by Rick Remender (writer), Jerome Opena (penciller) The Story: The team break into Clan Akkaba’s ship, only to be confronted with the age-old question: If you could kill an evil person when they were still just a child, would you? By the end of the issue, the question gets answered. With a bang. What’s Good: [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Jerome Opena, Psylocke, Rick Rememnder, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Force #4, Uncanny X-Force #4 review, X-Force | 6 Comments »
by Kieron Gillen (writer), Salvador Espin (penciller) The Story: Hope and the Fi- er, Four Lights, in order to stop the X-Men from killing Kenji, decide to take him down themselves. Hope sees a fiery bird, stands up to Cyke, turns into a giant monster (In Japan of all places! The nerve!), and puts the [...]
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by Rick Remender (Writer), Jerome Opena (Penciller) The Story: After a brief batch of origins for the Final Horsemen of Apocalypse, we watch our X-Force team as they simultaneously regain the upper hand against our villains and lick their wounds. Apocalyp-kid struggles with ordering our heroes’ death, showing that he may not be all bad [...]
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by Peter Tomasi (Writer), Fernando Pasarin (Penciller) The Story: Our Emerald Warriors clash with a group of mentally-controlled GL rookies convinced that they’re Sinestro Corps members. After narrowly escaping the battle and suffering a shocking loss, Gardner’s secret pact with Atrocitus comes to light and we’re shown exactly what has driven him to make such [...]
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by Rick Remender (writer), Jerome Opena (penciller) The Story: Problems arise when Archangel discovers that his teammates are worried about his allegiances and are, in fact, training to kill him if the need arises! Meanwhile, the Clan Akkaba continues their indoctrination of the resurrected and reborn Apocalypse. It all ends badly when the X-Force travels [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Jerome Opena, Rick Remender, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Force #2, Uncanny X-Force #2 review, X-Force | 10 Comments »
by Mike Carey (writer), Paul Davidson (penciller) The Story: A small team of X-Men are chosen to aid the city of San Francisco in repairing the destruction left in the aftermath of Bastion’s attack on Utopia and the mutant community. However, things don’t go as planned when underlying problems affecting both Hellion and Omega Sentinel [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Cyclops, Emma Frost, Hope, Magneto, Mike Carey, Paul Davidson, Rogue, X-Men, X-Men Legacy #242, X-Men Legacy #242 review, X-Men: Legacy | 6 Comments »
by Matt Fraction (writer), Greg Land (penciller) The Story: A dangerous flu virus has begun to infect the population of Utopia, forcing Cyclops to issue a quarantine of the island base. The remaining mutants that were off-island at the time have decided to form a de facto team of X-Men to protect San Francisco for [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Cyclops, Greg Land, Matt Fraction, Sebastian Shaw, Uncanny X-Men #530, Uncanny X-Men #530 review, X-Men | 7 Comments »
by Pete Tomasi (writer), Fernando Pasarin (penciller) The Story: The Emerald Warriors gang make a pit stop on Daxam to check on the status of Sodam Yat, but are unsuccessful. Moving on to Rakk, they free some slaves and kick a little ass in the process. Meanwhile, the missing Yat organizes his own brand of [...]
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Jason Aaron (writer), Renato Guedes & Michael Gaydos (pencillers) The Story: The Devil continues to torture Wolverine’s soul in Hell in new and creative ways, using old foes such as Sabretooth and old friends such as Silver Samurai to push him closer and closer to the brink of defeat. However, a small sliver of hope [...]
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Christos Gage (writer), Mike McKone (penciller) The Story: The revolving spotlight falls on Reptil this issue as Humberto is made Class Leader of the Academy, making a childhood dream of his come true. But what happens when Reptil realizes that his dreams have been ruined by the secrets and lies that permeate not only the [...]
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by Marjorie Liu (writer), Will Conrad (artist) The Story: X-23 awakens at a halfway house in San Francisco that has been set ablaze, surrounded by bodies. More importantly, the evidence points to her being the murderer. After returning to Utopia and spending a little time with Cyclops, Storm and Gambit, Hellverine shows up to taunt [...]
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by Christos Gage (writer), Jorge Molina (penciller) The Story: Stryker recounts the events of the last few days, and his origin, to a silent Jocasta. The team gets a little hand-to-hand combat training from Steve Rogers himself. A battle with Whirlwind on the streets of New York City inadvertently reveals the existence of the Academy [...]
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by Rick Remender (writer), Jerome Opena (artist) The Story: Wolverine and Archangel have assembled a new X-Force behind the X-Men’s backs, consisting of fellow X-Man Psylocke, merc with a mouth Deadpool and international thief Fantomex. While on a mission, Deadpool discovers that one of the mutants’ deadliest adversaries, Apocalypse, has returned. As the team battles [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Archangel, Comic Book Reviews, Deadpool, Jerome Opena, Psylocke, Rick Rememnder, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Force #1, Uncanny X-Force #1 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
First Impressions 9/29/10 The Terminator: 1984 #1 By Zack Whedon & Andy Macdonald Price: $3.50 Brief Thoughts: Let’s get your question out of the way right now, why don’t we? If you’re a Terminator fan, especially a fan of the first film (and who isn’t?) then you should pick this up. Whedon’s script is a [...]
