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Wonder Woman #601 – Review

Posted on July 31, 2010 by paladinking

by J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Don Kramer (pencils), Michael Babinski (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors), and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Diana learns about the fall of Paradise Island and sets off in pursuit of her people’s mysterious tormenters. What’s Good: If there’s one thing JMS’ first full issue of Wonder Woman has going for it, [...]

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Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #4 – Review

Posted on July 31, 2010 by dfstell

By: Grant Morrison (writer) Georges Jeanty (pencils), Walden Wong (inks), Tony Avina (colors) & Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: As he bounces through time, Bruce Wayne ends up in the Old West where he tangles with a familiar face. What’s Good: It was kinda cool to see a Batman-Lone Ranger mash-up.  I really enjoyed the [...]

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Secret Avengers #3 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by tonyrak

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Mike Deodato (artist), Rain Beredo (colorist) The Story: The Secret Avengers and Archon fight valiantly to oppose a possessed Nova, while Ant-Man spies the machinations of the Shadow Council. The Good: Uhhhhhh, God, I don’t even know. I mean, there wasn’t anything glaringly wrong with this issue, but I didn’t think [...]

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Green Lantern #56 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Ray Hilario

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (pencils), Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen, Keith Champagne and Doug Mahnke (inkers) The Story: The New Guardians, Chapter Four: A really creepy Hector Hammond is sprung from prison by an even creepier former guardian. In the meantime, Hal is trying to deal with Larfleeze, who is discovering the true meaning [...]

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Punishermax #9 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Punisher comes face to face with Bullseye, who wants to see Frank in action. What’s Good: This issue only cemented the fact that Jason Aaron’s Bullseye is my favourite take on the character in recent memory.  He’s simply [...]

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Green Lantern Corps #50 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Tony Bedard (writer), Ardian Syaf (artist), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Randy Mayor w/ Carrie Strachan (colorists) The Story: Revolt of the Alpha-Lanterns, Part 3: Green Lanterns Kyle Rayner, Soranik Natu and Ganthet are fighting an entire planet full of Alpha-Lanterns. In the meantime, Cyborg Superman is doing some body work on John Stewart, which gives [...]

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Fantastic Four #581 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Neil Edwards (pencils), Paul Neary (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Young sophomores Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, and Victor von Doom look to help Nathaniel Richards in a battle with…. himself? What’s Good: This is without a doubt the best issue of Hickman’s Fantastic Four since his [...]

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American Vampire #5 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by dfstell

By: Scott Snyder & Stephen King (writers), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Both of our American Vampire heroes (?) get some payback against their enemies. What’s Good: I really enjoyed this issue.  It has a little bit of everything: Action, love, slimy-yet-cool villains, bad vampire and vampirettes getting [...]

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Thor #612 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Doug Braithwaite (pencils), John Rauch & Andy Troy (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor and Tyr rush to the rescue as the Disir lay siege to Hela. What’s Good: In heading to hell to battle zombie valkyrie, Kieron Gillen’s Thor has managed to regain its identity, distancing itself from [...]

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Wolverine: Weapon X #15 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Ron Garney (pencils), Jason Keith & Matt Milla (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Can a Deathlok find salvation? What’s Good: Without a doubt, the main Deathlok focused upon last month is the strongest point of this issue, as he takes center-stage yet again.  He makes for an unlikely protagonist, [...]

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Action Comics #891 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Paul Cornell (writer), Pete Woods (pencils & inks), CAFU (pencils), BIT (inks), Brad Anderson (colors), and Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: Lex Luthor fights Mister Mind for control of his own fantasies. What’s Good: It’s always a pleasure to read a comic that feels wickedly smart and it’s even more special when this comic [...]

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The Flash #4 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Geoff Johns (writer), Francis Manapul (art), Brian Buccellato (colors), and Sal Cipriano (letters) The Story: The Flash battles Captain Boomerang in downtown Central City and learns the secrets behind his future murder of Mirror Monarch. What’s Good: I think part of what marks out this issue is the sense of wonder that is present [...]

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Incorruptible #8 – Review

Posted on July 28, 2010 by dfstell

By: Mark Waid (writer), Horacio Domingues (pencils), Juan Castro (inks), Andrew Dalhouse (colors) & Ed Dukeshire (letters) The Story: After getting shot in the last issue, will Max Damage survive?  And what is the next chapter in the story of Jailbait? What’s Good: I’ve been pretty unabashed in my love of the character Jailbait.  Waid [...]

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Gotham City Sirens #14 – Review

Posted on July 28, 2010 by dfstell

By: Tony Bedard (writer), Andres Guinaldo (pencils), Lorenzo Ruggiero (inks), JD Smith & Tomeu Morey (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Poison Ivy’s new job has some nasty surprises that they didn’t fully explain during the interview process. What’s Good: This is exactly the type of story that I want from Gotham City Sirens.  [...]

