Written by Peter David, Art by Leonard Kirk, colors by Matt Milla The Story: Shatterstar in a fight that is more awesome than anything he’s been in for the last ten years. Awesome. The Review: (This won’t take long) I read, through Peter David’s twitter feed, a review that called this issue a “return to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Iron Fist, Leonard Kirk, Marvel Comics, Matt Milla, Peter David, Shatterstar, X-Factor, X-Factor #236 review, X-Factor 236, X-Men | 4 Comments »
Written by James Asmus, Art by Takeshi Miyazawa, Colors by Jim Charalampidis The Story: Zero has no hope in the mutant messiah, and wants to take Hope away from everyone! Wordplay! The Writing: I was never a fan as James Asmus. His one shots never thrilled me and his work in the anthologies was never very inspiring. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Avengers Vs X-Men, AvX, Generation Hope, Generation Hope #16, Generation Hope #16 review, James Asmus, Jim Charlampidis, Kieron Gillen, Marvel Comics, Nightcrawler, Takeshi Miyazawa, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men, X-Men Regenesis | Leave a Comment »
Written by Peter David, Penciled by Emanuela Lupacchino, inked by Guillermo Ortego, colored by Matt Milla. The Story: What’s behind Death #3? Well a New York City in Hell of course! The Writing: All I should have to say here is “Peter David” and then move on. I’ve been reading comics for 6 years now, and I can [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: X-Men, Marvel Comics, Captain America, Iron Man, X-Factor, Peter David, Matt Milla, Dr. Strange, Dormammu, Guillermo Ortego, X-Men Regenesis, Emanuela Lupacchino, Jamie Madrox, Deathlock, X-Factor #232, X-Factor #232 review | 1 Comment »
Written by Kieron Gillen, Art by Richard Elson, Colored by Jessica Kholinne The Story: So where did all that fear stuff go when the serpent died? Why, into Loki’s head of course! The Writing: Kieron Gillen might just be Marvel’s best writer. Might be a bold statement, but anyone reading Journey Into Mystery and not [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Exiled, Fear Itself, Jessica Kholinne, Journey Into Mystery, Journey into Mystery #634, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #634 review, Journey Into Mystery New Mutatns Exiled, Kieron Gillen, Loki, Marvel Comics, New Mutants, Richard Elson, Shattered Heroes, Son of Satan, Thor, Uncanny X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Written by Rob Williams, Art by Matteo Buffagni, Andrea Mutti, & Riley Rossmo The Cancellation: First, poor Rob Williams. Two titles canceled that were far better than most of the garbage that comes out every month. And with the plot lines he lay out, it’s a shame Daken got the axe. Hopefully Brubaker will pick up [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Andrea Mutti, Daken: Dark Wolverine, DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE # 21 review, Fantastic Four, Marvel Comics, Matteo Buffagni, Riley Rossmo, Rob Williams, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis, Pencils: Chris Bachalo, John Romita Jr., and Mike Deodato, Ikners: Tim Townsend, Jaimie Mendoza, Al Vey, Wayne Faucher, Victor Olazaba, Mark Irwin, Klaus Janson. Colorists: Chris Bachalo (double duty), Dean White, Paul Mounts, and Rain Beredo. Collecting Avengers #13-17 and New Avengers #14-16 The Story: The Avengers fight against FEAR ITS—I [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Avengers, Avengers: Fear Itself, Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Bachalo, Fear Itself, Fear Itself: Avengers, Fear Itself: Avengers (Hardcover), Fear Itself: Avengers (Hardcover) review, Fear Itself: Avengers review, Hulk, John Romita Jr., Marvel Comics, Marvel Graphic Novels, Mike Deadato, Mockingbird, Protector, Red Hulk, Roman Colombo, Squirrel Girl, The Thing | 2 Comments »
Written and Drawn by Tony S. Daniel, inks by Sandu Florea, colors by Tomeu Morey The Story: Batman faces off against the Dollmaker and his twisted family. The Good: There was a lot of action in this issue. Brutal, Batman-getting-his-ass-kicked action. And we get to see how much balls Batman has–or still has, despite the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman Detective Comics, DCnU, Detective Comics, DETECTIVE COMICS #3, DETECTIVE COMICS #3 review, New 52, Sandu Florea, Tomeu Morey, Tony Daniel | 8 Comments »
Written by Chris Yost; Now: Penciled by Paco Media, inked by Juan Vlasco, and colored by Mrate Gracia; Then: Art by Dalabor Talajic, colored by Juan Vlasco. The Story: One of the apes who got the crap beaten out of him with a femur bone in 2001: A Space Odyssey has his own bone to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Chris Yost, Craig Kyle, Cyclops, Dalabor Talajic, Juan Vlasco, Magneto, Marte Gracia, Paco Medina, Uncanny X-Men, Victor Gischler, X-Men, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: First to Last | 5 Comments »
The Story: The original showdown between Odin and the Serpent. The Good: Here’s the thing…there actually is good things to say about this issue. In fact, there’s a lot of good things to say about it. Fear Itself was a disaster. I don’t see many people arguing that point–the most that can be said is that it [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Fear Itself, Loki, Matt Fraction, Mighty Thor, Norse Gods, Norse Mythology, Odin, Pasqual Ferry, The Mighty Thor #7, The Mighty Thor #7 review, Thor | 5 Comments »
