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Creepy #7 – Review

Posted on January 30, 2012 by dfstell

By: Joe Lansdale, Keith Lansdale, Dan Braun, Bill Morrison, Martin Salvador & Archie Goodwin (writers), Guus Floor, Patric Reynolds, Wilfredo Torres, Steve Skeates & Steve Ditko (artists) and Nate Piekos (letters) The Story: Uncle Creepy is back with three new tales of terror and two old reprints from the Creepy archives. Review: This isn’t a [...]

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Creepy Comics #6 – Review

Posted on July 4, 2011 by dfstell

By: Joe R. Lansdale, Christopher A. Taylor, Alice Henderson, Dan Braun, Craig Haffnet, Archie Goodwin (writers), Nathan Fox, Jason Shawn Alexander, Kevin Ferrara, Garry Brown, Neal Adams (artists), Nate Piekos (letters) & Shawna Gore (editor) The Story: Another issue of the reborn horror anthology from Dark Horse. What’s Good: If you’re not getting Creepy, you’re [...]

Filed under: Dark Horse Comics | Tagged: Alice Henderson, Archie Goodwin, Christopher A. Taylor, Craig Haffnet, Creepy, Creepy Comics #6, Dan Braun, Dark Horse, Dean Stell, Garry Brown, horror, Jason Shawn Alexander, Joe R. Lansdale, Kevin Ferrara, Nate Piekos, Nathan Fox, Neal Adams, review, Shawna Gore | 2 Comments »

Dark Horse Presents #2 – Review

Posted on June 25, 2011 by dfstell

By: Paul Chadwick, Robert Love, David Walker, Michelle Davies, Diego Simone, Thomas Mauer, Neal Adams, Moose, Carla Speed McNeil, Jenn Manley Lee, Bill Mudron, Howard Chaykin, Jesus Aburto, Ken Bruzenak, Michael T. Gilbert, Patrick Alexander, Sanford Greene, Chuck Brown, Tyson Hesse, Steve Dutro, Richard Corben, Clem Robins, David Chelsea The Story: Another round of Dark [...]

Filed under: Dark Horse Comics | Tagged: Bill Budron, Carla Speed McNeil, Chuck Brown, Clem Robins, Dark Horse, Dark Horse Presents, David Chesea, David Walker, Dean Stell, Diego Simone, Howard Chaykin, Jenn Manley Lee, Jesus Aburto, Ken Bruzenak, Michael T. Gilbert, Michelle Davies, Neal Adams, Patrick Alexander, Paul Chadwick, review, Richard Corben, Robert Love, Sanford Greene, Steve Dutro, Thomas Mauer, Tyson Hesse | Leave a Comment »

Dark Horse Presents #1 – Review

Posted on April 23, 2011 by dfstell

By: Paul Chadwick, Howard Chaykin, Jesus Alburto, Ken Bruzenak, Neal Adams, Moose, Carla Speed McNeil, Jenn Manley Lee, Bill Mudron, Michael T. Gilbert, Frank Miller, Richard Corben, Clem Robins, Randy Stadley, Paul Gulacy, Michael Bartolo, Michael Heisler, David Chelsea, John Schork (assistant editor), Scott Allie, Rachel Edidin, Sierra Hahn & Diana Schultz (editors) The Story: [...]

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Creepy #5 – Review

Posted on March 24, 2011 by dfstell

By: Timothy Truman, Benjamin Truman, David Lapham, Dan Braun & Doug Moench (writers), T. Truman, Lapham, Lucas Marangon & Mike Vosburg (artists), Nate Piekos (letters), Shawna Gore & Dave Land (editors) The Story: Uncle Creepy is back with 4 new black and white tales of horror. What’s Good: There is just something about B&W horror [...]

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Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth #1 – Review

Posted on March 3, 2011 by dfstell

By: Malachai Nicolle (writer), Ethan Nicolle (art, letters), Dirk Erik Schulz (colors) & Shawna Gore (editor) The Story: Very roughly… Axe Cop and Dinosaur Soldier have to stop a nefarious plot. What’s Good: I wish we could have more comics like this. If you aren’t familiar with the Axe Cop webcomic, (a) you should check [...]

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WCBR Quick Hit Reviews – Week of 12/15/2010

Posted on December 21, 2010 by dfstell

Sometimes we get a few more comics than we can review in full, so here are the balance of the comics read by the WCBR staff, some good, and some pretty bad. Thunderbolts #151 – This was a great little story that tells the origin of Ghost (for those who care of such things). Again, [...]

