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Gladstone’s School for World Conquerors #2 – Review

Posted on June 20, 2011 by dfstell

By: Mark Andrew Smith (writer), Armand Villavert (art), Carlos Carrasco & Andre Poulain (colors) & Thomas Mauer (letters) The Story: Young super-villains continue their training, but the battle they are preparing for is not what it seems! What’s Good: This comic is just all kinds of fresh.  Because of the art (both linework and colors), [...]

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Supergirl #65 – Review

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Kelly Sue DeConnick (writer), ChrissCross (penciller), Marc Deering (inker), Blond (colorist) The Story: Just remember, kids: college doesn’t protect you from sinister hostage plots. The Review: A lot of fanfare greeted Kara Zor-El when she finally returned to the DCU proper, but after over five years, with currently the longest-running female-led title on the [...]

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Undying Love #3 – Review

Posted on June 20, 2011 by dfstell

By: Tomm Coker & Daniel Freedman (script), Coker (art), Freedman (colors), Michael David Thomas (letters) The Story: So, how did our protagonist meet this vampire who he has been protecting? What’s Good: If you were curious about how the two main characters got hooked up, this is the story for you.  To recap, the first [...]

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That Hellbound Train #1 – Review

Posted on June 20, 2011 by dfstell

By: Robert Bloch (original story), Joe R. Lansdale & John L. Lansdale (comic adaptation), Dave Wachter (art), Alfredo Rodriguez (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) & Bobby Curnow (edits) The Story: A young orphan makes an Faustian bargain. What’s Good: The art is great!  In fact, it was the promise of sequential art from Dave Wachter that [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #505 – Review

Posted on June 19, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors, and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: “Paris is a nightmare.  It’s…it’s biblical, Pep.” The Review:  A lot of comic readers resent event tie-in issues.  I think a large part of this often-merited resentment has to do with the fact that they often derail a writer [...]

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Witchblade #145 – Review

Posted on June 19, 2011 by SoldierHawk

By Ron Marz (writer), Stjepan Sejic (art), Troy Peteri (letters) The Story: Intrepid reporter Gretchen Fullmer is on the trail of a hot story: a female knight in armor (or was it a female superhero in tights?) was spotted fighting a dragon (and/or evil robot) in the sewers of New York. ‘Gretch’ is determined to [...]

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Legion of Super-Heroes #14 – Review

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Paul Levitz (writer), Fernando Dagnino & Raul Fernandez (artists), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: If it is wisdom you seek, die first.  No, I’m not kidding. The Review: When this title rebooted last year, it introduced the character of Harmonia Li to be of some significance and then pretty much shelved her.  Yet Levitz never [...]

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Batgirl #22 – Review

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Bryan Q. Miller (writer), Pere Perez (artist), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: An American Batgirl in London. The Review: A downside to the vast concentration of American-based heroes in the DCU is you’ll rarely get the chance to see foreign characters show up, regardless of how great they are.  Among these unfortunate foreigners are [...]

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Graveyard of Empires #1 – Review

Posted on June 19, 2011 by dfstell

By: Mark Sable (writer), Paul Azaceta (art), Matt Wilson (colors) & Thomas Mauer (letters) The Story: A zombie outbreak during the present day Afghan war. What’s Good: Good zombie stories aren’t really about zombies.  Zombies are just a cool narrative device to do things like confine a bunch of people in a desperate environment and [...]

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Green Lantern – Movie Review

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

The Review: Green Lantern isn’t really a property that opens itself up to particularly provocative themes or questions, or at least, most people don’t tend to view it as such.  As a space opera with a whole universe for its setting, its spirit is almost purely adventurous.  Even when its ideas reach dizzying heights of [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #538 – Review

Posted on June 17, 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: The conclusion of the deposed Powerlord Kruun’s attempt to get revenge against the X-Men. What’s Good: This was a fun and quickly paced issue. [...]

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Teen Titans #96 – Review

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), José Luis (penciller), Sandro Ribeiro & Jonas Trinidade (inkers), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: Hasn’t anyone learned by now it’s not a good idea to anger a giant ape? The Review: One key feature of weak writing is when the story makes its points a little too obvious.  In these cases, [...]

