Posted on September 14, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (artist), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Oh, the humanity! Figuratively speaking. The Review: Despite getting his own mini under Grant Morrison’s ambitious Seven Soldiers series, Frankenstein remained, like that series, a very niche property. He doesn’t exactly lend himself to all kinds of stories the way other characters can. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alberto Ponticelli, Bride of Frankenstein, DC, DC Comics, Father Time, Frankenstein, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1 review, Griffith, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Nina, Ray Palmer, S.H.A.D.E., Velcoro | 9 Comments »
Posted on September 14, 2011 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), Chris Eliopoulos (letters), Lauren Sankovitch (assistant editor) & Tom Brevoort (editor) The Story: The finish line is in sight as the Avengers rally to take on the Serpent and his minions. What’s good: Well, at this point, we have to look [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Chris Eliopoulos, Dean Stell, Fear Itself, Laura Martin, Lauren Sankovitch, Marvel, Matt Fraction, review, Stuart Immonen, Tom Brevoort, Wade Von Grawbadger | 18 Comments »
Posted on September 14, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Lui Antonio (illustrator), Adriano Lucas (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: John Carter has become the Warlord of Mars, by uniting the Tharks of Barsoom under Tars Tarkas, the new Jeddak, and he’s leading them against the forces of Zodanga, to stop the wedding of Dejah Thoris, [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Reviews, review, comic books, Comic Book Reviews, Weekly Comic Book Review, Arvid Nelson, comic reviews, weeklycomicbookreview.com, DS Arsenault, Joseph Rybandt, comic book babes, John Carter, Dejah Thoris, Tars Tarkas, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Adriano Lucas, Barsoom, Lui Antonio, Warlord of Mars #9, Warlord of Mars #9 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 14, 2011 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Thunderbolts #163 – Did you know that this is the 20th straight really good (“B” or better) issue that Jeff Parker has done on Thunderbolts since I started reading it after Siege? So, he has 36 more to catch DiMaggio, but that is about a good a [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: 27: Second Set #1, Amazing Spider-Man #669, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #4, Criminal: Last of the Innocent #4, Frankenstein: Agent of Shade #1, Pigs #1, Scalped #52, Severed #2, Uncanny X-Force #15, Unwritten #29 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 13, 2011 by paladinking
by Greg Rucka (writing), Marco Checchetto (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Frank grapples with the Vulture in a fight to the death over the skies of New York City. The Review: Given how much of this issue is consumed by a sprawling action scene, it seems fitting to start out [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Frank Castle, Greg Rucka, Manhattan, Marco Checchetto, Marvel Big Shots, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Hollingsworth, New York City, Norah Winters, NYC, NYPD, Oscar Clemons, Punisher, Rachel Alves, the Exchange, The Punisher, The Punisher #3 review, The Punisher 3, The Vulture, Walter Bolt, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott McDaniel & John Rozum (writers), Scott McDaniel (penciller), Jonathan Glapion & Le Beau Underwood (inkers), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: He’s not just a smart-talking kid who shoots lightning—he also loves physics! The Review: I may have mentioned before at some point that I’m a fan (not an avid one, but a fan [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Hardware, John Rozum, Jonathan Glapion, Scott McDaniel, Static, Static Shock, Static Shock #1, Static Shock #1 review, Virgil Hawkins | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 13, 2011 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writing), Goran Sudzuka (art), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Logan finds new and interesting ways of beating himself up after last month’s shocking finale. The Review: Once in a while, our standard review format doesn’t quite work, particularly when a book’s positives and negatives are deeply intertwined. This [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daken, Goran Sudzuka, James Howlett, Jason Aaron, Logan, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matthew Wilson, Melita Garner, Red Right Hand, Sabretooth, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine, Wolverine #15 review, Wolverine 15, Wolverine No More, X-Men | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Doug Murray & Frank Cho (writers), Axel Medellin (art), Nikos Koutsis (colors) & Thomas Mauer (letters) The Story: The all woman crew of the Savannah have a final adventure on their trip home. What’s Good: This comic has two big things going for it. First, it is really pretty and features a lot of [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: 50 Girls 50, Axel Medellin, Dean Stell, Doug Murray, Frank Cho, Image, Nikos Koutsis, review, Thomas Mauer | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Judd Winick (writer), Ben Oliver (artist), Brian Reber (colorist) The Story: Now seems right to make a politically incorrect joke about the Darker Knight, yes? The Review: With all the other Batman analogues in existence, some of whom have been around (admittedly in obscure capacities) for decades, and others newly created and featured in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Batman Incorporated, Batwing, Batwing #1, Batwing #1 review, Ben Oliver, Brian Reber, Bruce Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Judd Winick | 12 Comments »
