Forward Welcome to WCBR’s year end comic book industry report card. In essence, this report card is a list of offerings we’ve enjoyed for the entire year 2010. There will probably be a lot to debate about– who got snubbed, or who really deserved it… So let us know if we’re out of our minds, [...]
Filed under: Features | Tagged: American Vampire, Batwoman, Blackest Night, dick graysonw, Dustin Weaver, Jonathan Hickman, The Walking Dead, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White & Paul Mounts (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Illuminati re-unite to discuss the recent infinity gem troubles. What’s Good: It’s another solid issue of Avengers as this title continues to improve. More than anything, Avengers #8 further solidifies [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Avengers #8, Black Bolt, Brian Bendis, Brian Michael Bendis, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dr. Strange, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Illuminati, Infinity Gems, Inhumans, Iron Man, John Romita, John Romita Jr., Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Medusa, Namor, Professor Xavier, Red Hulk, Reed Richards, Steve Rogers, Thunderbolt Ross, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review, X-Men | 4 Comments »
By: David Finch (writer, artist), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: The Golden Dawn, Part One: Dawn Golden, a childhood friend, if not a childhood fascination, of Bruce Wayne’s, has disappeared. Gotham’s finest aren’t getting anywhere with the case and Batman puts off a lot of other important Bat-work to embark on this [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Batman, Batman Incoprorated, Batman: The Dark Knight #1, Batman: The Dark Knight #1 review, Bruce Wayne, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, David Finch, DC, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Gotham, Killer Croc, review, Reviews, Scott Williams, The Golden Dawn, The Penguin, Weekly Comic Book Review | 8 Comments »
By: Louise Simonson & Chris Claremont (writers), Doug Braithwaite (art), Dave Sharpe (letters), Rob Schwager (colors) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Some dead X-Men find themselves brought back to life and thrust into the Chaos War. What’s Good: The art looks very nice. If you’re not familiar with Doug Braithwaite, he’ll remind you a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Chaos War, Chaos War: X-Men, Chaos War: X-Men #1, Chaos War: X-Men #1 review, Chris Claremont, Dave Sharpe, Dean Stell, Doug Braithwaite, Louise Simonson, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review, Rob Schwager, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen, Mark Irwin (inkers), Randy Mayor (colorist) The Story: It’s a rage-fest! Atrocitus hunts the Butcher, his entity of rage, the one that matches his red lantern and red power ring. The Butcher is hungry, seeking to feed on the rage of the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Atrocitus, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Emotional Spectrum Entities, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #61, Green Lantern #61 review, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Randy Mayor, review, Reviews, The Butcher, The Spectre, Tom Nguyen, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
By: Zeb Wells (writer), Clayton Crain (art & colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: We learn how the Carnage symbiote returned to Earth and what plans a nefarious corporation has for it. What’s Good: Pretty fun story. A SPOILER warning is probably in order….and….I like how Wells brings the Carnage symbiote [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Carnage, Carnage #2, Carnage #2 review, Clayton Cowles, Clayton Crain, Dean Stell, Iron Man, Marvel, review, Spider-Man, Stephen Wacker, Zeb Wells | 2 Comments »
By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice (pencils), Stefano Gaudiano and Butch Guice with Rick Magyer (inks), Bettie Breitweiser with Frank Martin (colors) and VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The trial of Bucky Barnes finally gets underway, with his friends working desperately to find evidence to clear him, while Sin watches, waits for just the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Butch Guice, Captain America, Captain America #613, Captain America #613 review, Captian America #613 review, Ed Brubaker, Frank Martin, Rick Magyer, Stefano Guadiano, VC'S Joe Caramagna, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
