Posted on March 31, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Marcos Martin, Ty Templeton, Nuno Plati & Stefano Caselli (art), Muntsa Vicente, Javier Rodriguez, Plati & Marte Gracia (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spidey and the FF give the Human Torch a proper send off by recalling a lot of the good [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Javier Rodriguez, Joe Caramagna, Marcos Martin, Marte Gracia, Marvel, Muntsa Vicente, Nuno Plati, review, Stefano Caselli, Stephen Wacker, Ty Templeton | 7 Comments »
Posted on March 31, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Francesco Francavilla (art & colors), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Janelle Asselin (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: Jim Gordon tries to close an old case while also dealing with his feelings about his son. What’s Good: Sheesh, what a good issue. ”Haunting” is probably the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Comic Book Reviews, DC, Dean Stell, Detective Comics, Detective Comics #875, Detective Comics #875 review, Francesco Francavilla, Gordon, Janelle Asselin, Jared K. Fletcher, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Scott Snyder, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 31, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Don Kramer (pencils), Sean Parsons and Wayne Faucher (inks), Alex Sinclair with Pete Pantazis (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Of all the people in the world, Dr. Psycho–longtime Wonder Woman nemesis–pulls Diana in a sort of limbo between life and death. There, it is revealed that [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Comic Book Reviews, Don Kramer, J. Michael Straczynski, Pete Pantazis, Phil Hester, Sean Parsons, Travis Lanham, Wayne Faucher, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #609, Wonder Woman #609 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Jesus Merino (artist), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: My, those are some big black balls you’ve got there, Lex Luthor. The Review: It’s been a long, wild journey we’ve had, following Superman’s arch-nemesis on his quest for ultimate power. He’s faced off against some of the baddest of the baddies in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #899, Action Comics #899 review, Brad Anderson, Brainiac, comic book reviewsw, DC Comics, Jesus Merino, Lex Luthor, Paul Cornell, Robot Lois, Superman, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: JT Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: It’s getting dark, guys. Hey Solstice–lend us a light? The Review: There’s a very clear separation between what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s mediocre, but it can be difficult to explain what makes them such, especially when something falls in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Bart Allen, Beast Boy, Cassie Sandsmark, Connor Kent, DC Comics, Doug Hazlewood, Garfield Logan, Jason Wright, JT Krul, Kid Flash, Kon-El, Nicola Scott, Rachel Roth, Ravager, Raven, Red Robin, Rose Wilson, Solstice, Superboy, Teen Titans, Teen Titans #93, Teen Titans #93 review, Tim Drake, Wonder Girl | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 30, 2011 by paladinking
by Ed Brubaker (writer), Will Conrad (art), Rain Beredo & Sotocolor (colors), and Dave Lanphear (letters) The Story: Steve Rogers delves into the mind of John Steele, trying to figure out where it all went wrong. The Review: This isn’t an Avengers comic. Hell, it’s not even a team book. Rather, it seems like in [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Beast, Captain America, Civil War, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Ed Brubaker, Hank McCoy, John Steele, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Nazis, Secret Avengers, Secret Avengers #11, Secret Avengers #11 review, Steve Rogers, Weekly Comic Book Review, Will Conrad, WWII | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 30, 2011 by paladinking
by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers and the Illuminati raise to secure the rest of the Infinity Gems before the Hood does. The Review: It’s always something of a treat to see a creator take a big creative [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Avengers #11, Avengers #11 review, Brian Bendis, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Charles Xavier, Comic Book Reviews, comic review, comic reviews, Danger Room, Hawkeye, Hulk, Illuminati, Infinity Gauntlet, infinity gem, Infinity Gems, John Romita Jr., Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Parker Robbins, Professor Xavier, Red Hulk, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Steve Rogers, The Hood, The Thing, Thor, Uatu the Watcher, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 30, 2011 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry & Salvador Larroca (art), Matt Hollingsworth & Ulises Arreola (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: The Blood Legion battles the World Eaters for all the marbles. The Review: I’m really pretty torn over this comic. As a huge fan of Thor, there were things that really worked and [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardian, Asgardians, Avengers, Balder, Blood Legion, Broxton, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Eric Solvang, Jane Foster, Kelda, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Odin, Pasqual Ferry, Salvador Larroca, Thor, Thor #621, Thor #621 review, Tyr, Uthana Thoth, Weekly Comic Book Review, World Eaters, World Tree | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Nick Spencer (writer), RB Silva with Amilcar Pinna (pencillers), DYM & Rob Lean (inkers), Dave McCaig (colorist The Story: Meet Jimmy Olsen, Boy-Man of Steel, and about to save the world in his underpants. The Review: If you flip through the television nowadays, it’s amazing how hard it is