Posted on October 14, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J.H. Williams III (co-writer & artist), W. Haden Blackman (co-writer), Dave Stewart (colors), Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Batwoman continues her investigation of the mysterious Weeping Woman while avoiding the federal agents trying to capture and unmask her. What’s Good: Good lord this book is beautiful. I know I should expect that, after all [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batwoman, Batwoman #2 review. weekly comic book review, Dave Stewart, DCnU, J.H. Williams III, New 52, Todd Klein, W. Haden Blackman | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 14, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (artist), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Now you know why I never go swimming in natural bodies of water. The Review: We tend to understand Frankenstein’s monster from his portrayals in Mary Shelley’s original novel and its subsequent adaptations: as a gross perversion of the human body, composed of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #2, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #2 review, Alberto Ponticelli, Bride of Frankenstein, DC, DC Comics, Father Time, Frankenstein, Griffith, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Khalis, Nina, Ray Palmer, S.H.A.D.E., Velcoro | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 14, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (creators, writers & art), Vince Locke (inks on 1930s sequences), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor) The Story: Tom Taylor learns about his half-brother. Review: This is another of those “hard to review” series because I find myself saying the same [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Vince Locke | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 14, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Diógenes Neves (penciller), Oclair Albert (inker), Marcelo Maiolo (colorist) The Story: You know, the T-bones of T-Rexes make s’good eatin’. The Review: Anyone who’s watched almost any episode of Seinfield knows that when you have a group of characters that vibrant and diverse, you can be entertained watching them do pretty [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Al Jabr, DC, DC Comics, Demon Knights, Demon Knights #2, Demon Knights #2 review, Diogenes Neves, Etrigan, Exoristos, Horsewoman, Madame Xanadu, Marcelo Maiolo, Mordru, Oclair Albert, Paul Cornell, Questing Queen, Shining Knight, The Demon, Vandal Savage | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Carlos Cuevas & Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: A cure for the spider-infections is discovered, but the bad guys are surely going to try to destroy it. Review: This story is rounding into shape [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #671, Amazing Spider-Man #671 review, Carlos Cuevas, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Spider-Island, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Billy Tan (artist), Andres Mossa (colorist), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor), Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: It’s the Harry Potter Sorting Hat episode of the X-Men as all the mutants need to choose whether to be on Team Wolverine or Team Cyclops. What’s good: This was probably an important issue to have. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Andres Mossa, Billy Tan, Dean Stell, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, Regenesis, review, Sebastian Girner, X-Men | 6 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (penciller), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Ulises Arreola (colorist) The Story: Maybe spending most of her free time reading doesn’t sound so bad after all. The Review: I essentially stopped watching The Office after Steve Carrell (who played the show’s lead and emotional center, Michael Scott) left. Without the character I [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #2, Batgirl #2 review, Commissioner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Gail Simone, Mirror, Ulises Arreola, Vicente Cifuentes | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy & Keith Champagne (inkers), David Baron (colorist) The Story: It’s easy to see who’s the bad cop in this pairing. The Review: While comics mostly serve as escapist fiction, that doesn’t mean they can’t bear commentary on real life as well. A lot of writers seem [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Christian Alamy, David Baron, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #2, Green Lantern #2 review, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Sean Murphy (art), Dave Stewart (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Cash and Felicia try to escape from the Nazi vampires with a “cure” for vampirism. Review: This was a very satisfying conclusion to this AV miniseries. It ties up most of the [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #5, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #5 review, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Survival