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Captain America #605 – Review

Posted on April 30, 2010 by SoldierHawk

by Ed Brubaker (writer), Luke Ross (pencils), Butch Guice (inks), Dean White (colors), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Captain America—Bucky’s Cap, that is—must find a way to escape from Evil Cap’s clutches before a heinous act of terrorism is committed. Not far away, the Falcon is working to stop a runaway train while also [...]

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Siege: Secret Warriors #1

Posted on April 30, 2010 by joelopez101

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Alessandro Vitti (artist) The Story: Phobos, the youngest member of Nick Fury’s Secret Warriors, and son of Ares, God of War, is dismayed to discover that his father has fallen in battle.  Recalling a promise made to his dad, the young God of Fear goes on a mission to get restitution [...]

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Green Lantern Corps #47 – Review

Posted on April 30, 2010 by DS Arsenault

by: Peter J. Tomasi (story), Patrick Gleason (art), Rebecca Buchman, Tom Nguyen, Keith Champagne & Mark Irwin (inkers) The Story: Goodbye Darkness: The title says it all. This is the denouement of Blackest Night, the replanting of the trees in the Shire after the fall of Sauron. A lot of friends got hurt. A lot [...]

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Madame Xanadu #22 – Review

Posted on April 30, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Wagner (writer), Amy Reeder Hadley (pencils), Richard Friend (inks), Guy Major (colors), and Jared K. Fletcher (letters) The Story: Madame Xanadu and Detective Jones confront Morganna, only to discover her nefarious plot. What’s Good: I feel like every one of my reviews of an Amy Reeder Hadley illustrated issue has to include a [...]

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Justice Society of America #38 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Bill Willingham (writer), Jesus Merino (artist), Jesse Delperdang (inker), Allen Passalaqua (colorist) The Story: The Fatherland, Part 3: Willingham peels back more of how the American Reich happened via the Darkness Engine that has depowered America’s heroes and villains. In the meantime, Willingham is pursuing his caper plot, with the surviving, depowered heroes getting [...]

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Fantastic Four #578 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Dale Eaglesham (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Johnny has a run-in with some Negative Zone badness while the undersea denizens revealed last month make for an unhappy Namor. What’s Good: It’s great to see Johnny get some love this month.  As much as I like Reed [...]

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Deadpool #22 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Daniel Way (writer), Tan Eng Huat (art), Marte Gracia (colors), and VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: A one-and-done issue in which Deadpool find himself mixed up with the dastardly doings of a small town Georgia Sheriff station. Can our favorite Merc stop the wave of corruption infecting the office? Who can he trust? [...]

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Amazing Spider-Man #629 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2010 by dfstell

By: Roger Stern (writer), Lee Weeks (art), Dean White (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters)  Back-up story: Zeb Wells (writer), Chris Bachalo (art) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: The three-way brawl between Spider-Man, Juggernaut, and Captain Universe comes to its dramatic conclusion! What’s good: Lee Weeks does a very nice job on the art in [...]

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X-Force #26 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2010 by joelopez101

by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (writers), Mike Choi (artist), Sonia Oback (colorist) The Story: While the X-Men’s Alpha Team helps Cable act as a decoy to Bastion’s forces and the New Mutants hurry home after one of their own has been gravely injured, Rogue and Nightcrawler race to get Hope to Utopia before it’s [...]

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New Avengers #64 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike McKone (art), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The Hood regroups and Loki makes a shocking move to help combat the unleashed Sentry. What’s Good: It’s been a long time since I actually, genuinely cared about the Hood and what the future holds for him.  That [...]

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Batman: Under The Red Hood

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Ray Hilario

It looks like the newest DC Universe Animated movie is based on Judd Winick’s “Under The Hood” arc. Be on the look out for it this summer, July 27. From… To…

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Invincible Iron Man #25 – Review

Posted on April 28, 2010 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Laying low by the erasure of his last several years of memories AND the complete destruction of his company and fortune, Tony Stark starts to rebuild his life and his business. What’s Good: A lot of bang for the [...]

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Wonder Woman #43 – Review

Posted on April 28, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Gail Simone (writer), Nicola Scott and Fernando Dagnino (pencils), Doug Hazelwood and Wayne Faucher (inks), Brad Anderson (colors/additional digital inks), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Wonder Woman (with a little help from her friends) continues the fight against the invasion led by Captain Astarte, Diana’s own blood relative. What’s Good: This book does a [...]

