Posted on February 14, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Alex Cal (breakdowns), Beni Lobel (finishes), J. Brown (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) and John Barber (editor) The Story: As Cobra is taking over the small country, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are going to have some business together. Review: I honestly wasn’t planning to review this issue. Last week [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Beni Lobel, Carlos Guzman, Chuck Dixon, G.I. Joe, J. Brown, John Barber, Neil Uyetake, Snake Eyes #10, Snake Eyes #10 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 8, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Alex Cal (artist), J. Brown (colors), Shawn Lee (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: Cobra has taken over a sovereign country and is driving the civilians out! The Joe’s have to stop them. Five Things: 1. Cobra is a pretty compelling enemy. – The best thing [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Carlos Guzman, Chuck Dixon, Dean Stell, G.I. Joe, GI Joe #10, GI Joe #10 review, IDW, J. Brown, John Barber, review, Shawn Lee | 6 Comments »
Posted on February 2, 2012 by jmiddle3
By: Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz (writers), Dan Duncan (art), Ronda Pattison (colors) The Story: Allez ninja, allez ninja, allez! The Review: It’s been rather fascinating to watch the development of IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Co-creator Kevin Eastman and script-writer Tom Waltz have been combining elements from the Turtle’s original comic series and the [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: April O'Neil, Baxter Stockman, Casey Jones, Comic Book Reviews, Dan Duncan, Donatello, Foot Ninja, IDW, Jim Middleton, Kevin Eastman, Raphael, review, Ronda Pattison, Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #6, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #6 review, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tom Waltz, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 23, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Costa (writer), Alex Cal (artist), J. Brown (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: Cobra has taken over a SE Asian country. The Joes want to stop them and the new Cobra Commander’s lieutenants are fighting amongst themselves. Three Things: 1. The story is really kinda [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Carlos Guzman, COBRA, Cobra #9, Cobra #9 review, Cobra Command, Dean Stell, IDW, J. Brown, John Barber, Mike Costa, Neil Uyetake, review | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 16, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Alex Cal (artist), J. Brown (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: Cobra has taken command of a piss-ant country. Snake Eyes & his team go in to cause them trouble. Four Things: 1. Pretty simple & linear story. – This is kind of [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Carlos Guzman, Chuck Dixon, G.I. Joe, J. Brown, John Barber, Neil Uyetake, Snake Eyes #9, Snake Eyes #9 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 7, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Alex Cal (artist), J. Brown (colors), Shawn Lee (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: The Joes must react to the first big act of the new Cobra Commander. Four things: [SPOILER WARNING] 1. Beginning of a new crossover story. – Coming out of the Cobra Civil [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Carlos Guzman, Chuck Dixon, COBRA, Dean Stell, G.I. Joe, GI Joe #9, GI Joe #9 review, IDW, J. Brown, John Barber, review, Shawn Lee | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz (writers), Dan Duncan & Mateus Santolouco (artists), Ronda Pattison (colorist) The Story: Sorry Turtles, no one delivers pizza on Christmas Eve. The Review: Much like my experience with Static Shock, I knew the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a cartoon long before I read them in comics, and even [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: April O'Neil, Dan Duncan, Donatello, Hamato Yoshi, IDW, IDW Publishing, Kevin Eastman, Leonardo, Master Splinter, Mateus Santolouco, Michaelangelo, Oroku Saki, Raphael, Ronda Pattison, Shredder, Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, Tom Waltz | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 26, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Costa (writer), Antonio Fuso & Werther Dell’edera (art), Scarletgothica (colors), Shawn Lee (letters) and Carlos Guzman & John Barber (editors) The Story: Now that the new Cobra Commander has been named, how will the remaining high-level Cobra operatives organize themselves in the new organizational chart. Five Things: 1. Fuso is doing the best [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Antonio Fuso, Carlos Guzman, COBRA, Cobra #8, Cobra #8 review, Dean Stell, IDW, John Barber, Mike Costa, review, Scarletgothica, Shawn Lee, Werther Dell'Edera | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 21, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Casey Maloney (pencils), Juan Castro & Chris Dreier (inks), Simon Gough & Romulo Fajardo, Jr. (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) & Carlos Guzman & John Barber (editors) The Story: Snake-Eyes and Duke try to find a cure for a Cobra engineered bioweapon. Four Things: 1. Generally been enjoying GI Joe comics recently. - [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Carlos Guzman, Casey Maloney, Chris Dreier, Chuck Dixon, Dean Stell, G.I. Joe, IDW, John Barber, Juan Castro, Neil Uyetake, review, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Simon Gough, Snake Eyes | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by dfstell
Quick-Hits has been on “vacation” for awhile, but is back this week as there are a number of comics for which there wasn’t time to do a full review. Most were pretty good… Vescell #1 – I didn’t count the pages in this first issue from Image, but it felt like it was ~40 pages [...]
