Posted on April 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Ian Fleming (writer), Henry Gammidge & Jim Lawrence (adapters), John McLusky & Yaroslav Horak (artists) The Story: Only one man can survive explosions with his tux intact. Only one man can make a weapon out of a cocktail glass. Only one man can make love so often and never get VD. The name’s Bond—James [...]
Filed under: Other, Reviews | Tagged: 007, Bond, Henry Gammidge, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Jim Lawrence, John McLusky, M, Octopussy, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Q, The Hildebrand Rarity, The James Bond Omnibus 002, The Living Daylights, The Spy Who Loved Me, Titan Books, Yaroslav Horak, You Only Live Twice | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 11, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kurtis Wiebe (story), Riley Rossmo (art), Kelly Tindall (letters) & Jade Dodge (edits) The Story: A detective, noirish murder-mystery set in a purgatory-like environment. What’s Good: Riley Rossmo (Proof, Cowboy Ninja Viking) has been good for a long time, but this is his best work yet. This issue has all of his sketchy roughness such [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Green Wake, Green Wake #1, Green Wake #1 review, Image, Jade Dodge, Kelly Tindall, Kurtis J. Wiebe, review, Riley Rossmo | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Gilbert Hernandez (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Review: Anyone who has followed my reviews of this series knows that I’m a serious fan of Mike Allred’s art, so when I first flipped this issue open, I said, “Hey! This isn’t [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gilbert Hernandez, I Zombie, I Zombie #12, I Zombie #12 review, Laura Allred, review, Todd Klein, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Viktor Kalvachev & Kosta Yanev (story), Andrew Osborne (script), Kalvachev, Toby Cypress, Nathan Fox & Robert Valley (art), Kalvachev (colors, direction & design) & Philo Northrup (contributing editor) The Story: Detective noir with a few clever twists to keep it fresh. What’s Good: If you like the noirish detective genre you’re going to like [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Andrew Osborne, Blue Estate, Blue Estate #1, Blue Estate #1 review, Dean Stell, Image, Kosta Yanev, Nathan Fox, Philo Northrup, review, Robert Valley, Toby Cypress, Viktor Kalvachev | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 9, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Gail Simone (writer), Jim. Calafiore (artist), John Kalisz (colorist), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: The Six descend into Hell itself in order to reclaim the “get out of Hell free” card. Things do not go smoothly, as it turns out that Ragdoll, now a prince of hell (naturally) has the card, and has no [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Gail Simone, Jim Calafiore, John Kalisz, Secret Six, Secret Six #32 review, Travis Lanham, Weekly Comic Book Reivew | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Nate Simpson (everything) This issue has had a lot (and I mean a TON) of buzz online from folks “in the know.” I’ve seen no fewer than 4-5 established creators tweeting about how awesome this title is. This is a mixed blessing. In some ways, it is a good thing because I think all [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Image, Nate Simpson, Nonplayer, Nonplayer #1, Nonplayer #1 review, review, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list; check the review below. The Story: Lobo versus an army of pink, naked four-armed dudes! Garbage Man loses his arm to the Wolf Man! Tanga defeats the monstrous, doughboy-eating Bob! The Review: If you’re writing a comic book miniseries, try to keep in mind that unlike an ongoing title, you [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Garbage Man, Jerry Oroway, Kevin Maguire, Kevin VanHook, Lobo, Matt Ryan, Pete Pantazis, Rosemary Cheetham, Tanga, Weird Worlds, Weird Worlds #4, Weird Worlds #4 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Peter Krause & Diego Barreto (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: The Plutonian starts busting out of prison & we learn some interesting things about Quibit. What’s Good: Irredeemable is really back to being one of the better comics on the stands. A true [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Andrew Dalhouse, Boom!, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #24, Irredeemable #24 review, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Peter Krause, review | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jason Starr (writer), Phil Winslade (artist), Lovern Kindzierski (colorist) The Story: I think we can all safely conclude the Avenger’s got some major issues. The Review: With the end of the First Wave miniseries, DC now has the awkward situation of having set up a fully-realized, separate world from their primary continuity, but with [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Bat Man, Batman, Bruce Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Doc Savage, El Mano Negra, First Wave, First Wave Special, First Wave Special review, Jason Starr, Lovern Kindzierski, Phil Winslade, Richard Benson, Shonder Zeev, The Avenger, The Spirit | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: John Layman (writer), Lee Garbett (pencils), Mark Pennington (inks), Fabio D’Auria (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor), Alejandro Arbona (associate editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: It’s alternate universe time as Spidey (and Deadpool and Hulk) are sucked into an alternate universe. What’s Good: This is just a fun alternate universe [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alejandro Arbona, Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man Annual, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #38, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #38 review, annual, Clayton Cowles, Comic Book Reviews, Deadpool, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, fabio d'auria, Hulk, John Layman, Lee Garbett, Mark Pennington, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 6, 2011 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writing), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Sin awakens an ancient power, Odin is happy about Thor and Tony’s plan to rebuild Asgard on Earth, and the Avengers try to find their place in a disillusioned and divided America. The Review: In [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardians, Avengers, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fear Itself, Fear Itself #1 review, Fear Itself 1, Fortress of Null, Heimdall, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Nazis, Odin, Red Skull, Sin, Skadi, Steve Rogers, Stuart Immonen, Tony Stark, Uatu the Watcher, Weekly Comic Book Review | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 6, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Norm Rapmund, Oclair Albert (artists) Peter Steigerwald (colors) The Story: Rise and Fall: The Earth is under seige by all sorts of odd manifestations of darkness and chaos. Heroes from all over are leaping into action to try to stem the tide. At [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aquaman, Blackest Night, Boston Brand, Brightest Day #23, Brightest Day #23 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Deadman, DS Arsenault, Firestorm, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hawk and Dove, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Martian Manhunter, Norm Rapmund, Oclair Albert, Peter J. Tomasi, Peter Steigerwald, Reviews, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 6, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Carlos Pacheco (pencils), Cam Smith, Dan Green & Nathan Lee (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Magneto needs a little PR work and the X-Men try to foil some fraudulent AIM agents. What’s Good: This issue does [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Cam Smith, Carlos Pacheco, Comic Book Reviews, Dan Green, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nathan Lee, Nick Lowe, review, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #534.1, Uncanny X-Men #534.1 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | 6 Comments »
Posted on April 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Neil Edwards (penciller), Scott Hanna (inker), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: Uh-oh…does the incredible Hercules have a little boo-boo? The Review: Despite being one of the most likable and collaborative heroes around, Hercules’ godlike powers don’t really allow him to mix up with his fellow Avengers and [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak, Herc, Herc #1, Herc #1 review, Hercules, Hobgoblin, Jesus Aburtov, Kingpin, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Neil Edwards, Scott Hana | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Vince Hernandez (writer), Khary Randolph (artist), Emilio Lopez (colorist) The Story: The most evil and dangerous criminal magician is about to escape, and you know what that means? Pulped apples! The Review: What makes for a compelling first issue, one that will keep you invested to see how the first arc goes? Well, pretty [...]
Filed under: Reviews | Tagged: Aspen Comics, Charismagic, Charismagic #1, Charismagic #1 review, Emilio Lopez, Khary Randolph, Vince Hernandez | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 5, 2011 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Butcher Baker the Righteous Maker #1 – LOTS of great comics last week, but the one that is still rattling around my brain the most was this insane first issue by Joe Casey & Mike Huddleston. Just imagine if Steve Rogers went into a Charlie Sheen-type retirement! [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth #2, Blue Estate #1, Green Wake #1, I Zombie #12, Nonplayer #1, Sweet Tooth #20 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 5, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Victor Gischler, Penciled by Paco Medina, Inked by Juan Vlasco, and colored by Marte Gracia The Story: Marvel writers and editors sit around and come up with one of the worst concepts in comic book history: mutants vs. vampires. And yet they somehow manage to pull it off. The Actual Story: Vampires try [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Juan Vlasco, Marte Gracia, Paco Medina, Victor Gischler, X-Men, X-Men: Curse of the Mutants, X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MUTANTS review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 5, 2011 by dfstell