by: Jason Aaron (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils and colors), Tim Townsend, Jamie Mendoza, and Al Vey (inks) The Story: Wolverine had the money to build a school with floating towers? So that’s why he is on every superhero team in the Marvel Universe! Good stuff: 1. Jason Aaron… fun? Everything I have read from Jason Aaron [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Chris Bachalo, Jason Aaron, Kitty Pryde, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine, Wolverine and the X-Men, Wolverine and the X-Men #1, Wolverine and the X-Men #1 review, X-Men Regenesis, X-Men: Schism | 7 Comments »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Written by Duane Swierczynski, art by Jesus Saiz (best name ever!), colors by Nei Ruffino Story: Some idiot reporter attempts to infiltrate the hottest pillow fight EV-ER! What’s Good: If you know Swierczynski’s writing, then when you saw his name on Birds of Prey, your face lit up–maybe on fire as that happens to people [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Birds of Prey #1, Birds of Prey #1 review, Duane Swierczynski, Jesus Saiz, Nei Ruffino | 4 Comments »
Written by Kyle Higgins, Pencils by Joe Bennett, inks by Art Thibert, colors by Jason Wright The Story: A dude with Wolverine’s candor and Deadpool’s skill kills a lot of people. What’s Good: Is it wrong to say that out of all the New 52 I’ve read so far, this is the one I’ve had [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: DC Comics, Wolverine, Art Thibert, Deathstroke, Deadpool, Deathstroke 1, Roman Colombo, Kyle Higgins, Joe Bennett, DCnU, The New 52, Deathstroke #1 review | Leave a Comment »
Written by Adam Glass, Art by Federico Dallocchio, Ransom Getty, and Scott Hanna The Story: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to vanquish the Thunderbolts in a game of softball. And by choose, we mean “if you don’t do this, we blow up your neck.” What’s Good: The ending. Or at least, it [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Adam Glass, DC New 52, DCnU, Federico Dallocchio, Ransom Getty, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad #1, Suicide Squad #1 review | 5 Comments »
Written and Drawn by Tony S. Daniel, Inked by Ryan Winn, Colored by Tomeu Morey The Story: The Joker’s murders are even more gruesome than usual, and as usual, Batman has had enough and goes to deal with the laughing menace. The Good: This is a good start for a new era of Batman. The Batman vs. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman Detective Comics, DC New 52, DC Relaunch, DCnU, Detective Comics, Detective Comics #1, Detective Comics #1 relaunch, Detective Comics #1 review, Ryan Winn, Tomeu Morey, Tony S. Daniel | 6 Comments »
Brief Personal Note: While I do teach, I also worked for five years at Borders Books and this midnight screening of Cap was also on the last day that Borders operated as an actual bookstore before going into liquidation today. So, it was kind of the last thing my coworkers and I will do as [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Other, Reviews | Tagged: Captain America, Captain America: First Avenger, Captain America: The First Avenger movie reviw, Captain America: The First Avenger review, Chris Evans, Dominic Cooper, Haley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Marvel Sudios, Movie Review, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Stanley Tucci, The Avengers, Thor, Toby Jones, Tommy Lee Jones | 3 Comments »
Written by Jim Zub, Line art by Edwin Haung, Colors by Misty Coats, and Art by Chris Stevens Story: The Dwarf and the Big Guy go around kicking the ass of anything that gets in their way…or just seems convenient to kick. The Good: First of all, if you are a fan of comics and [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Chris Stevens, Edwin Huang, Image Comics, Jim Zub, Misty Coats, Skullkickers, SkullKickers Vol 1: 1000 Opas and a Dead Body, SkullKickers Vol 1: 1000 Opas and a Dead Body review | 1 Comment »
Written by Mark Waid, Penciled by Jorge Molina Story: An updating/retelling of Captain America’s origins that has his being unfrozen during Obama’s administration—and trying to return to the past to save Bucky. The Writing: Fantastic. This miniseries came out along with a dozen other Cap miniseries and got a little lost in the wash, which [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Captain America, Captain America: Man Out Of Time, Captain America: Man Out Of Time HC, Captain America: Man Out Of Time HC review, Jorge Molina, Mark Waid | Leave a Comment »
SPOILER ALERT! So came a Thursday—I apologize—THOR’s Day Night in a crowded IMAX theater when through the entrance lo! Thor appears and bellows his name to the masses awaiting his big screen debut… Seriously, some guy dressed as Thor burst into our theater before preview and yelled “THORRRRRRRRRRR!” with a Mjolnir knock-off held high. He [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Anthony Hopkins, Avengers, Chris Hemsworth, Hawkeye, Idris Elba, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Kat Dennings, Kenneth Branagh, Loki, Natalie Portman, Odin, Thor, Thor movie, Thor movie review, Thor spoilers, Tom Hiddleston | 8 Comments »
Written by Rick Rememder, Art by Jerome Opena with Leonard Manco, colors by Dean White and Chris Sotomayor, cover art by Esad Ribic. The Story: Though Cyclops has ended X-Force, Wolverine and Archangel decide to continue operations, bringing in Deadpool, Psylocke, and Fantomex. Their first mission? Kill Apocalypse! As if this would be hard enough, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Apocalypse, Archangel, Deadpool, Dean White, Esad Ribic, Fantomex, Jerome Opena, Leonardo Manco, Psylocke, Rick Remender, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Force Apocalypse Solution, Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Sollution HC, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
