Posted on August 31, 2010 by dfstell
By: Rick Remender (writer), Greg Tocchini (art) & Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Double crosses abound as an unlikely trio tries to pull off the last crime in American history. What’s Good: This issue kept me completely on the edge of my seat. It has about 5 good plot twists and double crosses as the [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Dean Stell, Greg Tocchini, Last Days of American Crime #3, Radical, review, Rick Remender, Rus Wooton, The Last Days of American Crime, The Last Days of American Crime #3, The Last Days of American Crime #3 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 31, 2010 by joelopez101
by Greg Pak & Scott Reed (writers), Tom Raney & Brian Ching (artists) The Story: The Hulks enjoy a family barbecue at the beach as Bruce Banner confronts his newly resurrected wife Betty in regards to their marriage. This being a Hulk book, that equals Green Hulk vs. Red She-Hulk action! Meanwhile, lost son of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Brian Ching, Comic Book Reviews, Greg Pak, Hulk, Incredible Hulk, Incredible Hulk #612, Incredible Hulk #612 review, Incredible Hulk Dark Son, Incredible Hulks, Incredible Hulks #612, Incredible Hulks #612 review, Red Hulk, Scott Reed, She Hulk, Tom Raney, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 31, 2010 by paladinking
Book of the Month: Ex Machina #50 Despite a really solid month of comics, it’s impossible for me to give this award to any other book. This was the perfect conclusion to one of the greatest modern comics of all time. It was heavy, tragic, and effective in essentially very arena that a comic can [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Features, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Ex Machina #50, Fantastic Four #582, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 31, 2010 by Ray Hilario
DS’ Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Batman #702 – Captain America made a strong showing, but Morrison’s moody writing, viscerally close to Batman, pushed Batman #702 over the top. Also, while there are a lot of storylines running right now, this one really was a prelude to the Return of Bruce Wayne, which [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Avengers: Children's Crusade #2, Avengers: The Children's Crusade #2, Back Issue #43, Brightest Day #9, Captain America: Forever Allies #2., Choker #4, Freedom Fighters #1, Haunt #9, I am an Avenger #1, Incredible Hulks #612, iZombie #5, JSA All-Stars #10, Last Days of American Crime #3, Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men #1, Other Top Picks: Gorilla Man #3, Scarlet #2, Secret Six #23, Secret Six #25, Shadowland #3, Stumptown #4, Sweet Tooth #13, Taskmaster #1, Thor: For Asgard #1, Wolverine #1, Wolverine: The Road to Hell, X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Smoke & Blood #1 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 31, 2010 by joelopez101
FIRST IMPRESSIONS 8/25/10 Science Dog Special #1 By Robert Kirkman & Cory Walker Price: $3.50 Brief Thoughts: I’m conflicted about this comic. On one hand, I enjoyed the fun, in-media-res introduction to the title character. There’s a lot of fun to be had with the concept introduced here, and Science Dog alone is actually a likable [...]