What a strong week for comics! Almost everything last week was at least “pretty good” and that makes us happy at WCBR. Even though we’ll do out duty and tell you when a comic SUCKS, we don’t take any pleasure in doing so and it’s a LOT more fun to talk about what was good. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alex Evans, Alex Maleev, Axel Medellin, Black Panther, Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #516, Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #516 review, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Captain America #616, Captain America #616 review, Daniel Acuna, David Liss, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, ELEPHANTMEN: MAN AND ELEPHANTMAN #1, ELEPHANTMEN: MAN AND ELEPHANTMAN #1 review, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors, Halcyon, Halcyon #4, Halcyon #4 review, Jason Aaron, Jefte Palo, Man and Elephantman, Marc Guggenheim, matthew southworth, Paul Tobin, Proof Endangered, Punisher in the Blood, PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD #5 review, PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD 5, Quick Hit Reviews, Richard Starkings, Rick Remender, Riley Rossmo, Ryan Bodenheim, Scarlet, Scarlet #5, Scarlet #5 review, Spider-Girl, Spider-Girl #5, Spider-Girl #5 review, Tara Butters, Wolverine | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Marc Guggenheim (writer), Scott Kolins (artist), Mike Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: What’s better than the JSA? Double the JSA. The Review: As the short-lived Heroes demonstrated, a massive cast can be a great thing for a series to have: the mix of personalities and storylines do a lot to grab and sustain your interest. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alan Scott, DC Comics, Dr. Chaos, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick, Jennifer Pierce, JSA, JSA All-Stars, Justice Society, Justice Society of America, Justice Society of America #49, Justice Society of America #49 review, Marc Guggenheim, Mike Atiyeh, Monument Point, Scott Kolins, scythe, The Flash | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 4, 2011 by dfstell
By: Marjorie Liu (writer), Ryan Stegman (pencils), Michael Babinski (inks), John Rauch (colors), Cory Petit (letters), Jody Leheup (assistant editor) & Jeanine Schaefer (editor) The Story: X-23 goes to Madripoor to talk to Daken, who she thinks has some clues about a “new” restart to the Weapon X program. Importance of art in comics: What [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Cory Petit, Dean Stell, Jeanine Schaefer, Jody Leheup, John Rauch, Marjorie Liu, Marvel, Michael Babinski, review, Ryan Stegman, X-23, X-23 #8, X-23 #8 review | 6 Comments »
Posted on April 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Dini (writer), Jamal Igle (penciller), Jon Sibal (inker), John Kalisz (colorist) The Story: You know, puppets aren’t so scary when they feature hot women in fishnets. The Review: One thing you may notice about television writers who get into comics is they tend to bring their teleplay habits with them, some of which [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DC Comics, Detective Colton, Jamal Igle, John Kalisz, Jon Sibal, Mikey, Oscar Hempel, Paul Dini, Zatanna, Zatanna #11, Zatanna #11 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Ed Brubaker (writer), Sean Phillips (art & letters) & Val Staples (colors) The Story: The plots that Zack Overkill has involved himself in come to a climax as he finally comes face to face with Simon Slaughter. Is he going to stay true to being a good agent, so slip back into his former [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, Icon, Incognito, Incognito: Bad Influences, Incognito: Bad Influences #5, Incognito: Bad Influences #5 review, Marvel, review, Sean Phillips, Val Staples | 6 Comments »
Posted on April 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Steve Wands (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: What have Carol and Dino been up to the last few months? What’s Good: Even though it has been really nice to get back to an ongoing Scalped story a few issues [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Scalped, Scalped #47, Scalped #47 review, Steve Wands, Vertigo, Weekly Comic Book Review, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Tomm Coker & Daniel Freedman (writers), Coker (art), Freedman (color), Michael David Thomas (letters) The Story: A modern day vampire story in which a soldier falls in love with a vampire and attempts to free her soul. What’s Good: Well, this is a very stylish looking book. Although Coker is using a lot of [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Daniel Freedman, Dean Stell, Image, Michael David Thomas, review, Tomm Coker, Undying Love, Undying Love #1, Undying Love #1 review, vampires | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer/creator), John Romita, Jr. (breakdowns/creator), Tom Palmer (inks), Dean White (colors), Chris Eliopoulos (letters) & Aubrey Sitterson & Cory Levine (editors) Millar & Romita, Jr. are kinda sticking with some of the formula elements that were featured in the first miniseries. In this issue, we see Kick Ass getting to join a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Aubrey Sitterson, Chris Eliopoulos, Cory Levine, Dean Stell, Dean White, Icon, John Romita Jr., Kick-Ass #2, Mark Millar, Marvel, review, Tom Palmer | 12 Comments »
