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Weekly Comic Book Review’s Top Picks

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Ray Hilario

DS’ Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Captain America #606 – Brubaker has always delivered stellar writing and Butch Guice is a great artist and the two of them served up some exciting work in Captain America #606. Bucky. Is. Awesome. Most Anticipated: Brightest Day #4 – Brightest Day has been at times great [...]

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Meta 4 #1 – Review

Posted on June 14, 2010 by dfstell

By: Ted McKeever (writing, art, lettering) The Story: It’s hard to say…something about an amnesiac astronaut staggering around in his space-suit while running into hookers, pimps and a muscle woman in a Santa Claus suit in a public restroom. What’s Good: It’s right there in the title…the word “meta”.  It also says right on the [...]

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First Impressions 6/09/10

Posted on June 14, 2010 by joelopez101

FIRST IMPRESSIONS Ever wanted to try a new comic, but you weren’t sure what out there was worth your hard-earned dough?  Well, we’re here to help!  We read as many new #1 issues from the past week of releases we could afford and looked for the gems of the pack.  All so that you don’t [...]

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Deadpool: Wade Wilson’s War #1 – Review

Posted on June 13, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Duane Swierczynski (writer), Jason Pearson (artist), Paul Mounts (colors) VC’s Clayton Cowles (letters and production) The Story: Deadpool (outside of the normal Marvel Universe continuity) testifies before a Senate hearing about a secret black-ops mission he participated in 25 years ago. This goes about as well as you’d expect. What’s Good: Well, this is [...]

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Daytripper #7 – Review

Posted on June 13, 2010 by dfstell

By: Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba (writing/art), Dave Stewart (colors), Sean Konot (letters) The Story: Will Bras be able to find his missing friend Jorge and what will happen when they get back together? What’s Good: I still don’t really know where this storyline is going.  Wait, why am I listing that as a “good [...]

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Batman #700 – Review

Posted on June 13, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Grant Morrison (writer), Tony Daniel, Frank Quitely, Scott Kolins, Andy Kubert, and David Finch (artists), Ian Hannin, Alex Sinclair, Tony Avina, Brad Anderson, and Peter Steigerwald (colorists), Richard Friend (inker) The Story: Sometime in the past, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson stop the Joker, the Riddler, Catwoman, the Scarecrow and the Mad Hatter from [...]

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Daredevil #507 – Review

Posted on June 13, 2010 by paladinking

by Andy Diggle & Antony Johnston (writers), Marco Checchetto (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Matt’s conflict with Bakuto comes to a head while the Hand continues to pull the strings. What’s Good: I’ve really come to love Marco Checchetto’s artwork, particularly as it works in tandem with Hollingsworth’s colors.  The book [...]

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Hack/Slash: My First Maniac #1 – Review

Posted on June 13, 2010 by dfstell

By: Tim Seeley (writer), Daniel Leister (art), Mark Englert (colors) & Crank (letters) The Story: As Hack/Slash moves from Devils Due publishers over to Image, we are treated to a fresh jumping on point that explains the origins of Cassandra Hack and why she’s out to kill serial killers. What’s Good: Hack/Slash is not a [...]

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Punishermax #8 – Review

Posted on June 12, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Bullseye attempts to relive the origin of the Punisher, Frank interrogates Fisk’s dirty cop, and the Kingpin has marital issues. What’s Good: I think it’s become something of a concern among many readers how little the Punisher is actually [...]

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Human Target #5 – Review

Posted on June 12, 2010 by jtmazz

By Len Wein and Robbie Thompson (Writers), Bruno Redondo (Penciler), Sergio Sandoval (Inker), Chris Sprouse (Penciler) & Karl Story (Inker). Christopher Chance (AKA the Human Target) is again whisked away to another worldly location, Hong Kong this time, in the hope of finding and procuring more of Morelli’s important ledgers, to help get him safely to [...]

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Secret Six #22 – Review

Posted on June 11, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (artist), Jason Wright (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: The excellent “Cats in the Cradle” storyline comes to a conclusion as Catman learns the ultimate fate of his son, and confronts the kidnapper for the final time. What’s Good: This has been a personal favorite “Secret Six” arc for [...]

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Captain America #606 – Review

Posted on June 10, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice (artist), Dean White (color art), VC’s Joe Caramagna and VC’s Joe Sabino (letterers and production) The Story: Bucky has yet to fully come to terms with himself, or his role as Captain America. When this begins to affect his performance as Cap, Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson sit him [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #27 – Review

Posted on June 10, 2010 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Tony Stark continues the somewhat boring rebuilding of his commercial empire, Pepper Potts wants her repulsor disc back and terrorists strike in Tokyo. What’s Good: I’m enjoying the growth of Pepper and her desire to have the repulsor disc [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #525 – Review

Posted on June 10, 2010 by joelopez101

by Matt Fraction (writer), Terry Dodson (artist) The Story: Hope hates Cyke for maybe killing her dad.  Utopia starts exploding.  The X-Men battle Nimrods on the streets of San Francisco. X-Force arrives in the future and finds out, yep, it blows.  Then they decide, screw it, let’s just kill everybody.  The Avengers and the Fantastic [...]