Filed under: Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Picks of the Week | Tagged: All-New Wolverine Saga #1, Guarding the Globe #1, Star Wars: Blood Ties #1, The Darkness: Four Horsemen #1 | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 31, 2010 by Roman Colombo
by Robert Kirkman (writer), Ryan Ottley (Pencils) You know what’s cool? Robert Kirkman. You know what’s not cool? Taking two characters you’ve created, mashing them together, and calling it “new.” You know what’s just ugly? Not even doing the pencils on the new thing you’ve “created” but claiming top billing anyway. In other words, F-You [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Fco Plascencia, Greg Capullo, Haunt, Haunt Vol 1 review, Haunt Vol.1, Robert Kirkman, Roman Colombo, Ryan Ottley, Spawn, Todd McFarlane, Venom, weekly comic ook review | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 31, 2010 by dfstell
By: Bill Mantlo (writer), Lee Elias (art), Marie Sev. (colors) & Joe Rosen (letters) The Story: We’re introduced to a new hero, The Human Fly, who is immediately called into action to save a hijacked airliner. What’s Good: When reviewing a comic of this era (1977) you always have to be a little precise about [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Back Issue, Bill Mantlo, Dean Stell, Joe Rosen, Lee Elias, Marie Sev, Marvel Comics, The Human Fly, The Human Fly #1, The Human Fly #1 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 30, 2010 by paladinking
by Matt Wagner (writer), Chrissie Zullo (art & colors), and Jared K. Fletcher & John J. Hill (letters) The Story: A boy dogged by a wretched odor is lost in the city without his memories, but in his dreams, he’s a space adventurer pursued by a mysterious witch. What’s Good: Chrissie Zullo’s work completely and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Alex Evans, Chrissie Zullo, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, DC Universe, Extra-Sensory, Gorlaks, Madame Xanadu, Madame Xanadu #26, MADAME XANADU #26 review, Matt Wagner, Sammy Klein, Sammy Starrider, Space Witch, Vertigo Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 30, 2010 by paladinking
by Joshua Dysart (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (art), Oscar Celestini (colors), and Clem Robins (letters) The Story: Moses/Subject Nine meets up with Jack and they plan their next move at a CIA base camp. What’s Good: This month sees Jack at his most lovable. It’s hard not to like the guy when he’s playing basketball with [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Acholi, Alberto Ponticelli, Alex Evans, Beautiful World, CIA, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, counter-terrorism, DC Comics, Islamic terrorists, Jack Howl, Joseph Kony, Joshua Dysart, Kenya, Kitgum, Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, Moses Lwanga, Sera Lwanga, Subject Nine, Sudan, Uganda, Ugandan Civil War, Unknown Soldier, Unknown Soldier #23, Unknown Soldier #23 review, Unknown Soldier Beautiful World, Unknown Soldier comic, Vertigo Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 30, 2010 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), and Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Dash and Carol begin two very different kinds of drug rehab. What’s Good: It’s always enjoyable when a writer is able to bring together to plots that are dramatically opposite into a single, coherent issue and that’s pretty much [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: abortion, Alex Evans, American Indians, Carol Ellroy, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dash Badhorse, Dashiell Badhorse, DC Comics, Dino Poor Bear, drug addiction, Gina Badhorse, Granny Poor Bear, heroin, heroin addiction, Indian Reservations, Jason Aaron, Lincoln Red Crow, Native Americans, Nebraska, Prairie Rose, Prairie Rose Reservation, R.M. Guera, reserve, Rez, Scalped, Scalped #40, Scalped comic, Scalped Unwanted, Shunka, unwanted pregnancy, Vertigo Comics, Wade Badhorse, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 30, 2010 by jtmazz
by: J.T. Krul (writer), Diogenes Neves (pencils), Vicente Cifuentes (inks) The Story: Picking up right where issue #2 left off, a would-be assassin has attempted to take out Green Arrow, leaving him for dead. An unknown resident of the forest, who has an interesting connection and understanding of the forest, arrives to try to save [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Diogenes Neves, Green Arrow, Green Arrow #3, Green Arrow #3 review, J.T. Krul, Vicente Cifuentes, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 29, 2010 by joelopez101
by Mike Carey (writer), Clay Mann (artist) The Story: After a battle with some Sentinels, Rogue and Magneto continue to attempt to figure out the source of the strange weather storms occurring in Mumbai while Child of the Vault runaway Luz causes discord amongst Paras’ household. What’s Good: It’s always nice to read the X-titles [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Clay Mann, Mike Carey, X-Men Collision, X-MEN LEGACY # 239 review, X-Men Legacy #239, X-Men: Legacy | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 29, 2010 by jtmazz
