Posted on October 31, 2009 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Yanick Paquette (pencils), Michel Lacombe (inks), Nathan Fairbairn (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Wolverine finds himself a patient in a very strange mental asylum, unsure of who or where he is. What’s Good: This is an amazing book and is not only the best issue of Aaron’s new series [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dr. Rot, Dunwich, Insane in the Brain, Jason Aaron, Logan, Marvel, Patient X, sanitarium, Weapon X, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine, WOLVERINE: WEAPON X # 6 review, Wolverine: Weapon X #6, X-Men, X-Men, Yanick Paquette | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 31, 2009 by joelopez101
by James Robinson (writer), Fernando Dagnino & Raul Fernandez (art) The Story: Mon-El, Superman’s replacement on Earth, finds himself a prisoner of the anti-Kryptonian Project 7734, run by General Lane. When one of his captors is revealed to have their own personal agenda, the possibility of escape arises. What’s Good: After having him missing for a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Fernando Danino, James Robinson, Superman, Superman, Superman #693, Superman #693 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 31, 2009 by joelopez101
by Paul Dini (writer), Guillem March (art) The Story: The Sirens’ pad gets wrecked by an angry Joker, looking to get rid of old flame Harley Quinn. Catwoman and Poison Ivy decide that enough is enough, and aim to bring the maniac down, permanently. However, our lovely trio end up discovering the object of their [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Catwoman, Gotham City Sirens, Gotham City Sirens #5, Gotham City Sirens #5 review, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivey | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 31, 2009 by pozzyfreak
by Brian Reed (Writer) and Sana Takeda (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Ms. Marvel #46 marks the end of the War of the Marvels arc. While it’s been decent, I have my doubts about whether Brian Reed can pull his strange story together well enough to make it all worth it. The Story: Catherine [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Brian Reed, Carol Danvers, Catherine Donovan, Comic Book Reviews, dark avengers, Karla Sofen, Kyle Posluszny, Moonstone, Ms. Marvel, Ms. Marvel #46, Ms. Marvel #46 Review, Sana Takeda, The War of the Marvels, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 30, 2009 by pozzyfreak
“All We Want Is The World And Everything In It” by Jason Aaron (Writer), Esad Ribic (Pencils), Tom Palmer (Inks), and Matthew Wilson (Colors) “A Good Man” by Jason Aaron (Writer) and Udon Studios (Art) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Jason Aaron is easily the best Wolverine writer at the moment, so any comic that [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: A Good Man, All We Want Is The World And Everthing In It, Comic Book Reviews, Dark Reign, Dark Reign: the List, Dark Reign: The List - Wolverine, Dark Reign: The List - Wolverine #1, Dark Reign: The List - Wolverine #1 review, Dark Reign: The List - Wolverine Review, Esad Ribic, Fantomex, Grant Morrison, Jason Aaron, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Boy, Marvel Comics, Matthew Wilson, Noh Varr, Norman Osborn, The List, The List Wolverine Review, The World, Tom Palmer, Udon Studios, WCBR, Weapon X, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 30, 2009 by paladinking
by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: It’s New Avengers vs. Dark Avengers as Luke Cage goes under the knife. What’s Good: Well, there’s a bunch of action in the comic, and that’s never a bad thing. However, what’s best about [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ares, Avengers, Bendis, Brian Michael Bendis, Bucky, Bucky Cap, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daken, Dark Reign, Dr. Harrow, Hawkeye, Iron Patriot, Luke Cage, Marvel, Mockingbird, New Avengers, New Avengers #58, New Avengers #58 review, Norman Osborn, power drainer, Ronin, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Stuart Immonen, Venom, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 30, 2009 by DS Arsenault
by Matthew Sturges and Bill Willingham (writers), Jesus Merino (art), Allen Passalaqua (color), Rachel Gluckstern (assistant editor), Mike Carlin (editor) The Story: The Bad Seed, Part 4: Power Girl, the Flash and Mr. America struggle to find out who killed Mr. Terrific. In the meantime, Dr. Midnight discovers that the Green Lantern has been using [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Allen Passalaqua, Bill Willingham, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Dr. Fate, Dr. Midnight, DS Arsenault, Flash, Jay Garrick, Jesus Merino, JSA, Justice Society of America, Justice Society of America #32, Justice Society Of America #32 review, King Chimera, Matthew Sturges, Mike Carlin, Mr. America, Mr. Terrific, Power Girl, Rachel Gluckstern, Star Girl, The Bad Seed, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 29, 2009 by joelopez101
by Geoff Johns (Writer), Doug Mahnke (art) The Story: The Black Lanterns enter the War of Light as Green Lantern Hal Jordan and his archenemy Sinestro are both confronted with faces from the past. What’s Good: You’d think that with Johns’ handling the scripting chores on both the core Blackest Night title as well this [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Balckest Night, Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #47, Green Lantern #47 review, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps, The Blackest Night | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 29, 2009 by joelopez101
