Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Criminal: Last of the Innocent #1 – Score one for comics for grown ups! I love reading superheroes and because they are the best paying gigs in comics, they tend to get top talent and produce good stories, but I still love it when a comic written [...]
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Although DC’s big-screen movie treatments tend to run the gamut between terrific and disappointing, their animated original movies have been almost without exception solid. With all their experience in the field, it’s no wonder they seem to have refined their process to the point where they can churn out a consistently strong quality for their [...]
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By Ron Marz (story), Lee Moder (art), Matthew Waite (inks), Michael Atiyeh (colors), Troy Peteri (letters) The Story: A badass female samurai? In modern Tokyo? Who hunts vampires for a living? By doing a drive-by katana beheading? Yes, please! What’s Good: If you’ll indulge me with a personal reaction right off the bat: this was [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Lee Moder, Matthew Waite, Michael Atiyeh, Ron Marz, Shinku, Shinku #1, Shinku #1 review, Troy Peteri, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
By: Frank Cho & Doug Murray (writers), Axel Medellin (art), Nikos Koutsis (colors) & Thomas Mauer (letters) The Story: The crew of an all female spaceship is lost in space. What’s Good: Well, it’s Frank Cho and Axel Medellin, so you know there will be pretty ladies in it. I guess there’s also the hint [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: 50 Girls 50, 50 Girls 50 #1, 50 Girls 50 #1 review, Axel Medellin, Dean Stell, Doug Murray, Frank Cho, Image, Nikos Koutsis, review, Thomas Mauer | 3 Comments »
By: Jeff Lemire (creator), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: “Shoot first, ask later” seems to be the rule of thumb in this world. The Review: In my review of Fables #104, I mentioned the difficulties in jumping into the middle any series. So it was with some trepidation I waded into Sweet Tooth, which hasn’t [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Dr. Singh, Gus, Jeff Lemire, Jepperd, Jose Villarrubia, Lucy, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #22, Sweet Tooth #22 review, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
By Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (art), John Kalisz (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Recently returned from Hell, the Six get their hero on as they rescue Liana from the twisted psychopath (and you know you’re crazy when even the Secret Six think you’re nuts) who has been trying to “save” her in the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Gail Simone, J. Calafiore, John Kalisz, Secret Six, Secret Six #34, Secret Six #34 review, Travis Lanham, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
By: Too many to list-check out the review The Story: Lobo lobs a leader, G-Man gets rejected, and Tanga looks into imported liquor. The Review: So we’ve come at last to the end of this undeniably interesting series, an attempt to flesh out DC’s cosmic/horror sphere through features rather than the lens of an ongoing [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Garbage Man, Jerry Oroway, Kevin Maguire, Kevin VanHook, Lobo, Matt Ryan, Rosemary Cheetham, Tanga, Weird Worlds, Weird Worlds #6, Weird Worlds #6 review | 1 Comment »
By Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Alex Maleev (art), Matthew Wilson (colors), VC’s Cory Petit (letters) The Story:Marc Spector continues to bring the crazy and the pain as he seeks out an Ultron smuggler hiding out in a strip club. Unfortunately, the crazy comes on a little too strong, as Spector’s one-man Avenger team act proves [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alex Maleev, Brian Michael Bendis, Matthew Wilson, Moon Knight, Moon Knight #2, Moon Knight #2 review, VC's Cory Petit, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (artist), Jamie Grant & Dom Regan (colorists) The Story: Superboy and the Chamber of Secrets. The Review: The moment Lemire launched this title, he injected a supernatural tone to the Smallville mythos that he many times said he would expand in time. The Phantom Stranger’s multiple appearances heralded significant [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, Dom Regan, Hollow Men, Jamie Grant, Jeff Lemire, Kon-El, Lori Luthor, Phantom Stranger, Pier Gallo, Psionic Lad, Simon Valentine, Superboy, Superboy #8, Superboy #8 review | 1 Comment »
By: Paul Levitz (writer), Geraldo Borges (penciller), Marlo Alquiza (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Calling the love of your life chubby may not be the best way to get on his good side. The Review: Of the Legion Academy cast, Comet Queen is most likely to have any familiarity, first appearing to the Legion in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adventure Comics, Adventure Comics #527, Adventure Comics #527 review, Bouncing Boy, Comet Queen, DC, DC Comics, Geraldo Borges, Glorith, Hi-Fi, Legion, Legion Academy, Legion of Super Heroes, Marlo Alquiza, Paul Levitz | 2 Comments »
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Nothing like ten years in the slammer to make you appreciate being able to boogie freely again. The Review: I got seriously into comics only a few years ago, so I had little to no familiarity with all the major names in the biz. Dwayne [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Denys Cowan, Dwayne McDuffie, Felicia D. Henderson, Matt Wayne, Static Shock, Static Shock Special, Static Shock Special #1, Static Shock Special #1 review, Virgil Hawkins | 1 Comment »
One of the most fundamental sticking points of the X-Men is their outsider status. It’s what defines a lot of how we view the team and mutants in the Marvel U in general, but it’s also the very thing that limits real progress for their fictional civil and social rights. To preserve the X-Men as [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Summers, Banshee, Beast, Charles Xavier, Cuban Missile Crisis, Darwin, Emma Frost, Hank McCoy, Havoc, Magneto, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Moira MacTaggert, Moira McTaggert, Mystique, Professor Xavier, Sebastian Shaw, White Queen, X-Men, X-Men First Class film, X-Men First Class film review, X-Men: First Class | 12 Comments »
