Posted on April 29, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Eduardo Pansica (pencils), Wayne Faucher and Eber Ferreira (inks), Pete Pantazis (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Wonder Woman begins to live up to her name as she (finally!) discovers the source of the temporal disturbance affecting her future, and finds a way to begin to fight [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Eber Ferreira, Eduardo Pansica, J. Michael Straczynski, Pete Pantazis, Phil Hester, Travis Lanham, Wayne Faucher, weekly comics book review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #610 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: John Rozum (writer), Frazer Irving (artist) The Story: If anything has ever validated my fear and loathing of trick-or-treaters, this is it. The Review: The world grows more devoted to the laws and products of science all the time, but the supernatural still holds a powerful grasp on our imaginations and curiosity. It’s been [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Catholic Girl, David Kim, DC, DC Comics, Frazer Irving, John Rozum, Julian Parker, Nun of the Above, Nun the Less, Rabbi Sinnowitz, Xombi, Xombi #2, Xombi #2 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 29, 2011 by dfstell
By: Victor Gischler (writer), Chris Bachalo & Paco Medina (pencils), Tim Townsend, Wayne Faucher, Jaime Mendoza, Al Vey & Juan Vlasco (inks), Antonio Fabela & Jim Charalampidis (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: The X-Men / Spider-Man spectacular sewer team-up comes to a close. What’s Good: It [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Al Vey, Antonio Fabela, Chris Bachalo, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Jaime Mendoza, Jim Charalampidis, Joe Caramagna, Juan Vlasco, Marvel, Nick Lowe, Paco Medina, review, Tim Townsend, Victor Gischler, Wayne Faucher, X-Men, X-Men #10, X-Men #10 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 29, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Lui Antonio (artist) Adriano Lucas (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: Sola’s story and John Carter’s escape attempt from Thark with Dejah Thoris. What’s Good: Well, all of it. Antonio and Lucas have slapped some beautiful artwork onto the page. Dejah Thoris is obviously the classic beauty [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Reviews, review, comic books, Comic Book Reviews, Weekly Comic Book Review, WCBR, comic reviews, Adaptation, DS Arsenault, comic book babes, John Carter, Dejah Thoris, Tars Tarkas, Barsoom, Warlord of Mars #6, Warlord of Mars #6 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 29, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Henry goes to war with his secret little group of vampire hunters masquerading as Marines on the Pacific island of Taipan during WWII. What’s Good: It’s another good issue for Snyder, Albuquerque [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #14, American Vampire #14 review, Comic Book Reviews, Dave McCaig, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, Rafael Albuquerque, Scott Snyder | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 28, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (story), Fred Van Lente (script), Stefano Caselli (art), Marte Gracia (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) Bug Time Infestation intro by: Dan Slott (writer), Barry Kitson (art), Edgar Delgado (colors) & Caramagna (letters) Ghost Rider team-up by: Rob Williams (writer), Lee Garbett (art), Alejandro Sicat (inks), [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alejandro Sicat, Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #659, Amazing Spider-Man #659 review, Barry Kitson, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, fabio d'auria, Fred Van Lente, Joe Caramagna, Lee Garbett, Marte Gracia, Marvel, review, Rob Williams, Stefano Caselli, Stephen Wacker | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Yanick Paquette (penciller), Michel Lacombe (inker), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: I’m afraid a bat’s too big to be caught in your web, Dr. Dedalus! The Review: In talking about Batman Incorporated, plenty of people have made references to the James Bond quality of the series’ adventures. The comparison has only [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Batman Inc., Batman Incorporated, Batman Incorporated #5, Batman Incorporated #5 review, Batwoman, Bruce Wayne, Comic Book Reviews, DC, DC Comics, Dr. Dedalus, El Gaucho, Grant Morrison, Kate Kane, Michel Lacombe, Nathan Fairbairn, The Hood, Yanick Paquette | 16 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: After the shocking events of the last issue, the survivors need to man-up. What’s Good: [SPOILER WARNING] If you thought that this issue would continue the bloodbath we got last month, you would be wrong. [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #84, The Walking Dead #84 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Jock (art), David Baron (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Janelle Asselin (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: Someone leaves a dead killer whale in a bank lobby. Batman has to investigate. What’s Good: If you’ve been following Scott Snyder’s run on Detective Comics, you already know [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: David Baron, DC, Dean Stell, Detective Comics, Detective Comics #876, Detective Comics #876 review, Janelle Asselin, Jock, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Sal Cipriano, Scott Snyder | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writer), Oliver Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin, Justin Ponsor, & Peter Steigerwald (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor and Sif go on a dangerous mission to the heart of the broken World Tree while Silver Surfer searches for a new target for his master’s hunger. The Review: In [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardian, Asgardians, Broxton, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fandral, Fear Itself, Galactus, Hogun, Loki, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Mighty Thor, Mighty Thor #1, Odin, Oliver Coipel, Sif, Silver Surfer, The Mighty Thor #1, The Mighty Thor #1 Review, Thor, Volstagg, Warriors Three, Weekly Comic Book Review, World Tree, Yggdrasil | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by paladinking
by Rick Remender (writer), Tony Moore (pencils), Crimelab! Studios (inks), John Rauch (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Flash fights for his life as he finds himself hunted by Kraven in the Savage Land. The Review: It seems that a lot series put out fantastic, promising first issues and then fail to deliver after [...]
