By: Christian Wildgoose (artist) The Story: Deputy Marshal Reuben J. Cogburn is being accused of having once killed a man—or a little over a dozen—just to see him die. How does he plead? Um… The Review: You got to hand it to the Western genre; even through all the decades it’s been around, spun into [...]
Filed under: Reviews | Tagged: Charles Portis, Christian Wildgoose, Coen Brothers, True Grit, True Grit: Mean Business, True Grit: Mean Business review | 3 Comments »
By: Joshua Hale Fialkov (writer), Rahsan Ekedal (art) The Story: A man tries to come to grips with the fact that his father was a big-time serial killer while also dealing with his own mental health issues. What’s Good: What a creepy story this is! If you enjoy horror that is more unsettling and [...]
Filed under: Top Cow | Tagged: Dean Stell, Echoes, Echoes #2, Echoes #2 review, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Rahsan Ekedal, review, Top Cow | Leave a Comment »
by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) and Daniel Acuna (artist) The Story: Luke Cage and Jessica Jones go out on a date. Yeah, that’s not going to go uninterrupted. What’s Good: It’s always nice when a creator gets to work with characters that he/she knows like the back of his hand, and that’s what we get [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Alias, Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daniel Acuna, Doombot, Dr. Doom, Jessica Jones, Jewel, Luke Cage, Ms. Marvel, New Avengers, New Avengers #8, New Avengers #8 review, Peter Parker, Power Man, Power Woman, Spider-Man, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
By: Eric Wallace (writer), Cliff Richards (artist), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Mary Batson, did no one ever tell you making deals with demons is never a good idea? The Review: Captain Marvel and the rest of his ilk have always seemed a little out of place in the DCU. Besides the gimmick of their magic [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Billy Batson, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Cliff Richards, DC Comics, Eric Wallace, Freddy Freeman, Hi-Fi, Marvel Family, Mary Batson, Mary Marvel, Shazam, Shazam #1, Shazam #1 review, Shazam! review | 2 Comments »
By: Chad Cabrera (writer), Mike Banting (artist), Sam Gungon (cover colorist) The Story: It’s not easy trying to make it as a gumshoe in the Wild West. It’s even harder when the guy who tried to murder your wife is your newest case. The Review: Manga is an interesting bird in the world of comics. [...]
Filed under: Other, Reviews | Tagged: Chad Cabrera, Drop Dead Dangerous, Drop Dead Dangerous #0, Drop Dead Dangerous #0 review, Edgar Allen Poe, Manga, Mike Banting, Sam Gungon | 7 Comments »
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: A new story arc begins on our favorite Lakota reservation. What’s Good: It’s nice to get plunged back into an ongoing Scalped story. For quite a few months, we’ve has done-in-ones and short arcs that were [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, R.M. Guera, review, Scalped, Scalped #45, Scalped #45 review, Steve Wands, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) & John Romita Jr. (artist) The Story: The Illuminati are caught in the act and the Hood comes back more dangerous than ever. What’s Good: Already, I’m enjoying this second arc quite a bit more than its predecessor. The title feels less hamstrung in its storytelling thanks to the lack [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Avengers #9, Avengers #9 review, Black Bolt, Brian Bendis, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Charles Xavier, Civil War, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Hawkeye, Illuminati, Infinity Gauntlet, Infinity Gems, Inhumans, Iron Man, John Romita Jr., Madame Masque, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Medusa, Mr. Fantastic, New Avengers, Parker Robbins, Peter Parker, Professor Xavier, Reed Richards, Secret Avengers, Spider-Man, Steve Rogers, The Hood, Thor, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
By: Brian Wood (writer), Ryan Kelly (art), Jared K. Fletcher (letters) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: A bunch of young women who are freshmen at NYU deal with life in the city. What’s Good: What a breath of fresh air this was! You know how crummy you feel if you eat junk food for [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Wood, Dean Stell, Jared K. Fletcher, New York Five, review, Ryan Kelly, Shelly Bond, THE NEW YORK FIVE, THE NEW YORK FIVE #1, THE NEW YORK FIVE #1 review, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
