Posted on May 8, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark A. Smith (writer), Armand Villavert (art), Carlos Carrasco (colors), Fonografiks (letters) & D.J. Kirkbridge (editor) The Story: Imagine a Hogwarts-like school where the young super-villains of tomorrow can learn their craft… What’s Good: This is a charming little comic where you really feel like you’re hanging out for the day at a middle [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Armand Villavert, Carlos Carrasco, D.J. Kirkbridge, Dean Stell, Fonografiks, Gladstone's School for World Conquerors, Gladstone's School for World Conquerors #1, GLADSTONES SCHOOL FOR WORLD CONQUERORS #1 review, Image, Mark A. Smith, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 8, 2011 by dfstell
By: Michael Benaroya & Jeff Cahn (creators), Cahn (writer), Salvador Navarro (art), Ifansyah Noor (colors), Josh Aitken (letters) & Dave Elliott (editor) The Story: Two soldiers are turned into modern day “super soldier”, but nefarious interests may be behind the project. Review: I’m dispensing with our normal “what’s good/what’s not so good” for this review [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dave Elliott, Dean Stell, Ifansyah Noor, Image, Jeff Cahn, Josh Aitken, Michael Benaroya, Red Spike, Red Spike #1, Red Spike #1 review, review, Salvador Navarro | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
The Story: I’m not surprised Thor loves super-unhealthy, diner breakfast food— it’s awesome. The Review: As a god, Thor’s not really threatened by much, and certainly not by the majority of villains in the Marvel universe. Besides his loyalty to the Avengers, his connections to Earth lean more on divine fondness for the planet and [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Anthony Hopkins, Asgard, Chris Hemsworth, Frost Giants, Heimdall, J. Michael Straczynski, Jane Foster, Kenneth Branagh, Loki, Mark Protosevich, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Mjǫlnir, Natalie Portman, Odin, Sif, Stellan Skarsgård, The Warriors Three, Thor, Thor (Film), Thor (Film) review, Tom Hiddleston, Warriors Three | 8 Comments »
Posted on May 6, 2011 by Roman Colombo
SPOILER ALERT! So came a Thursday—I apologize—THOR’s Day Night in a crowded IMAX theater when through the entrance lo! Thor appears and bellows his name to the masses awaiting his big screen debut… Seriously, some guy dressed as Thor burst into our theater before preview and yelled “THORRRRRRRRRRR!” with a Mjolnir knock-off held high. He [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Anthony Hopkins, Avengers, Chris Hemsworth, Hawkeye, Idris Elba, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Kat Dennings, Kenneth Branagh, Loki, Natalie Portman, Odin, Thor, Thor movie, Thor movie review, Thor spoilers, Tom Hiddleston | 8 Comments »
Posted on May 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Marco Rudy with Daniel HDR (artists), Jamie Grant & Dom Regan (colorists) The Story: Superboy discovers what the fuss is all about with these hallucinogenic plants. The Review: Ever since Geoff Johns wrote Superboy as the product of the world’s greatest hero and the world’s greatest villain, this dual nature has [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Connor Kent, Daniel HDR, DC, DC Comics, Dom Regan, Jamie Grant, Jeff Lemire, Karl Kerschl, Kon-El, Lori, Marco Rudy, Psionic Lad, Red Robin, Superboy, Superboy #7, Superboy #7 review, Tim Drake | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 5, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Alex Maleev (art), Matthew Wilson (colors), VC’s Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Our series begins with a clever meta-telling of Moon Knight’s origin, via the television premier if Marc Spector’s new series (which happens to involve a mercenary ‘being left to die outside an Egyptian temple.’ Spector is pulled away [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alex Maleev, Brian Michael Bendis, Matthew Wilson, Moon Knight, Moon KNight #1, Moon KNight #1 review, VC’s Cory Petit, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Neil Edwards & Scott Hanna (artists), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: Step right up and have your drink shaken, not stirred by a living legend! Seriously. The Review: There are plenty of mythological figures running around in comics, two of the biggest being Thor and Wonder Woman [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak, Herc, Herc #2, Herc #2 review, Hercules, Hobgoblin, Jesus Aburtov, Kingpin, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Neil Edwards, Scott Hanna, Wilson Fisk | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chris Yost (writer), Mike McKone (artist), Jeromy Cox (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (senior editor) The Story: As fear grips NYC, Spider-Man tries to maintain order. What’s Good: In Fear Itself #2, we saw how “fear” is sweeping the globe and causing mass pandemonium. Even though I can tell [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Chris Yost, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Fear Itself, Fear Itself: Spider-Man #1, Fear Itself: Spider-Man #1 review, Jeromy Cox, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, Mike McKone, review, Spider-Man, Stephen Wacker | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 4, 2011 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Worthy are chosen and the world breaks into chaos. The Review: You know, it bodes well for an event when the second issue builds upon the first and is, in fact, possibly even better. