Posted on October 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Rags Morales & Brent Anderson (pencillers), Rick Bryant (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: We’re no Guantanamo, but we’ve got ways of making an alien in a T-shirt talk. The Review: One thing Morrison does consistently well is place characters into unusual situations, and when it comes to iconic superheroes, that [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #2, Action Comics #2 review, Brad Anderson, Brent Anderson, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, General Lane, Grant Morrison, John Henry Irons, Krypton, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Superman | 9 Comments »
Posted on October 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), Adam Kubert (penciler), Mark Roslan (inks), Jason Keith (colors), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: The final issue where we see how the X-Men split up and why. What’s Good: It’s always nice to jiggle the status quo. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Adam Kubert, Daniel Ketchum, Jared K. Fletcher, Jason Aaron, Jason Keith, Jordan D. White, Mark Roslam, Marvel, Nick Lowe, review, Schism, X-Men, X-Men Schism #5, X-Men Schism #5 review | 13 Comments »
Posted on October 7, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written and Drawn by Tony S. Daniel, Inked by Ryan Winn and Sandu Florea, Colored by Tomeu Morey The Story: Batman and Gordon discover the Joker’s face left behind in Arkham and begin their investigation. But first, Batman must save a little girl… The Good: An issue 2 that doesn’t feel like filler to fit [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman Detective Comics, DC New 52, DCnU, Detective Comics, Detective Comics #2, Detective Comics #2 review, Dollmaker, Joker, Ryan Winn, Sandu Florea, The New 52, Tomeu Morey, Tony Daniel, Tony S. Daniel | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Patch Zircher (artist), Rachelle Rosenberg (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Jeff Parker cues up a new story-cycle for Red Hulk with the big guy headed into the Middle East. What’s Good: I really liked how Jeff Parker kicked off a new storyline [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Hulk, Hulk #42, Hulk #42 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, Patch Zircher, Rachelle Rosenberg, review | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Will the Alexandria survivors accept Rick & Gang as the leaders of the settlement? SPOILER WARNING What’s Good: It’s nice that Kirkman isn’t screwing around with the newest threat. There have been times in the [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #89, The Walking Dead #89 review, Zombies | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 5, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (artist) The Story: Jack and his cross-dressing friend start making their way to Louisiana by busking, using Jack’s violin playing. Then they run into Victor the Travelling Phonograph Salesman, version 2.0. He invites them to his apartment and starts feeding them liquor and playing bear trap [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Image Comics, Comics, Reviews, review, comic books, Comic Book Reviews, Image, Weekly Comic Book Review, WCBR, comic reviews, DS Arsenault, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, Attila Futaki, Severed #3, Severed #3 review | 7 Comments »
Posted on October 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
Earlier, I gave a mild, encouraging evaluation of DC’s creative efforts. But what of their commercial ones? For some prospects on that, I went to Comics Unlimited, easily the finest and most successful shop of its kind in Orange County. Mark and Nancy, the estimable owners of Comics Unlimited, were not in, but Laine and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DCnU | 6 Comments »
Posted on October 4, 2011 by dfstell
Best From The Past Week: Captain America & Bucky #622 – This was a really hard choice because the runners-up were equally high quality, but Cap & Bucky edges them out because it managed to do this in a self-contained issue. It isn’t the beginning of something exciting (like American Vampire #19) or the middle story [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Animal Man #2, Hulk #42, Severed #3, Swamp Thing #2, Sweet Tooth #26, Thunderbolts #164, X-Men Schism #5 | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
With the release of Justice League #1 on August 28, DC officially launched its sparkling new universe for the masses to behold and begrudge. Can you believe it’s been over a month already? Me neither. Why, it feels like just yesterday I was reading plagues of blog comments, all lambasting the relaunch as a strategy [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Other | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, DCnU, New 52 | 15 Comments »
Posted on October 4, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Ron Marz (writer), Stjepan Sejic (artist), Troy Peteri (letters) Ahead there be (small) spoilers. Consider yerself warned. The Story Angelus comes in to provide backup when Tiamat proves to be a little too strong for Sara and the Witchblade to handle alone. Lieutenant Phipps continues to make a rather large nuisance of himself, and [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Top Cow | Tagged: Ron Marz, Stjepan Sejic, Troy Peteri, Weekly Comic Book Review, Witchblade, Witchblade !148 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 4, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Ed Brubaker & Marc Andreyko (writers), Chris Samnee (artist), Bettie Breitweiser (color artist), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Back in Word War II, Bucky tries hard to fit in as the only non-super powered member of the Invaders. What’s Good: Remember all that irritated bellyaching I did about Bucky back when he was [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Captain America and Bucky, Captain America and Bucky #622 review, Chris Samnee, Ed Brubaker, Marc Andreyko, VC'S Joe Caramagna, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 4, 2011 by dfstell
