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The Mighty Thor #10 – Review

Posted on February 2, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Heimdall has suspicions about Tanarus, Surfer and Loki try to figure out what to do with Mjolnir, and Thor makes his bid for freedom. The Review:  Last month, I touched upon how Matt Fraction is playing a dangerous game [...]

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Fantastic Four #602 – Review

Posted on January 30, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Barry Kitson (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Review:  This issue of Jonathan Hickman’s Fantastic Four reminds me of those really badass episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that I totally geeked out over as a kid…and then rediscovered years later in college, only to geek out [...]

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FF #14 – Review

Posted on January 25, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Juan Bobillo (pencils), Marcelo Sosa (inks), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Doom makes the ultimate sacrifice. The Review:  Jonathan Hickman’s calling card seems to be his labyrinthine plots, composed of a great deal of moving parts, all leading to an increasingly massive scope.  This can at time [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #4 – Review

Posted on January 9, 2012 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writing), Brandon Peterson (art), Justin Ponsor (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The Phalanx returns and the X-Men race to stop its rapid consumption. The Review:  What a strange issue… I really don’t mean that in a bad way at all.  In fact, I wish more ongoing series did this.  Uncanny [...]

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Fatale #1 – Review

Posted on January 5, 2012 by paladinking

by Ed Brubaker (writing), Sean Phillips (art), and Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: Mysterious assassins in bowler hats!  Exploding airplanes!  Cultists!  Nazis! The Review: Breathe a sigh of relief:  Fatale is just as good as you were hoping it might be and only further substantiates the fact that the team of Brubaker and Phillips can [...]

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The Punisher #7 – Review

Posted on January 5, 2012 by paladinking

by Greg Rucka (writing), Michael Lark (pencils), Stefano Gaudiano (inks), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Clemons and Bolt take a long, awkward drive up to the chalet that is the site of the Punisher’s latest massacre. The Review:  Another issue of Greg Rucka’s Punisher with no Frank and despite this, it’s [...]

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Detective Comics #5 – Review

Posted on January 5, 2012 by paladinking

by Tony Salvador Daniel (writing & pencils), Szymon Kudranski (art), Sandu Florea & Rob Hunter (inks), Tomeu Morey (colors), and Jared K. Fletcher (letters) The Story: Batman has to fight through a mob of Occupy Gotham Joker fans to catch a killer. The Review: Thus far, I’ve found Tony Daniel’s Detective Comics to be one [...]

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FF #13 – Review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writing), Juan Bobillo (pencils), Marcelo Sosa (inks), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The Future Foundation cross the Bridge into the former home of the Council of evil Reeds, now owned by the mad Celestials. The Review: Last month, myself and many other reviewers took FF to task for [...]

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I, Vampire #4 – Review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by paladinking

by Joshua Hale Fialkov (writing), Andrea Sorrentino (art), Marcelo Maiolo (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters) The Story: Andrew meets with a relatively new vampire still learning about undead life, but is this vampire redeemable? The Review: It’s quickly become clear that I, Vampire’s greatest asset thus far has been it’s atmosphere.  Without being gritty, this [...]

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The Mighty Thor #9 – Review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writing), Pasqual Ferry & Pepe Larraz (art), Frank D’Armata, Frank Martin, & Wil Quintana (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Loki seeks the aid of Donald Blake and has a weird run-in with the Silver Surfer, Kelda begins to suspect the truth, and Asgardia begins the difficult task of governance. The [...]

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PunisherMAX #20 – Review

Posted on December 28, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writing), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Frank finds himself locked in a battle to the death with Elektra. The Review:  If there’s one this issue shows, and really that goes for the rest of this series as well, it’s that Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon [...]

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Wolverine #20 – Review

Posted on December 26, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writing), Renato Guedes (pencils), Jose Wilson Magalhaes (inks), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Someone’s trying to start a war between the Hand and the Yakuza and naturally, Wolverine and Melita find themselves caught in the middle. The Review:  This issue serves as a nice little cross-section of several [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #511 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony Stark comes clean to his employees before finding himself in a fight for his life against the Living Laser. The Review:  After the underwhelming Fear Itself, it seems that Matt Fraction is fast replacing Bendis as the new [...]

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Fantastic Four #601 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writing), Steve Epting (pencils), Rick Magyar & Mark Pennington (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Johnny brings the cavalry. The Review:  This past summer, Marvel and DC both put out company-wide events that were pretty underwhelming.  Truth be told, however, I haven’t really, really enjoyed an event from Marvel [...]

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Avengers #20 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writing), Daniel Acuna (art), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Norman Osborn confronts the Avengers as he and his allies prove to be a step ahead in their war on Cap and the gang. The Review: Well, it’s a hell of a lot better than the last issue of New Avengers. [...]

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Incredible Hulk #3 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writing), Marc Silvestri (line art), Sunny Gho (colors), and Ed Dukeshire (letters) The Story:  Hulk tries to defend his moloid buddies from gamma-powered boar brothers 26 and 27. The Review:  I’m fairly certain that this is one of those issues where you’re going to get reviews across quite a wide spectrum.  The [...]

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Journey into Mystery #632 – Review

Posted on December 17, 2011 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writing), Mitch Breitweiser (art), Bettie Breitweiser (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Loki gets a very special present from Hela, courtesy of Garm. The Review:  This was originally advertised as something of a Christmas issue, but ultimately, while Gillen delivers on that promise, we get something a little more subtle.  While [...]

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New Avengers #19 – Review

Posted on December 15, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story:  Norman Osborn explains the mission statement to his new Avengers and Victoria Hand plays her…hand? The Review:  Every now and then, as a devoted comic reader, you find yourself reading something that’s just mind-numbingly stupid.  New Avengers #19, [...]

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The Mighty Thor #8 – Review

Posted on November 27, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Review:  This is one of those comics that I hate reviewing. On the one hand, it’s a pretty good read.  It doesn’t do anything wrong, and does quite a bit right, but in order to manage this, it’s a book [...]

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The Punisher #5 – Review

Posted on November 20, 2011 by paladinking

by Greg Rucka (writer), Marco Checchetto (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: It’s a somber Thanksgiving for Frank and friends, as if there’d be any other sort. 1.  A good supporting cast goes a long way In making the Punisher a silent force of nature, Rucka has had to create a [...]

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The Incredible Hulk #2 – Review

Posted on November 16, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Marc Silvestri, Whilce Portacio, & Billy Tan (pencils), Michael Broussard & Eric Basaldua (pencil assists), Scott Hanna (finishes), Joe Weems, Rick Basaldua, Jay Leisten, Don Ho, & Crimelab Studios (inks), Sunny Gho (colors), and Ed Dukeshire (letters) The Story: Hulk meets the MAD Squad and man, oh man, I think Bruce [...]

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I, Vampire #1 – Review

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 [...]

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The Punisher #3 – Review

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 [...]

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Wolverine #15 – Review

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 [...]

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Wolverine #14 – Review

Posted on August 25, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Renato Guedes (pencils), Jose Wilson Magalhaes (inks), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story:  Logan realizes that it was never his revenge that he was working towards as the Red Right Hand’s plan reaches its gut-wrenching endgame. What’s Good:  Wow, Jason Aaron nails us with some huge, huge twists [...]

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