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Black Cat #2 – Review

Posted on July 28, 2010 by dfstell

By: Jen van Menter (writer), Javier Pulido & Javier Rodriguez (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: The stakes are raised as an attendant of the Kravinoff family kidnaps Black Cat’s mother to force her to steal precious items that used to belong to the Kravinoff family. What’s Good: I really like [...]

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Weekly Comic Book Review’s Top Picks

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Ray Hilario

Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: The Walking Dead #75 – This was a really good issue that shows the pressure of leadership finally getting to Rick, plus it had the whacky, cool, back-up story.  You could also consider this a bit of a lifetime achievement award for a creator-owned comic that has [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #159 – Flash back review

Posted on July 27, 2010 by dfstell

By: Chris Claremont (writer), Bill Sienkiewicz (pencils), Bob Wiacek (inks), Glynis Wein (colors) & Tom Orzechowski (letters) The Story: Dracula wants Storm for his bride… Flash Back Review: As any comic fan knows, the X-Men are currently having a bit of a problem with vampires.  I’ve seen a lot of moaning on message boards about [...]

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First Impressions 7/21/10

Posted on July 27, 2010 by joelopez101

FIRST IMPRESSIONS 7/21/10 Time Masters: Vanishing Point #1 By Dan Jurgens & Norm Rapmund Price: $3.99 Brief Thoughts: I’m a sucker for time travel, and while this first issue doesn’t break the mold of the genre (Dinosaurs? Check.  Appearance of a DC character from the past? Check.  Time machine acting wonky? Check.), it’s a fun [...]

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Neonomicon #1 – Review

Posted on July 26, 2010 by dfstell

By: Alan Moore (writer), Jacen Burrows (art) & Juanmar (colors) The Story: Two FBI agents tracking a serial killer enlist the aid of an institutionalized killer who had the same M.O. What’s Good: It’s an Alan Moore written comic, so this comic has a much higher certainty of “not sucking” than just about any other comic [...]

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Batman Streets of Gotham #14 – Review

Posted on July 25, 2010 by dfstell

By: Paul Dini (writer), Dustin Nguyen (pencils), Derek Fridolfs (inks), John Kalisz (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) Two-Face back-up story: Ivan Brandon (writer), Ramon Bachs (pencils), John Lucas (inks), Nick Filardi (colors) & Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Hush starts plotting again and Two-Face tries to root out a mole in his organization. What’s Good: [...]

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Web of Spider-Man #10 – Review

Posted on July 25, 2010 by dfstell

The Extremist, Part 3 by: Fred van Lente (writer), Nick Dragotta (art), Brad Simpson (colors) & Clayton Cowles (letters) Negative Reinforcement by: Marc Guggenheim (writer), Sana Takeda (artist) & Dave Sharpe (letters) The Story: Spider-Man wraps up his conflict with the Extremist and Jackpot gets into a bind with Mr. Negative. What’s Good: I’ve quite [...]

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Thunderbolts #146 – Review

Posted on July 24, 2010 by tonyrak

By Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Frank Martin (colorist) The Story: Luke Cage and the team are scrambled to New Guinea to investigate the disappearance of U.N. and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents near a hidden vein of Terrigen Crystals. The Good: This new assembly of Thunderbolts continues to be one of the titles I look forward [...]

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The Walking Dead #75 – Review

Posted on July 21, 2010 by dfstell

By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones) & Russ Wooton (letters) The Story: Is Rick Grimes… Our hero… Suitable for decent company anymore?  Or has he been so screwed up by his experiences leading a group of survivors through a zombie-infested countryside that he’ll never be the man he once was? [...]

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Brightest Day #6 – Review

Posted on July 21, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Scott Clark, Joe Prado (artists), Vicente Cifuentes, David Beaty, Mark Irwin, Christian Alamy (inkers) The Story: Dead Zone: The Martian Manhunter is hunting a murderer, but discovers some creepy truths about his resurrection in the process. Boston Brand, Hawk and Dove plumb the [...]

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The Legion of Super-Heroes #3 – Review

Posted on July 21, 2010 by paladinking

by Paul Levitz (writer), Yildiray Cinar (pencils), Francis Portela (pencils & inks), Wayne Faucher (inks), Hi-Fi (colors), and Sal Cipriano (letters) The Story: Earth-Man is forced to go on his first mission as a Green Lantern and the Legion finds itself pitted against Saturn Queen. What’s Good: I absolutely love Earth-Man under Levitz’s hand.  He [...]

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