Posted on September 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Dan Jurgens (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: I don’t know about you guys, but all this is giving me an urge to visit EPCOT. The Review: While there’s nothing inherently wrong with the idea of JLI, its recreation does call into question the place of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Dan Jurgens, DC, DC Comics, Green Lantern, Guy Gardner, Hi-Fi, JLI, Justice League International, Justice League International #1, Justice League International #1 review, Matt Ryan | 5 Comments »
Posted on September 11, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer, artist & colorist), Jose Villarubia (colorist), Pat Brosseau (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Choices for the good guys: stay in the dam or continue to Alaska? The Review: This wasn’t the best story cycle of Sweet Tooth, so I’m kinda glad that its over and we’re on to new [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarubia, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #25, Sweet Tooth #25 review, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 11, 2011 by dfstell
By: Nick Spencer (writer), Joe Eisma (artist), Alex Sollazzo (colors), Johnny Lowe (letters) & Jade Dodge (editor) The Story: Another new face shows up at the Morning Glories Academy and it isn’t really clear whose side she is on. What’s Good: I’ve been urging this enjoyable series for a few months to “get on with [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Alex Sollazzo, Dean Stell, Image, Jade Dodge, Joe Eisma, Johnny Lowe, Morning Glories, Morning Glories #12, Morning Glories #12 review, Nick Spencer, review | 4 Comments »
Posted on September 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Miguel Sepulveda (artist), Allen Passalaqua (colorist) The Story: Call me superstitious, but that moon gives me the creeps. The Review: In one of my reviews for S.H.I.E.L.D., I spoke about the appeal of secret societies, the shadowy group of specially selected individuals who watch over us from afar and chuckle at [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adam One, Allen Passalaqua, Apollo, DC, DC Comics, Harry Tanner, J'onn J'onzz, Jack Hawksmoor, Jenny Quantum, Martian Manhunter, Midnighter, Miguel Sepulveda, Paul Cornell, Stormwatch, Stormwatch #1, Stormwatch #1 review, The Engineer, The Projectionist | 9 Comments »
Posted on September 11, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Frank Martin, Jr. (colorist), Joe Caramagna (letterer), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: The Underbolts have escaped. Now what? What’s Good: This series continues discovering ways to keep it fresh. Jeff Parker and company have found a nice way to run this comic by [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Frank Martin, Jeff Parker, Joe Caramagna, Jr., Kev Walker, Marvel, Rachel Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #163, Thunderbolts #163 review, Tom Brennan | 4 Comments »
Posted on September 11, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Carlos Rafael (artist), Carlos Lopez (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: The Pirate Queen of Mars, Part 1 of 5: Water has ceased to flow from the south polar pumping stations to the newly united twin cities of Greater and Lesser Helium. This is a big deal, [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Reviews, review, comic books, Comic Book Reviews, Weekly Comic Book Review, WCBR, Arvid Nelson, comic reviews, weeklycomicbookreview.com, DS Arsenault, Joseph Rybandt, comic book babes, Warlord of Mars, Dejah Thoris, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Joe Jusko, Carlos Rafael, Carlos Lopez, Dejah Thoris #6 review, Dejah Thoris #6, Pirate Queen of Mars, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #6, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #6 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 11, 2011 by dfstell
By: Brian Clevinger (writer), Scott Wegener (art), Ronda Pattison (colors), Jeff Powell (letters) & Lee Black (edits) The Story: Atomic Robo has to rescue stranded astronauts. What’s Good: It’s just nice to have Robo back. Atomic Robo follows the Hellboy publication practice where there is a miniseries that runs for ~6 issues and then Robo [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Atomic Robo, Brian Clevinger, Jeff Powell, Lee Black, Ronda Pattison, Scott Wegener, The Ghost of Station X | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: I’m telling you, man—I don’t like the way that shrub is looking at me! The Review: Despite Swamp Thing’s illustrious career, we really do know oh so very little about its human originator, botanist Alec Holland. Snyder has already covered in several interviews [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alec Holland, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Nathan Fairbairn, Scott Snyder, Superman, Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing #1, Swamp Thing #1 review, the Green, Yanick Paquette | 19 Comments »
