Posted on July 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Viktor Kalvachev & Kosta Yanev (story), Andrew Osborne (script) & Kalvachev, Toby Cypress, Nathan Fox & Paul Maybury (art) The Story: Russian gangsters, B-list movie stars and double crosses…. What’s Good: Part of what makes Blue Estate fun is that it has such a different air about it than your typical crime story. Usually [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Andrew Osborne, Blue Estate, Blue Estate #4, Blue Estate #4 review, Dean Stell, Image, Kosta Yanev, Nathan Fox, Paul Maybury, review, Toby Cypress, Viktor Kalvachev | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 12, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Christopher Yost (writer), Paco Medina, Dalibor Talajic (pencillers), Dalibor Talajic, Juan Vlasco (inkers), Marte Gracia and Wil Quintana (colorists) The Story: “First to Last, Part 4″ opens up more of the past of the Evolutionaries (2.7M years ago) and of the original X-Men in the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants era. And in the present, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Christopher Yost, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Cyclops, Dalibor Talajic, DS Arsenault, Emma Frost, Eternals, Evolutionaries, Juan Vlasco, Magneto, Marte Gracia, Paco Medina, Phaestus, retcon, review, Storm, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wil Quintana, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men #14, X-Men #14 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Levitz (writer), Geraldo Borges & Ransom Getty (pencillers), Marlo Alquiza & Rob Hunter (inkers), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Now would be the time to sing the Legion Academy school song, but no one has kazoos on hand, do they? The Review: Back when Jim Shooter took over the Legion “Three-boot,” the estimable comic [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adventure Comics, Adventure Comics #528, Adventure Comics #528 review, Bouncing Boy, Chemical Kid, Chemical King, Comet Queen, DC, DC Comics, Dragonwing, Duplicate Girl, Geraldo Borges, Gravity Kid, Hi-Fi, Legion, Legion Academy, Legion of Super Heroes, Marlo Alquiza, Night Girl, Paul Levitz, Power Boy, Ransom Getty, Rob Hunter, Variable Lad | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Richard Starkings (writer & letters) & Axel Medellin (art & colors) The Story: In a semi-break from the on-going Elephantmen story, Starkings and Medellin pay homage to Conan! The Review: I put down this issue of Elephantmen after reading it and one word summed it up: Professional. The story is the kind of homage [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Dean Stell, Elephantmen, Elephantmen #32, Elephantmen #32 review, Image, review, Richard Starkings | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Charles Fulp (writer), Craig Rousseau (penciller), Norman Lee (inker), Liquid! (colorist) The Story: He’ll track you like a predator—of the Dateline kind. The Review: Comics tend to have this stigma of being viewed as “kid stuff,” even though anyone who’s at all familiar with the medium knows the majority of devotees range from post-high-schoolers [...]
Filed under: Other, Reviews | Tagged: Charles Fulp, Craig Rousseau, Fulp Fiction, Liquid!, Norman Lee, Uncouth Sleuth, Uncouth Sleuth review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: A cute zombie & her monster-hunter boyfriend take on a hoard of shambling zombies. What’s Good: This is a pretty standard issue of I Zombie. If you’re invested in and enjoy the [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, I Zombie, IZOMBIE #15, IZOMBIE #15 review, Laura Allred, Michael Allred, review, Shelly Bond, Todd Klein, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (artist), Jaime Grant & Dom Regan (colorists) The Story: It’s like looking in a mirror, isn’t it? Make that several hundred mirrors. In 3D. The Review: It’s sometimes difficult to take teen superheroes seriously partly due to their smaller scale adventures. Their villains tend to be sub-par versions of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, Dom Regan, Hollow Men, Jaime Grant, Jeff Lemire, Kon-El, Krypto, Lori Luthor, Phantom Stranger, Pier Gallo, Psionic Lad, Simon Valentine, Smallville, Superboy, Superboy #9, Superboy #9 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 9, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Francesco Biagnini (artist), Stephen Downer (colorist), Shannon Watters (assistant editor), Matt Gagnon (editor), Michael Moorcock (creator) The Story: Eric, a game designer, dreams he’s an albino sorceror prince called Elric, travelling through worlds overrun by chaos. At the same time, on another world, Hawkmoon, a retired warrior, finds out that an [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Corum, DS Arsenault, elric, Elric: The Balance Lost #1, Elric: The Balance Lost #1 review, Francesco Biagnini, Hawkmoon, Matt Gagnon, Michael Moorcock, Shannon Watters, Stephen Downer, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 9, 2011 by paladinking