to find something to watch [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Amilcar Pinna, Chloe Sullivan, Dave McCaig, DC Comics, DYM, Jimmy Olsen, Maggie Mxyzptlk, Natasha Irons, Nick Spencer, Perry White, RB Silva, Rob Lean, Sebastien Mallory, Superman | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 29, 2011 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Kick Drum Comix #1 – From artistic genius Jim Mahfood comes this wildly awesome issue with two stories centered on the urban music scene. The stories are very high quality, but the art is just at another level. I always love to see an artist who isn’t [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Action Comics #899, Age of X Universe #1, Amazing Spider-Man #657, American Vampire #13, Avengers #11, Captain America #616, Detective Comics #875, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #8, Incognito: Bad Influences #5, Jimmy Olsen, Kick Ass 2 #2, Scalped #47, Scarlet #5, Secret Avengers #11, Thor #621, Undying Love #1, Wolverine #7 | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 29, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Ron Marz (writer), Matthew Dow Smith (art), Nathan Fairbairn (colors), Troy Peteri (letters) The Story: Guest stars Mulder and Scully–er, that is, Detective Patrick Gleason and Sheriff Kate Rooney–find themselves under a ghostly siege. Only one person, convicted hitman Vince Petramale, seems to be able to offer any hope of survival. What’s Good: Ouch. [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Top Cow | Tagged: Matthew Dow Smith, Nathan Fairbairn, Ron Marz, Troy Peteri, weekly comic book review i, Witchblade, Witchblade #143, Witchblade #143 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 29, 2011 by dfstell
Amazing what a sneaky heavy week of comics last week was, eh? But, we here at WCBR endeavor to bring you the broadest coverage possible, even when we can’t get a full review up for every comic on the stands…. Daredevil Reborn #3 – Ugh. This is really not good! I hate to be flip at [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Adam Kubert, Andy Diggle, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine, Bret Booth, Daredevil Reborn, Daredevil: Reborn #3, Daredevil: Reborn #3 review, DC, Dean Stell, Echoes, Emma Rios, Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak, Harvey Tolibao, Ian Churchill, Image, James Robinson, Jason Aaron, Jim Mahfood, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Justice League of America, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #55, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #55 review, Kathryn Immonen, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Kick Drum Comix, Marineman, Marvel, Meta 4, Osborn, Osborn #4, Osborn #4 review, Phil Noto, Power Man and Iron Fist, Quick Hit Reviews, Rahsan Ekedal, Silver Surfer, Ted McKeever, The Mission, Wolverine and Jubilee | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Robert Elrod The Story: Is George a cancer-stricken schizo who hallucinates little goblins whining about the filth in his house, or does he have a sinus infection? We’ll see… The Review: Generally, you expect the majority of stories to be narrative-driven, with a beginning, middle, and end, or at least the motions of starting [...]
Filed under: Reviews | Tagged: Robert Elrod, Stories About George, Tickling a Dead Man, Tickling A Dead Man: Stories About George Volume 1, Tickling A Dead Man: Stories About George Volume 1 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Levitz (writer), Daniel HDR & Wayne Faucher (artists), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: It’s like playing Where’s Waldo?, only with several dozen super-powered criminals across interplanetary space. That’s fun, right? The Review: It’s a common issue in comics that once you take a step back from the flashy action sequences and charged emotional scenes, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Daniel HDR, DC Comics, Dream Girl, Harmonia Li, Hi-Fi, Legion, Legion of Super Heroes, Legion of Super-Heroes #11, Legion of Super-Heroes #11 review, Legion of Super-Villains, Lightning Lass, Mon-El, Paul Levitz, Saturn Queen, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, The Legion of Super-Heroes, THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #11, THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #11 review, Timber Wolf, Tyroc, Wayne Faucher | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 28, 2011 by dfstell
By: Brian Wood (writer), Ryan Kelly (art), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: A few of our freshmen co-eds at NYU have life-changing experiences. What’s Good: Again this month, New York Five is really a showcase for Ryan Kelly’s art. The story is good too, and I’ll [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Wood, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, Jared K. Fletcher, New York Five, New York Five #3, New York Five #3 review, New York Four, review, Ryan Kelly, Shelly Bond, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 28, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion & Todd McFarlane (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors), Comicraft (letters) & Jen Cassidy (editor) The Story: The stakes are changing. As Daniel struggles without his connection with Kurt and the Haunt “suit”, Kurt deals with some spectral bad dude. What’s Good: Greg Capullo is really good. That [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comicraft, Dean Stell, Fco Plascencia, Greg Capullo, Haunt, Haunt #14, Haunt #14 review, Image, Jen Cassidy, Jonathan Glapion, review, Robert Kirkman, Todd McFarlane | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 28, 2011 by dfstell
