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Murderland #1 – Review

Posted on August 8, 2010 by dfstell

By: Stephen Scott (writer), David Hahn (art), Guillem Mari (colors) The Story: An assassin lady who dresses up in disguise to kill her targets. What’s Good: Not much. There are a million silly, funny quips I could make, but that would be rude with a creator-owned book title like this one. So let’s focus on [...]

Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: comic book reviewsw, David Hahn, Dean Stell, Guillem Mari, Image Comics, Murderland, Murderland #1, Murderland #1 review, review, Stephen Scott, Weekly Comic Book Review | 6 Comments »

Superman: The Last Family of New Krypton #1 – Review

Posted on August 8, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Cary Bates (writer), Renato Arlem (artist), Allen Passalaqua (colorist), Rachel Gluckstern (assistant editor), Mike Carlin (editor) The Story: What would have happened if Jor-El, Lara and Kal-El all escaped the destruction of Krypton? What’s Good and What’s Not So Good: Right off, I really enjoyed Arlem’s art. He puts rich texture and detail onto [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Allen Passalaqua, Batman, Blackest Night, Captain America, Cary Bates, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, editorial, Jor El, Kal-El, Lara, Lex Luthor, Mike Carlin, Phoenix, Rachel Gluckstern, Renato Arlem, Reviews, Spider-Man, Superman, Superman: The Last Family of Krypton, Superman: The Last Family of Krypton review, Superman: The Last Family of New Krypton #1, Superman: The Last Family of New Krypton #1 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, What If | Leave a Comment »

Secret Six #24 – Review

Posted on August 7, 2010 by paladinking

by Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (art), Jason Wright (colors), and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Secret Six becomes a western as Sheriff Scandal and her crew fight to protect a small mining town. What’s Good: This month, Simone decides to place the Six in the Wild West. It’s totally out of continuity and most [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bane, Catman, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, Deadshot, Floyd Lawton, Gail Simone, J. Calafiore, Jeanette, Lianna, Ragdoll, Scandal Savage, Secret Six, Secret Six #24, Secret Six #24 review, Thomas Blake, Weekly Comic Book Review, western | 2 Comments »

S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 – Review

Posted on August 6, 2010 by tonyrak

By Jonathan Hickman (writer), Dustin Weaver (artist), Christina Strain (colorist) The Story: The secret history of High Council member Isaac Newton is revealed along with tantalizing clues regarding the development and significance of the Five-Fold Understanding. The Good: This comic is really being published, right? I mean, this isn’t some strange spectre of an old [...]

Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Christina Strain, Deviants, Dustin Weaver, Galactus, Galileo Galilei, H.P. Lovecraft, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Hickman, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonid, Nostradamus, S.H.I.E.L.D., S.H.I.E.L.D. #3, S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 review, SHIELD, SHIELD #3 review, Tony Rakittke | 2 Comments »

Captain America #608 – Review

Posted on August 6, 2010 by paladinking

by Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice (pencils), Rick Magyar & Mark Pennington (inks), Dean White, Elizabeth Dismang, & Frank Martin (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Cap and Black Widow battle the Beetle as they struggle to discover the identity of their mysterious foe. What’s Good: Thus far, I’ve very much liked Brubaker’s use [...]

Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Baron Zemo, Black Widow, Bucky Barnes, Butch Guice, Captain America, Captain America #608, Captain America #608 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Ed Brubaker, Fixer, Heroic Age, Luke Cage, Marvel Comics, Natasha Romanova, Nomad, Rikki Barnes, The Beetle, The Raft, Thunderbolts, Weekly Comic Book Review, Winter Soldier | Leave a Comment »

Brightest Day #7 – Review

Posted on August 5, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, Joe Prado (artists), Vicente Cifuentes, David Beaty, Mark Irwin (inkers) The Story: The Secret of Life: Okay! Chesseburgers are done! It’s time for the White Lantern to give out class assignments to all twelve resurrectees. What’s Good: The rubber [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aquaman, Ardian Syaf, Blackest Night, Boston Brand, Brightest Day, Brightest Day #7, Brightest Day #7 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, David Beaty, DC Comics, Deadman, DS Arsenault, Firestorm, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hawk and Dove, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Hawkworld, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mark Irwin, Martian Manhunter, Mera, Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi, Reviews, Scott Clark, Vicente Cifuentes, Weekly Comic Book Review, White Lantern | 3 Comments »

