Posted on December 19, 2010 by tonyrak
By Jason Aaron (writer), Renato Guedes (artist), Jose Wilson Magalhaes & Oclair Albert (inkers), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: Wolverine’s still in Hell. Still fighting the Devil. Still crying about all the pain and suffering he’s inflicted over the years. Meanwhile, his body is still on Earth. Still possessed by a demon. Still running around [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Colossus, Jason Aaron, Jose Wilson Magalhaes, Logan, Matthew Wilson, Oclair Albert, Puck, Renato Guedes, Sabretooth, The muther fuckin Devil, Tony Rakittke, Utopia, Wolverine, Wolverine #4, Wolverine #4 Review, Wolverine Goes to Hell, X-Men | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 19, 2010 by dfstell
By: Nick Bertozzi, Chris Sinderson, Terry Moore, James Stokoe, Benjamin Marra, Tim Hamilton, Kate Beaton, Bill Crabtree, Dean Haspiel, Toby Cypress, Michael Deforge, Alex Robinson, Eduardo Medeiros, Harvey Pekar, Ty Templeton, KT Smith AND Jody LeHeup (editor) The Story: An anthology of short stories about Marvel characters told by indy creators. What’s Good: Are you [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alex Robinson, Benjamin Marra, Bill Crabtree, Chris Sinderson, Dean Haspiel, Dean Stell, Eduardo Medeiros, Harvey Pekar, James Stokoe, Jody Leheup, Kate Beaton, KT Smith, Marvel, Michael Deforge, Nick Bertozzi, review, Strange Tales 2, Strange Tales II, Strange Tales II #3, Strange Tales II #3 review, Terry Moore, Tim Hamilton, Toby Cypress, Ty Templeton | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 19, 2010 by joelopez101
by Peter Tomasi (Writer), Fernando Pasarin (Penciller) The Story: Our Emerald Warriors clash with a group of mentally-controlled GL rookies convinced that they’re Sinestro Corps members. After narrowly escaping the battle and suffering a shocking loss, Gardner’s secret pact with Atrocitus comes to light and we’re shown exactly what has driven him to make such [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Fernando Pasarin, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #5, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #5 review, Peter Tomasi, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 19, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: David Hine (writer), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist), Paul Dini (co-feature writer), Mike Ploog (co-feature artist) The Story: The feud between the Ottoman and Bauhaus families ratchets up when the Spirit discovers a connection between Ophelia Ottoman’s murders, her dead husband, and a long-lost treasure. But since this is Central City, that connection isn’t [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: David Hine, DC Comics, First Wave, Gabriel Bautista, Mike Ploog, Moritat, Paul Dini, The Spirit, The Spirit #9, The Spirit #9 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 18, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By G. Willow Wilson (writer), Amilcar Pinna (artist), Rod Reis (colors) and John J. Hill (letters) The Story: In a story that would have been almost passable, say, a decade or so ago, Daily Planet Editor-In-Chief Perry White discovers that *gasp* there’s a website making claims that the Planet bribes Superman for all the exclusives [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Amilcar Pinna, G. WIllow Wilson, John J. Hill, rod reis, Superman, Superman #706, Superman #706 review, Weekly Comic Book Reivew | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 18, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Scott McDaniel with Christopher Jones (pencillers), Rob Hunter, Art Thibert and Andy Owens (inkers) The Story: Batman and Robin are caught in the clutches of Absence, but learn her origin. A classic comic story. What’s Good: Visually, this issue hit me better than issue #17. The addition of Chris Jones, Art [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Absence, Andy Owens, Batman, Batman and Robin #18, Batman and Robin #18 review, Bruce Wayne, Christopher JOnes, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Damian Wayne, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, DS Arsenault, Gotham, Paul Cornell, Reviews, Rob Hunter, Scott McDaniel, The Absence, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 18, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (pencils), Vincente Cifuentes (inks), Nei Ruffino (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Bruce and Oracle have a discussion regarding the Birds and their future as a part of Batman Inc. (after some nifty ass-kicking of street thugs on both their parts.) Barbara also discusses the “death” of Oracle. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #7 review, Brids of PRey, Gail Simone, Nei Ruffino, Travis Lanham, Vincente Cifuentes, Weekly Comic Book Reivew | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 17, 2010 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (as creators since they don’t specify what they each do), Vince Locke (inks on ~5 pages), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters) & Pornsak Pichetshote (editor) The Story: Big event happens in the relationship between Lizzie and Tom as they tackle the story of Moby Dick. What’s Good: This [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Mike Carey, Moby Dick, Peter Gross, Pornsak Pichetshote, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #20, The Unwritten #20 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Vince Locke, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 17, 2010 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Renato