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X-Men Vs. Agents of Atlas #1 – Review

Posted on October 10, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Jeff Parker (Writer – Both Stories) “The X-Heist” Art Team – Carlo Pagulayan (Pencils), Jason Paz (Inks) and Wil Quintana (Colors) “Atomic Age Heroes” Art Team – Chris Samnee (Art) and Veronica Gandini (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The X-Men/Agents of Atlas crossover seems a bit unnecessary. That said, I can’t help but [...]

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Dark Reign: The List – Secret Warriors

Posted on October 10, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Jonathan Hickman (Writer), Ed McGuiness (Pencils), Tom Palmer (Inks), and Chris Sotomayor (Colors). Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’m utterly confused by Marvel’s decision to release Dark Reign: The List – Secret Warriors before the Secret Warriors issue it’s supposed to take place after. I guess I can understand why Marvel would want to [...]

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Deadpool #16 – Review

Posted on October 10, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Daniel Way (Writer), Paco Medina (Pencils), Juan Vlasco (Inks), Marte Gracia (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Given how the recent “X” crossovers have turned out, I’m a bit concerned about what’s going to happen to Deadpool now that Wade is headed towards becoming one of the X-Men. Now, granted, I do realize that [...]

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Sweet Tooth #2 – Review

Posted on October 9, 2009 by paladinking

by Jeff Lemire (writer and artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters) The Story: Gus and his savior, Jepperd hit the road and get to know each other a little, inevitably they run into their first bit of trouble. What’s Good: Once again, Lemire’s minimalist approach works wonders.  As a new, major character is [...]

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Daredevil #501 – Review

Posted on October 9, 2009 by rsg8101

By Andy Diggle (writer) Roberto De La Torre (art) Matt Hollinsworth (colors) The Story: A new era in Daredevil is launched as Matt Murdock begins life anew as leader of the ninja death cult The Hand as his friends try figure out if he is behind the murder a rogue judge and two dirty cops. What’s [...]

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Justice League: Cry For Justice #4 – Review

Posted on October 9, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By James Robinson (writer), Mauro Cascioli (artist), Eddie Berganza (editor) The Story: Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Freddie Freeman, the Atom and Supergirl pull themselves out of the wreckage of last issue’s cliff-hanger explosion and decide to follow Prometheus’ trail through the torture of the other villains they’ve captured. Jay Garrick is running around the country, [...]

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Planetary #27 – Review

Posted on October 8, 2009 by tonyrak

By Warren Ellis (writer), John Cassady (artist), Laura Martin (colorist) One year after the final confrontation between Elijah Snow and Randall Dowling, and the world is a very different place indeed.  All the technological marvels and scientific secrets that Dowling had spent his life hoarding are now being developed by the Planetary Organization into practical [...]

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Superman: World Of New Krypton #8 – Review

Posted on October 8, 2009 by DS Arsenault

by Greg Rucka and James Robinson (writers), Pete Woods and Ron Randall (artists), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: Jupiter’s moon Callisto is on a collision course with New Krypton and is moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light. The Thanagarians are attacking the Kryptonians with weapons that can hurt them. Watch Kal-El [...]

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Haunt #1 – Review

Posted on October 8, 2009 by paladinking

by Robert Kirkman (writer, co-creator), Ryan Ottley (pencils), Todd McFarlane (inks, co-creator), Greg Capullo (layouts), FCO Plascencia (colors), and Richard Starkings (letters) The Story: Two brothers, one a priest and the other an elite commando, one alive and the other deceased, become bonded in their effort to protect the latter’s wife. What’s Good: The most [...]

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Astonishing X-Men #31 – Review

Posted on October 8, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Warren Ellis (Writer), Phil Jimenez (Pencils), Andy Lanning (Inks), and Frank D’Armata (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Warren Ellis’ first Astonishing arc was held back a bit by Simone Bianchi’s inconsistent, occasionally ugly artwork. With Phil Jimenez now on board, I’m hoping that the artwork consistently does justice to Ellis’ storytelling. If Jimenez’s [...]

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War Heroes #3 – Review

Posted on October 7, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Mark Millar (Writer), Tony Harris (Art), and J.D. Mettler (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: It sure has been a while since the last issue of War Heroes dropped, hasn’t it?! Regardless though, you just can’t keep a cool concept down. And War Heroes is definitely based around a cool concept. The Story: A [...]

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Batman and Robin #5 – Review

Posted on October 7, 2009 by DS Arsenault

by Grant Morrison (writer), Philip Tan (penciller), Jonathan Glapion (inker) The Story: This issue is narrated from Scarlet’s point of view, and jumps off (literally, for the Penguin) right where Morrison left us on the cliff’s edge last issue. Batman and Robin have their hands full, trying to manage the Red Hood and Scarlett, but [...]