by Paul Cornell (writer), Pete Woods (artist), Pere Perez (artist), Rob Leigh (colorist) The Story: Lex Luthor continues his quest for complete control of everything, after having tasted true power as an Orange Lantern. However, being so determined to gain domination brings much resentment in the form of super villains. Lex surely has his work cut [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: action comics, Action COmics #892, Action Comics #892 review, Comic Book Reviews, Deathstroke, Lex Luthor, Paul Cornell, Pere Perez, Pete Woods, Rob Leigh, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 29, 2010 by dfstell
By: David Hine (writer), Scott McDaniel (pencils), Andy Owens (inks), Guy Major (colors) & Todd Klein (letters) The Story: The imposter crisis runs amok as Gothamites dress up as Joker and Batman and cause mayhem. What’s Good: This is a clever little story for what it is. After reading Batman #702 and then spending time [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Andy Owens, Batman, Comic Book Reviews, David Hine, DC, Dean Stell, Detective Comics, Detective Comics #868, Detective Comics #868 review, Guy Major, review, Scott McDaniel, Todd Klein, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 29, 2010 by paladinking
by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Neil Edwards (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: The Great Hunt concludes and the older Val and Franklin try to save/create reality and the future. What’s Good: One of the things that I love about comics, or serial publications in general, is that now [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Ben Grimm, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dr. Doom, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four #582, Franklin Richards, Heroic Age, Immortus, Invisible Woman, Jonathan Hickman, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Nathaniel Richards, Neil Edwards, Paul Mounts, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, The Great Hunt, The Thing, Timestream, Val Richards, Valerie Richards, Victor von Doom, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 28, 2010 by dfstell
By: Chuck Kim (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils), Tim Townsend, Jaime Mendoza, Wayne Faucher, Al Vey, Victor Olazaba, Mark Irwin & Bachalo (inks), Antonio Fabela & Bachalo (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Storm and Gambit try to break into Vampire Island to steal the body of Dracula. What’s Good: If you’ve followed the X-Men [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Al Vey, Antonio Fabela, Chris Bachalo, Chuck Kim, Curse of the Mutants, Dazzler, Dean Stell, Emma Frost, Gambit, Jaime Mendoza, Joe Caramagna, Mark Irwin, Marvel Comics, Northstar, review, Storm, Tim Townsend, Victor Olazaba, Wayne Faucher, X-Men, X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MUTANTS - STORM & GAMBIT, X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MUTANTS - STORM & GAMBIT #1, X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MUTANTS - STORM & GAMBIT #1 review | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 28, 2010 by tonyrak
By Duane Swierczynski (writer), Tim Green (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: Someone or something is killing vampire hunters all over the world, and Blade’s investigation into the matter uncovers a terrifying revelation that will change his life’s work forever. Randomly Assorted Thoughts: Seeing as how Victor Gischler did such an amazing job asserting the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Belles, Blade, Curse of the Mutants: Blade One Shot, Dolly, Duane Swierczynski, Nathan Fairbair, Tim Green, Tony Rakittke, Tripp and Texter, X-Men: Curse Of The Mutants Blade #1, X-Men: Curse Of The Mutants Blade #1 review, Xarus | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 27, 2010 by paladinking
by Robert Kirkman (writer), Ryan Ottley (pencils), Cliff Rathburn (inks), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Our heroes run to the rescue as the Viltrumites attack the Coalition of Planets’ headquarters on Talescria. What’s Good: Man, it’s about time. It feels like forever since the last issue of Invincible, but I guess the fact that [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Allen the Alien, Cliff Rathburn, Coalition of Planets, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, EJ Su, Fco Plascencia, Geldarian, Geldarians, Great Thaedus, Image Comics, INVINCIBLE, Invincible #74, Invincible #74 review, Kanda, Kid Omni-Man, Mark Grayson, Nolan Grayson, Oliver Grayson, Omni-Man, Princess Lin, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, Scavengine, Talescria, Tech Jacket, Thaedus, Viltrum, Viltrumite, Viltrumite War, Viltrumites, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zack Thompson | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 27, 2010 by tonyrak
