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Daredevil #501 – Review

By Andy Diggle (writer) Roberto De La Torre (art) Matt Hollinsworth (colors) The Story: A new era in Daredevil is launched as Matt Murdock begins life anew as leader of the ninja death cult The Hand as his friends try figure out if he is behind the murder a rogue judge and two dirty cops. What’s [...]

Amazing Spider-Man #608 – Review

By Marc Guggenheim (writer), Marco Checchetto, Luke Ross, Rick Magyar (art), and Fabio D’Auria (colors) The Story: The aftermath of the Clone Saga continues to haunt Peter as a deadly enemy of Ben Reiley’s, attacks Peter and his family. We learn more of the life of Ben Reiley and the circumstances of his enemy’s origin [...]

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #3 – Review

By Brian Bendis (writer), David Lafuente (art), and Justin Posner (colorist) The Story: Mysterio makes his move against NYC while Peter and MJ air-out their anger against one another. Plus, Johnny Storm establishes his permanence in Peter’s daily life. What’s Good: Those of you who like the “Bendis banter” will like the lengthy dialogue that [...]

Hulk #15 – Review

By Jeph Loeb (writer), Ian Churchill (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks) Peter Steigerwald and Aspen (colors) The Story: Rulk and his team Code Red, which consists of Punisher, Deadpool, Tundra, Crimson Dynamo, and Electra, Face off against X-Force. Somehow, this battle leads to the creation and introduction of She-Rulk. What’s Good: This series has greatly improved [...]

Thor #603 – Review

By J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Marko Djurdjevic (pencils), Dany Mik (inks) Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic with Lauran Martin (colors) The Story: Thor is in deep trouble as he and Sif try to get acclimated to their new lives together while Loki and Doom plot all-out evil and destruction. William has his first heroic adventure that ends [...]

Spider-Man: The Clone Saga #1 – Review

By Tom Defalco and Howard Mackie (writers) Todd Nauck (pencils) Victor Olazaba (inks), and Javier Tartaglia (colors) The Story: As Aunt May lies in critical condition on a hospital bed, Peter is confronted by his clone, Ben Reiley, as a mysterious villain strikes against the duo. Meanwhile, Mary Jane learns she has a condition that [...]

Wednesday Comics #12 – Review

Well, there you have it. Perhaps the most novel and interesting comic book format to ever hit the stands wraps up this week with the final installment of Wednesday Comics. My co-editor Tony has a longer column in the works about this whole endeavor, but before I get to the individual story reviews, I’d be [...]

Invincible Iron Man # 18 – Review

By Matt Fraction (writer) Salvador Larocca (pencils, inks), and Frank D’Armata (colors) The Story: Tony Stark’s number is just about up as he takes a last ditch effort to save his body by utilizing the first armor he ever built. However, his mind is past saving as he makes one final move while Norman goes [...]

Kick-Ass #7 – Review

By Mark Millar (writer) John Romita Jr. (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Dean White (colors) The Story: Red Mist’s ambush of Dave, Big Daddy, and Hit-Girl, comes to a brutal crescendo with the death of a major character, while Millar and Romita pay homage to the everyday fanboy. What’s Good: Well, this series has finally caught [...]

Wednesday Comics #9 – Review

Batman by Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (artist) – Nice plot progression but confusing dialogue and motivation. Never enjoy seeing Batman get sucker punched by a common thug. He should be above that, no? B- Kamandi by Dave Gibbons (writer), Ryan Sook (artist)– War on Washington DC. The epic battle to save Caesar and Tuftan [...]

Incredible Hulk #601 – Review

By Greg Pak (writer), Ariel Olivetti (art) The Story: For those who missed Incredible Hulk #600, here’s a quick update: the Hulk is no more and all that’s left is puny Banner. This issue is the first day of the rest of Bruce’s life living Hulk free as he tries to be a hero as [...]

Green Lantern #45 – Review

By Geoff Johns (writer) Doug Mahnke (pencils), Cristian Alamy, Doug Mahnke, and Tom Nguyen (inks) and Randy Mayor (color) The Story: Geoff Johns shifts focus from the Barry and Hal vs newly resurrected Martian Manhunter slugfest to the exploration of  greater DC cosmos as the Universe comes apart from Blackest Night. The main focus of [...]

Amazing Spider-Man #603 – Review

By Fred Van Lente (writer), Robert Atkins (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Jeremy Cox (colors) The Story: The Chameleon fully adopts Peter’s identity and attempts to use it as an instrument of mass destruction as he overturns Peter’s life and the lives of those he holds dear. What’s Good: This comic is easily my sleeper surprise [...]