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by Christos Gage (writer), Mike McKone (penciller) The Story: The “Scared Straight” non-crossover with the Thunderbolts continues as three of the Academy recruits confront Norman Osborn and the rest of the Avengers (young and old alike) help the T-Bolts contain a prison riot on the The Raft. What’s Good: There’s a lot to like in [...]
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by Matt Fraction (writer), Whilce Portacio (penciller) The Story: Hope and Storm find another of the Five Lights and, well, if you’ve read the last two issues, then you can guess the rest. Meanwhile, Emma conspires to remove Sebastian Shaw from Utopia unnoticed and Kitty disapproves of her plans. Oh, and Namor argues with his subjects, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Hope, Iceman, Kitty Pryde, Matt Fraction, Storm, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #528, Uncanny X-Men #528 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Whilce Portacio, X-Men | 3 Comments »
First Impressions 9/15/10 Thor: First Thunder #1 By Bryan J.L. Glass & Tan Eng Huat Price: $3.99 Brief Thoughts: Well, that was pretty unnecessary, wasn’t it? Glass and Huat basically re-tell the first appearance of everyone’s favorite God of Thunder with only minor changes. It all comes off as pointless, unfortunately. Getting to hear what [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Other, Picks of the Week | Tagged: HALO: FALL OF REACH - BOOT CAMP # 1, Red: Frank Special, Red: Joe Special, Red: Victoria Special, Thor: First Thunder #1 | Leave a Comment »
by, Zeb Wells (writer) Leonard Kirk (penciller) The Story: Just as Cannonball and Moonstar share an intimate moment, Magik shows up with a call to arms, dragging the team to Limbo to rescue kidnapped X-Man, Pixie. Then they get their asses kicked. What’s Good: Wells has done a superb job keeping this title engaging and [...]
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by Marjorie Liu (writer), Will Conrad (artist) The Story: X-23, the teenaged and female clone of Wolverine, struggles with disapproving former teammates and her own conscience after her secret career as a member of the murderous X-Force is revealed. As she begins to bond with senior X-Man Storm, she turns away just as quickly from [...]
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS 9/9/10 Invaders Now #1 By Christos Gage, Alex Ross & Caio Reis Price: $3.99 Brief Thoughts: The existence of this miniseries is at least warranted and organic, considering how many classic Invaders are now walking around the Marvel Universe, alive and well. Gage and Ross do a decent job of explaining away why [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Picks of the Week | Tagged: Daken, DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE # 1, DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE # 1 review, Dark Wolverine #1, Domino Lady Noir #1, Domino Lady Noir #1 review, Invaders Now #1, Invaders Now #1 review, Punisher Max: Hot Rods of Death #1, Ratchet & Clank #1, Ratchet & Clank #1 review, Shrek #1, Shrek #1 review, Transformers: Drift #1, Transformers: Drift #1 review, Weird War Tales #1, Weird War Tales #1 review | Leave a Comment »
by Greg Pak & Scott Reed (writers), Tom Raney & Brian Ching (artists) The Story: The Hulks enjoy a family barbecue at the beach as Bruce Banner confronts his newly resurrected wife Betty in regards to their marriage. This being a Hulk book, that equals Green Hulk vs. Red She-Hulk action! Meanwhile, lost son of [...]
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS 8/25/10 Science Dog Special #1 By Robert Kirkman & Cory Walker Price: $3.50 Brief Thoughts: I’m conflicted about this comic. On one hand, I enjoyed the fun, in-media-res introduction to the title character. There’s a lot of fun to be had with the concept introduced here, and Science Dog alone is actually a likable [...]
Filed under: Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Picks of the Week | Tagged: All-New Wolverine Saga #1, Guarding the Globe #1, Star Wars: Blood Ties #1, The Darkness: Four Horsemen #1 | 2 Comments »
by Mike Carey (writer), Clay Mann (artist) The Story: After a battle with some Sentinels, Rogue and Magneto continue to attempt to figure out the source of the strange weather storms occurring in Mumbai while Child of the Vault runaway Luz causes discord amongst Paras’ household. What’s Good: It’s always nice to read the X-titles [...]
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS 8/18/10 Avengers and the Infinity Gauntlet #1 By Brian Clevinger, Lee Black & Brian Churilla Price: $2.99 Brief Thoughts: I can only think of two reasons why anyone would buy this. Either you’re too young to know of the existence of the original Infinity Gauntlet miniseries that this story is “based on” or [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Avengers & the Infinity Gauntlet #1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Riley #1, Cavewoman: Toy Story #1, Comic Book Reviews, Harlan Ellison's Phoenix Without Ashes #1, Honey West #1, IDES OF BLOOD #1, S.H.I.E.L.D. 1, The Last Phantom #1, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
by Jeph Loeb (writer), Ed Mcguinness (artist) The Story: World War Hulks comes to a close as the Red Hulk faces off against the Green Hulk (who’s in his Planet Hulk incarnation) in a fist-fight to end all fist-fights! Meanwhi– Er, wait. Nope, that’s it. What’s Good: Take as many digs at Loeb’s Hulk run [...]
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