2009 September « Weekly Comic Book Review

DMZ #45 – Review

Posted on September 13, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Wood (writer), Riccardo Burchielli (art), Jeromy Cox (colors), and Jared K. Fletcher (letters) The Story: Matty Roth takes on a more pro-active, and more violent, role in Parco Delgado’s government. What’s Good: When we last saw him in issue 40, Matty Roth had really hit a crossroads in his life, and this issue [...]

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The Unwritten #5 – Review

Posted on September 12, 2009 by paladinking

by Mike Carey (writer), Peter Gross (art), Chris Chuckry (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: We go back in time, witnessing Rudyard Kipling’s encounters with the shadowy, villainous group hounding Tom Taylor. What’s Good: Well-researched and a clear labor of love, this issue is really quite the achievement on Carey’s part. This is in [...]

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Dark Reign: The List – Avengers One Shot #1- Review

Posted on September 12, 2009 by tonyrak

Avengers feature by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) & Marko Djurdjevic (artist); Daredevil preview by Andy Diggle (writer) & Billy Tan (artist) It seems to be a prerequisite of all mega-maniacal geniuses in the Marvel Universe to carry a list. Reed Richards has one. I’m pretty sure Tony Stark’s got one too, although he may no [...]

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Thunderbolts #135 – Review

Posted on September 12, 2009 by paladinking

by Andy Diggle (writer), Miguel Sepulveda (art), Frank Martin (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: Black Widow and Songbird make a run for it. What’s Good: Diggle writes an interesting script for this issue, one that’s self-referential in many ways. Whenever a character says a line that sounds ridiculous, cliche, or out of character, [...]

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Adventure Comics #2 – Review

Posted on September 11, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Geoff Johns and Michael Shoemaker (writers), Francis Manapul and Clayton Henry (artists), Brian Buccellato and Brian Reber (colorists) The Stories: Johns opens the book on a squadron of military helicopters searching for Brainiac and Luthor, who have both just escaped. Brainiac and Luthor are in cahoots and nothing good is going to come of [...]

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Ultimate Comics Avengers #2 – Review

Posted on September 11, 2009 by tonyrak

By Mark Millar (writer), Carlos Pachecho (artist) The Story: The secret history of the Red Skull is revealed as Colonel Danvers reluctantly tasks Fury with putting together a black ops team to capture a rogue Captain America, who is still understandably distraught after last issue’s startling revelation. The Good: Millar again reminds us why this [...]

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Secret Six #13 – Review

Posted on September 11, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Gail Simone (writer), Nicola Scott with Carlos Rodriguez (pencillers), Doug Hazlewood with Rodney Ramos & Carlos Rodriguez (inkers) The Story: Half the team (Bane, Scandal and Jeannette) are on the run on the lunatic island prison with Artemis, who is looking to save other Amazons. The other half of the team (Deadshot, Catman and [...]

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Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 – Review

Posted on September 10, 2009 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Mike Deodato, Terry Dodson, & Rachel Dodson (art), Justin Ponsor & Christina Strain (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The ultimate showdown between the X-Men and the Dark Avengers/Dark X-Men. What’s Good: It’s really nice to be surprised every now and then. With every issue of this crossover ranging between [...]

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Kick-Ass #7 – Review

Posted on September 10, 2009 by rsg8101

By Mark Millar (writer) John Romita Jr. (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Dean White (colors) The Story: Red Mist’s ambush of Dave, Big Daddy, and Hit-Girl, comes to a brutal crescendo with the death of a major character, while Millar and Romita pay homage to the everyday fanboy. What’s Good: Well, this series has finally caught [...]

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Green Lantern Corps #40 – Review

Posted on September 10, 2009 by paladinking

by Peter J. Tomasi (writer), Patrick Gleason (pencils), Rebecca Buchman, Tom Nguyen & Prentis Rollins (inks), Randy Mayor & Gabe Eltaeb (colors), and Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Kyle Rayner battles his old lover, the Corps settles on who’s in charge of Oa with the Guardians gone, and the Black Lanterns do a good amount [...]

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The Wolverine Files – Review

Posted on September 10, 2009 by tonyrak

By Mike W. Barr (writer), assorted artists To begin with, a quiz: 1) Have you ever been caught sticking butter knives and/or other cutting utensils in between your fingers? 2) Are you calling your friends and family members “bub” so often that you’re forgetting their real names? 3) Do you frequently remind your co-workers that you are, [...]

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WCBR’s Picks Of The Week

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Ray Hilario

Ray’s Top Picks Best of the Past Week: Sweet Tooth #1 – Jeff Lemire new monthly series is off to a good start. With this debut issue, he introduces us to a character worth caring and thinking about. Sweet Tooth is off to become one of the best new books of the year. Most Anticipated: [...]