Irredeemable #16 – Review

Posted on August 5, 2010 by dfstell

By: Mark Waid (creator/writer), Peter Krause (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors) & Ed Dukeshire (letters) The Story: Mark Waid sets the table as Irredeemable moves into its next story arc. What’s Good: As I mentioned above, this is mostly an issue for establishing a new status quo in the Irredeemable universe and Waid does a very [...]

Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Andrew Dalhouse, Boom! Studios, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #16, Irredeemable #16 review, Mark Waid, Peter Krause, review | Leave a Comment »

Avengers Prime #2 – Review

Posted on August 5, 2010 by joelopez101

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Alan Davis (penciller) The Story: The Avengers’ Holy Trinity of Iron Man, Thor and Captain Am- er, Steve Rogers, have been separately transported to somewhere in the Nine Realms of Asgardian lore. As they do their best to survive and find their way to each other, Thor is confronted by [...]

Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alan Davis, Avengers Prime, Avengers Prime #2, Avengers Prime #2 review, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor | 1 Comment »

Making Up The Walking Dead’s Bicycle Girl

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Ray Hilario

AMC has a behind-the-scenes video for The Walking Dead, that describes the process of creating this “completely emaciated, dessicated corpse” in just three minutes. Click here to view.

Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead series, The Walking Dead TV series | Leave a Comment »

Shadowland #2 – Review

Posted on August 5, 2010 by paladinking

by Andy Diggle (writer), Billy Tan (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Christina Strain (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Luke Cage and Iron Fist try to talk to Daredevil and the Kingpin gets a little demonic help. What’s Good: This issue tries to expand on the characters involved in Shadowland in an attempt to expand [...]

Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Andy Diggle, Billy Tan, Bullseye, Christina Strain, Colleen Wing, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Danny Rand, Daredevil, Ghost Rider, hand ninjas, Hell's Kitchen, Iron Fist, Kingpin, Lady Bullseye, Luke Cage, Marvel Comics, Misty Knight, New York, New York City, Ninjas, NYC, Peter Parker, Shadowland, Shadowland #2, Shadowland #2 review, Shiang Chi, Spider-Man, the Hand, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilson Fisk | 3 Comments »

Iron Man Legacy #5 – Review

Posted on August 5, 2010 by dfstell

By: Fred van Lente (writer), Steve Kurth (pencils), Allen Martinez (inks), John Rauch & Chris Chuckry (colors) & Dave Lanphear (letters) The Story: The Big Bad behind the strife in Transia is revealed. Surprise… It’s Doom. What’s Good: This issue ends in the initial story arc on Iron Man Legacy and ends it on a [...]

Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Allen Martinez, Chris Chuckry, Crimson Dynamo, Dave Lamphear, Dr. Doom, Fred Van Lente, Iron Man, Iron Man Legacy, Iron Man Legacy #5, Iron Man Legacy #5 review, John Rauch, Steve Kurth | Leave a Comment »

Casanova #2 – Review

Posted on August 4, 2010 by tonyrak

By Matt Fraction (writer), Gabriel Ba (artist), Cris Peter (colorist) The Story: Casanova Quinn, a womanizing scoundrel and world-class thief, recently supplanted into an alternate universe where he is a superspy and all around Good Guy, is called upon by his father’s spy agency to infiltrate a hedonistic island retreat to recover or retire one [...]

Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Casanova, Casanova #2, Casanova #2 review, Comic Book Reviews, Cornelius Quinn, E.M.P.I.R.E., Gabriel Ba, Icon Comics Casanova Quinn, Matt Fraction, Newman Xeno, Tony Rakittke, W.AS.T.E, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zephyr Quinn | Leave a Comment »

Amazing Spider-Man #639 – Review

Posted on August 4, 2010 by dfstell

By: Joe Quesada (writer), Paolo Rivera, Quesada, Danny Miki & Richard Isanove (art), Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: In the second chapter of One Moment In Time, Joe Quesada goes to greater lengths to explain what happened on the day of Peter and MJ’s failed wedding and ties this failure to One More Day. What’s [...]

Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #639, Amazing Spider-Man #639 review, Comic Book Reviews, Danny Miki, Dean Stell, Joe Caramagna, Joe Quesada, Marvel Comics, Mary Jane Watson, Mephisto, Paolo Rivera, review, Richard Isanove, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »

Kill Shakespeare #4 – Review

Posted on August 4, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors) and Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: Hamlet and Falstaff complete their escape, and arrive at The Bottom’s Up, a tavern in which Juliet Capulet and Othello are busy recruiting fighters for the resistance against Richard and Macbeth. Of course, Richard’s men—led [...]

Filed under: IDW, Other | Tagged: Andy Belanger, Anthony Del Col, Chris Mowry, Comic Book Reviews, Conor McCreery, Ian Herring, Kill Shakespeare, Kill Shakespeare #4 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »

Thor: The Mighty Avenger #2 – Review

Posted on August 3, 2010 by tonyrak

By Roger Langridge (writer), Chris Samnee (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: Jane Foster extends a hand of friendship to her mythic savior while Hyde stalks the city, hell-bent on finishing what he started. The Good: I’m perplexed and delighted by the sheer existence of this comic! Charming, thoughtful, light-hearted, and strangely tragic, it’s fast [...]

Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Asgard, Chris Samnee, Hyde, Jane Foster, Matthew Wilson, Odin, Roger Langridge, Thor, Thor: The Mighty Avenger #2 review, Tony Rakittke | Leave a Comment »

The Uncanny X-Men #187 – Flash Back Review

Posted on August 3, 2010 by dfstell

By: Chris Claremont (writer), John Romita, Jr. & Dan Green (art), Glynis Wein (colors) & Tom Orzechowski (letters) The Story: Storm has lost her powers due to a weapon designed by Forge (a man she thought she might have loved). Forge based the gun’s design on the neutralizer of none other than ROM – Spaceknight, [...]

Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Back Issue, Chris Claremont, Dan Green, Dean Stell, Dire Wraiths, Forge, Glynis Wein, John Romita Jr., review, ROM, Spaceknight, Tom Orzechowski, Uncanny X-Men | Leave a Comment »

Madame Xanadu #25 – Review

Posted on August 2, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Wagner (writer), Laurenn McCubbin (art & colors), and Jared K. Fletcher (letters) The Story: A 1960s ad-man starts to hear the people around him say horrible, horrible things. What’s Good: What a downright creepy and generally unsettling story… I’m beginning to get the sense that Extra-Sensory is more a horror arc than anything [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: 1960s, ad-men, DC Comics, Extra-Sensory, Laurenn McCubbin, Mad Men, Madame Xanadu, Madame Xanadu #25, MADAME XANADU #25 review, Matt Wagner, New York, New York City, Nimue, NYC, Spencer Wilkins, Vertigo Comics | Leave a Comment »

28 Days Later #13 – Review

Posted on August 2, 2010 by dfstell

By: Michael Alan Nelson (writer), Alejandro Aragorn (art), William Farmer (colors) & Ed Dukeshire (letters) The Story: Having escaped the US military field compound, our gang continues their quest to reach London to do a journalistic story on the Rage virus. What’s Good: This story just keeps trucking along, moving our gang from one tight [...]

Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: 28 Days Later, 28 Days Later #13, 28 Days Later #13 review, Alejandro Aragorn, Boom! Studios, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Michael Alan Nelson, review, William Farmer, Zombies | Leave a Comment »

Haunt #8 – Review

Posted on August 2, 2010 by dfstell

By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion & Todd McFarlane (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors) & Richard Starkings (letters) The Story: Daniel, the priestly half of the brothers Kilgore, begins his training as a secret agent. What’s Good: I’ll take some more art like this, please! When Haunt first started, it was a bit [...]

Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Fco Plascencia, Greg Capullo, Haunt, Haunt #8, Haunt #8 review, Image, Jonathan Glapion, review, Richard Starkings, Robert Kirkman, Todd McFarlane | Leave a Comment »

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