By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Dustin Weaver (artist), Sonia Oback (colorist) The Story: Stay in school kids, and you too can become an omnipresent being of light. The Review: While we’ve had plenty of writers who’ve used the comics medium to produce stories that can be qualified as literary, there are only a handful that bring [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Dustin Weaver, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Hickman, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonid, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Michelangelo, S.H.I.E.L.D., S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 review, S.H.I.E.L.D. 1, Sir Isaac Newton, Sonia Oback | Leave a Comment »
By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Neil Edwards (penciller), Scott Hanna (inker), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: What? No pitchforks and torches? The Review: When it comes to solo heroics, writers usually take the trend of letting their hero baby-step his way long steadily bigger and greater trials before pitting him against the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Fear Itself, Fred Van Lente, Hecate, Helene Panayiotou, Herc, Herc #4, Herc #4 review, Hercules, Jean Grey, Jesus Aburtov, Kyknos, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Neil Edwards, Rhea, Scott Hanna, The Incredible Hercules, The Warhawks | Leave a Comment »
J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Don Kramer & Eduardo Pansica (pencils), Wayne Faucher & Eber Ferreira (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: The Morrigan make the final push to force Diana to become one of them. Not everyone survives the battle, and as her friends begin to fall all around [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Don Kramer, Eber Ferreira, Eduardo Pansica, J. Michael Straczynski, Phil Hester, Travis Lanham, Wayne Faucher, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #611 review, Wonder Woman Odyssey | Leave a Comment »
by Rick Remender (writer), Mark Brooks (penciller & inker), Andrew Currie (inker), Dean White (colorist), and Cory Petit (letterer) The Story: X-Force heads off to the Age of Apocalypse to acquire the celestial life seed. The Review: Somehow, Rick Remender has become the 90s guy and in a totally good way. Once again, by revisiting [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Age of Apocalypse, Alex Evans, Alex Summers, Apocalypse, Archangel, Betsy Braddock, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dark Beast, Deadpool, Dean White, Fantomex, Hank McCoy, Kurt Darkholme, Mark Brooks, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Mr. Sinister, Nightcrawler, Psylocke, Rick Remender, Scott Summers, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Force #11, Wade Wilson, Warren Worthington, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine, X-Force, X-Men | 3 Comments »
By: Christopher Yost (writer), Paco Medina, Dalibor Talajic (pencillers), Juan Vlasco, Dalibor Talajic (inkers), Marte Gracia (colors) The Story: First to Last, Part 2: In three different times (2.7 million years ago, in the early issues of the original X-Men, and now) we learn about the evolutionaries. They are looking for the leader of mutantkind [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Christopher Yost, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Cyclops, Dalibor Talijic, DS Arsenault, Emma Frost, Evolutionaries, Iceman, Jean Grey, Juan Vlasco, Magneto, Marte Gracia, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Girl, Paco Medina, Professor X, review, Reviews, Scott Summers, the Eternals, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men #12, X-Men #12 review | Leave a Comment »
By: Peter Milligan (writer), George Pérez & Fernando Blanco (pencillers), Scott Koblish (inkers), Tom Smith (colorist) The Story: Crazy people hunting down other crazies…that’s a reality show pitch, right there. The Review: There are basically two traditions you can take in writing an Elseworlds (for lack of a more apt term) story: make pointed comparisons [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Enchantress, Fernando Blanco, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Secret Seven, Flashpoint: Secret Seven #1, Flashpoint: Secret Seven #1 review, George Pérez, June Moone, Peter Milligan, Rac Shade, Scott Koblish, Secret Seven, Shade, the Changing Man, Tom Smith | 1 Comment »
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (art), Frank Martin, Jr. (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: Fear Itself comes to the Thunderbolts. What’s Good: Well, it makes more sense why Juggernaut got booted off the team a few issues ago, huh? I have to hand it to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Albert Deschesne, Dean Stell, Frank Martin, Jeff Parker, Jr., Kev Walker, Marvel, Rachel Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #158, Thunderbolts #158 review, Tom Brennan | Leave a Comment »
By: Rex Ogle (writer), Eduardo Francisco & Paulo Siqueira (pencillers), Roland Paris (inker), Stefani Renee (colorist) The Story: I swear, if I had a dollar every time someone says “The end is near…” The Review: With the main Flashpoint series driving itself through the plot as fast as it can, there hasn’t actually been much [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Doctor Thirteen, Dr. Thirteen, Eduardo Francisco, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint, Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint #1, Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint #1 review, Madame Xanadu, Osiris, Paulo Siqueira, Rex Ogle, Roland Paris, Stefani Renee, Traci 13 | Leave a Comment »
By: Dan Slott (writer), Giuseppe Camuncoli (pencils), Klaus Jansen (inks), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (senior editor) Cloak & Dagger back-up by: Slott (writer), Emma Rios (pencils), Javier Rodriguez (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors) & Caramagna (letters) Additional back-up by: Todd Dezago (writer), Todd Nauck (art) & Chris [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #663, Amazing Spider-Man #663 review, Chris Sotomayor, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Emma Rios, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Javier Rodriguez, Joe Caramagna, Klaus Jansen, Marvel, Matt Hollingsworth, review, Stephen Wacker, Todd Dezago, Todd Nauk | 3 Comments »
By: Adam Schlagman (writer), Felipe Massafera (artist), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: I’m starting to feel, Abin, that you may not be the greatest space pilot ever. The Review: Like the Guardians of the Universe, Abin Sur, former Green Lantern of Sector 2814 (dang, that’s a lot of capitals in one sentence), has been a [...]
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