Posted on November 15, 2011 by dfstell
Original Air Date: November 13, 2011 Five things: (Full SPOILERS) 1. Darryl’s incredibly crappy day. Man….that’s a bad day at the office, huh? About halfway through the show, I tweeted that they should have called the episode “Darryl’s really shitty day”. Fall off a horse (bad stunt work. No one falls off a horse that [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Dean Stell, review, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 5, The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 5 review, TV, Zombies | 7 Comments »
Posted on November 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Eric Wallace (writer), Scott Clark (penciller), Dave Beaty (inker), Mike Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: Downgrade this Braintsorm into a Braindrizzle—Mister Terrific’s here! The Review: I’ve tried to avoid focusing on the subject of race in reviewing this title because it doesn’t seem like a very post-Norman Lear thing to do, and I don’t plan [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Dave Beaty, DC, DC Comics, Eric Wallace, Michael Holt, Mike Atiyeh, Mister Terrific, Mister Terrific #3, Mister Terrific #3 review, Mr. Terrific, Scott Clark | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Andrew R. Robinson (writer) The Story: Someone call the doctor, because this Black Canary’s a total quack! The Review: If I took away one lesson from both my years as a teenager and my years teaching them, it’s that kids of that age tend to resist and resent counseling the most, yet they stand [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: Andrew R. Robinson, Aqualad, Artemis, Artemis Crock, Black Canary, Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, Desaad, Dinah Lance, Forever People, Infinity-Man, Kaldur, Kaldur'ahm, Kid Flash, M'gann M'orzz, Megan Morse, Miss Martian, Robin, Super-Cycle, Superboy, Tim Drake, Wally West, Young Justice, Young Justice episode 17, Young Justice episode 17 review | 14 Comments »
Posted on November 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Lobdell (writer), R.B. Silva (penciller), Rob Lean (inker), Richard & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: She’s melting—melting! The Review: From the start, this series has emphasized Superboy’s disconnect from the “outside.” His virtual existence has prevented him from taking a position on the big moral compass one way or the other, and so [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Caitlin Fairchild, DC, DC Comics, N.O.W.H.E.R.E., R.B. Silva, Rich and Tanya Horie, Rich Horie, Rob Lean, Rose Wilson, Scott Lobdell, Superboy, Superboy #3, Superboy #3 review, Tanya Horie, The Hories | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jason LaTour (writer), Chris Brunner (art), Rico Renzi (colors) The Story: The story of a hometown-crime-gone-bad heads to South Beach. Five Things: 1. Hooks you from the cover alone. Man! Do Brunner and Renzi know how to do a cover or what? I hate to get into hyperbole, but this has to be one [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: 12 Gauge Comics, Chris Brunner, Dean Stell, Jason LaTour, Loose Ends, Loose Ends #3, Loose Ends #3 review, review, Rico Renzi | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (artist), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Six crazy monsters versus a planet of demon-aliens. Piece o’ cake. The Review: If you ever get the urge to review comics (and let me tell you, it’s a pretty good gig), a useful first step is to evaluate whether the story’s primary [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #3, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #3 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 | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Diógenes Neves (penciller), Oclair Albert (inker), Marcelo Maiolo (colorist) The Story: The Horde is coming, the Horde is coming! The Review: Works of fantasy have lent a kind of glamour to the period in which they take place. Whether you’re talking Arthurian legend, Tolkien, or even World of Warcraft, their tales [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Al Jabr, DC, DC Comics, Demon Knights, Demon Knights #3, Demon Knights #3 review, Diogenes Neves, Etrigan, Exoristos, Horsewoman, Jason Blood, Madame Xanadu, Marcelo Maiolo, Mordru, Oclair Albert, Paul Cornell, Questing Queen, Shining Knight, Sir Ystin, Vandal Savage | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Rick Remender (writer), Jerome Opena (art), Dean White with Jose Villarubia & Chris Sotomayor (colors), Cory Petit (letters) & Jody LeHeup (editor) The Story: Things are almost done in the Dark Angel Saga. Three Things (this one is pretty straight forward and doesn’t need 5 points): 1. The art is very pretty. Stylistically, this isn’t [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Chris Sotomayor, Cory Petit, Dean Stell, Dean White, Jerome Opena, Jody Leheup, Jose Villarubia, Marvel, review, Rick Remender, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Force #17, Uncanny X-Force #17 review | 16 Comments »