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Superman: World of New Krypton #7 – Review

Posted on September 9, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By James Robinson and Greg Rucka (writers), Pete Woods (artist), Nei Ruffino with Pete Pantazis (colorists) The Story: After the attempt on Zod’s life, New Krypton is paralyzed. One faction wants to declare war on Earth, and the other doesn’t know what to do. Then Zod comes out of the hospital long enough to promote [...]

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Red Robin #4 – Review

Posted on September 9, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Chris Yost (writer), Ramon Bachs (artist), Guy Major (colors and digital inks) The Story: Yost and Bachs continue to shuttle us back and forth between Tim Wayne’s past and present. In the past, he’s not dealing with well-meaning friends, but the new Batman in Gotham. In the present, he’s not just dealing with the [...]

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Agents of Atlas #10 – Review

Posted on September 9, 2009 by paladinking

by Jeff Parker (writer), Gabriel Hardman & Paul Rivoche (art), Elizabeth Dismang (colors), and Tom Orzechowski (letters) The Story: Jimmy Woo and company prepare for round two with Jade Claw and the Great Wall. What’s Good: This is quite possibly my favourite issue of the ongoing series thus far, as it demonstrates why Atlas is [...]

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Northlanders #20 – Review

Posted on September 9, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Wood (writer), Davide Gianfelice (art), Dave McCaig (colors), and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: A few naive young warriors hear the tale of Sven the Returned and decide to prove their worth by killing a legend. What’s Good: As he often does in Northlanders, Wood again makes characters and readers mirror one another. [...]

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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #2 – Review

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Ray Hilario

By Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), David Lafuente (Pencils), Justin Ponsor (Colorist) The Story: Johnny Storm returns, while it’s another day for Spider-Man: school and battling NY’s criminals. Meanwhile, somewhere in his monitor-filled hideout, Mysterio reveals his plans. What’s Good: Not a whole lot, considering that this was one giant “beat around the bush” issue filled [...]

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Agents of Atlas Vol. 1 – Review

Posted on September 8, 2009 by tonyrak

By Jeff Parker (writer), Carlos Pagulayan (artist), Jason Paz (inker), Jana Schirmer (colorist) Following Norman Osborn’s rise to power and abuse of the peacekeeping organization now known as H.A.M.M.E.R., James Woo and his comrades use the vast resources of the Atlas Foundation, the criminal empire Woo was destined to control, and take the only course [...]

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Batman #690 – Review

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Ray Hilario

By Judd Winick (Writer), Mark Bagley (Pencils), Rob Hunter & Jack Purcell (Inks) The Story: Batman battles Clayface, while his two rogues continue on with their obsessions. Penguin enlists the help of a mysterious figure to further his crimes, and Two-Face turns to teleportation to discover one of Batman’s secrets. What’s Good: Absolutely nothing. What’s [...]

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Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. #2 (Motion Comic) – Review

Posted on September 5, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Brian Michael Bendis (Script) and Alex Maleev (Art) w/ voice work by Nicolette Reed (Spider-Woman/Jessica Drew/Madame Hydra) and Anthony MacKenzie (Detective Chong) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I enjoyed the first Spider-Woman motion comic quite a bit. It was easily worth the cheap asking price, especially considering that it was something that actually felt [...]

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Wednesday Comics #9 – Review

Posted on September 4, 2009 by rsg8101

Batman by Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (artist) – Nice plot progression but confusing dialogue and motivation. Never enjoy seeing Batman get sucker punched by a common thug. He should be above that, no? B- Kamandi by Dave Gibbons (writer), Ryan Sook (artist)– War on Washington DC. The epic battle to save Caesar and Tuftan [...]

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Sweet Tooth #1 – Review

Posted on September 3, 2009 by paladinking

by Jeff Lemire (writer & artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters) The Story: Meet Gus, a strange animal/boy hybrid born in the wake of an apocalyptic pandemic. In this issue he deals with death, while he’s hunted by some bad men. Along the way, he meets a possible friend. What’s Good: I feel [...]

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Exiles #6 – Review

Posted on September 3, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Jeff Parker (Writer), Salva Espin (Art), and Anthony Washington (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: First Exiles… Then Agents of Atlas… Not cool Marvel… Not cool at all… The Story: The Exiles go back to finish their first mission. They also find out why Blink has been acting a bit strange… What’s Good and [...]

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Magog #1 – Review

Posted on September 3, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Keith Giffen (writer), Howard Porter (artist), John Dell (inks) The Story: A quick 1-page summary of Magog’s origin opens the book, but segues into a gruesome splash page that opens the book with a bang in Sudan. Magog is tracking illicit meta-tech that’s being used for nefarious ends. A mystery is in play. When [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #17 (World’s Most Wanted Chapter 10) – Review