By: Paul Tobin (writer), Clayton Henry (art pps 1-13), Ray Anthony Height, Walden Wong, John Livesay & Paris (?) (art pps 14-24), Chris Sotomayor (colors), Joe Caramanga (letters) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: Red Hulk runs amok….what’s a Spider Girl to do? What’s Good: This comic succeeds mostly at what (I think) it is [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Chris Sotomayor, Clayton Henry, Dean Stell, Fantastic Four, Joe Caramagna, John Livesay, Marvel, Paris, Paul Tobin, Ray Anthony Height, Red Hulk, review, Spider-Girl, Spider-Girl #2, Spider-Girl #2 review, Tom Brennan, Walden Wong | Leave a Comment »
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Pete Woods (artist), Brad Anderson (colorist), Nick Spencer (feature writer), RB Silva (feature penciller), DYM (feature inker), Dave McCaig (feature colorist) The Story: Lex Luthor enlists the Secret Six to get him out of a tight spot. But things aren’t so cut and dry when they’re facing Vandal Savage, who just [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #896, Action Comics #896 review, Brad Anderson, Dave McCaig, DC Comics, DYM, Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor, Nick Spencer, Paul Cornell, Pete Woods, RB Silva, Scandal Savage, Secret Six, Vandal Savage | 1 Comment »
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Fantastic Four #586 – Since Marvel has teased the hell out of the fact that a member of the FF will die next issue, it was a challenge for Hickman to create tension when you kinda know what will happen next. He does a great job of [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Action Comics #896, Avengers #8, Bulletproof Coffin #6, Captain America #613, Detective Comics #872, Echoes #1, Green Lantern #61, Hulk #28, Incognito: Bad Influences #2, John Carter of Mars Weird Worlds Trade, New Mutants #20, S.H.I.E.L.D. #5, Scalped #44, Secret Warriors #23, SHIELD #5, Spider-Girl #2, Teen Titans #90 (Damian Wayne underfoot), The Flash #8 | Leave a Comment »
We all have pretty long pull lists and every week there are a few titles we read that we simply don’t have time to give a full review. Some are good and some are bad… Uncanny X-Men #531 – Fraction’s script of the second chapter of ‘Quarantine’ moves along rather nicely. The addition of Keiron [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios, DC Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Greg Pak, Incredible Hulks, Incredible Hulks #619, James Robinson, Justice League of America, Logan's Run: Last Day #5, Mark Bagley, Mark Waid, Punisher in the Blood, Punisher: In the Blood #2, Rick Remender, Roland Boschi, Skullkickers #4, The Traveler, The X-Files/30 Days of Night #6, Tim Seeley, Traveler #2, Uncanny X-Men #531, X-Men Legacy #243 | 1 Comment »
By: Judd Winick (writer), Sami Basri (artist), Sunny Gho & Jessica Kholinne (colorists) The Story: Power Girl remembers Max Lord! No, wait—not anymore. Or does she? Meanwhile, PG’s search for her super-powered clone leads her to Professor Ivo, who’s back to making freaks for a living—that can’t be good. The Review: Power Girl under the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DC Comics, Jessica Kholinne, Judd Winick, Justice League International, Justice League: Generation Lost, Max Lord, Nicco, Power Girl, Power Girl #19, Power Girl #19 Review, Sami Basri, Sunny Gho | 2 Comments »
by Nick Spencer (writer), Joe Eisma (art), Alex Sollazzo (colors), and Johnny Lowe (letters) The Story: Backed into a corner, Casey and Zoe try to evade their pursuers while doggedly continuing on with their rescue attempt. What’s Good: This was my favourite issue of Morning Glories since the series debut blew me away. It’s compulsively [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Shadowline | Tagged: Alex Evans, Casey, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daramount, Gribbs, Hunter, Ike, Image Comics, Jade, Joe Eisma, Jun, Morning Glories, Morning Glories #5, Morning Glories #5 review, Morning Glories Academy, Nick Spencer, Shadowline, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zoe | 2 Comments »
by John Layman (writer & letterer) and Rob Guillory (art & colors) The Story: Tony discovers someone with a food-based power he’d never heard of while the chicken prohibition grows slack in light of the “alien fire writing.” What’s Good: Chew’s easily the funniest book on my pull list and it’s issues like this that [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Alex Evans, avian flu, Chew, Chew #16 review, Chew 16, Chew comic, chicken prohibition, cibiopath, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Flambe, Image Comics, John Colby, John Layman, Mason Savoy, Mother Cluckers, Rob Guillory, Toni Chu, Tony Chu, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