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Unwritten #14 – Review

Posted on June 10, 2010 by dfstell

By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (creators), Chris Chuckry (colors) & Todd Klein (letters) The Story: The promise of a new Tommy Taylor book is promising to bring both purported author Wilson Taylor and his quasi-fictional son, Tom, out of hiding.  The book appears to be total “poo” and isn’t written in Wilson’s normal style, [...]

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Batgirl #11 – Review

Posted on June 10, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Bryan Q. Miller (writer), Lee Garbett and Pere Perez (artists), Walden Wong and Pere Perez (inkers), Guy Major (colorist), Harvey Richards (assistant editor), Michael Siglain (editor) The Story: Calculator has Oracle and is plugging directly into her mind. Oracle’s hidden lair has Wendy. Technozombies Catwoman, Manbat and Huntress (not to mention 40% of Gotham) [...]

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Robert E. Howard’s Hawks of Outremer #1 – Advance Review

Posted on June 8, 2010 by dfstell

By: Robert E. Howard (original story), Michael Alan Nelson (adaptation), Damian Couciero (art), Juan Manuel Tumburus (colors) & Johnny Lowe (letters) The Story: Legendary warrior Cormac Fitzgeoffrey seeks vengeance and honor during the Crusades-era in the Middle East. What’s Good: Without going into plot developments (since this is an advance review), this comic was a [...]

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Weekly Comic Book Review’s Top Picks

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Ray Hilario

DS’ Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Thanos Imperative #1 – Brightest Day #3 and and Thanos Imperative #1 tussled for a while in my brain for the number one spot, but the Champion of Death edged out DC’s newest cosmic chapter. Thanos the scene-stealer (which is a lot to say, considering he has [...]

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Demo #5 – Review

Posted on June 8, 2010 by joelopez101

by Brian Wood (writer), Becky Cloonan (artist) The Story: Lisbeth can travel through time.  She decides to travel backwards to visit her teenage self so that she can try and steer herself clear of living the empty and vapid life she’s found herself in the present.  While there, she also decides to take brutal revenge [...]

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Joker’s Asylum: The Riddler – Review

Posted on June 8, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Peter Calloway (writer), Andres Guinaldo (pencils), Raul Fernandez (inks) Tomeu Morey (colors) and Patrick Brosseau (letters) The Story: From his cell in Arkham, the Joker tells us a story about Edward Nygma’s attempt to solve one of the greatest riddles of them all: what makes a person fall in love? What’s Good: I’m of [...]

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Sweet Tooth #10 – Review

Posted on June 6, 2010 by paladinking

by Jeff Lemire (writer & artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters) The Story: Singh uses hypnosis to lead Gus through his past on a search for answers. What’s Good: After falling just the tiniest bit short of his usual gold standard last month, Lemire kicks us in the teeth with one of his [...]

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Vengance of the Moon Knight #9 – Review

Posted on June 6, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Gregg Hurwitz (writer), Juan Jose Ryp (artist), Andres Mossa (colors) and VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: In (another) unexpected team-up, Moon Knight finds himself working with Spider-Man to bring down the Sandman. What’s Good: Ryp’s art is fantastic, let me say that right out of the gate. His take on both Spidey and [...]

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Codebreakers #3 – Review

Posted on June 6, 2010 by dfstell

By: Ross Richie (creator), Carey Malloy (writer), Scott Godlewski (art), Stephen Downer (colors) & Johnny Lowe (letters) The Story: The team of CIA hacker/agents continues to try to rescue their kidnapped team-member Stan and we learn more about team-leader Foster’s past with the villain. What’s Good: “Well, it isn’t bad.”  Honestly, there’s nothing about this [...]

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Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1 – Review

Posted on June 5, 2010 by tonyrak

By Jim McCann (writer), David Lopez (artist), Alvaro Lopez (inker), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: On the road to reconciliation and renewing their relationship, Hawkeye and Mockingbird take time to bust up an arms deal while charting their own course in this new Heroic Age. The Good: Diehard fans of the Hawkeye/Mockingbird duo will undoubtedly [...]

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Justice Society of America #39 – Review

Posted on June 5, 2010 by paladinking

by Bill Willingham (writer), Jesus Merino (art) The Story: Mr. Terrific and his band of imprisoned heroes make a daring attempt to stop the Darkness Engine… What’s Good: Of all the JSA characters, Willingham has by far the best handle of Mr. Terrific.  Thus, the fact that this issue is heavily narrated by him is [...]

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