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Weekly Comic Book Review’s Top Picks

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Ray Hilario

Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: X-Force #28 – This is drawing from a smaller than normal sample due to some vacation time, but I really enjoyed this penultimate chapter of what has been a really good X-Men event.  I especially liked that “they” let Wolverine kill Bastion and even though it’s old [...]

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First Impressions 7/8/10

Posted on July 13, 2010 by joelopez101

FIRST IMPRESSIONS 7/8/10 Hit-Monkey #1 By Daniel Way & Dalibor Talajic Price: $2.99 Brief Thoughts: Way and Talajic squeeze way more material out of this idea than I ever thought possible.  It’s not an amazing read or a comic that will change your life, but it’s solidly written and the idea of a monkey with [...]

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Thor: The Mighty Avenger #1 – Review

Posted on July 13, 2010 by tonyrak

By Roger Langridge (writer), Chris Samnee (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: Jane Foster, curator of the Norse department of the Bergen War Memorial Museum, finds her life taking a turn for the weird when she runs into a homeless man with a powerful, mythic secret. The Good: What an interesting, charming comic! What Christopher [...]

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R.I.P. Harvey Pekar

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Ray Hilario

Back in 2005, I was fortunate enough to have met the legendary Harvey Pekar. It was Wondercon 2005, and his book, American Splendor: Our Movie Year had recently came out. There were other greats at the con that year– Marv Wolfman, David Lapham, JMS, Brian K. Vaughn… But right when I entered the Moscone Center, [...]

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Steve Rogers: Super Soldier #1 – Review

Posted on July 12, 2010 by tonyrak

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Dale Eaglesham (artist), Andy Troy (colorist) The Story: Steve Rogers, now America’s premiere Spymaster and national security czar, infiltrates a party held by Nextin Pharmaceuticals to investigate rumors that the company has perfected the Super Soldier Formula and is planning to sell it to the highest bidder. The Good: Not much, [...]

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Amazing Spider-Man #636 – Review

Posted on July 12, 2010 by dfstell

The Grim Hunt, Part 3 by: Joe Kelly with Zeb Wells (writers), Marco Checchetto, Michael Lark & Stefano Gaudiano (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) Hunting the Hunter by: J.M. Dematteis (writer), Emma Rios with Max Fiumara (art), Fabio D’Auria (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) Spidey Sundays by: Stan Lee & Marcos Martin [...]

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Shadowland #1 – Review

Posted on July 12, 2010 by paladinking

by Andy Diggle (writer), Billy Tan (pencils), Batt (inks), Christina Strain & Guru EFX (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Bullseye takes on a newer, nastier Daredevil while the Avengers grow increasingly concerned about that weird castle in the middle of Hell’s Kitchen. What’s Good: As the first issue of an event, one could [...]

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Iron Man Legacy #4 – Review

Posted on July 12, 2010 by dfstell

By: Fred van Lente (writer), Steve Kurth (pencils), Allen Martinez (inks), John Rauch (colors) & Dave Lanphear (letters) The Story: We finally get some Iron Man action in Iron Man Legacy as Stark has a throw down with a plethora of enemies. What’s Good: Not a whole lot, to be honest.  It was refreshing to [...]

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Secret Six #23 – Review

Posted on July 11, 2010 by paladinking

by John Ostrander (writer), RB Silva (pencils), Alexandre Palamaro (inks), Jason Wright (colors), and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: The Secret Six are lured to a game preserve where they are the prey. What’s Good: Once you get past the fact that this issue is out of continuity, which in fairness, it’s pretty open about, [...]

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iZombie #3 – Review

Posted on July 11, 2010 by paladinking

by Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: The hunters continue their vampire-chase with Horatio meeting Gwen in the process, someone discovers Scott’s secret, and Gwen meets the mummy. What’s Good: Without a doubt, the best thing about iZombie, this issue included, is Michael Allred’s art.  It [...]

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Sweet Tooth #11 – Review

Posted on July 10, 2010 by paladinking

by Jeff Lemire (writer & artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters) The Story: Louise’s death, Jepperd’s imprisonment by the militia, and his ensuing deal with Abbott are recounted. What’s Good: The trip Lemire has been taking the grizzled, hardened Jeppered on lately has certainly been an interesting one, if only because of how [...]

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Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #1 – Review

Posted on July 10, 2010 by paladinking

by Allan Heinberg (writer), Jim Cheung (pencils & inks), Mark Morales (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: A sudden outburst of power from Wiccan and a temporary loss of control sparks questions about his relation to the Scarlet Witch. What’s Good: It’s great to see the gang back together again and [...]