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Flashpoint: Legion of Doom #1 – Review

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Adam Glass (writer), Rodney Buchemi (penciller), Jose Marzan, Jr. (inker), Artur Fujita (colorist) The Story: Prison changes a man, but when he’s a psycho to begin with, you don’t really notice. The Review: Considering the sheer load of Flashpoint tie-ins DC’s putting on the stands, you have to be a little selective about what [...]

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Hulk #35 – Review

Posted on June 16, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jeff Parker (writer), Carlo Pagulayan (art), Danny Miki (inks), Jesus Aburtov (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Red Hulk finishes up his business on Planet Red Hulk and returns to Earth. What’s Good: I say this every month on Jeff Parker’s titles, but there is a [...]

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Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #2 – Review

Posted on June 16, 2011 by dfstell

By: Sean McKeever (writer), Mike Norton (art), Veronica Gandini (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Lauren Sankovitch (editor) The Story: The young Initiative characters are still being pressed into action during Fear Itself and Thor Girl is asked to “take one for the team”. What’s Good: Young heroes are hard to introduce partially because it’s hard [...]

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Avengers #14 – Review

Posted on June 16, 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 Red Hulk…proved himself an Avenger.” The Review:  As far as issue structure goes, this is a bit of a weird one.  We start out with the same talking heads format that found such [...]

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Flashpoint: Grodd of War – Review

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Sean Ryan (writer), Ig Guara (penciller), Ruy José (inker), Stefani Rennee (colorist) The Story: When it comes to conquest, these gorillas don’t monkey around. The Review: Violence, of course, has its place in fiction.  It’s an undeniable part of reality, and stories have to reflect that in some way.  But just like with anything [...]

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X-Men #13 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Christopher Yost (writer), Dalibor Talajic, Paco Medina (artists), Dalibor Talajic, Juan Vlasco (inkers), Marte Gracia, Wil Quintana (colors) The Story: First To Last, Part 3: The evolutionaries continue to attack and we see, through emerging memories, the origin of the evolutionaries. At the same time, their last visit is further illuminated, while their fight [...]

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Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #1 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Mikel Janin (artist), Ulises Arreola (colorist) The Story: Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to be amazed, dazzled, and inhumanly butchered! The Review: When it comes to superhero team-ups, you have your classics (Batman and Superman) and your unexpectedly potent combos (Oracle and Black Canary), while the rest fall somewhere between predictable and [...]

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Alpha Flight #1 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by dfstell

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Dale Eaglesham (pencils), Andrew Hennessy (inks), Sonia Oback (colors), Simon Bowland (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor), Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Alpha Flight is called into action to save Vancouver from one of the hammer-wielding “Worthy” of Fear Itself. What’s Good: This is a title that had [...]

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Executive Assistant Iris #0 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: David Wohl (writer), Eduardo Francisco (illustrations), Sunny Gho (colors) The Story: Diane Coverdale clearly needs some protection. She goes looking for some. A Message Before the Review: I’ve never read an EA Iris story before, but have been intrigued with the concept since I attended the Aspen panel at a comic convention in Toronto [...]

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Kirby: Genesis #1 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by DS Arsenault

  By: Kurt Busiek (writer), Jack Herbert and Alex Ross (artists), Vinicius Andrade (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor) The Story: We get to see a whole lot of Kirby and his hot platonic friend Bobbi. The backdrop for their story is the sudden appearance of all sorts of weird stuff that hearkens back to when NASA’s [...]

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Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #1 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Scott Clark (penciller), Dave Beaty (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: Now, you guys are absolutely positive this isn’t a shotgun wedding? The Review: Of course, one of the most impacting changes in the Flashpoint world is Wonder Woman and Aquaman’s fierce enmity, which has led to countless [...]

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Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #4 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Carlos Rafael (artist), Carlos Lopez (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: The Colossus of Mars, Part 4: The Jeddaks of Lesser and Greater Helium have fled to Ptarth, where they have summoned other red Jeddaks to convince them that Yorn is a threat to them all. The [...]

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28 Days Later #24 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by dfstell

By: Michael Alan Nelson (writer), Alejandro Aragon (art), Nolan Woodard (colors), Johnny Lowe (letters) & Ian Brill (editor) The Story: 28 Days Later comes to an end.  Selena and Clint were in a pretty dangerous position when we last saw them.  Will they survive? What’s Good: First, let’s give the tip of the cap for [...]

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