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Amazing Spider-Man #608 – Review

Posted on October 7, 2009 by rsg8101

By Marc Guggenheim (writer), Marco Checchetto, Luke Ross, Rick Magyar (art), and Fabio D’Auria (colors) The Story: The aftermath of the Clone Saga continues to haunt Peter as a deadly enemy of Ben Reiley’s, attacks Peter and his family. We learn more of the life of Ben Reiley and the circumstances of his enemy’s origin [...]

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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #3 – Review

Posted on October 7, 2009 by rsg8101

By Brian Bendis (writer), David Lafuente (art), and Justin Posner (colorist) The Story: Mysterio makes his move against NYC while Peter and MJ air-out their anger against one another. Plus, Johnny Storm establishes his permanence in Peter’s daily life. What’s Good: Those of you who like the “Bendis banter” will like the lengthy dialogue that [...]

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WCBR’s Top Picks

Posted on October 6, 2009 by pozzyfreak

Kyle’s Top Picks Best of the Past Week: Secret Warriors #8 - The ”God of Fear, God of War” arc continues to impress the hell out of me thanks to the strong character work that’s been done for both Phobos and his father, Ares. Most Anticipated: Dark Reign: The List – Secret Warriors #1 – Predictable choice, [...]

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Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu Black & White One Shot – Review

Posted on October 6, 2009 by tonyrak

By Jonathan Hickman (writer), Kody Chamberlin (artist), Mike Benson (writer), Tomm Coker & C.P. Smith (artists), Charlie Huston (writer), Enrique Romero (artist), Robin Furth (writer), Paul Gulacy (artist) The Story: The good ol’ days of Marvel’s mighty, black and white grindhouse megazines are given a loving homage in this anthology starring the Master of Kung-Fu. [...]

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The Darkness #80 – Review

Posted on October 5, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Phil Hester (Writer & Artist), Andre Parks (Inks), and Sakti Yuwono, Arif Prianto, and Admira Wijaya of IFS (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The last issue of The Darkness brought the familiar “team building” storyline to the series. And you know what? It worked really well. I look forward to seeing Jackie’s team [...]

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Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer #2 – Review

Posted on October 5, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Mark Waid (Writer), Kenneth Rocafort (Art), and Sunny Gho of IFS (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The great looking first issue of Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer definitely started things off on the right foot for the Mark Waid and Kenneth Rocafort mini-series. Though Waid used a tried-and-true formula to set up the crossover, I found myself [...]

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Hulk #15 – Review

Posted on October 5, 2009 by rsg8101

By Jeph Loeb (writer), Ian Churchill (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks) Peter Steigerwald and Aspen (colors) The Story: Rulk and his team Code Red, which consists of Punisher, Deadpool, Tundra, Crimson Dynamo, and Electra, Face off against X-Force. Somehow, this battle leads to the creation and introduction of She-Rulk. What’s Good: This series has greatly improved [...]

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Comics for 4-Year-Olds

Posted on October 5, 2009 by DS Arsenault

X-Men #1 By Stan Lee (writer), Jack Kirby (artist), Paul Reinman (inker) A few comments before the review: I started sharing my love of superheroes with my 4-year-old son a few months ago. At a recent comic con in Toronto, I bought him the X-Men Omnibus Volume 1 (collecting issues #1-31 of Uncanny). He loves [...]

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X-Force #19 – Review

Posted on October 4, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (Writers) and Mike Choi & Sonia Oback (Art) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Things were looking pretty grim for X-23– one of my favorite characters, at the end of last month’s issue of X-Force. Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost wouldn’t actually kill her, would they?! The Story: X-23 is [...]

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Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #4 – Review

Posted on October 3, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Brian Reed (Writer), Chris Bachalo w/ Rob Disalvo (Pencils), Townsend, Disalvo, Sibal, Irwin, Wang, & Mendoza (Inks), and Bachalo w/Fabela & Mossa (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The storyline is a bit basic and the way the artwork is divided up tends to be annoying, but those issues haven’t stopped me from enjoying [...]

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Thunderbolts #136 – Review

Posted on October 3, 2009 by paladinking

by Andy Diggle (writer), Pop Mahn & Carlos Rodriguez (art), Frank Martin & Rain Beredo (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: Black Widow and Songbird find themselves in a bad spot, as a divide begins to form between the Thunderbolts. What’s Good: It’s really quite tragic that in Diggle’s final issue,  the team finally [...]

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Punisher Annual #1 – Review

Posted on October 3, 2009 by tonyrak

By Rick Remender (writer), Jason Pearson (artist), Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: Letha and Lascivious, in a desperate bid to maintain their newly acquired leases on life, attempt to draw Punisher out into the open by killing a group of vets.  When they fail to take down the Punisher, they turn to Spider-Man to help them finish the [...]

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Secret Warriors #8 – Review

Posted on October 2, 2009 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Alessandro Vitti (art), Sunny Gho (colors), and Dave Lanphear (letters) The Story: The kids get stuck in front of Norman, Hawkeye, and Ares. What’s Good: This month’s issue in the always solid Secret Warriors was a bit of a jump in quality from last month’s book, and that’s largely due to [...]

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