomas, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
by Ed Brubaker (writer), Ann Nocenti (second feature writer), Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano, Klaus Janson, Chris Samnee, and Paul Azaceta (art), David Aja (second feature art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Battles with the Hand and bad guys aplenty sees Matt Murdock finding himself in a role in which he never [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: 3 Jacks, Ann Nocenti, Black Tarantula, Bullseye, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dakota North, Daredevil, Daredevil 500, Dark Reign, Dark Reign: the List, David Aja, Ed Brubaker, Frank Miller, Izo, Kingpin, Lady Bullseye, Marvel Comics, Matt Murdock, Michael Lark, Return of the King, the Hand, the Owl, Weekly Comic Book Review, White Tiger, Wilson Fisk | 2 Comments »
Ray’s Top Picks Best of the Past Week: Daredevil #500 – Brubaker delivers in this 500th issue by giving us an unforgettable chapter in DD’s life. Plus I didn’t mind revisiting Frank Miller’s tale. Most Anticipated: Green Lantern #45 – It’s Sinestro vs. his deceased comrades from the Sinestro Corps War… Nevertheless, I’m reading anything [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Avengers: The Initiative #27, Batman & Robin #3, Batman and Robin #3, Batman: Widening Gyre #1, Dark Avengers #8, Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #3, Deadpool #14, Detective Comics #856, Fantastic Four #570, Ghost Rider: Trials and Tribulations TPB, Gotham City Sirens #3, Green Lantern #45, Guardians of the Galaxy #17, JSA #30, Justice Society of America #30, Ms. Marvel #44, New Avengers #56, Secret Six: Unhinged TPB, Secret Warriors #7, The Flash: Rebirth #4, Wednesday Comics #8, Wonder Woman #35, X-Force #18 | Leave a Comment »
by Robert Kirkman (writer), Ryan Ottley (pencils), Cliff Rathburn (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors) The Story: An epilogue to the Conquest arc sees relationships solidified and a preview of threats to come. What’s Good: This issues serves as something of a breather after the back to back hell-rides that were the Invincible War and the Conquest [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Atom Eve, Cliff Rathburn, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Conquest, Fco Plascencia, Image Comics, INVINCIBLE, invincible #65 review, Invincible 65, Mark Grayson, Rex Splode, Robert Kirkman, Robot, Ryan Ottley, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges (writers), Russ Braun (pencils), Jose Marzan Jr. (inks), Daniel Vozzo (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Jack Frost sets out to carve a life of his own as a hero, disowning his mother’s powers and returning to the dead heart of the Empire. What’s Good: I’m digging the [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: DC Comics, Vertigo, Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham, Comic Book Reviews, Fables, Weekly Comic Book Review, comic reviews, Alex Evans, Todd Klein, Jack of Fables, Literals, Jack Frost, Page sisters, Russ Braun, Jack Horner, Pathetic Fallacy, Gary, Jack of Fables 37 | Leave a Comment »
By Ron Marz (Writer) and Stjepan Sejic (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: One big problem that I have with events is that once one gets rolling, I can’t help but think about what’s going to happen after it. Is the Witchblade going to become whole again? Is one of the main characters going to [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Other, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Angelus, Comic Book Reviews, Dani Baptiste, Darkness, Image Comics, Kyle Posluszny, Patrick Gleason, Ron Marz, Sara Pezzini, Stjepan Sejic, The War of the Witchblades, Top Cow, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Witchblade, Witchblade #129 Review | 1 Comment »