of the Fittest, Vertigo | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Adam Glass, Art by Federico Dallocchio and Andrei Bressan, Colors by Val Staples The Story: Suicide Squad is dropped into…some stadium (they forgot to give us the name in this issue and I’m too lazy to go back to the last one to figure it out) and are instructed to kill everyone inside [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Adam Glass, Andrei Bressan, DCnU, Deadshot, El Diablo, Fantastic Four, Federico Dallocchio, Harley Quinn, King Shark, New DC 52, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad #2, Suicide Squad #2 review, The New 52, Thunderbolts | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer/creator), Diego Barreto & Damian Couceiro (art), Zac Atkinson & Archie Van Buren (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Shannon Watters (associate editor) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Cary/Survivor may have a plan to power up to yet another level, Plutonian and Bette Noir get reacquainted & the surviving human government’s do something. [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Archie Van Buren, Boom!, Damian Couceiro, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #30, Irredeemable #30 review, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, review, Shannon Watters, Zac Atkinson | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 12, 2011 by dfstell
Best From The Past Week: Severed #3 – Lots of good comics last week that ended up in a figurative pig-pile: Sweet Tooth #26 had that creepy story and great Matt Kindt art, I Zombie had that uncluttered story and awesome Jay Stephens art. Vescell #2 is a fun, sexy romp. But I think Severed [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #671, AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #5, Batwoman #2, Blue Estate #6, Irredeemable #30, Legion of Monsters #1, Morning Glories #13, Pigs #2, SHIELD #3, Unwritten #30, X-Men: Regenesis #1 | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Dan Jurgens (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Well, it’s not “Hands Around the World,” but it’ll have to do. The Review: With one Justice League already in existence, and with all the world’s biggest, brawniest, most recognizable heroes counted in the roster, it really puts all other teams [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, August General in Iron, Batman, Booster Gold, Bruce Wayne, Dan Jurgens, DC, DC Comics, Fire, Godiva, Green Lantern, Guy Gardner, Hi-Fi, Ice, JLI, Justice League International, Justice League International #2, Justice League International #2 review, Matt Ryan, Rocket Red, Vixen | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Judd Winick (writer), Ben Oliver (artist), Brian Reber (colorist) The Story: When someone stabs you in the back like that, it just gets you right in the heart. The Review: It’s pretty hard to develop a whole new superhero from scratch. Not only do you have all the usual personality, background, power set bits [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batwing, Batwing #2, Batwing #2 review, Ben Oliver, Brian Reber, David Zavimbe, DC, DC Comics, Judd Winick, Kia Okuru, Kingdom, Massacre, Matu Ba | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott McDaniel & John Rozum (writers), Scott McDaniel (penciller), Andy Owens (inker), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: No use losing your head over losing your arm. The Review: Young superheroes have a tough time establishing a distinctive identity for themselves. It’s a little too easy for people to compare any smart-talking teen to Spider-Man, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Andy Owens, DC, DC Comics, Guy Major, John Rozum, Scott McDaniel, Sharon Hawkins, Static Shock, Static Shock #2, Static Shock #2 review, Virgil Hawkins | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Enrique Carrion (writer & creator), John Upchurch (art & colors) & Rafael Diaz (letters) The Story: Agent Barrino gets called in to evaluate an artificial intelligence who wants to be transferred to a human body and along the way he runs into his sexy, assassin ex-girlfriend (is there any other kind?). Meanwhile, a former [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Enrique Carrion, Image, John Upchurch, Rafael Diaz, review, Vescell, Vescell #2, Vescell #2 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (pencils), Terry Pallot (inks), Fabio D’Auria & Frank Martin (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: A team of Thunderbolts, trapped in WWII, fights Nazis alongside the Invaders. Review: It’s all good with this comic right now. I’ve never had a huge affinity for most Golden [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Dean Stell, fabio d'auria, Frank Martin, Invaders, Jeff Parker, Joe Caramagna, Kev Walker, Marvel, review, Terry Pallot, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #164, Thunderbolts #164 review, Tom Brennan, WWII | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 10, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Miguel Sepulveda & Al Barrionuevo (artists), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: I’m guessing none of these people played “Follow the Leader” very well as kids. The Review: Paul Cornell has certainly set aside for himself a quirky territory in the world of comics. Almost everything he writes has a sincerely strange [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adam One, Al Barrionuevo, Alex Sinclair, Apollo, DC, DC Comics, Engineer, Harry Tanner, J'onn J'onzz, Jack Hawksmoor, Jenny Quantum, Martian Manhunter, Midnighter, Miguel Sepulveda, Paul Cornell, Projectionist, Stormwatch, Stormwatch #2, Stormwatch #2 review | 7 Comments »