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Absorbing Man, Alex Evans, Avengers, Betty Ross, Bruce Banner, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fear Itself, Fear Itself #2, Fear Itself #2 review, Hulk, Juggernaut, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Odin, Red She-Hulk, Sin, Steve Rogers, Stuart Immonen, The Raft, the Serpent, the Worthy, Thor, Thunderbolts, Titania, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Lobo gets his money, G-Man gets a missionary, and Tanga gets hit on. The Review: The three-feature miniseries that is Weird Worlds has been an interesting format choice for the series, but ultimately a serious limiting factor for its success. Each feature runs about the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Batman, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Garbage Man, Jerry Oroway, Kevin Maguire, Kevin VanHook, Lobo, Rosemary Cheetham, Tanga, Weird Worlds, Weird Worlds #5, Weird Worlds #5 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 4, 2011 by dfstell
By: Paul Jenkins (writer), Roberto de la Torre (art), Lee Loughridge (colors), Rob Steen (letters), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Something is coming to Utopia that is causing the X-Men to contemplate an evacuation and (if marketing is to be believed) this will cause a SCHISM [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Lee Loughridge, Marvel, Nick Lowe, Paul Jenkins, Prelude to Schism, review, Rob Steen, Roberto De La Torre, Sebastian Girner, X-Men, X-Men: Prelude to Schism, X-Men: Prelude to Schism #1, X-Men: Prelude to Schism #1 review | 10 Comments »
Posted on May 4, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Peter Krause & Diego Barreto (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Ever wonder how the Plutonian’s powers really work? Or how a villain with psychic powers flirts with women in a bar? Well, in this issue you find out. What’s Good: This issue is [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Andrew Dalhouse, Boom!, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #25, Irredeemable #25 review, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Peter Krause, review | 8 Comments »
Posted on May 4, 2011 by dfstell
The last Wednesday of the month is also know as “The Week When Marvel Tries to Kill Us” by releasing everything they possibly can so that we can all throw our backs out as we leave the comic shop. New York Five #4 - Here is an early contender for “miniseries of the year” and I’m [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: Amryl Press, Avengers, Brian Wood, Bryan Hitch, Bryan Michael Bendis, Cavewoman Snow, Clayton Henry, Dean Stell, Echoes, FF, Greg Capullo, Haunt, Image, Joe Eisma, Jonathan Hickman, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Kenneth Rocafort, Marvel, Morning Glories, Morning Glories #9, Morning Glories #9 review, New York Five, New York Five #4, New York Five #4 review, Nick Spencer, Paul Tobin, Quick Hit Reviews, Rashan Ekedal, Rob Durham, Robert Kirkman, Ron Marz, Ryan Kelly, Spider-Girl, Steve Epting, Todd McFarlane, Velocity, Vertigo | 5 Comments »
Posted on May 3, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
Welcome back to the Real Thing, and part two of our chat with Aaron Lopresti. In part one, Lopresti talks about how he gigged his way into the comics biz, and today, he talks about one of his biggest gigs yet. ——- How did this gig with Weird Worlds come about? Who was the mastermind [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, DC, DC Comics, Garbage Man, The Real Thing, Weird Worlds | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 3, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Rick Rememder, Art by Jerome Opena with Leonard Manco, colors by Dean White and Chris Sotomayor, cover art by Esad Ribic. The Story: Though Cyclops has ended X-Force, Wolverine and Archangel decide to continue operations, bringing in Deadpool, Psylocke, and Fantomex. Their first mission? Kill Apocalypse! As if this would be hard enough, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Apocalypse, Archangel, Deadpool, Dean White, Esad Ribic, Fantomex, Jerome Opena, Leonardo Manco, Psylocke, Rick Remender, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Force Apocalypse Solution, Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Sollution HC, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 3, 2011 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: The Walking Dead #84 – Winning this “award” really means something because last week had a TON of books (I had over 25 on my pull list), only a few outright sucked and there were 4-5 that were really strong and could have won any other week. [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Annihilators #3, Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth #3, Blue Estate #2, Fear Itself #2, Gladstone's School for World Conquerors #1, Moon KNight #1, Secret Six #33, Sweet Tooth #21, Uncanny X-Force #9 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