Filed under: Dark Horse Comics, IDW, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bernie Wrightson, Black Panther, Black Panther: The Man without Fear #513, Brian Wood, Captain America, Captain America: Man Out Of Time, Captain America: Man Out of Time #2, David Liss, Dean Stell, DMZ, DMZ #60, Doc Macabre, Doc Macabre #1, Francesco Francavilla, Jan Duursema, Jeff Parker, John Byrne, John Byrne's Next Men #1, John Ostrander, Jorge Molina, Kev Walker, Mark Waid, Meta 4, Meta 4 #4, Next Men, review, Shawn Martinbrough, SoldierHawk, Star Wars, Star Wars Legacy, Star Wars Legacy: War #1, Ted McKeever, Thunderbolts | Leave a Comment »

Creepy #4 – Review

Posted on October 30, 2010 by dfstell

By: Dan Braun, Craig Haffner, Bill Morrison, Andrew Foley, Nicola Cuti & Otto Binder (writers) & Kevin Ferrara, Michael Kaluta, Rahsan Ekedal, Paul Komoda, Hilary Barta & Gray Morrow (art) & Nate Piekos (letters) The Story: A set of six horror tales to get your ready for Halloween! What’s Good: Take a second to look [...]

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First Impressions 8/25/10

Posted on August 31, 2010 by joelopez101

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 »

First Impressions 7/8/10

Posted on July 13, 2010 by joelopez101

FIRST IMPRESSIONS 7/8/10 Hit-Monkey #1 By Daniel Way & Dalibor Talajic Price: $2.99 Brief Thoughts: Way and Talajic squeeze way more material out of this idea than I ever thought possible. It’s not an amazing read or a comic that will change your life, but it’s solidly written and the idea of a monkey with [...]

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First Impressions 6/09/10

Posted on June 14, 2010 by joelopez101

FIRST IMPRESSIONS Ever wanted to try a new comic, but you weren’t sure what out there was worth your hard-earned dough? Well, we’re here to help! We read as many new #1 issues from the past week of releases we could afford and looked for the gems of the pack. All so that you don’t [...]

Filed under: Dark Horse Comics, Marvel Comics, Other, Picks of the Week | Tagged: AVENGERS ACADEMY # 1, AVENGERS ACADEMY # 1 review, Buzzard, Buzzard #1, Buzzard #1 review, Dream Logic #1, Dream Logic #1 review, Fame: Lady Gaga, Fame: Lady Gaga #1, Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga comic book, Meta 4 #1, Predators #1, Predators #1 review, THE RAWHIDE KID # 1, THE RAWHIDE KID # 1 review, Young Allies #1, Young Allies #1 review | 6 Comments »

B.P.R.D.: King of Fear #5 – Review

Posted on May 15, 2010 by paladinking

by Mike Mignola & John Arcudi (writers), Guy Davis (art), Dave Stewart (colors), and Clem Robins (letters) The Story: New giant monsters abound, Liz disappears (again), and the UN makes it’s stance on the frogs, and the BPRD, clear. What’s Good: As a conclusion to a multi-year epic, this issue is more focused on opening [...]

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Hellboy in Mexico (Or, A Drunken Blur) – Review

Posted on May 7, 2010 by paladinking

by Mike Mignola (writer), Richard Corben (art), Dave Stewart (colors), and Clem Robins The Story: Hellboy teams up with a trio of luchadores to fight vampires in 1950s Mexico. What’s Good: Believe me when I say that Mignola definitely delivers on the insanity of that hook I typed out above. With all the big powers [...]

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Sugarshock (One-Shot) – Review

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Ray Hilario

By Joss Whedon (writer), Fabio Moon (art) The Story: Straight from the web comic and onto the pages, the amazing rock band, Sugarshock debuts. They participate in the Intergalactic Battle of the Bands (which may not actually involve “bands”, but definitely involves “battle”), take advantage of groupies, get into a car accident, play The Saddest [...]

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Hellboy: The Wild Hunt #7 – Review

Posted on October 19, 2009 by paladinking

by Mike Mignola (writer), Duncan Fegredo (art), Scott Allie (back-up co-writer), Patric Reynolds (back-up art), Dave Stewart (colors), and Clem Robins (letters) The Story: Hellboy learns the weighty consequences to wielding Excalibur. What’s Good: Mignola crafts an issue here that causes the reader’s experience to mirror Hellboy’s own. Specifically, almost to the point of frustration [...]