By: Richard Starkings (writer & lettering), Boo Cook & Axel Medellin (art), Gregory Wright, Cook & Medellin (colors) The Story: Untold tales of the circa 2239 war in Eurasia between the Elephantmen and the human survivors of the viral apocalypse. What’s good: There’s a lot of flexibility to add material to a back-story when the whole [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Boo Cook, Dean Stell, Elephantmen, Gregory Wright, Image, review, Richard Starkings | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 4, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Tony S. Daniel, Art by Philip Tan, Colors by Sunny Gho The Story: Side effects of the Hawkman suit: piss it off and it will bond to your muscles. What’s Good: I have almost no knowledge of the character Hawman, so I was a little excited reading this–especially after reading Daniel’s Detective Comics. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: DCnU, Hawkman, New DC 52, Philip Tan, Savage Hawkman, Sunny Cho, Tony S. Daniel | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), June Brigman (penciller), Roy Richardson (inker), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: Herc learns that even a hideous mutation can’t stop him from scoring with the ladies. The Review: From what I’ve gathered, Spider-Island sure sounds like a fun romp. But from the point of view of this [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Anansi, Arachne, Emma Frost, Fred Van Lente, Gambit, Greg Pak, Herc, Herc #8, Herc #8 review, Incredible Hercules, Jesus Aburtov, June Brigman, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Roy Richardson, Spider-Island, Storm, White Queen, Wolverine | 6 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer/creator), John Romita, Jr. (breakdowns/creator), Tom Palmer (finishes), Dean White & Michael Kelleher (colors), Chris Eliopoulos & Clayton Cowles (letters) & Aubrey Sitterson (editor) The Story: Following the wicked crimes from the previous issue, Red Mist and his crew to continue run amok. Review: This was a tough comic to read for [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Aubrey Sitterson, Chris Eliopoulos, Clayton Cowles, Dean Stell, Dean White, Icon, John Romita, Kick Ass 2 #4, Kick-Ass #2, Kick-Ass 2 #4 review, Mark Millar, Marvel, Michael Kelleher, review, Tom Palmer | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Peter Milligan (writer), Mikel Janin (artist), Ulises Arreola (colorist) The Story: Madame Xanadu, you are being a major downer right now. The Review: Some words come with major connotative baggage attached, which people don’t always realize when they use them. I’d say “dark” falls in this category. Lately, you hear writers drop this word [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Boston Brand, DC, DC Comics, Deadman, Enchantress, John Constantine, June Moone, Justice League, Justice League Dark, Justice League Dark #1, Justice League Dark #1 review, Madame Xanadu, Mikel Janin, Peter Milligan, Rac Shade, Shade, the Changing Man, Ulises Arreola, Zatanna, Zatanna Zatara | 7 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Ethan Van Sciver & Gail Simone (writers), Yildiray Cinar (artist), Steve Buccellato (colorist) The Story: Where racial tension goes nuclear! The Review: Consider this a bit of a love letter to Simone, but really, what is there not to love about the woman? She went from geek-feminist blogger on comics to one of the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Ethan Van Sciver, Firestorm, Gail Simone, Jason Rusch, Ronnie Raymond, Steve Buccellato, The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men, The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men #1, The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men #1 review, Yildiray Cinar | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jon Weisman (writer) The Story: Four red-chromed elemental robots are better than one. The Review: Nowadays, hardly anyone wonders why, on a league populated by some of the most powerful superhumans on the planet, we need to have Batman around. No one is naïve enough to believe that his explosive Batarangs will turn the [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: DC Comics, Artemis, Robin, DC, Kid Flash, Superboy, Wally West, Dick Grayson, Aqualad, Red tornado, Connor Kent, Young Justice, Miss Martian, M'gann M'orzz, Megan Morse, Jon Weisman, Kaldur, Artemis Crock, Young Justice episode 12, Young Justice episode 12 review, Red Torpedo, Red Inferno, Red Volcano | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by paladinking
by Joshua Hale Fialkov (writer), Andrea Sorrentino (art), Marcelo Maidlo (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters) The Review: Every once in a while, you read a comic that just has that indefinable, special “something” where everything just clicks. This is one of those books and despite being semi-retired from WCBR, I had to come back for [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Andrea Sorrentino, Andrew Bennett, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, DC New 52, DC Relaunch, DC Universe, DCU, I, I Vampire, I Vampire 1, JM DeMatteis, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Mary, Mary Queen of Blood, New 52, Queen of Blood, vampire, Vampire #1, Vampire #1 review, vampires, Weekly Comic Book Reivew | 8 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray (writers), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist) The Story: Sounds like y’all have need of a pop-eyed cowboy ‘round these here parts. The Review: DC has devoted itself to many genres in its publishing history, even those that have fallen out of favor in modern times, like the western. Give [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: All-Star Western, All-Star Western #1, All-Star Western #1 review, DC, DC Comics, Dr. Arkham, Gabriel Bautista, Gotham, Gotham City, Jeremiah Arkham, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jonah Hex, Justin Gray, Moritat | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Ron Marz (writer), Sami Basri (artist), Jessica Kholinne (colorist) The Story: She literally knows what dirty thoughts you’re thinking. The Review: Women in comics are a hot topic lately, and with this DC relaunch, the focus has landed on their fictional portrayals. Last week, both Catwoman and Red Hood and the Outlaws came under [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Jessica Kholinne, Ron Marz, Sami Basri, Voodoo, Voodoo #1, Voodoo #1 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Terry Moore (the whole damn thing… writing, art, lettering…) The Story: Rachel tries to talk to a friend about what happened to her and elsewhere the beginnings of a murderous plot expose itself. Review: Again, this is a hard series to review in single issues because you know that we are merely at the [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Abstract Studio, Dean Stell, Rachel Rising, Rachel Rising #2, Rachel Rising #2 review, review, Terry Moore | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Stephen Sadowski (artist), Shane Rooks (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: In the time since John Carter has gone back to Earth, Barsoom mourns his loss and a son has been born to him. The Zodangans and the Therns seem to be hanging about with Dejah Thoris [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Arvid Nelson, Barsoom, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, review, Reviews, Shane Rooks, Stephen Sadowski, Tardos Mors, Tars Tarkas, Tharks, Therns, Warlord of Mars #10, Warlord of Mars #10 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