Posted on September 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Travel Foreman (artist), Dan Green (inker), Lovern Kindzierski (colorist) The Story: Sing it with me, everybody—“‘Cause I want to live / like animals…” The Review: Who would’ve ever predicted that from all of DC’s enormous body of characters, Animal Man would get counted as one of its most famous and acclaimed? [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Animal Man, Animal Man #1, Animal Man #1 review, Buddy Baker, Cliff Baker, Dan Green, DC, DC Comics, Ellen Baker, Jeff Lemire, Lovern Kindzierski, Maxine Baker, Travel Foreman | 23 Comments »
Posted on September 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Gabriel Hardman (artist), Bettie Breitweiser & Jim Charalampidis (colorists), Ed Dukeshire (letterer), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Red Hulk and Omegex fight and Rulk gets some unexpected allies. What’s Good: Boy will I miss Gabriel Hardman when he leaves this title. This is such an attractive [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Gabriel Hardman, Hulk, Hulk #40, Hulk #40 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Jim Charalampidis, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 9, 2011 by dfstell
Main story by: Ivan Brandon (writer), Tom Derenick (art), Matt Wilson (colors), Rob Leigh (letters), Kate Stewart (assistant editor) & Joey Cavalieri (editor) Navy SEALS back-up by: Jonathan Vankin (writer), Phil Winslade (art), Thomas Chu (colors) & Leigh (letters) The Story: DC returns to war comics and one of them’s last name is Rock. What’s [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: DC, Dean Stell, Ivan Brandon, Joe Cavalieri, Kate Stewart, Matt Wilson, Men of War, Men of War #1, Men of War #1 review, review, Rob Leigh, Tom Derenick | 6 Comments »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: If he falls, a Superman has to get up, dust his jeans off, and hit even harder. The Review: For those of you desperately attempting to push back the memories of Grounded into the far-flung recesses of your brain, don’t [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #1, Action Comics #1 review, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, General Lane, Grant Morrison, Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Superman | 23 Comments »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written and Drawn by Tony S. Daniel, Inked by Ryan Winn, Colored by Tomeu Morey The Story: The Joker’s murders are even more gruesome than usual, and as usual, Batman has had enough and goes to deal with the laughing menace. The Good: This is a good start for a new era of Batman. The Batman vs. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman Detective Comics, DC New 52, DC Relaunch, DCnU, Detective Comics, Detective Comics #1, Detective Comics #1 relaunch, Detective Comics #1 review, Ryan Winn, Tomeu Morey, Tony S. Daniel | 6 Comments »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (penciller), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Ulises Arreola (colorist) The Story: How Barbara got her groove back. The Review: Barbara Gordon, back on her feet. Yes, it seems an outrage, a spit in the eyes of the wheelchair-bound everywhere, but we should take a step back and really examine the idea [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #1, Batgirl #1 review, Commissioner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Gail Simone, The Mirror, Ulises Arreola, Vicente Cifuentes | 12 Comments »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Paul Jenkins (writer), Lan Medina (artist), Chris Sotomayer (colorist), Charlie Beckerman & Jake Thomas (assistant editors) The Story: A Welsh Prince steals the wife of a Viking. The Vikings sail over to settle accounts. The Welsh, getting kicked around, call for help, by offering beautiful damsels for their dragon to eat. The dragon accepts [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Charlie Beckerman, Chris Sotomayer, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, DS Arsenault, Jake Thomas, Lan Medina, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Norse Gods, Paul Jenkins, review, Reviews, Thor, Thor Heaven and Earth #4, Thor Heaven and Earth #4 review, Vikings, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Welsh | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Eduardo Barreto & Diego Barreto (art), Zac Atkinson (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Shannon Watters (assistant editor) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Plutonian is back on Earth and the heroes and nations thereof have to rally to its defense. What’s Good: As much as I enjoyed the 5-6 issue stint where [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom!, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Eduardo Barreto, Irredeemable, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, review, Shannon Watters, Zac Atkinson | 2 Comments »