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Weekly Comic Book Review’s Top Picks

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Ray Hilario

DS’ Top Picks Pick of the Week: Green Lantern #53/ Kato Origins #1 -It’s a surprise tie! Green Lantern #53, part of Geoff Johns’ continuing opus, was a no-brainer, but I never expected Kato Origins #1 by Dynamite to give it a run for its money, much less tie for first. The books are obviously [...]

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Newsflash for Writers: New anthology looking for superhero stories

Posted on April 26, 2010 by DS Arsenault

Hey comic fans! I don’t know how many of you out there are writers as well as comic fans, but I recently saw a new anthology being developed called “No More Heroes.” Most anthologies are closed (i.e.: writers submit stuff by invitation only), but this one has an open submission policy. Basically, they are looking [...]

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The Brave and the Bold #33

Posted on April 25, 2010 by joelopez101

By J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Cliff Chiang (artist) Bear with me for a moment. Most of us read comic books because we tire of things constantly turning out exactly how we assume they will.  The train will come at 8:35am like it does every weekday, the turkey sandwich we packed for lunch will taste okay [...]

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American Vampire #2 – Review

Posted on April 25, 2010 by dfstell

By: Scott Snyder & Stephen King (writers), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Fresh vampires are being “born” in America and they’re “new and improved” compared to the classic models. What’s Good: Rafael Albuquerque!  Goodness, goodness what nice art!  After I read this, I actually started poking around online [...]

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Green Lantern #53 – Review

Posted on April 24, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin and Doug Mahnke (inkers), Randy Mayor (colorist) The Story: Brightest Day, The New Guardians Chapter One: This story sweeps slowly and deliberately over a wide cast of characters, from locations as diverse as a New Orleans prison, the planet Ryut, Coast City, [...]

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X-Men Legacy #235

Posted on April 24, 2010 by joelopez101

by Mike Carey (writer), Greg Land (artist) The Story: Karma’s out for the count, and in order to save her and the rest of the New Mutants, one member of the team must cross a line.  Meanwhile, Rogue discovers a link to mutant messiah Hope and so joins the X-Men’s Alpha Squad to track down [...]

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Blackest Night Director’s Cut – Review

Posted on April 24, 2010 by SoldierHawk

Featuring the commentary of Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (pencils), Oclair Albert (ink), Joe Prado (ink), Alex Sinclair (colors), Nick J. Napolitano (letters) The Story: The book starts out with a page-by-page (and occasionally panel by panel) discussion by the creators of all eight issues of Blackest Night. A beautiful cover gallery (with some neat [...]

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Nova #36 – Review

Posted on April 24, 2010 by dfstell

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Andrea DiVito (art), Bruno Hang (colors) & Cory Petit (letters) The Story: After a multi-issue battle with the Sphinx, Nova returns to Earth.  Will his stay there be quiet? What’s Good: I’m excited for the Thanos Imperative, and this issue of Nova was a nice lead in.  I [...]

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Elephantmen #25 – Review

Posted on April 24, 2010 by dfstell

By: Richard Starkings (writer), art by various The Story: In a recap of sorts, we follow the inner monologue of one of Hip and Ebony’s fellow agents at the Information Agency, as he reflects on the history of the Elephantmen. What’s Good: I love Elephantmen, but this is the first really good “jumping on point” [...]

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Kato Origins #1: Way Of The Ninja – Review

Posted on April 24, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Jai Nitz (writer), Colton Worley (pencils and inks), Romulo Fajardo Jr. (colors), Joe Rybandt (editor) The Story: Way of the Ninja, Part One: The police come to the home of the Green Hornet to ask Kato for help. A Korean grocer has been killed, and they need a steady hand doing translation. Britt (the [...]

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Captain America: Who Won’t Wield the Shield #1- Review

Posted on April 23, 2010 by paladinking

Forbush Man: Forbush Kills! by Jason Aaron (writer), Mirco Pierfederici (art) This story by Aaron functions as a framing structure for the issue and it’s the strongest of what’s on offer. Probably what’s most impressive is Aaron’s ability to not only make fun of himself, but to caricature his own style.  His gritty internal monologue by [...]

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Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth #10 – Review

Posted on April 23, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Victor Gischler (writer), Bong Dazo (pencils), Leonardo Ito (inks), Matt Milla (colors) and Jeff Eckleberry (letters) The Story: Deadpool and company come up with a clever ruse that allows them to escape both the A.I.M. agents on their tail and the nasty infestation of mutant zombies. Since ‘Pool is the mastermind behind it all, [...]

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