By: Michah S. Harris (writer), Loston Wallace (art), Steve Downer (colors) & Nate Pride (letters) The Story: Spunky/Sexy secret agent Lorna, tries to foil a secret plot against the United States capital. What’s Good: Great and fun art! There is certainly a place in comicdom for this kinda of good-girl pin-up-styled art. Wallace’s Lorna is [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Image, Lorna Relic Wrangler, Lorna: Relic Wrangler review, Loston Wallace, Michah S. Harris, Nate Pride, review, Steve Downer, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Alan Moore (writer), Jacen Burrows (art), Juanmar (colors) The Story: Neonomicon wraps up with an ending that indicates more story is yet to come. What’s Good: It is really a shame that Alan Moore doesn’t write more comics. Neonomicon isn’t his strongest work; and this issue isn’t even the best of this miniseries (issues [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Alan Moore, Avatar Press, Dean Stell, Jacen Burrows, Juanmar, Neonomicon, Neonomicon #4, Neonomicon #4 review, review | 8 Comments »
Posted on March 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction & Kieron Gillen (writers), Greg Land with Paul Renaud (pencils), Jay Leisten with Renaud (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jake Thomas & Jordan White (assistant editors), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: We wrap up both the Emma Frost v. Sebastian Shaw and X-Men v. Lobe [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Greg Land, Jake Thomas, Jay Leisten, Joe Caramagna, Jordan White, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Matt Fraction, Nick Lowe, Paul Renuad, review, Uncanny X-Men | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 26, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Mark Waid (writer), Jorge Molina (pencils), Karl Kesel (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), VC’s Joe Sabino (letters and production) The Story: Cap struggles with finding himself back “home” in the 40s…but without his comrades and without a war to fight. And with Kang still on the loose, he must also find a way to warn [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Captain America Man Out of Time #5 review, Captain America: Man Out Of Time, Captain America: Man Out of Time #5, Frank D'Armata, Jorge Molina, Karl Kesel, Mark Waid, VC's Joe Sabino, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 24, 2011 by paladinking
by Ed Brubaker (writer), Mitch Breitweiser (art), Bettie Breitweiser (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Steve Rogers looks to both stop and save a new super soldier intent on taking up the mantle of Captain America. The Review: I like Bucky Barnes. I like Bucky-Cap. With that said, however, this is probably the best [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: AIM, Bettie Breitweiser, Captain America, Captain America #615, Captain America #615.1 review, Captain America 615.1, Dr. Malus, Ed Brubaker, Marvel .1, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Mitch Breitweiser, Nick Fury, Power Broker, Sharon Carter, Steve Rogers, WWII | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: James Peaty (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: Two aliens, a prepubescent assassin, and a guy in bug-themed robotic armor–a winning combination. The Review: After the excitement of Nick Spencer’s takeover of Supergirl was ultimately diminished by his immediate departure after issue 60, I was relieved when the following month offered as [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Bernard Chang, Blond, Blue Beetle, Damian Wayne, DC Comics, Jaime Reyes, James Peaty, Kara Zor-El, Lois Lane, M'gann M'orzz, Megan Morse, Miss Martian, Nick Spencer, Robin, Supergirl, Supergirl #62, Supergirl #62 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 24, 2011 by dfstell
By: Timothy Truman, Benjamin Truman, David Lapham, Dan Braun & Doug Moench (writers), T. Truman, Lapham, Lucas Marangon & Mike Vosburg (artists), Nate Piekos (letters), Shawna Gore & Dave Land (editors) The Story: Uncle Creepy is back with 4 new black and white tales of horror. What’s Good: There is just something about B&W horror [...]
Filed under: Dark Horse Comics | Tagged: Benjamin Truman, Creepy, Creepy #5, Creepy #5 review, Dan Braun, Dark Horse, Dave Land, David Lapham, Dean Stell, Doug Moench, Lucas Marangon, Mike Vosburg, Nate Piekos, review, Shawna Gore, Timothy Truman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 24, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Gabriel Hardman (art), Elizabeth Breitweiser (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) She-Hulks/A-Bomb back-up by: Parker (writer), Tim Seeley (art), Matt Milla (colors), Dukeshire (letters), Thomas & Paniccia (editors) The Story: A new story line kicks off for Red Hulk as a former ally is coming [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Gabriel Hardman, Hulk, Hulk #31, Hulk #31 review, Incredible Hulk, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, Matt Milla, review, Tim Seeley, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 24, 2011 by paladinking
by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Steve Epting (pencils & inks), Rick Magyar (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: The Future Foundation recalibrates following Johnny’s death, as dangers loom. The Review: One thing is immediately clear while reading FF #1: this is what Jonathan Hickman has been building up to. Many of the [...]
Filed under: Reviews, Marvel Comics | Tagged: AIM, Alex Evans, Alex Power, Ben Grimm, Bentley Wittman, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dr. Doom, Fantastic Four, FF, FF #1, Franklin Richards, Future Foundation, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm, Jonathan Hickman, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Mr. Fantastic, Nathaniel Richards, PAVLOV, Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Spider-Man, Steve Epting, Sue Storm, The Thing, The Wizard, Val Richards, Victor von Doom, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
