Posted on December 12, 2010 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Asgard finds itself beseiged by World Tree refugees. What’s Good: Epic. That’s a pretty apt description of Fraction’s story thus far, and this issue only cements that. With refugees coming in from all over the World Tree, there’s a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardians, Balder, Broxton, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Eric Solvang, Fandril, Hogun, Iron Man, Loki, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Matt Hollingsworth, Pasqual Ferry, Siege, Siege of Asgard, Sif, storm colossus, Thor, Thor #618, Thor #618 review, Tony Stark, Volstagg, Warriors Three, Weekly Comic Book Review, World Ash, World Tree | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 12, 2010 by paladinking
by Brian Michael Bendis, Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The Avengers set their house in order and get a little help along the way. What’s Good: This is one of those issues that’ll serve as a litmus test for how much of a fan [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Avengers Mansion, Ben Grimm, Bobbi Morse, Brian Bendis, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Carol Danvers, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Danny Rand, Dr. Strange, Heroic Age, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Mockingbird, Ms. Marvel, New Avengers, New Avengers #7, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Squirrel Girl, Stuart Immonen, The Thing, Victoria Hand, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine, Wong | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 12, 2010 by dfstell
By: Greg Pak (writer), Paul Pelletier (pencils), Danny Miki (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), Simon Bowland (letters) & Mark Paniccia (editor) A-Bomb back-up by: Jeff Parker (writer), Yacine Elghorri (art), Bowland (letters) & Jordan White (editor) The Story: The Hulk family is sucked into the Chaos War. What’s Good: Kudos to Pak and editor Paniccia to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Danny Miki, Dean Stell, Greg Pak, Incredible Hulks, Incredible Hulks #618, Incredible Hulks #618 review, Jeff Parker, Jordan White, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, Paul Mounts, Paul Pelletier, review, Yacine Elghorri | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 11, 2010 by dfstell
By: Joe Benitez (writer and artist), Peter Steigerwald (colors), John Reed (letters) & Vince Hernandez (editor) The Story: We are introduced to Lady Mechanika, a half-human, half-mechanical woman who is trying to learn about her past. What’s Good: This issue was really good all over. The story mostly just lays the groundwork. We are introduced [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Aspen MLT, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Joe Benitez, Josh Reed, Lady Mechanika, Lady Mechanika #1, Lady Mechanika #1 review, Peter Steigerwald, review, steampunk, Vince Hernandez, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 10, 2010 by paladinking
by Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (art), Jamie Grant (colors), and Sal Cipriano (letters) The Story: Superboy teams up with Poison Ivy in order to figure out what is causing Smallville’s plant life to run amok. What’s Good: This Superboy comic is delightfully weird. There’s this wackiness that gives real life to the book throughout [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Connor Kent, DC Comics, DC Universe, DCU, Gotham, Jeff Lemire, Kon-El, Parasite, Parasite Frogs, Pier Gallo, Poison Ivy, Simon Valentine, Smallville, Superboy, Superboy #2, Superboy #2 review, the Green, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 10, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Jimmy Broxton (artist), Guy Major (colors) The Story: England’s very own meta-science labs embark on a thrilling project to revive one of its most famous—or infamous, depending on who you ask—monarchs, Richard III. Question is: will he be the benevolent statesman attributed to history or the Machiavellian schemer of Shakespeare? Well, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Guy Major, Jimmy Broxton, Knight, Knight and Squire, Knight And Squire #3, Knight And Squire #3 review, Paul Cornell, Squire | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 10, 2010 by dfstell
By: Marc Guggenheim & Tara Butters (writers), Ryan Bodenheim (art), Mark Englert (colors), Dave Sharpe (letters) & Aubrey Sitterson (editor) The Story: The heroes of Earth continue to adjust to a world without crime. What’s Good: The premise is interesting: What happens if there is no more crime? What do the heroes do? In this [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Aubrey Sitterson, Comic Book Reviews, Dave Sharpe, Dean Stell, Halcyon, Halcyon #2, Halcyon #2 review, Image, Marc Guggenheim, Mark Englert, review, Ryan Bodenheim, Tara Butters, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 9, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Nick Spencer (writer), Cafu (penciller), Bit (inker), Santiago Arcas (colorist), Chriscross (flashback artist), Brad Anderson (flashback colorist) The Story: The newest set of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents embark on their first mission, accompanied by their retainers, the feisty Colleen and the smooth-even-under-pressure Toby. Agent Lightning gets the first move, and as he experiences for himself his [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Cafu, Chriscross, Nick Spencer, Santiago Arcas, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #2, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #2 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 9, 2010 by dfstell