Posted on November 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (writer & pencils), M.K. Perker (inks), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor) The Story: The War of the Words begins as Tom Taylor starts to fight back against the Cabal. Five Things: 1. Tom Taylor has the power! After spending 30 [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, M.K. Perker, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #31, The Unwritten #31 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 12, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Rob Williams (writer), Lee Garbett (artist), Rob Schwager (colorist), Sebastian Girner (editor) The Story: Now free of the control of Adam, Alejandra has to figure out what to do with herself and her curse. Her wordless conversation and grudgingly-given trust to the demon Zarathos begins to define what she is now that she is [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Marvel, Marvel Comics, Comics, Rob Schwager, Reviews, review, comic books, Comic Book Reviews, Marvel Universe, Weekly Comic Book Review, WCBR, Batgirl, comic reviews, Lee Garbett, DS Arsenault, Rob Williams, Zarathos, Sebastian Girner, Ghost Rider #5, Ghost Rider #5 review, Alejandra | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gregg Hurwitz (writer), Szymon Kudranski (artist), John Kalisz (colorist) The Story: You’d have to be crazy to accuse him of having an Oedipus complex. The Review: One thing you have to reflect on is that the Joker, Scarecrow, Riddler, and all the other crazies of Arkham make only a portion of Gotham’s darkness. They [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Gotham, Gotham City, Gregg Hurwitz, John Kalisz, Oswald Cobblepot, Penguin, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #2, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #2 review, Szyman Kudranski, The Penguin | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Zeb Wells (writer), Joe Madureira (art), Ferran Daniel (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spidey and Red Hulk team up to fight a subterranean threat. Five Things: 1. The team-up is BACK! How is it that Marvel can publish ~100 titles a month an none of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Avenging Spider-Man, Avenging Spider-Man #1, Avenging Spider-Man #1 review, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Ferran Daniel, Joe Caramagna, Joe Maduriera, Marvel, Red Hulk, review, Stephen Wacker, Zeb Wells | 5 Comments »
Posted on November 10, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (penciller), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Ulises Arreola (colorist) The Story: Just because they headbutt each other doesn’t mean they’re not in love. The Review: Of all the major continuity changes the new DCU brought with it, possibly none of them has incited more outcry and upset than the restoration of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #3, Batgirl #3 review, Black Mirror, Commissoner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, Gail Simone, Nightwing, Ulises Arreola, Vicente Cifuentes | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Various. (Seriously….it’s half the creative talent at Marvel) The Story: Marvel teases what is to come in 2012 in this 7-part, 64-page anthology-ish issue. Seven Things: 1. Behold the Watcher. This was the spine of the issue and it showed a couple of guys in spacesuits fiddling with The Watcher while he slept. And [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Brian Michael Bendis, Bryan Hitch, Chris Yost, David Lapham, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, Ed McGuinness, Fred Van Lente, Javier Pulido, Javier Rodriguez, Jeph Loeb, Marvel, Matt Fraction, Point One, Point One #1, Point One #1 review, review, Roberto De La Torre, Ryan Stegman, Salvador Larroca, Terry Dodson | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Tom Nguyen (inkers), David Baron (colorist) The Story: You know what the Korugans need? An Occupy movement. The Review: Just as Green Lantern has risen in stature in the last few years to the point where he now has the same iconic [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, David Baron, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Ganthet, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #3, Green Lantern #3 review, Guardians of the universe, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Korugar, Mark Irwin, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps, Tom Nguyen | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 9, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Jai Nitz (story and script), Alex Ross (art direction and story), Johnny Desjardins (artist), Vinicius Andrade (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Jack Kirby (concepts and characters) The Story: This issue, spun out of Dynamite’s Kirby Genesis series, follows the story of Silver Star, a US super-powered asset in an alternate history that branches from ours [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Alex Ross, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DS Arsenault, Jack Kirby, Johnny Desjardins, Joseph Rybandt, Kirby Genesis, review, Reviews, Silver Star #1, Silver Star #1 review, Vinicius Andrade, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 9, 2011 by dfstell