by Geoff Johns (writer), Gary Frank (art), Jon Sibal (art) The Story: The tale of Superboy’s first meeting with the 30th Century Legion of Super-Heroes is re-imagined for modern times. Meanwhile, a young Lex Luthor puts plans in motion that will lead him to his destiny. What’s Good: Secret Origin has thankfully begun to hit its [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Superman, Superman, Superman: Secret Origin, Superman: Secret Origin #2, Superman: Secret Origin #2 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 29, 2009 by joelopez101
by Tony Daniel (writer/ artist), Sandu Florea (artist) The Story: Batman works with Catwoman to bring down villain Black Mask’s False Face Society, while a familiar crime family returns to Gotham City. What’s Good: I didn’t have the greatest confidence in my enjoying this issue when it was originally solicited. The return of Tony Daniel [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman, Batman #692, Batman #692 review, Black Mask, Catwoman, Comic Book Reviews, Tony Daniel, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 28, 2009 by DS Arsenault
by Gail Simone (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Sean Ryan (associate editor), Elizabeth Gehrlein (editor) The Story: Warkiller, Part 2: Diana’s early morning privacy is disturbed by Ares (whom we last saw with Diana’s axe in his head), who has come to promise her that even though he is dead, he isn’t done with her. He’s [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Achilles, Alkyone, Ares, Bernard Chang, Chris Claremont, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Donna Troy, DS Arsenault, Elizabeth Gehrlein, Gail Simone, Klingon, Magneto, Ororo, Sean Ryan, Warkiller, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #37, Wonder Woman #37 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 28, 2009 by DS Arsenault
by JT Krul (writer), Ed Benes (art), Rex Ogle (assistant editor), Brian Cunningham and Eddie Berganza (editors) The Story: The Titans are trapped in a massive slugfest with the dead. What’s Good: Krul did a great job of tying a lot of the feeling of Blackest Night together. Blackest Night is about making every hero [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Beast Boy, Blackest Night, Blackest Night: Titans #3, Blackest Night: Titans #3 review, Brian Cunningham, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, DC Comics, Donna Troy, DS Arsenault, Ed Benes, Eddie Berganza, Green Lantern, James Robinson, JLA, JT Krul, Rex Ogle, Starfire, Titans, Troya, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 27, 2009 by pozzyfreak
by John Layman (Writer) and Rob Guillory (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Chew is definitely something special. There just isn’t anything even remotely like it on the stands right now. Uniqueness can only get something so far though. Thankfully, Chew’s got enough personality and cool ideas to earn an easy recommendation from me. That [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Chew, Chew #5, Chew #5 Review, Comic Book Reviews, Image Comics, John Layman, Kyle Posluszny, Mason Savoy, Rob Guillory, Tony Chu, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 27, 2009 by Ray Hilario
Kyle’s Top Picks Pick of the Week: Invincible Iron Man #19 – An epic finish to an epic arc, the final chapter of World’s Most Wanted worked in nearly every way. While the artwork left something to be desired, Fraction’s story definitely ended on one hell of a note. I can’t wait to dive into [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Avengers: The Initiative #29, Blackest Night #4, Blackest Night: Titans #3, Buck Rogers #5, Dark Avengers: Ares #1, Dark Reign: The List - Punisher & Wolverine one-shots, Dark Reign: Young Avengers #5, Detective Comics #858, Fantastic Four #572, Gotham City Sirens #5, Green Lantern #47, Guardians of the Galaxy #19, Hack/Slash #27, Ignition City #5, Incredible Hercules #137, Jack of Fables #39, Justice Society of America #32, Madame Xanadu #16, Ms. Marvel #46, New Avengers #58, Northlanders #21, Secret Warriors #9, Ultimate Comics: Avengers #3, Unknown Soldier #13, Wolverine: Weapon X #6, Wonder Woman #37, X-Force #20, X-Force/ New Mutants: Necrosha One-Shot #1 | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 27, 2009 by paladinking
by Robert Kirkman (writer), Cory Walker (pencils & inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Nolan and Allen continue their quest to collect weapons for the war against the Viltrumites. What’s Good: The Nolan/Allen dynamic is still a fun one and it’s just enough to keep this issue alive. The optimistic Alan [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Allen the Alien, Coalition of Planets, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Cory Walker, Dave McCaig, Image Comics, INVINCIBLE, INVINCIBLE #67, Invincible #67 review, Nolan, Omni-Man, Robert Kirkman, Scourge Virus, Viltrum, Viltrumite, Viltrumite War, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 26, 2009 by tonyrak
by J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Jesus Saiz (artist) The Story: After sustaining injuries from an experiment gone awry, the Flash finds himself in World War Two Belgium and joins up with the Blackhawks in an effort to survive the war long enough to heal and find a way back to his own time. The Good: [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Blackhawks, Comic Book Reviews, J. Michael Straczynski, Jesus Saiz, The Brave and the Bold #28, The Brave and the Bold #28 review, The Flash, Tony Rakittke, Weekly Comic Book Review, World War II | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 25, 2009 by pozzyfreak