By: Rob Williams (writer), Greg Tocchini (art), Chris Sotomayor (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Jody Leheup (editor) The Story: What if Wolverine had been around to raise Daken and be a father to him? Would things have turned out differently? What’s Good: Greg Tocchini’s art is good…. real good. The presence of Tocchini is the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Chris Sotomayor, Clayton Cowles, Dean Stell, Greg Tocchini, Jody Leheup, Marvel, review, Rob Williams, What If, What If? Wolverine: Father, What If? Wolverine: Father #1, What If? Wolverine: Father #1 review, What If? Wolverine: Father review, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 9, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Fabian Nicieza (writer), Marcus To (penciller), Ray McCarthy (inker) The Story: The Man with the Plan is in Moscow, checking out a lead on his latest quarry. Problem is, this lead is very well connected, so much so that Russia’s premier meta doesn’t want Red Robin on this case. Tread lightly, Tim… What’s Good: [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Fabian Nicieza, Marcus To, Ray McCarthy, Red Robin #18, Red Robin #18 review, Red Star, Reviews, Russia, Tim Drake, Tim Wayne, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 8, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Brian Q. Miller (writer), Dustin Nguyen (artist), Derek Fridolfs (inker) The Story: Batgirl is on the run from Gotham’s finest. She’s got one ally (Detective McCute I believe she called him), but that not much. What have the Reavers got to use against a cape? What’s Good: Miller was in fine form, delivering the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl #16, Batgirl #16 review, Batman, Bryan Q. Miller, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Derek Fridolfs, DS Arsenault, Dustin Nguyen, Gotham, Oracle, Order of the Scythe, Reviews, Stephanie Brown, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 8, 2010 by DS Arsenault
Lead Story By: David Hine (writer), Agustin Padilla (artist), Tony Aviña (colorist) Back Up Story By: Kyle Higgins (writer), Trevor McCarthy (artist), Andre Szymanowicz (colors) The Lead Story: Batman hits Paris, with the tentative blessing of the French authorities, as a series of riots and weird murders baffle police. Batman Incorporated grows. The Back Up [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Agustin Padilla, Andre Szymanowicz, Batman, Batman Incorporated, Bruce Wayne, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Comics, David Hine, DC Comics, Detective Comics Annual #12, Detective Comics Annual #12 review, Dick Grayson, DS Arsenault, France, Gotham, Kyle Higgins, Paris, Reviews, The Question, Tony Avina, Trevor McCarthy, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 8, 2010 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Khary Randolph (art), Mitch Gerads (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Bryce Carlson (editor) The Story: Is this man crazy, or is the novel he’s writing really coming to life around him? What’s Good: This was a good first issue. I’ll go ahead and spoil the basic premise because it is the [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom! Studios, Bryce Carlson, Chris Roberson, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Khary Randolph, Mitch Gerads, review, Starborne, Starborne #1, Starborne #1 review, weekly comic book reviews | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 7, 2010 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: American Vampire #9 – This is becoming the Scott Snyder award after his win (for me) with Detective #871 last week, but it is impossible to ignore the artistic and story excellence of AV. Endings to story arcs are very difficult to pull off and this was [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: 27 #1, Batgirl #16, Chaos War Ares #1, Detective Comics Annual #12, Fables 100, Lady Mechanika #1, New Avengers #7, Queen Sonja #12, R.E.B.E.L.S. #23, Red Robin #18, Starborne #1, Superboy #2, The Flash #7, Thor #618, THUNDER Agents #2 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 7, 2010 by dfstell
My pull list is way too long (even after a fairly vigorous pruning recently), so just about every week I read a few comics that don’t get the full review treatment from us here at WCBR. But, it still seems fair to give the comic a quick thumbs up/thumbs down… Iron Man – Thor #2 [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: Andy Lanning, Batman, Charlie Huston, Chris Roberson, Dan Abnett, Dean Stell, drive by reviews, Generation Hope, I Zombie, Iron Man - Thor, Juan Jose Ryp, Laura Allred, Mike Allred, review, Ryan Stegman, Scott Eaton, She-Hulks, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 7, 2010 by dfstell
By: Ian Churchill (writer, art & colors), Nicolas Chapuis (colors), Richard Starkings, Jimmy Betancourt & JG Roshell (letters & design) The Story: We are introduced to Steve Ocean a.k.a., Marineman. What’s Good: What a bright shiny and upbeat comic book this was! This story is virtually all introduction, but the main character (Steve Ocean) and [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Ian Churchill, Image, JG Roshell, Jimmy Betancourt, Marineman, Marineman #1, Marineman #1 review, Nicolas Chapuis, review, Richard Starkings | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 7, 2010 by SoldierHawk
As readers of my reviews know, Kill Shakespeare is one of my favorite books on the stand right now. As an English major (and teacher) the combination of comics and Shakespeare’s characters is absolutely irresistible. The series has hit a pair of benchmarks recently–the release of issue #7 last month (which marks the past-halfway mark [...]