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Hellboy: The Wild Hunt #6 – Review

Posted on September 14, 2009 by paladinking

by Mike Mignola (writer), Duncan Fegredo (art), Dave Stewart (colors), Gary Gianni (back-up writer & art), Alex Wald (back-up colors), and Clem Robins (letters) The Story: A big reveal about Hellboy’s lineage is outed, as he’s given one of the biggest choices he’s ever had to make. What’s Good: Well, let’s get the obvious out [...]

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Aliens #2 – Review

Posted on July 27, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By John Arcudi (Writer), Zach Howard & Gabriel Andrade (Pencils), Mark Irwin, Marcelo Mueller, & Zach Howard (Inks), and Wes Dzioba (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Aliens #1 was pretty flawed, but it had enough potential to make me think that issue two would be worth checking out. The Story: The lone survivor from [...]

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Predator #1 – Capsule Review

Posted on June 28, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By John Acrudi (Writer), Javier Saltares (Art), and Wes Dzioba & Andrew Elder (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The first issue of the Aliens re-launch was pretty odd all around. While it was written well and looked rather nice, it rarely felt like an Aliens comic. It will be interesting to see what John [...]

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Aliens #1 – Review

Posted on May 29, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By John Arcudi (Script), Zach Howard (Pencils & Inks), Mark Irwin (Inks), and Wes Dzioba (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: It’s been a long time since I picked up an Aliens comic. Maybe a new number one is just the thing to get me back on board… The Story: A crew of scholars heads [...]

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Umbrella Academy: Dallas #5 – Review

Posted on March 30, 2009 by tonyrak

By Gerard Way (writer), Gabriel Ba (artist), Dave Stewart (colorist) The Story: After returning from the dead in the last issue, the Seance teleports himself, Kraken, and Spaceboy back in time in an effort to prevent Number 5 from carrying out his mission and assassinating President Kennedy. When the brothers arrive three years too early [...]

Filed under: Dark Horse Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Dave Stewart, Gabriel Ba, Gerard Way, Kraken, Mummy, My Chemical Romance, Seance, Spaceboy, Umbrella Academy: Dallas 5 | Leave a Comment »

The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #2 – Review

Posted on December 28, 2008 by tonyrak

By Gerard Way (writer), Gabriel Ba (artist), Dave Stewart (colorist) The Story: Who and where is Number Five? These are the questions everyone wants answered, from Hazel and Cha-Cha, two psychotic assassins with a penchant for baked goods, to Kraken, Rumor, and Seance, who would all rather look for the answers on their own than [...]

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Hellboy: The Wild Hunt #1 – Review

Posted on December 10, 2008 by shadowvenom

By: Mike Mignola (writer), Duncan Fegredo (pencils), Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: Every so often, a group of giants band together and cause trouble in the rural English hills. During that time, a group of aristocrats go on the hunt to end the distraction. After learning Hellboy is in town, crashing with some old friends, [...]

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WCBR Quick Reviews

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Deamentia

Amazing Spider-Man #579 – Review (Marvel Comics) Not much of a memorable story here, but it is a good one, nonetheless. Mark Waid does a great job in capturing some excellent character moments, pounding home the idea of Spidey’s selflessness and undying spirit. Marcos Martin’s artwork is no where near as complicated or brilliant as [...]

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 #19 – Review

Posted on December 2, 2008 by shadowvenom

By Joss Whedon (writer), Karl Moline (pencils), Michelle Madsen (colors) The Story: After being doublecrossed by Fray and her sister, Buffy struggles to find her way home while Future-Dark Willow moves her plans to their final stages. Present day Willow, with the help of Kennedy, prepares a spell to bring Buffy back. All while Xander [...]

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The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #1 (of 6) – Review

Posted on November 29, 2008 by tonyrak

By Gerard Way (story), Gabriel Ba (art), Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: Picking up some time after the conclusion of the first mini-series, this new story looks in on the Hargreeves clan to see what they’ve been up to since successfully averting the apocalypse. Each member has gone their separate way, with some like Spaceboy content [...]

Filed under: Dark Horse Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Dave Stewart, Gabriel Ba, Gerard Way, horror, Kraken, Number 5, Rumor, Seance, Spaceboy, The Umbrella Academy, White Violin | 1 Comment »

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