by Jeff Lemire (writer & artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), and Pat Brousseau (letters) The Story: Gus and co. debate whether or not to leave the Dam for Alaska. What’s Good: This is the sort of script that really shows off what a strong, ensemble cast Lemire has put together and ends up being all about [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comic, Endanger Species, Gus, hybrids, Jeff Lemire, Jepperd, Jose Villarrubia, post-apocalyptic, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #23, Sweet Tooth #23 review, Sweet Tooth Endangered Species, Vertigo Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Patch Zircher (art), Jim Charalampidis (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Yikes! MODOK is back! What’s Good: For an ordinary comic, the deck would really be stacked against this issue. Hulk is right in the middle of some longer-term stories and next issue/month, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Hulk, Hulk #36, Hulk #36 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Jim Charalampidis, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, Modok, Patch Zircher, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 7, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (art), John Kalisz (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Bane and Catman have an almost literal heart to heart, then assemble the team for one final, glorious attempt at destroying Batman, his allies, and everything they stand for. But before the plan can be enacted, they need one [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Gail Simone, J. Calafiore, John Kalisz, Secret Six, Secret Six #35, Secret Six #35 review, Travis Lanham, Weekly Comic Book Review | 6 Comments »
Posted on July 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Peter Milligan (writer), Fernando Blanco (penciller), Scott Koblish (inker), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: Don’t mess with this guy—he’s cuh-raaazy! The Review: In fiction, as in real life, you really have to get to know someone before you start caring about them, one way or another. Either their personality has to be distinctive enough [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abra Kadabra, Amethyst, Brian Buccellato, DC, DC Comics, Enchantress, Fernando Blanco, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Secret Seven, Flashpoint: Secret Seven #2, Flashpoint: Secret Seven #2 review, June Moone, Mindwarp, Peter Milligan, Rac Shade, Raven, Scott Koblish, Secret Sevent, Shade, the Changing Man, Zatanna, Zatanna Zatara | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Declan Shalvey (art), Frank Martin, Jr. (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: Juggernaut has escaped the Raft and has one of those Fear Itself hammers. You’d kinda expect his Thunderbolts teammates to try to bring him back, right? What’s Good: I know that [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Albert Deschesne, Dean Stell, Declan Shalvey, Frank Martin, Jeff Parker, Jr., Marvel, Rache Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #160, Thunderbolts #160 review, Tom Brennan | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 7, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Judd Winick (writer), Greg Tocchini (artist, pgs. 1-16), Andy Smith (artist, pgs. 17-20), Artur Fujita (colors), Patrick Brosseau (letters) The Story: The Red Hood, Batman and Robin continue to work together for ostensibly mutual benefit. Can Jason Todd actually be trusted, or does he have his own plan and agenda? (Hint: he’s Jason Todd.) [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Andy Smith, Artur Fujita, Batman and Robin, Batman and Robin #25, Batman and Robin #25 review, Greg Tocchini, Judd Winick, Patrick Brosseau, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Rex Ogle (writer), Eduardo Francisco (artist), Stefani Renee (colorist) The Story: Hey Traci—what if I tell you the cards are saying we should hit a resort in Bermuda? The Review: In theory, devoting an entire tie-in to exploring the Flashpoint world and all its various altered locales should have been the ultimate opportunity to [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Beast Boy, Circe, DC, DC Comics, Eduardo Francisco, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: World of Flashpoint, Flashpoint: World of Flashpoint #2, Flashpoint: World of Flashpoint #2 review, Guy Gardner, JAson Todd, Madame Xanadu, Natasha Irons, Red tornado, Rex Ogle, Stefani Renee, Traci 13, World of Flashpoint | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Adam Schlagman (writer), Robson Rocha, Felipe Massafera, Joe Prado (artists), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: Well, you’re not exactly E.T., but at least you’re not the Borg. The Review: Do you remember how last week I talked about the importance of exposition done right? How it’s best not to always have characters explaining everything? [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abin Sur - The Green Lantern, Adam Schlagman, Atrocitus, Cyborg, DC, DC Comics, Felipe Massafera, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Abin Sur - The Green Lantern, Flashpoint: Abin Sur - The Green Lantern #2, Flashpoint: Abin Sur - The Green Lantern #2 review, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Guardians of the universe, Hal Jordan, Joe Prado, Robson Rocha, rod reis, Sinestro, Victor Stone | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Sandra Hope (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Huh… So this is Superman. He’s shorter than I imagined. The Review: There are essentially two important conflicts driving the events in Flashpoint: you have Reverse Flash’s alterations to reality, the consequences of which remain unclear; and you also [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Andy Kubert, Barry Allen, Batman, Cyborg, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Flashpoint #3, Flashpoint #3 review, Geoff Johns, Lois Lane, Sandra Hope, Superman, The Flash, Thomas Wayne, Victor Stone | 5 Comments »
