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The Punisher #1 – Review

Posted on August 3, 2011 by paladinking

by Greg Rucka (writer), Marco Checchetto (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Two detectives begin their investigation of a mass shooting at a wedding, as does Frank, in his own unique way. What’s Good: Writing a fresh, unique Punisher story is pretty difficult, all the moreso when it’s the Marvel Universe [...]

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Batman: Gates of Gotham #4 – Review

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Snyder, Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott (writers), Dustin Nguyen & Derec Donovan (artists), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: Dammit Tim, I’m a detective, not a historian! The Review: With DC’s top creators on blistering track to launch their new lineup come fall and maintain a steady release pace afterward, it’s little wonder the current [...]

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Scalped #51 – Review

Posted on August 3, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Only 10 issues to go!  Red Crow is trying to go straight, but will his criminal underlings let that happen? What’s Good: This issue starts a new story cycle and sets up [...]

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Irredeemable #28 – Review

Posted on August 3, 2011 by dfstell

By: Mark Waid (writer/creator), Peter Krause (artist), Zac Atkinson & Nolan Woodard (colorists), Ed Dukeshire (letterer) & Matt Gagnon The Story: Plutonian is back on Earth.  That means bad things are gonna happen. What’s Good: He’s back!  And it was pretty powerful to get a reminder of what an insanely evil badass Plutonian is.  This series [...]

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The Infinite #1 – PREVIEW

Posted on August 2, 2011 by SoldierHawk

The Infinite #1 (of 6) Story by: Robert Kirkman Art By: Rob Liefeld Cover By: Rob Liefeld Freedom fighter Bowen has lost everything in the war against The Infinite. His only hope is to travel back in time to prevent their world domination before it starts! Bowen can’t do this alone, he must turn to [...]

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Severed #1 – PREVIEW

Posted on August 2, 2011 by SoldierHawk

Severed #1 Story: SCOTT SNYDER & SCOTT TUFT Art / cover: ATTILA FUTAKI ‘NOTHING WASTED,’ Part One 1916. A man haunts the roads; a man with sharp teeth and a hunger for flesh. When 12-year-old Jack Garron runs away from home, he’ll see how quickly the American Dream becomes a nightmare. Be there at the [...]

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Moriarty #4 – PREVIEW

Posted on August 2, 2011 by SoldierHawk

Moriarty #4 Story: DANIEL COREY Art & cover: ANTHONY DIECIDUE ‘THE DARK CHAMBER,’ Part Four ‘The Dark Chamber’ comes to a climax in this installment, which sees Professor Moriarty finally confronting Tartarus in an epic battle that will change his destiny and decide the fate of London and the world.

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50 Girls 50 #3 – PREVIEW

Posted on August 2, 2011 by SoldierHawk

Story by: Frank Cho & Doug Murray Art By:Axel Medellin Cover By:Frank Cho With the ESS Savannah now further from Earth than ever before, the crew is faced with the fact they may have to make a new home elsewhere. Will their new planet’s natives welcome them with open arms? No. Not even close.

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Weekly Comic Book Review’s Top Picks

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Ray Hilario

Alex’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Detective Comics #880 – I absolutely loved Scott Snyder’s take on the Joker, a horrific monster who dwells in the very subterranean, dark heart of Gotham.  Not only was the Joker creepy as hell, but Snyder did a great job in fitting him seemlessly into the themes regarding [...]

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’68 #3 – PREVIEW

Posted on August 2, 2011 by SoldierHawk

68 #3 (of 4) Cover A – Nat Jones & Jay Fotos By: Mark Kidwell, Nat Jones, Tim Vigil, Jay Fotos Visions of home-brewed hell take center stage as an anti-war protest on a California college campus turns into a cannibalistic massacre at the clawing hands of the hungry undead. Two lost soldiers fight their [...]

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Moon Knight #4 – Review

Posted on August 2, 2011 by SoldierHawk

By Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Alex Maleev (artist), Matthew Wilson (color artist), VC’s Cory Petit (letterer) The Story: Moon Knight and Echo team up together, and begin to peel back the layers of the criminal syndicate controlling LA. Naturally, Spector’s plethora of personalities are along for the ride as well. What’s Good: I’ll probably be [...]

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Severed #1 – Advanced Review

Posted on August 2, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (artist) The Story: An old man receives a letter that sends the story backward to an innocent, menacing time forty years earlier, a time before he lost his arm. The Review: Snyder, Tuft and Futaki were in complete control of this story. From panel one, I [...]

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Fables #107 – Review

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Bill Willingham (writer), Terry Moore (artist), Lee Loughridge (colorist) The Story: One can only imagine the morning breath of several years’ enchanted sleep. The Review: A few of Vertigo’s titles do an interesting thing where after every major story arc or so, they’ll follow up with what we would call in mainstream comics a [...]

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Soulfire #2 – Review

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Jason Fabok (artist), John Starr (colorist) The Story: Aw, shucks, Onyx—can’t we all just try to get along? The Review: Probably Krul’s most self-defeating weakness is his inability to deliver a story that reaches beyond the expected or cliché.  While the source material for Soulfire seems like it never had much [...]

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Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing #2

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jonathan Vankin (writer), Renato Arlem (artist), Barb Ciardo (colorist) The Story: Just the what the heck kind of fertilizer are they using around here? The Review: DC has its reasons for the existence Vertigo, and keeping it largely separate from popular continuity.  It’s not just that in a Vertigo comic, you can cuss up [...]

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Secret Warriors #28 – Review

Posted on August 1, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Alessandro Vitti (art), IFS (colors), and Dave Lanphear (letters) The Story: 27 issues have led to this, the final issue of Secret Warriors.  Who’s left standing? What’s Good:  As a final issue that came over 30 issues to soon, Hickman plays this one well.  There aren’t any other slam-bang events of [...]

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Xombi #5 – Review

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: John Rozum (writer), Frazer Irving (artist) The Story: Riding on pterodactyls.  Golems with rocket packs.  Nuns and guns.  ‘Nuff said. The Review: There’s been a lot of speculation, both dark and ecstatic, about the upcoming state of the DCU, post-Flashpoint.  Through it all, I’ve managed to keep my cool, encouraging cautious optimism whenever possible.  [...]

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