Filed under: Reviews, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Spider-Man, Marvel Comics, Venom, Peter Parker, Flash Thompson, Rick Remender, Tony Moore, Kraven, Savage Land, Comic Book Reviews, Marvel Universe, Weekly Comic Book Review, comic reviews, Alex Evans, Kravinoff, Kraven the Hunter, Betty Brant, Venom #2, Venom #2 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Goeff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writer), Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, Norm Rapmund, Vicente Cifuentes, Oclair Albert, Tom Nguyen, Mick Gray, Mark Irwin, David Beaty (artists), Peter Steigerwald (colors) The Story: This is the conclusion of the Brightest Day 24-issue series. Nekron is kind of back, as is [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Blackest Night, Brightest Day #24, Brightest Day #24 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi, review, Reviews, Scott Clark, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Peter J. Tomasi (writer), Fernando Pasarin (artist), Cam Smith (inker), Gabe Eltiab (colorist) The Story: War of the Green Lanterns, Part Six: Mogo, the Green Lantern who also happens to be a planet, has a lot of fire power to unload on the last four free Green Lanterns, who, to avoid the corrupting effects [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Cam Smith, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Emerald Warriors #9, Emerald Warriors #9 review, Fernando Pasarin, Gabe Eltiab, Green Lantern, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #9, GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS #9 review, Guy Gardner, Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Peter J. Tomasi, review, Reviews, War of the Green Lanterns, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Lex Luthor is about to bring fun, love, and joy to all the people of the universe—the crazy part is I am being totally serious right now. The Review: Say what you like about Superman: he can be overly naïve, overbearingly preachy, arguably antiquated, and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #900, Action Comics #900 review, Ardian Syaf, Blond, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, Cyborg-Superman, Damon Lindelof, Dan Jurgens, David S. Goyer, DC, DC Comics, Death, Derek Hoffman, Eradicator, Gary Frank, Geoff Johns, Jamal Igle, Java Tartaglia, Jesus Merino, Jon Sibal, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Matt Camp, Migeul Sepulveda, Mr. Mind, Norm Rapmund, Paul Cornell, Paul Dini, Paul Mounts, Pete Woods, Rags Morales, RB Silva, Reign of Doomsday, Richard Donner, Rob Lean, Robot Lois, Ryan Sook, Steel, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (writer), Steve Kurth (pencils), Allen Martinez (inks), Brian Reber (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor) & Daniel Ketchum (editor) The Story: Age of X comes to a close. Will there be any wrinkles beyond “it was all in Legion’s mind”? What’s Good: If I’m being cheeky, I’d say the best [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Age of X, Allen Martinez, Brian Reber, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Marvel, Mike Carey, New Mutants, review, Sebastian Girner, Steve Kurth | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Thunderbolts #156 – This is such a fun and awesome series right now. There is always something neat going on as Jeff Parker keeps the action hopping from one plot-point to the next and never get’s bogged down in boring stuff. The main attraction this issue is [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #659, American Vampire #14, Avengers #12.1, Brightest Day #24, Captain America #617, Detective Comics #876, FF #2, FF#2, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #9, Haunt #15, Mighty Thor #1, Morning Glories #9, Scalped #48, Secret Avengers #12, The Flash #11, The Walking Dead #84, Uncanny X-Men #536, Velocity #4, Venom #2 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 26, 2011 by dfstell
Sheesh….we can’t review everything in full….. :) Wolverine and Jubilee #4 - So, this n ice little miniseries written by Kathryn Immonen wraps up and it is a must read if you are a Jubilee fan because this arc really establishes where she will be going forward. Kudos to the X-creative team for taking an interesting direction [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: 68, Ariel Olivetti, Avengers Academy, Avengers Academy #12, Avengers Academy #12 review, Christos Gage, Dean Stell, Image, Iron Man 2.0, Iron Man 2.0 #4, Iron Man 2.0 #4 review, Kathryn Immonen, Marvel, Nick Spencer, Phil Noto, Quick Hit Reviews, Tom Raney, Troy Hickman, Twlight Guardian, Wolverine & Jubilee #4, Wolverine & Jubilee #4 review, Wolverine and Jubilee | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 26, 2011 by dfstell