By: Andrew R. Robinson (writer) The Story: Batman said observe the illegal toxin-producing factory, not blow it up! Who’s leading this team anyway? The Review: There are two major things people expect from the superhero genre: loads of action and compelling characters. As much fun as explosions and fisticuffs can be, the characters involved need [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Andrew R. Robinson, Aqualad, Bane, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, Kid Flash, M'gann M'orzz, Megan Morse, Miss Martian, Robin, Superboy, Wally West, Young Justice, Young Justice episode 4, Young Justice episode 4 review | 2 Comments »
by Rick Remender (writer), Jerome Opena (penciller) The Story: The team break into Clan Akkaba’s ship, only to be confronted with the age-old question: If you could kill an evil person when they were still just a child, would you? By the end of the issue, the question gets answered. With a bang. What’s Good: [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Jerome Opena, Psylocke, Rick Rememnder, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Force #4, Uncanny X-Force #4 review, X-Force | 6 Comments »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Mateus Santoluco (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Pearl and Henry run into trouble with vampires while unknowingly being followed by an old enemy. What’s Good: Again, lots of stuff. Go back and read some of the prior reviews for this series on this [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #11, American Vampire #11 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Mark Doyle, Mateus Santolouco, review, Scott Snyder, Steve Wands, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice (pencils), Stefano Gaudiano w/ Mark Morales, Tom Palmer, Rick Magyar, Mike Perkins and Butch Guice (inks), Bettie Breitweiser w/ Chris Sotomayor, Humberto Ramos and Frank Martin (colors), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters and production) The Story: The trial of Bucky Barnes continues, with things going about as well as can [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Butch Guice, Captain America, Captain America #614, Captain America #614 review, Captian America #614 review, Chris Sotomayor, Ed Brubaker, Frank Martin, Humberto Ramos, Mark Morales, Mike Perkins, Rick Magyar, Stefano Guadiano, Tom Palmer, VC'S Joe Caramagna, weeky comic book reivew | Leave a Comment »
by Jonathan Hickman (writer) & Steve Epting (artist) The Story: Reed Richards attempts to save a planet’s worth of people, Sue finds herself thrust into an ancient war, and Ben, Johnny, and the kids make their stand against the Annihilation wave. What’s Good: So let’s talk about the character death first. Despite all the publicity, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Power, Ben Grimm, Bentley Wittman, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dragon Man, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four #587, Fantastic Four death, Fantastic Four death issue, FF, Franklin Richards, Future Foundation, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm, Jonathan Hickman, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Mr. Fantastic, Reed Richards, Steve Epting, Sue Storm, The Thing, Three, Three Fantastic Four, Val Richards, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Khoi Pham (pencils), Thomas Palmer & Bob McLeod (inks), Sunny Gho (colors), Simon Bowland (letters) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Time for the final throwdown battle between Herc and the Chaos King! What’s Good: This Herc storyline wrapped up in a really nice and fun way. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bob McLeod, Chaos War, Chaos War #5, Chaos War #5 review, Dean Stell, Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak, Khoi Pham, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review, Simon Bowland, Sunny Gho, Thomas Palmer | 6 Comments »
By: Jai Nitz (writer), Colton Worley (pencils and inks), Romulo Fajardo Jr. (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor) The Story: We start with a softer side to Kato in this stand-alone issue. He’s going to see friends play jazz. But, being a gritty, noir book, your can bet that it doesn’t take long for the sordidness of [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Colton Worley, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DS Arsenault, Jai Nitz, Joseph Rybandt, Kato, Kato Origins #6, Kato Origins #6 review, Racism, review, Reviews, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