Guedes (pencils), Jose Wilson Magalhaes & Olclair Albert (inks), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The possessed Wolverine tries to take out Colossus while Logan attempts to start a revolution in Hell by taking on the Devil. What’s Good: You like great action? Then this is your [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Archangel, Colossus, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, hell, Iceman, Jason Aaron, Kitty Pryde, Logan, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Puck, Renato Guedes, Shadowcat, Utopia, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine, Wolverine #4, Wolverine Goes to Hell, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 17, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Tony Daniel (writer, artist, inks), Sandi Florea (additional inks) The Story: The Eye of the Beholder, Part Two, See No Evil: Batman (Dick Grayson) and Peacock are fighting Sensei, the great-grandfather of Damian Wayne (I’ll get you a family tree later). They kick some ass, but are nearly overwhelmed and get away, to try [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alfred Pennyworth, Batman, Batman #705, Batman #705 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, DS Arsenault, Gotham, I-Ching, Peacock, Reviews, Sensei, Tony Daniel, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 17, 2010 by dfstell
By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writer), Khoi Pham (pencils), Thomas Palmer (inks), Sunny Gho (colors), Simon Bowland (letters) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Now that the Chaos King has given the beat-down to just about the entire Marvel U., how is anyone going to stand up to him? What’s Good: This issue [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Chaos War, Chaos War #4, Chaos War #4 review, Dan Panosian, Dean Stell, Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak, Hercules, Khoi Pham, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review, Simon Bowland, Sunny Gho, Thomas Palmer | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 17, 2010 by dfstell
By: Ron Marz (writer), Kenneth Rockfort (art), Sunny Gho (colors), Troy Peters (letters) & Filip Sablik (editor) The Story: Velocity very-pleasing-to-the-eyes race to save her Cyberforce teammates continues. What’s Good: Again, Kenneth Rocafort’s art is the main attraction here. Just keep an eye on his name because he’s a guy who you’ll hear about in [...]
Filed under: Top Cow | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Filip Sablik, Image, Kenneth Rocafort, review, Ron Marz, Sunny Gho, Top Cow, Troy Peters, Velocity, Velocity #3, Velocity #3 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 16, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Sterling Gates (writer), Jamal Igle (penciller), Jon Sibal and Robin Riggs (inkers), Blond (colorist) The Story: Nothing like spending the night fighting crime and searching for the one person in the world you hate the most, which is what Supergirl finds herself doing on Christmas Eve—it sure is a wonderful life! The Review: One [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Cat Grant, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Krypto, Lois Lane, Superboy, Supergirl, Supergirl #59, Supergirl #59 review, Superman, The Dollmaker, Toyman, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 15, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (artist), Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy, Doug Mahnke and Shawn Moll (inker) The Story: Parallax has possessed the Flash. That’s a crappy combination for Hal: Fear plus speed force. But then some of his other color-friends show up, as well as that creepy, rag-dressed guardian who’s been hunting then entities! [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Atrocitus, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #60, Green Lantern #60 review, Hal Jordan, Indigo Tribe, Keith Champagne, Parallax, Reviews, Shawn Moll, Sinestro, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 15, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Scott Clark and Joe Prado (artists), David Beaty and Oclair Albert (inkers) The Story: Aqualad learns who he is. Aquaman looks cool. Firestorm seems to have destroyed the universe. What’s Good: What a relief! A great issue of Brightest Day! Out of the gates, Ivan [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Ardian Syaf, Blackest Night, Brightest Day #16, Brightest Day #16 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, David Beaty, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Firestorm, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Justice League of America, Oclair Albert, Peter J. Tomasi, Reviews, Scott Clark, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 15, 2010 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Carlos Cuevas, Nikki Damon & Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramanga (letters) & Stephen Wacker (editor) Marc Gargan back-up: Slott (writer), Neil Edwards (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Morry Hollowell (colors) & Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: A new Spidey-suit makes its debut, as Peter Parker gets [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #650, Amazing Spider-Man #650 review, Black Cat, Carlos Cuevas, Chris Eliopoulos, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Hobgoblin, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, Morry Hollowell, Neil Edwards, Nikki Damon, review, Scott Hanna, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 15, 2010 by dfstell