By: Ziggy Marley (creator), Joe Casey (writer), Jim Mahfood (art & letters), Justin Stewart (colors & design) The Story: An evil pharmaceutical company is pushing a synthetic mood-altering pill. The good citizens of Exodus aren’t going to stand for this ignorance of good, natural weed and enlist their hero, Marijuanaman in the fight for righteousness. [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: 420, Graphic Novel, Image, Jim Mahfood, Joe Casey, Justin Stewart, Marijuanaman, Marijuanaman review, Ziggy Marley | 15 Comments »
Posted on April 26, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: David Hine (writer), Moritat (artist), Gabe Bautista (colorist) The Story: Do I choose the super-hot puppet, or the super-hot real lady? Decisions, decisions… The Review: When it comes to fiction, you can’t (or you shouldn’t) really expect incredible realism, but you do expect whatever it is you’re reading or watching to mimic reality as [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Central City, Commissioner Dolan, David Hine, DC, DC Comics, Denny Colt, El Mano Negra, Ellen Dolan, Gabe Bautista, Ladronn, Moritat, Mr. Ovsack, Shonder Zeev, The Octopus, The Professor, The Spirit, The Spirit #13, The Spirit #13 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 26, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Mark Kidwell (story), Nat Jones (pen and inks), Jay Fotos (colors), Jason Arthur (letters) The Story: Summarizing the plot of a Vietnam-era war story by saying “things go wrong” might sound redundant. And in a normal Vietnam era war story, it might be. But not in ’68, oh no. In THIS Vietnam era war [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: '68 #1 review, 68, Jason Arthur, Jay Fotos, Mark Kidwell, Nat Jones, Vietnam War, vietnam war comics, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 26, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Matthew Sturges (writer), Stephane Roux (artist), John Kalisz (colorist) The Story: We all know Zatanna’s a wordplay geek, but this takes it to a whole new level. The Review: Zatanna’s backwards talk is an essential part of her character, and one of the most appealing, and yet it’s also probably the least understood. Grant [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Fairies, John Bolton, Magic, Matthew Sturges, mermaids, San Francisco, Stephane Roux, Zatanna, Zatanna #12, Zatanna #12 review, Zatanna Zatara, Zee | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 26, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: Juliet and Othello lead their ragtag band of Prodigals against Richard’s army, with predictably dire results. Things explode, people die, and Lady Macbeth uses her dark magic to ensure that the Prodigals remain on the defensive. [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Andy Belanger, Anthony Del Col, Chris Mowry, Conor McCreery, Ian Herring, Kill Shakespeare, Kill Shakespeare #10 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 26, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Adapted by Seymour Chwast This is the most out-of-the-box graphic novel I’ve reviewed so far. Truth be told—I’m stuck on what to actually write about. But I suppose what it comes down to is this: to really love this piece, you have to either know and love the source material (the complete Divine Comedy by [...]
Filed under: Other, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Big Sleep, Dante Alighieri, Dante's Divine Comedy, Dante's Divine Comedy comic book, Dante's Divine Comedy graphic novel, Dante's Divine Comedy review, Dante's Inferno, Dante's Paradiso, Dante's Purgutorio, film noir, Seymour Chwast, The Divine Comedy | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Judd Winick (writer), Sami Basri (artist), Jessica Kholinne (colorist) The Story: This guy has to learn he can’t just punk people’s magic whenever he wants. The Review: In my last review of Power Girl I got a little tough on Winick, mostly because I felt cheated out of a completed storyline. Just know, however, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Jessica Kholinne, Judd Winick, Kara Zor-L, Karen Starr, Power Girl, Power Girl #23, Power Girl #23 review, Sami Basri, Starrware, Superman, Zatanna, Zatanna Zatara | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: James Peaty (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: Honestly, Supergirl’s had it up to here with clones. The Review: In a Newsarama interview, Nick Spencer described his departure from DC and subsequently Supergirl as differences in conceived direction for the character. He didn’t go into much detail as to what those differences [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Bernard Chang, Blond, Blue Beetle, Cadmus, DC, DC Comics, Dubbilex, Jaime Reyes, James Peaty, Kara Zor-El, Lois Lane, M'gann M'orzz, Megan Morse, Miss Martian, Nick Spencer, Supergirl, Supergirl #63, Supergirl #63 review | Leave a Comment »
