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Marineman #2 – Review

Posted on January 10, 2011 by dfstell

By: Ian Churchill (writer, art, colors), Alex Sollazzo (colors), Richard Starkings, Jimmy Betancourt & JG Roshell (lettering & design) The Story: A big revelation about Steve Ocean (a.k.a. Marineman)!  Surprise…he isn’t just a dude who likes the water. What’s Good:  Everything that was great about issue #1 is still present here.  The biggest thing that [...]

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I, Zombie #9 – Review

Posted on January 8, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Gwyn goes out on a date with a monster hunter. What’s Good: At its core, this comic has a ton of potential as just a human relationship type of comic.  Sure the main character is a [...]

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Brightest Day #17 – Review

Posted on January 8, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, Joe Prado (artists), Vicente Cifuentes and David Beaty (inkers), Peter Steigerwald with Beth Sotelo (color) The Story: Homecoming. I’ve got the “Love, Love, Love” part of “All You Need Is Love” by the Beatles after reading this story, because everything in [...]

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She-Hulks #3 – Review

Posted on January 8, 2011 by dfstell

By: Harrison Wilcox (writer), Ryan Stegman (pencils), Michael Babinski (inks), Guru eFX (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: She-Hulks Jen and Lyra continue taking down The Intelligencia while dealing with other important matters… like shopping. What’s Good: This miniseries has capital F-U-N all over it.  I love it.  The story is [...]

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Freedom Fighters #5 – Review

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray (writers), Travis Moore (penciller), Trevor Scott (inker), Rob Schwager (colorist) The Story: The Fighters discover metahuman convict escapees are tougher to deal with than they think, and the rumors regarding mutant creatures in sewer bottoms may have some credit. The Review: The nonstop action continues as Jimmy Palmiotti and [...]

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Doc Macabre #2 – Review

Posted on January 8, 2011 by dfstell

By: Steve Niles (writer), Bernie Wrightson (art), Tom Smith (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) & Tom Waltz (editor) The Story: Young Doc Macabre ties to deal with a ghostly uprising. What’s Good: Lookie who the artist is: Bernie Wrightson.  He is legitimately one of the real masters of the comic art form to come along in [...]

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Who Is Jake Ellis? #1 – Review

Posted on January 8, 2011 by dfstell

By: Nathan Edmondson (writer) and Tonci Zonjic (art) The Story: An international man-of-action has a ghostly protector named Jake Ellis. What’s Good: I really liked Who is Jake Ellis #1.  It kinda has the important elements for a story like this: (a) it was fun to read, (b) it had good action bits and (c) [...]

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Weird Worlds #1 – Review

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By Kevin VanHook (1st feature writer), Jerry Oroway (1st feature artist), Pete Pantazis (1st feature colorist), Aaron Lopresti (2nd feature writer/penciller), Matt Ryan (2nd feature inker), Dave McCaig (2nd feature colorist), Kevin Maguire (3rd feature writer/artist), Rosemary Cheetham (3rd feature colorist) The Story: In the first feature, Lobo once again rises from the dead to [...]

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Generation Hope #3 – Review

Posted on January 6, 2011 by joelopez101

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Salvador Espin (penciller) The Story: Hope and the Fi- er, Four Lights, in order to stop the X-Men from killing Kenji, decide to take him down themselves.  Hope sees a fiery bird, stands up to Cyke, turns into a giant monster (In Japan of all places!  The nerve!), and puts the [...]

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The Walking Dead #80 – Review

Posted on January 5, 2011 by dfstell

By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Russ Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: No Way Out begins.  Will the zombies get a snack? What’s Good: This issue was a bit of a tease.  [SPOILER warning]  The thing that makes this comic series and book so special is that [...]

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Superboy #3 – Review

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (artist), Jamie Grant (colorist) The Story: Just as Superboy’s getting a new handle on balancing what’s normal in his life and what’s not, Smallville High falls victim to a mass migraine of epic proportions, the work of…Psionic Lad! The Review: Last issue’s run in with Poison Ivy and some [...]

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Irredeemable #21 – Review

Posted on January 5, 2011 by dfstell

By: Mark Waid (writer), Peter Krause & Diego Barreto (art), Andrew Dalhouse & Nolan Woodard (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Mark Gagnon (editor) The Story: So, what has the Plutonian been up to since getting captured by the uber-powerful space aliens? What’s Good: Irredeemable makes me a little jealous of the folks who got to [...]

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Weekly Comic Book Review’s Top Picks

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Ray Hilario

Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Bulletproof Coffin #6 – What a great ending to a creator-owned series!  What started out as a send-up of the pre-comics code era finished with a biting satire of creator’s selling out the intellectual property rights to their characters for a paycheck.  Just awesome.  Runner-up: Detective Comics [...]

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27 #2 – Advance Review

Posted on January 4, 2011 by dfstell

By: Charles Soule (writer), Renzo Podesta (art), Shawn DePasquale (letters) & Kristen Simon (editor) The Story: Having regained (briefly) the use of his hand via a demonic ceremony performed by a nude mad scientist, a guitarist tries to figure out what has happened to him. What’s Good: The weirdness just keeps rolling for this title.  [...]

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WCBR Quick Hit Reviews – Week of Dec 29, 2010

Posted on January 4, 2011 by dfstell

We at WCBR all get more comics that we could possibly review in full every week.  Rather than let them go unmentioned, we run though the remainder of our pile here. Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #4 – This time hopping series continues and puts Logan and Spidey in yet another awesome situation: Logan is thrust [...]

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Justice Society of America #46 – Review

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Marc Guggenheim (writer), Mike Norton (artist), Mike Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: The disorder in Monument Point spirals further out of control as the Justice Society tries to contain the aftermath of Scythe’s attack.  With the mayor’s life at stake, the team’s great social experiment seems already on the verge of collapse. The Review: One [...]

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Bulletproof Coffin #6 – Review

Posted on January 4, 2011 by dfstell

By: David Hine (story/script), Shaky Kane (story/art), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters) & JG Roshell (production) The Story: Bulletproof Coffin comes to an end.  Will Steven find The Creators and save the world?  Or will the sinister G-Men thwart him? What’s Good: What an awesome comic!  This series started out with an interesting concept: [...]

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Scalped #44 – Review

Posted on January 4, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Davide Furno (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: As Aaron is resetting the stories in Scalped, we take an issue to focus on the hard-bitten, jackass FBI agent, Baylis Nitz. What’s Good: Another month, another outstanding issue of Scalped.  I have really enjoyed this [...]

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Secret Warriors #23 – Review

Posted on January 3, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Alessandro Vitti (art), IFS (color), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: John Garrett tells Druid he’s not done and trains him to reach his true potential. What’s Good: It’s great to see Sebastian back.  He was always my favourite of the Caterpillars, as I found him to be likable and the [...]

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Teen Titans #90 – Review

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: JT Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: The Titans track down the source of the genetically modified teens to a seemingly normal high school, only to be buried inside with a slew of crazed adolescents. The Review: The biggest pitfall a writer can fall into when writing [...]

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Trademarks in Comic Books – A Primer

Posted on January 3, 2011 by dfstell

Intellectual property is an important part of comic books and is central to many a raging message board war over items like “creator-owned” versus company-owned and legal disputes such as those between Marvel and Jack Kirby’s heirs or DC and Alan Moore.  In my last article on this subject we explored the world of copyright [...]

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