By: Victor Gischler (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils), Tim Townsend (inks), Bachalo (colors), Joe Caramanga (letters) & Axel Alonso (editor) The Story: The X-Men are trying to boost their public image and then get called off to investigate some weird reptiles in NYC. What’s Good: The second story arc is usually pretty telling for a new [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Axel Alonso, Chris Bachalo, Dean Stell, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Spider-Man, Tim Townsend, Victor Gischler, X-Men, X-Men #7, X-Men #7 review | 4 Comments »
By J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Eduardo Pansica (pencils), Jay Leisten, Marlo Alquiza, Wayne Faucher and Eber Ferreira (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Diana and her friends are assaulted by mystical creatures determined to destroy them, and are forced out of their safe house after a tragedy. Things [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Eber Ferreir, Eduardo Pansica, J. Michael Straczynski, Jay Leisten, Marlo Alquiza, Phil Hester, Wayne Faucher, weekly comic book reviews, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #606, Wonder Woman #606 review | 6 Comments »
By: J.T. Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood & Scott Kobush (inkers), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: Teens these days…if they’re not listening to terrible pop music, they’re creating black holes in their schools. The Review: Each of the major teams in the DCU stands for something—the Justice League representing strength in numbers, while [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Beast Boy, Cassandra Sandsmark, Cassie Sandsmark, Conner Kent, Damien Wayne, DC Comics, Doug Hazlewood, J.T. Krul, Jason Wright, Kon-El, Nicola Scott, Ravager, Raven, Robin, Scott Kobush, Superboy, Teen Titans, Teen Titans #91, Teen Titans #91 review, Wonder Girl | 2 Comments »
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Pete Woods (artist), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: It’s the World’s Un-Finest! Can the world’s greatest mind keep up with the world’s sickest wit? Yes and no, honestly. The Review: In the DCU, there can be no two personalities more complex and inscrutable than Lex Luthor and the Joker. Either one [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #897, Action Comics #897 review, Brad Anderson, DC Comics, Larfleeze, Lex Luthor, Paul Cornell, Pete Woods, Robot Lois, The Joker | 7 Comments »
By: Mark Waid (writer), Marcio Takara (art), Nolan Woodard (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: With Plutonian kidnapped by aliens (from the pages of Irredeemable), does Max Damage have a reason to be good anymore? What’s Good: There is a lot of good character work in this issue. The town of [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom! Studios, comic book reviewsw, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Incorruptible, Incorruptible #14, Incorruptible #14 review, Marcio Takara, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Nolan Woodard, review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Scarlet #4 – Even in spite of the awful shootings in AZ, this book is really speaking to the Libertarian in me. I’m most happy to see that Bendis hasn’t lost his “fastball” for telling an edgy story after years of writing mass-produced superhero stuff for Marvel. [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Action Comics #897, American Vampire #11, Avengers #9, Captain America #614, Detective Comics #873, Echoes #2, Fables #101, Fantastic Four #587, New Avengers #8, New York Five #1, Scalped #45, Secret Avengers #9, Thunderbolts #152, Wonder Woman #606 | 1 Comment »
We don’t just buy comics to review! We love comics, but every week we collectively buy a few more comics that we can give full reviews to and it seems unfair to let them slip by unmentioned. Thus, the quick-hit reviews…. Avengers Academy #8 – This is a really good series. I don’t know [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Justice League of America #53, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine #5 | 2 Comments »
By: Judd Winick (writer), Sami Basri (artist), Sunny Gho & Jessica Kholinne (colorists) The Story: These monstrous cloned freaks are trippin’! And Max Lord has a job for Power Girl to do—wait, what? The Review: The decompressed style of comic book writing has its pros and cons. Pro: richer exploitation of a storyline. When you [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Cadmus, Jessica Kholinne, Judd Winick, Kara Zor-L, Karen Starr, Max Lord, Power Girl, Power Girl #20, Power Girl #20 review, Sami Basri, Sunny Gho | 2 Comments »