There are a ton of writers and artists working in the world of comics, and here at WCBR, we spend most of our time talking about their products. Now we’d like to introduce a new, hopefully ongoing, feature where we chat with the real thing. Aaron Lopresti started in film, but transitioned into commercial art [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Aaron Lopresti interview, DC, DC Comics, Garbage Man, The Real Thing, Weird Worlds | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Jai Nitz (writer), Colton Worley (pencils and inks), Romulo Fajardo Jr. (colors) The Story: The Hellfire Club: Kato investigates some mysterious activity in 1942 Chicago. Businessmen and criminals. Strange meetings. What are criminals and businessmen up to? Kato investigates in clandestine ways and gets some help from both Green Hornet and his new friend/former [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Colton Worley, DS Arsenault, Green Hornet, Jai Nitz, Joseph Rybandt, Kato Origins #8, Kato Origins #8 review, review, Reviews, Romulo Fajardo, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2011 by SoldierHawk
RED SPIKE #1 (OF 5) story JEFF CAHN, art SALVADOR NAVARRO & IFANSYAH NOOR, cover MARK TEXEIRA ‘ADRENALINE’ It’s been over 70 years since the world first began its research into creating a Super Soldier. In 2011, the United States successfully created not one, but two. The latest in US Black Ops, Project Red Spike [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: comic book previews, Ifansyah Noor, Jeff Cahn, Mark Texeira, Red Spike, Red Spike preview, Salvador Navarro, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2011 by SoldierHawk
2K Games, Top Cow Productions, Inc., and the Free Comic Book Day Committee announced today that they have teamed up to produce The Darkness II: Confession, an exclusive comic tie-in for The Darkness™ II video game, for Free Comic Book Day. The 32-page, full-color comic will be a prequel to 2K Games’ upcoming video game, [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Top Cow | Tagged: Darkness, Darkness II, Filip Sablik, Free Comic Book Day, Ivan Nunes, Martin Montiel, Matt Hawkins, Michael Broussard, Previews, Romano Molenaar, Sunny Gho, Top Cow, Troy Peteri, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2011 by SoldierHawk
Title: Artifacts #7 When: 04.05.2011 (May 5, 2011) Description: Artifacts #7 (of 13) (W) Ron Marz (A) Whilce Portacio (Cov) Whilce Portacio, John Tyler Christopher The Art of War! Distracted by the battle with Cyberforce and the android assassin Aphrodite IV, the Artifact Bearers trying to prevent the end of the Top Cow Universe are [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Top Cow | Tagged: Artifacts, Artifacts #7 preview, comic book preview, John Tyler Christopher, Ron Marz, Top Cow Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review, Whilce Portacio | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Look out Haggar of Metro City—the Flash is giving you a run for the money in the superhero mayor department. The Review: This has been a good week for oversized, anniversary issues. Like Action Comics #900, you get a good chunk of the title’s running [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Degaton, Freddie Williams II, George Pérez, Howard Chaykin, Jay Garrick, Jessie Quick, JSA, Justice League, Justice League of America, Justice Society, Justice Society of America, Justice Society of America #50, Justice Society of America #50 review, Marc Guggenheim, Mike Atiyeh, Monument Point, Scott Khoblish, The Flash, Tom Derenick | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Dash and Red Crow grow closer, and since you know it isn’t legit, you wonder who is conning who. What’s good: It has taken a few issues, but Jason Aaron has almost [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 4 Comments »
Posted on May 1, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins (storytellers), Michael Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: Barry, can’t you see we’re trying to stop you because you can’t stop yourself?! The Review: Juggling two A-stories in a comic can be tricky, especially when one is the ongoing tale and the other is an invasive crossover plot. But really, Johns [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barry Allen, Central City, Central City PD, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Geoff Johns, Hot Pursuit, Iris Allen, Jay Garrick, Michael Atiyeh, Patty Spivot, Reverse-Flash, Scott Kolins, The Flash, The Flash #11, The Flash #11 review, Wally West | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Terry Dodson (pencils), Rachel Dodson (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Would you let the aliens from Breakworld sleep on the couch? What’s Good: If you liked Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men run from a few [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, Rachel Dodson, review, Terry Dodson, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #536, Uncanny X-Men #536 review | 3 Comments »