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Sergio Arino (art), Archie Van Buren (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Bryce Carlson (editor) The Story: Our protagonist comes into contact with a very smelly bad guy! What’s Good: This continues to be a pretty good comic good. It isn’t anything awesome that will change your life, but if you’re looking [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Archie Van Buren, Boom! Studios, Bryce Carlson, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Paul Cornell, review, Sergio Arino, Soldier Zero, Soldier Zero #3, Soldier Zero #3 review | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 14, 2010 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: 27 #1 – This was really unexpected. The solicitations made it sound like more of a band book, but I was hooked as soon as we saw the protagonist try to get his powers back by going to an eerie dungeon/lab for a bizarre ritual involving a [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #650, Atomic Robo: The Deadly Art of Science #2, Avengers Academy #7, Batman & Robin #18, Batman and Robin #18, Brightest Day #16, Chaos War #4, DMZ #60, Fables 100, Green Lantern #60, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #5, Strange Tales #3, Supergirl #59, Superman #706, The Unwritten #20, Thunderbolts #151, Uncanny X-Force #3, Wolverine #4, X-Factor #212 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2010 by paladinking
by Geoff Johns (writer), Scott Kolins (art), Brian Buccellato (colors), and Sal Cipriano (letters) The Story: As Captain Boomerang has a meeting with the Reverse Flash, his back-story is explored. What’s Good: At the very least, Geoff Johns gets an A for effort on this one, as he works his butt off to put as [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Barry Allen, Brian Buccellato, Brightest Day, Captain Boomerang, Captain Cold, Central City, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, DC Rogues, DC Universe, DCU, Digger Harkness, Eobard Thawne, Geoff Johns, Iron Heights, Reverse-Flash, Rogues, Scott Kolins, The Flash, The Flash #7, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2010 by dfstell
By: Mike Wolfer & John Russo (story & script), Tomas Aira (art), Digikore Studios (colors) & Williams Christensen (editor) The Story: Maybe you can guess? It’s a zombie attack, duh! What’s Good: If you’re a zombie fan and are frustrated that in The Walking Dead, the zombies haven’t eaten a notable character in forever and [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Avatar Press, Dean Stell, Digikore Studios, John Russo, Mike Wolfer, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead #2, Night of the Living Dead #2 review, review, Tomas Aira, William Christensen | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Claude St. Aubin (penciller), Scott Hanna (inker), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: John Stewart, along with the Vega rookies, arrive on Rann as a delegation from the Green Lantern Corps to make nice with the R.E.B.E.L.S. But with Vril Dox scheming on how to turn the photo op into [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Blackfire, Brainiac, Captain Comet, Claude St. Aubin, DC Comics, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, R.E.B.E.L.S., R.E.B.E.L.S. #23, R.E.B.E.L.S. #23 review, Starfire, Starro the Conqueror, Tony Bedard, Vril Dox | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2010 by Roman Colombo
By Gordon McAlpin A long long while ago, I used to work at a movie theater. There are things that happen in a movie theater, behind the stage (so to speak), that are…gross. Take for instance our initiation rights for employees who lasted more than 2 weeks. We would pour popcorn salt (think salt in [...]
Filed under: The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Gordon McAlpin, Multiplex, Multiplex: Book One | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2010 by dfstell
by: Steve Niles (writer), Fiona Staples (art & colors), Robbie Robbins (letters) & Bob Schreck (editor) The Story: The Mystery Society clears Nick Mystery’s name and retrieves Edgar Allen Poe’s skull. What’s Good: Really good final issue and really good ending to a fun series. I would really encourage everyone to give this comic a [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Bob Schreck, Dean Stell, Fiona Staples, IDW, Mystery Society, Mystery Society #5, Mystery Society #5 review, review, Robbie Robbins, Steve Niles | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 13, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant (inker), Nei Ruffino (colors) The Story: The Blackhawks, Doc Savage, the Spirit, Rima the Jungle Girl, the Bat Man, and the Avenger are set on a collision course with the Golden Tree just as it pushes toward its ultimate goal. Facing destructive powers beyond those of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Blackhawks, Brian Azzarello, DC Comics, Doc Savage, First Wave, First Wave #5, First Wave #5 review, Rags Morales, Rima the Jungle Girl, The Avenger, The Spirit | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 13, 2010 by dfstell
By: Charles Soule (writer), Renzo Podesta (art), Shawn DePasquale (letters) & Kristen Simon (editor) The Story: A young guitarist makes a Faustian bargain to get his playing ability back. What’s Good: This is a very original comic book that has lot “WTF?” moments. To put things in context, the biggest thing that I demand from [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: 27, 27 #1, 27 #1 review, Charles Soule, Dean Stell, Image, Kristen Simon, Renzo Podesta, review, Shawn DePasquale, Twenty Seven | 2 Comments »