By: Paul Dini (writer), Cliff Chiang (artist), John Kalisz (colorist) The Story: Zatanna confronts a childhood horror that has re-manifested itself dangerously into her present. The Review: Zatanna’s an interesting case in the world of comics: well-known, likable, a killer costume, the fun gimmicks of backwards talk, and the woman does magic! Yet as a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Cliff Chiang, DC Comics, John Kalisz, Paul Dini, Zatanna, Zatanna #8, Zatanna #8 review | 1 Comment »
By Geoff Johns (writer), Brett Booth (artist), Andrew Dalhouse (colors), Nick J. Napolitano (letters) The Story: Larfleeze comes to Earth looking for that almighty, endless source of material wish fulfillment, Santa Claus. Of course, our favorite avatar of avarice is extremely perturbed when his offering of milk and cookies go unanswered, and Hal Jordan is [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Andrew Dalhouse, Brett Booth, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern Larfleeze Christmas Special, GREEN LANTERN: LARFLEEZE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL review, Nick J. Napolitano, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Steve Epting (pencils), Rick Magyar (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Sue tries to stave off war as she learns a starting secret, Reed journeys with Galactus, and Ben, Johnny, and the kids attempt to hold back the Negative Zone. What’s Good: I’ve found the “Countdown to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Alex Power, Alyssa Moy, Annihilus, Anti-Priest, Atlantis, Baxter Building, Ben Grimm, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Countdown to Casualty, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four #586, Fantastic Four #586 review, Fantastic Four Three, FF, Franklin Richards, Future Foundation, Galactus, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm, Jonathan Hickman, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Mr. Fantastic, Namor, Negative Zone, New Atlantis, Nu-World, Old Atlantis, Reed Richards, Silver Surfer, Steve Epting, Sue Storm, Ted Castle, Thing, Three, Val Richards, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
by Robert Kirkman (writer), Ryan Ottley (pencils), Cliff Rathburn (inks), FCO Plascencia & Sheila Saldana (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: The battle over the ruins of Viltrum reaches its conclusion and a new leader is chosen for the Coalition of Planets. What’s Good: In an issue with a whole ton of fighting, it [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Allen the Alien, Coalition of Planets, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Image Comics, INVINCIBLE, Invincible #76 review, Invincible 76, Mark Grayson, Nolan Grayson, Oliver Grayson, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, space racer, Tech Jacket, Thragg, Viltrum, Viltrumite, Viltrumite War, Viltrumites, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
by Daniel Way (writer), Bong Dazo (pencils), Jose Pimentel (inks), Andres Mossa (colors) and VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: In a story more suited to Halloween than Christmas, Deadpool encounters a nest of vampires–and is hired by them to take out a rogue group (guest starring from over in X-Men) who have the ability [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Andres Mosa, Bong Dazo, Daniel Way, Deadpool, Deadpool #30, Deadpool #30 review, Jose Pimentel, VC's Joe Sabino, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion with Todd McFarlane (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors), Comicraft (letters) & Jen Cassidy (editor) The Story: The first story-arc kinda wraps up as Haunt and his allies storm Hurg’s base, plus some nice character moments after the smoke has cleared and a tease for the next story. [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comicraft, Dean Stell, Fco Plascencia, Greg Capullo, Haunt, Haunt #12, Haunt #12 review, Image, Jen Cassidy, Jonathan Glapion, review, Robert Kirkman, Todd McFarlane | 4 Comments »
All of us here at Weekly Comic Book Review would like to wish our readers a Merry Christmas!
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