Posted on October 10, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Thomas Pugsley (writer) The Story: You’re not the boss of me now! And you’re not so big, either. The Review: Ever since Aqualad received word from Red Arrow that the team possible had a mole lurking about and he decided to keep it a secret, we all knew it would be only a matter [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: DC Comics, Captain Marvel, Artemis, Robin, DC, Kid Flash, Superboy, Wally West, Dick Grayson, Aqualad, Billy Batson, Young Justice, Miss Martian, M'gann M'orzz, Megan Morse, Thomas Pugsley, Kaldur, Young Justice episode 13, Young Justice episode 13 review, Monsieur Mallah, The Brain | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Jay Stephens (guest artist), Laura Allred (colors), Michael Allred (inks on a few pages), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: The back-story of Diogenes, the monster hunter from the Fossor Corporation. What’s Good: This is a very clean and streamlined story. IZombie is an [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, I Zombie, Jay Stephens, Laura Allred, Michael Allred, review, Shelly Bond, Todd Klein, vampires, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 9, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Carlos Rafael (illustrations), Carlos Lopez (colors), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator), Joseph Rybandt (editor) The Story: The Pirate Queen of Mars, Part 2: Dejah Thoris, on a mission of mercy to the south pole, has been captured by the Phondari, a dark-skinned pirate captain, supposedly from one of Mars’ moons. It turns [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Comics, Reviews, review, Comic Book Reviews, Weekly Comic Book Review, WCBR, Arvid Nelson, DS Arsenault, Joseph Rybandt, comic book babes, Warlord of Mars, Dejah Thoris, Pirate Queen of Mars, Dejah Thoris #7 review, Dejah Thoris #7 | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: Watch Alec become one with nature. The Review: Swamp Thing has a vast, complex history, written by some incredibly brilliant, but also ambitiously complicated folks: Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar. What you wind up getting is some incredibly rich, spellbinding stories, but [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Arcane, Alec Holland, DC, DC Comics, Nathan Fairbairn, Parliament of Trees, Scott Snyder, Sethe, Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing #2, Swamp Thing #2 review, the Green, Yanick Paquette | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 8, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Matt Kindt (artist & paints), Pat Brosseau (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: A flashback to 1911-era Alaska and a possible glimpse of what triggered the plague that has wiped out much of humanity in the present day Sweet Tooth story. What’s Good: Matt Kindt is probably the perfect artist [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Jeff Lemire, Mark Doyle, Matt Kindt, Pat Brosseau, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #26, Sweet Tooth #26 review, Vertigo | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Greg Hurwitz (writer), Szymon Kudranski (artist), John Kalisz (colorist) The Story: Sorry, no hyper-cute, fuzzy, waddling aquatic birds with happy feet here. The Review: With so many great, larger-than-life villains in Batman’s stable of villains, the Penguin has always seemed rather benign by comparison. A lot of the other rogues are certified lunatics; Penguin, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, DC, DC Comics, Greg Hurwitz, John Kalisz, Oswald Cobblepot, Penguin, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #1, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #1 review, Szymon Kudranski | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Travel Foreman (artist), Lovern Kindzierski (colorist) The Story: Who went and impregnated the hippos? The Review: You get to see all kinds of outrageous, fantastical things in comics: space cowboys who sling energy from rings, men who can shrink down to sub-microscopic size and travel between the folds of parallel universes, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Animal Man, Animal Man #2, Animal Man #2 review, Buddy Baker, Cliff Baker, DC, DC Comics, Ellen Baker, Jared K. Fletcher, Jeff Lemire, Lovern Kindzierski, Maxine Baker, the Red, Travel Foreman | 12 Comments »