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Casanova #1 – Review

Posted on July 9, 2010 by tonyrak

By Matt Fraction (writer), Gabriel Ba & Fabio Moon (artists), Cris Peter (colorist) Like most Good Things in comics, I would argue that we can blame this one on Warren Ellis. See, back in 2005, Ellis created a comic with Image called Fell, an atmospheric detective story told in an experimental format that packed more [...]

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X-Force #28 – Review

Posted on July 9, 2010 by joelopez101

by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (writers), Mike Choi & Sonia Oback (art) Spoiler Alert, people. —————— While in chapter designation, this issue serves as the penultimate installment of the Second Coming crossover, it might as well be the conclusion because the only thing that’s left after the events of X-Force #28 is the clean-up.  [...]

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X-Men #1 – Review

Posted on July 9, 2010 by joelopez101

by Victor Gischler (writer), Paco Medina (artist) The Story: Spinning out of last week’s The Death of Dracula one-shot, the vampires of the world unite and decide to send a suicide bomber to San Francisco, not to kill innocent people, but to infect them.  While the X-Men begin to gather their forces and intelligence to [...]

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Scarlet #1 – Review

Posted on July 8, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Alex Maleev (art), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: We meet Scarlet, our protagonist, a girl who’s had enough with a broken world. What’s Good: As a concept, Scarlet should be applauded.  It’s a bold move on the part of Bendis and Maleev and a pretty big creative risk.  I [...]

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Red Robin #14 – Review

Posted on July 8, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By Fabian Nicieza (writer), Marcus To (penciller), Ray McCarthy (inker), Guy Major (colors) The Story: The Hit List, Part II: I think the core of this book is nicely summed up in this quote by Red Robin: “I’ve always forgiven him because he was raised in a vat of chemicals and taught to be a [...]

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Batman and Robin #13 – Review

Posted on July 7, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Grant Morrison (writer), Frazer Irving (artist), Janelle Siegel (assistant editor), Mike Marts (editor) The Story: Batman and Robin Must Die, Part I: Morrison serves us up a split narrative: today, when Batman and Robin are prisoners of Thomas Wayne, and three days earlier, when everything started to go down the toilet. What’s Good: Oh [...]

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Brightest Day #5 – Review

Posted on July 7, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Aridan Syaf and Joe Prado (artists), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Peter Steigerwald (colorist) The Story: Aquaman and Mera are dealing with a BP-level oil rig disaster, but run into something really big from Mera’s past. Boston Brand is considering raising someone from the dead. He’s got [...]

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Irredeemable #15 – Review

Posted on July 7, 2010 by dfstell

By: Mark Waid (writer), Diego Barreto (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors) & Ed Dukeshire (letters) The Story: The Paradigm (in alliance with the alien/demon Orian) try to take out the Plutonian before he can kill countless more innocents. What’s Good: This comic always keeps us guessing.  Because all of the characters are new (created in issue [...]

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Kill Shakespeare #3 – Advance Review

Posted on July 7, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: Hamlet meets a new friend in a gentleman named Fallstaff—and also gains a bit of purpose and guidance from a “Prodigal” forest spirit called Robin Goodfellow. Elsewhere, Richard III and Macbeth negotiate between themselves and jockey [...]

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Weekly Comic Book Review’s Top Picks

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Ray Hilario

DS’ Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Secret Avengers #2 – Although it had a few flaws on art and dialogue, the basic premise, the impending danger, and excellent, understated buddy scene between between Hank McCoy and Steve Rogers moved Secret Avengers #2 to the top of my week. I would have been more [...]

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First Impressions 6/30/10

Posted on July 7, 2010 by joelopez101

FIRST IMPRESSIONS 6/30/10 Batman Beyond #1 By Adam Beechen & Ryan Benjamin Price: $2.99 Brief Thoughts: Beechen gives us Batman Beyond fans a little something to rejoice about as he tells a well-paced, intriguing “next episode” of the much-missed TV show.  Terry McGinnis, the future Batman, runs around the city of Neo-Gotham with hardly a [...]

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Madame Xanadu #24 – Review

Posted on July 6, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Wagner (writer), Marley Zarcone (art & colors), and Jared K. Fletcher (letters) The Story: A girl in 60s Harlem, Rosy Mays, suffers visions where people around her appear horribly maimed. What’s Good: This issue marks the start of “Extra-Sensory,” a thematically related series of one-shots, each drawn by a different female artist.  When [...]

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Unknown Soldier #21 – Review

Posted on July 6, 2010 by paladinking

by Joshua Dysart (writer), Rick Veitch (art), Oscar Celestini (colors), and Clem Robins (letters) The Story: The “life” of one AK-47 is followed from creation to present day. What’s Good: In encapsulating the history of an AK-47, Dysart has to traverse quite a bit of time over the course of this one-shot.  The result is [...]

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