Best From The Past Week: Uncanny X-Men #1 – One of the problems the X-books have faced over the last few years was that there were LOTS of books, but they all seemed kinda the same: similar characters on the teams, similar types of stories, etc. Kieron Gillen has made two big things happen in [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Avenging Spider-Man #1, Batwoman #3, Loose Ends #3, Point One #1, Rachel Rising #3, Uncanny X-Force #17, Unwritten #31 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 8, 2011 by dfstell
By: Victor Gischler (writer), Will Conrad (artist), Chris Sotomayor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Folks are still trying to acquire Sentinels. The X-Men can’t have that. Five Things: 1. A unique team. The team we get in this issue consists [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Chris Sotomayor, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Marvel, Nick Lowe, Victor Gischler, Will Conrad, X-Men, X-Men #20, X-Men #20 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 8, 2011 by dfstell
Original Air Date: November 6, 2011 Five things: 1. Nothing BIG going on, but lots of little stuff. This almost felt like an issue of the comic book. Anyone who reads the comic knows that the comic series delights in starting small smoldering fires and then fanning the flames for 5-6 issues until the characters have [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Dean Stell, review, The Walking Dead, TV series, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Nicole Dubuc (writer) The Story: It’ll be the end of the world unless Young Justice saves us. So yeah, goodbye Earth. The Review: While the assumption is that the members of Young Justice will take over for their iconic forebears someday, you’re not really inclined to take the notion seriously. After all, time doesn’t [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aqualad, Artemis, Artemis Crock, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, J'onn J'onzz, Kaldur, Kid Flash, M'gann M'orzz, Martian Manhunter, Megan Morse, Miss Martian, Nicole Dubuc, Robin, Superboy, Tim Drake, Wally West, Young Justice, Young Justice episode 16, Young Justice episode 16 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Judd Winick (writer), Ben Oliver (artist), Brian Reber (colorist) The Story: Obviously, Batwing never saw those anti-fighting after school specials as a kid. The Review: In this age of the decompressed comic, writers tend to draft stories that work better within the trade format than the typical serial style. This trend has opened up [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batwing, Batwing #3, Batwing #3 review, Ben Oliver, Brian Reber, David Zavimbe, DC, DC Comics, Judd Winick, Massacre, the Kingdom | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 6, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Stephen Sadowski (illustrator), Shane Rooks (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: Heretics of Mars, Part 3: Using his father’s talent for telepathy, Carthoris has discovered a second amulet of the kind worn by the caretaker of the great atmospheric factory that keeps Mars habitable. When he and [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Arvid Nelson, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Dejah Thoris, DS Arsenault, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter, Joseph Rybandt, review, Reviews, Shane Rooks, Stephen Sadowski, Tars Tarkas, Warlord of Mars #12, Warlord of Mars #12 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Matt Kindt (art and colors), Carlos M. Mangual (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The possible origin of the plague that is affecting the “current” Sweet Tooth universe is revealed. Five things: 1. An interesting and unique “origin”. Sweet Tooth is an apocalypse story just like The Walking Dead, The [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Jeff Lemire, Mark Doyle, Matt Kindt, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #27, Sweet Tooth #27 review, Vertigo | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott McDaniel & John Rozum (writers), Scott McDaniel (penciller), Andy Owens (inker), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: Even gangsters can’t resist the allure of electronic gadgets. The Review: Besides the various diversity issues that all comics publishers have to grapple with, one area the DCU infrequently explores is the urban setting. By and large, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Andy Owens, DC, DC Comics, Guy Major, John Rozum, Scott McDaniel, Sharon Hawkins, Slate Gang, Static, Static Shock, Static Shock #3, Static Shock #3 review, Virgil Hawkins, Virule | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Dan Jurgens (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Actually, I can believe it’s not the Justice League. The Review: On the topic of super-teams that need to distinguish themselves from the Justice League, let’s turn our attention to one of the most obvious offenders. We mustn’t forget that for [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, August General in Iron, Batman, Booster Gold, Bruce Wayne, Dan Jurgens, DC, DC Comics, Fire, Green Lantern, Guy Gardner, Hi-Fi, Ice, JLI, Justice League International, Justice League International #3, Justice League International #3 review, Matt Ryan, Rocket Red, Vixen | 3 Comments »