by Victor Gischler (Writer), Bong Dazo (Pencils), Jose Pimentel (Inks), and Matt Milla (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth is a worthwhile addition to any Deadpool fan’s pull-list. While it isn’t better than the main Deadpool ongoing, Merc with a Mouth delivers fun, (mostly) continuity-free Deadpool entertainment. And that counts [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: A.I.M. Hydra, Bong Dazo, Comic Book Reviews, Daniel Way, Deadpool Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #4, Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #4 Review, Jose Pimentel, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Matt Milla, Victor Gischler, Wade Wilson, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 25, 2009 by joelopez101
by Fabian Nicieza (writer), Ramon Bachs (art), John Stanisci (Inks), JD Smith (colors) The Story: A standard mugging leads new Gotham vigilante Azrael to a revenge plot involving conspiracy and abuse in the Catholic church. Meanwhile, the G.C.P.D. discover just exactly who this mysterious new hero is and how he came to be. What’s Good: [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Azrael, Azrael #1, Azrael #1 review, Batman, Comic Book Reviews, Fabian Nicieza, JD Smith, John Stanisci, Ramon Bachs, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 25, 2009 by pozzyfreak
by Rick Remender (Writer), Mahmud A. Asrar (Pencils), Rebecca Buchman (Inks), and Bruno Hang (Colorist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: With Jeff Parker due to take over the Thunderbolts series soon, I’m not entirely surprised to see a one-and-done story filling the space in between creative teams. It’s not such a bad thing as long [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Other, Reviews | Tagged: Bruno Hang, Comic Book Reviews, Danny Rand, Dark Reign, ghost, Headsman, Iron Fist, Kyle Posluszny, Luke Cage, Mahmud A. Asrar, Marvel Comics, Norman Osborn, Paladin, Rebecca Buchman, Rick Remender, Scourge, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #137, Thunderbolts 137 Review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 24, 2009 by paladinking
by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers go to a small town in Colorado to investigate a string of mysterious disappearances. What’s Good: Apparently Dark Avengers is a horror comic this month. It’s surprising, but nonetheless very effective. Using an abandoned small town [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Ares, Brian Michael Bendis, Bullseye, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daken, Dark Avengers #10, Dark Avengers #10 review, Dark Reign, Hawkeye, Iron Patriot, Marvel, Mike Deodato, Moonstone, Ms. Marvel, Norman Osborn, Sentry, Venom, Victoria Hand, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 24, 2009 by joelopez101
by Mike Carey (writer), Daniel Acuna (art) The Story: Picking up from the X-Men Legacy Annual last month, Rogue and the X-Men must figure out a way to rescue neophyte student Bling from another dimension where she’s being held by old Generation X villain Emplate, along with his demented toady, D.O.A. What’s Good: Under the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Mike Carey, X-Men, Daniel Acuna, X-Men: Legacy, X-MEN LEGACY #228, X-Men Legacy #228 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 24, 2009 by tonyrak
by AJ Lieberman (writer), Riley Rossmo (artist) The Story: Dr. Ghislain is the creator of a program that that trains people suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder to become killers known as Triplets. Duncan, living his life as a Cowboy, a Ninja, and a Viking, is one of these Triplets and remains Ghislain’s greatest success, even [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: AJ Lieberman, Comic Book Review, Cowboy Ninja Viking, Cowboy Ninja Viking #1, Cowboy Ninja Viking #1 Review, Dr. Ghislain, Duncan, Image Comics, Riley Rossmo, Sara Nix, Tony Rakittke, Triplets, Weekly Comic Book Review, Yashitiko Ammo | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 24, 2009 by joelopez101
by John Byrne (writer & artist) The Story: Well, it’s all in the title, isn’t it? Comics legend Byrne reveals the untold battle between vampire Angel (of TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and his own titular show), before he gained a soul, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’s Monster. What’s Good: Most people warn against judging a [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Angel, Angel vs. Frankenstein, Angel vs. Frankenstein (one-shot), Angel vs. Frankenstein Review, Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Frankenstein, IDW, John Byrne, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 23, 2009 by paladinking
by James Robinson (writer), Mark Bagley (pencils), Rob Hunter (inks), Pete Pantazis (colors), and Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: Someone dies, the remnants of the JLA discuss their future, and Despero attacks. What’s Good: Even though it’s the death of an absolute z-lister, I really did like the opening scene this month. In providing a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Blackest Night, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Cry for Justice, DC, Despero, Dr. Light, James Robinson, JLA, Justice League, Justice League #38, Justice League of America, Justice League of America #38, Justice League of America #38 review, Mark Bagley, Plastic Man, Red Cyclone, Vixen, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zatanna | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 23, 2009 by Ray Hilario
By Joss Whedon (writer), Fabio Moon (art) The Story: Straight from the web comic and onto the pages, the amazing rock band, Sugarshock debuts. They participate in the Intergalactic Battle of the Bands (which may not actually involve “bands”, but definitely involves “battle”), take advantage of groupies, get into a car accident, play The Saddest [...]
Filed under: Dark Horse Comics | Tagged: Buffy, Fabio Moon, Joss Whedon, Sugarshock, Sugarshock #1, Sugarshock (One-Shot), Sugarshock (One-Shot) Review, Sugarshock Review | Leave a Comment »