By Stuart Moore (writer), Ariel Olivetti (artist) The Story: As the assembled tribes of a now unified vampire nation descend upon the island haven of Utopia, Namor volunteers to embark on a suicide mission to retrieve the severed head of the one vampire capable of saving the mutant species: Dracula. The Good: In the spirit [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ariel Olivetti, Comic Book Reviews, Curse of the Mutants, Dracula's severed head...ewwww, Namor: The First Mutant #1, Namor: The First Mutant #1 Review, Namor: The First Mutant 1 reviewNamor: The First Mutant, Oudvrou, Stuart Moore, The Aqueos, Tony Rakittke, Weekly Comic Book Review, Xarus | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 27, 2010 by paladinking
by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: In the future, the Avengers encounter the Next Avengers and their masters while in the present, the remaining Avengers meet an unlikely ally and struggle against total chaos. What’s Good: This issue is basically [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Avengers #4, Avengers #4 review, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Heroic Age, Hulk, Iron Man, Jessica Drew, John Romita Jr., Jonathan Raven, Kang, Kang the Conqueror, Killraven, Maestro, Maria Hill, Marvel Boy, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Next Avengers, Noh Varr, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, The Hulk, Thor, Time Travel, Timestream, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 27, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Don Kramer and Eduardo Panscia (pencils), Jay Leisten, Michael Babinski and Ruy Jose (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Diana joins her people in the Temple of Aphrodite to help them escape from the human assault. What’s Good: This version of Diana is…taking some getting used to, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, comic book reviewsw, Don Kramer, Eduardo Panscia, J. Michael Straczynski, Jay Leisten, Michael Babinski, ruy jose', Travis Lanham, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #602 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 27, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice (pencils), Rick Magyar, Andrew Hennessey and Butch Guise (inks), Paul Mounts (colors) and VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Bucky receives a very personal message from Zemo, and immediately runs off to go find and subdue the villain. Steve Rogers, Black Widow and Falcon set out to find him, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Andrew Hennessey, Butch Guice, Captain America, Captain America #609, Captain America #609 review, Comic Book Reviews, Ed Brubaker, Paul Mounts, Rick Magyar, VC'S Joe Caramagna, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 27, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Tony Daniel (artist), Ian Hannin (colors) The Story: R.I.P. The Missing Chapter, Part Two: Batman’s Last Case. This story fills in the gaps in the story of Batman and the Justice League prepping to face Darkseid, and what happens when they finally do. What’s Good: Batman #701 had sub-wowed me, so [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #702, Batman #702 review, Batman R.I.P., Comic Book Reviews, comic books, Comics, Darkseid, DC, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Grant Morrison, Ian Hannin, Reviews, Superman, The Return of Bruce Wayne, Tony Daniel, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wonder Woman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 27, 2010 by dfstell
By: Peter Milligan (writer), Juan Jose Ryp (art), Morry Hollowell & Andres Mossa (colors) & Cory Petit (letters) The Story: A middle-aged accountant takes a walk on the wild side. What’s Good: This was an enjoyable done-in-one story of an accountant stuck in a dreary marriage. After fighting with his wife, he goes for a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX | Tagged: Andres Mossa, Cory Petit, Dean Stell, Juan Jose Ryp, Marvel Comics, Morry Hollowell, Peter Milligan, Punisher, Punisher Max: Happy Ending, Punisher Max: Happy Ending #1, Punisher Max: Happy Ending #1 review, Punishermax, review | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 27, 2010 by dfstell
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Andres Guinaldo (pencils), Lorenzo Ruggiero (inks), JD Smith (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Will Catwoman & Harley be able to save Gotham from Poison Ivy and her new alien-plantman boyfriend? What’s good: These are exactly the types of stories I like to see from a title like GCS. Neat, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Andres Guinaldo, Comic Book Reviews, DC, Dean Stell, Gotham City Sirens, Gotham City Sirens #15, Gotham City Sirens #15 review, JD Smith, Lorenzo Ruggiero, review, Steve Wands, Tony Bedard, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