The Marvels Project #1 – Review

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Steve Epting (art), and Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: The dawn of the Marvel superhero slowly breaks across the world as Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting take us back to the depression era, where the first heroes appear. We focus on three heroes: the Human Torch, Namor, and the Angel; from [...]

War Of Kings #6 – Review

By Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (writers), Paul Pelletier (pencils), Rick Magyar and Andrew Hennessy (inkers) and Wil Quintana (colors) The Story: The final battle between Blackbolt and Vulcan explodes in deep space with irreversible consequences to both these characters and the entire galaxy. The War of the Kings concludes, but the cosmic event has [...]

Amazing Spider-Man #601 – Review

By Mark Waid (writer), Mario Alberti (pencils, inks), Andres Mossa (colors) The Story: It’s the morning after M.J.’s return and Aunt May’s wedding bash, as Peter wakes up from a hangover with the woman he least expected to be having breakfast with. As per Peter’s usual straight-edge ethical self, he has a mini-meltdown over his illicit [...]

Fantastic Four # 569 – Review

By Mark Millar and Joe Ahearne  (writers) Stuart Immonen (pencils)Wade Von Grawbadger (inks) Paul Mounts (colors) The Story: Millar and mostly Hitch’s run of FF comes to an explosive end.  The FF take drastic and ingenious steps to survive the Marquis of Death’s assault, while simultaneously fending off scores of FF’s from across the multi-verse. [...]

Ultimatum # 5 – Review

By Jeph Loeb (writer), David Finch (pencils) Danny Miki (inks), Peter Steigerwald (colors) The Story: The last chapter in the Ultimatum saga concludes with the deconstruction, rather than destruction,  of the entire Marvel Ultimate Universe. Magneto faces off against Wolverine and the rest of the heroes as they confront him for the untold mass destruction [...]

Rob G’s Top Ten Number #1′s

The following list is my picks for the best first issues, based on comics that have been released during by tenure as a hobbyist, i.e the past twenty years. They are from series that were or are ongoing series, not minis. The only factor in choosing these books was simple: Greatness. 1. Y The Last [...]

Green Lantern # 44 – Review

By Geoff Johns (writer) Doug Mahkne (pencils) Doug Mahkne, Cristian Alamy, Tom Nguyen, and Rooney Ramos (inks), Randy Mayor (colors) The Story: The newly resurrected, cosmic-zombie black lantern Martian Manhunter attacks Hal and Barry as they try to uncover why someone would dig up Brice Wayne’s bones (one can only postulate their reaction had they [...]

Wednesday Comics #3

By Gaiman, Allred, Berganza, Galloway, Pope, Palmiotti, Conner, Didio, Lopez, Nowlan, Calwell, Kubert, Kerschl, Fletcher, Simonson, Stelfreeze, Azzarello, Rossio, Gibbons, Sook, Baler, Bullock, Heuck, Acudi, Bermelo, Busiek, Quinones I hate to say it, but I think the honeymoon between DC’s Wednesday Comics and myself has come to an end. Trust me, I hate to say [...]

Amazing Spider-Man #600 – Review

By Dan Slott, Joe Kelly, Mark Waid, Zeb Well, Stan Lee, Bob Gale (writers) John Romina Jr, Marcos Martin, Mario Alberti, Derec Donavan, Max Fiu mara, Coleen Doran, Klaus Jansen (art) The Story: It’s the comic book event of the decade as Aunt May gets married to JJ Sr.! Well, not really, but they finally [...]

Blackest Night #1 – Review

By Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reiss (pencils), Oclair Albert (inks), and Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: The super villain Black Hand and the Guardian Scar, both minions of some unseen death-force, resurrect heroes and villains from across the DC universe to build the Black Lantern Corps. Starting with some gross skull-licking of Bruce Wayne’s dead head, Black Hand creepily emerges as a [...]

Amazing Spider-Man #599 – Review

By Joe Kelly (writer), Stephen Segovia, Marco Checcheto, Paulo Siqeira and Amilton Santos (pencils, inks) Cris Chuckry and Jeremy Cox (colors) The Story: Joe Kelly’s American Son arc concludes with the final showdown between Norman and Harry Osborn, as Spidey tries to recover from injuries sustained while he was tortured by the Dark Avengers. What’s [...]

Wednesday Comics #2 – Review

By Gaiman, Allred, Berganza, Galloway, Pope, Palmiotti, Conner, Didio, Lopez, Nowlan, Calwell, Kubert, Kerschl, Fletcher, Simonson, Stelfreeze, Azzarello, Rossio, Gibbons, Sook, Baler, Bullock, Heuck, Acudi, Bermelo, Busiek, Quinones The Story: The fun, thrills, suspense, and drama continues! DC’s newest creation just might be the comics event of the decade. What’s Good: Last week’s installment was great, but [...]

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