Posted on July 6, 2011 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Serpent shows a massive growth in power, and Thor returns to Midgard to make plans with some old friends. What’s Good: While I’ve been fairly positive about Fear Itself thus far, I really did [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardian, Asgardians, Atlanteans, Avengers, Black Widow, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fear Itself, Fear Itself #4, Fear Itself #4 review, Grey Gargoyle, Hulk, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Luke Cage, Maria Hill, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Midgard, New Avengers, Nick Fury, Odin, SHIELD, Sin, Skaid, Steve Rogers, Stuart Immonen, the Serpent, the Worthy, Thing, Thor, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review | 5 Comments »
Posted on July 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (artist), Patricia Mulvihill (colorist) The Story: There’s only one way to hurt Batman’s feelings: keep him out of the loop. The Review: When DC announced plans to relaunch their entire line in September, I wrote that it didn’t really matter how much continuity they keep or discard, so long [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Batman - Knight of Vengeance, Brian Azzarello, Commissioner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Eduardo Risso, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Batman - Knight of Vengeance #2, Flashpoint: Batman - Knight of Vengeance #2 review, James Gordon, Jim Gordon, Joker, Martha Wayne, Oracle, Patricia Mulvihill, Selina Kyle, The Joker, Thomas Wayne | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 6, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Greg Land (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Juggernaut (the hammer-wielding, leveled-up version) is coming to town. What’s Good: There are a few little nuggets about the world of Fear Itself in [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, review, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #540, Uncanny X-Men #540 review | 6 Comments »
Posted on July 6, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer/creator), Peter Krause & Diego Barreto (art), Zac Atkinson (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Will Plutonian and his merry band of super-criminals escape from the galactic insane asylum? The Non-Spoiler Upshot: This is very much an event-driven issue, so while I’ll get into specifics in the sections [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom! Studios, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #27, Irredeemable #27 review, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Peter Krause, review, Zac Atkinson | 4 Comments »
Posted on July 6, 2011 by Ray Hilario
Alex’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Scalped #50 – It was a really close call between this and Detective Comics, but ultimately, this milestone issue did a fantastic job in encapsulating the overall spirit of what is among the very best ongoing series around right now. It also made me reflect a bit [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Fear Itself #4, Moon Knight #3, Secret Six #35, Sweet Tooth #23 | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: John Rozum (writer), Frazer Irving (artist) The Story: So you worked as a librarian in a castle built on a giant floating skull—how quaint. The Review: The most delightful thing about reading Xombi is the deep sense of creativity fully at work here. Most of the fantasy elements we get from mainstream comics tend [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Annie Palmer, Catholic Girl, David Kim, DC, DC Comics, Frazer Irving, John Rozum, Julian Parker, Nun of the Above, Nun the Less, Rabbi Sinnowitz, Roland Finch, Xombi, Xombi #4, Xombi #4 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 5, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By John Mahoney and Filip Sablick (writers), Thomas Nachlik (art), Troy Peteri (letters) The Story: His name is Alec King, born into a life of crime, violence and betrayal on the streets of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania. And he cannot die. What’s Good: Thomas Nachlik’s dark, rough and sketchy art continues to be [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Filip Sablick, John Mahoney, Last Mortal, Last Mortal #2 review, The Last Mortal #2, The Last Mortal #2 review, THomas Nachlik, Troy Peteri, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 4, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art & letters), Giulia Brusco (colors), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) Pin-ups contributed by: Tim Truman, Jill Thompson, Jordi Bernet, Denys Cowan, Dean Haspiel, Brendan McCarthy & Steve Dillon The Story: It’s an anniversary issue, so we take a break from our regularly scheduled story to [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brendan McCarthy, Dean Haspiel, Dean Stell, Denys Cowan, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Jill Thompson, Jordi Bernet, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, Scalped, Scalped #50, Scalped #50 review, Steve Dillon, Tim Truman, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 2 Comments »