Filed under: IDW, Other | Tagged: Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery, Interview, Kill Shakespeare, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 7, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By Gail Simone (writer), Jim Calafiore (artist), Jason Wright (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: The teams of Sixes have a brief showdown in Skartaris before things come to (something) of a resolution. Deals are proposed, old scores are settled and the Secret Six end up with a—potentially—expanded roster by the time the dust has [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: comicbook review, Gail Simone, Jason Wright, Jim Calafiore, Secret Six, Secret Six #28, Secret six #28 review, Travis Lanham, weekly comic book reivews, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 7, 2010 by dfstell
By: Fred Van Lente (writer), Jefte Palo (art), Jean Francois Beaulieu (colors), Dave Lanphear (letters) & Lauren Sankovitch (editor) The Story: Van Lente fills in the last few bits as he fleshes out the suddenly very interesting Taskmaster character. What’s Good: Who’s up for a Taskmaster ongoing? I am! Perhaps that is overdoing it, at [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dave Lanphear, Dean Stell, Fred Van Lente, Jean Fracois Beaulieu, Jefte Palo, Lauren Sankovitch, Marvel, review, Taskmaster, Taskmaster #4, Taskmaster #4 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 6, 2010 by dfstell
What’s Good: How about that grenade?!?! Didn’t we just know that would show up again? I’ll go ahead and give the obligatory SPOILER warning because it is hard to discuss what I liked about this episode without getting into the main “shocking” event of the episode. One of the things that made issues 7-12 of [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, review, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead AMC, The Walking Dead Episode 6 Season Finale, The Walking Dead Episode 6 Season Finale review, The Walking Dead Season Finale, TV | 14 Comments »
Posted on December 6, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Keith Giffen (writer), Matthew Clark and Ron Randall (pencillers), John Livesay (inker), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: Fresh from yet another confrontation with the Chief that has now left them leaderless, the Doom Patrol reluctantly agree to accompany their newest benefactor to a gala in North Korea that’s more like a who’s-who of crazed [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Doom Patrol, Doom Patrol #17, Doom Patrol #17 review, Guy Major, John Livesay, Keith Giffen, Matthew Clark, Ron Randall, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 4, 2010 by paladinking
by Paul Cornell (writer), Marco Rudy & Ed Benes (art), Val Staples & Jason Wright (colors), and John J. Hill (letters) The Story: A young Lex Luthor finds himself the unwilling “employee” of Darkseid and, in the back-up, the disciple of Ra’s Al-Ghul. What’s Good: First things first: this issue is $4.99, but it’s a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics Annual, ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #13, Alex Evans, Anti-Life Equation, Apokolips, Bruno Mannheim, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daily Planet, Darkseid, DC Comics, DC Universe, DCU, Desaad, Ed Benes, Intergang, Lazarus Pit, Lex Luthor, Marco Rudy, New God, New Gods, Paul Cornell, Perry White, Ra's Al Ghul, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 4, 2010 by dfstell
By: Marc Sumerak (writer), Dan Panosian (art), Antonio Fabela (colors), Dave Sharpe (letters) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: A bunch of neither God, nor mortal heroic types battle the forces of Chaos. What’s Good: This is a comic you buy if you’re into a couple of the characters OR are buying the whole Chaos [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Antonio Fabela, Chaos War, Chaos War: God Squad, Chaos War: God Squad #1, Chaos War: God Squad #1 review, Dan Panosian, Dave Sharpe, Dean Stell, God Squad, Marc Sumerak, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review, Silver Surfer, Venus | 7 Comments »
Posted on December 3, 2010 by dfstell
By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Brad Walker (pencils), Andrew Hennessy (inks), Jay David Ramos (colors), Joe Caramanga (letters) & Bill Rosemann (Editor) The Story: Marvel’s classic “Heroes for Hire” returns. It’s a great place to see some of Marvel’s lesser-used NYC characters doing happy-mercenary missions. What’s Good: Although there is a plot twist [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Andrew Hennessy, Andy Lanning, Bill Rosemann, Brad Walker, Dan Abnett, Dean Stell, Heroes for Hire, Heroes for Hire #1, Heroes for Hire #1 review, Jay David Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 3, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti (writers), Travis Moore (artist), Trevor Scott (inker), Rob Schwager (colorist) The Story: While the Freedom Fighters minus Uncle Sam home in on the second artifact, they’re drawn into a prison break in a secret facility full of twisted experiments, which may be sanctioned by the government the Fighters work [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: comic book reviewsw, Freedom Fighters #4, Freedom Fighters #4 review, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Phantom Lady, Rob Schwager, Travis Moore, Trevor Scott, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