Filed under: IDW, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Epoch, Epoch #1, Epoch #1 review, Fear Itself, IDW, Image, Last Mortal, Marvel, Quick Hit Reviews, Rocketeer Adventures, Rocketeer Adventures #4, Rocketeer Adventures #4 review, Skull-Kickers, The Deep, The Vault, Vescell, Vescell #1, Vescell #1 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 29, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: The (other) epic saga of Hamlet, Richard III, Lady The Scottish Play, Othello, Juliet, Iago and Shakespeare comes to a conclusion in an epic, no-holds-barred battle to determine the fate of their world. What’s Good and [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Andy Belanger, Anthony Del Col, Chris Mowry, Conor McCreery, Ian Herring, Kill Shakespeare, Kill Shakespearea #12 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Bloch (original story), Joe R. Lansdale & John L. Lansdale (comic adaptation), Dave Wachter (art), Alfredo Rodriguez (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) & Bobby Curnow (edits) The Story: A young orphan makes an Faustian bargain. What’s Good: The art is great! In fact, it was the promise of sequential art from Dave Wachter that [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alfredo Rodriguez, Bobby Curnow, Dave Wachter, Dean Stell, IDW, Joe R. Lansdale, John L. Lansdale, Neil Uyetake, review, Robert Bloch, That Hellbound Train, That Hellbound Train #1, That Hellbound Train #1 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: John Cassaday, Laura Martin, Chris Mowry, Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart, Mike Allred, Laura Allred, Jim Silke, Kurt Busiek, Michael Kaluta The Story: An anthology of stories about Dave Stewart’s Rocketeer by an All-Star cast of creators. What’s Good: Just look at that list of creators! I’m not even a huge Rocketeer fan, but when [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Chris Mowry, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, IDW, Jim Silke, John Cassaday, Kurt Busiek, Laura Allred, Laura Martin, Michael Kaluta, Mike Allred, Mike Mignola, review, Rocketeer Adventures, Rocketeer Adventures #1, Rocketeer Adventures #1 review, Rocketeer Adventures review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 26, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: Juliet and Othello lead their ragtag band of Prodigals against Richard’s army, with predictably dire results. Things explode, people die, and Lady Macbeth uses her dark magic to ensure that the Prodigals remain on the defensive. [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Andy Belanger, Anthony Del Col, Chris Mowry, Conor McCreery, Ian Herring, Kill Shakespeare, Kill Shakespeare #10 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 28, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors), Shawn Lee (letters) The Story: This is the issue that all dedicated Kill Shakespeare readers have been waiting for since the very beginning…Hamlet finally comes face to face with the wizard Shakespeare. Will they fight? Ally? Betray each other? Not say [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Andy Belanger, Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery, cra, Ian Herring, Kill Shakespeare, Kill Shakespeare #9, Kill Shakespeare #9 review, Shawn Lee, weekly comic book reviews | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Steve Niles (writer), Bernie Wrightson (art), Tom Smith (colors), Shawn Lee (letters) & Tom Waltz (editor) The Story: Doc Macabre gets to the bottom of the hauntings plaguing his town. What’s Good: What a great little 3-issue story this was. I’m not sure I’d call it horror, because it isn’t scary or gory. It’s [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Bernie Wrightson, Dean Stell, Doc Macabre, Doc Macabre #3, Doc Macabre #3 review, IDW, review, Shawn Lee, Steve Niles, Tom Smith, Tom Waltz | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 18, 2011 by dfstell
Our pull lists are all a little too long to give a full review to every comic we read in a given week. So, here are a few quick thoughts on a few issues that were slipping through the cracks… Captain America: Man Out of Time #3 - I’ve like this series from the start, [...]
Filed under: IDW, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Andy Lanning, Brad Walker, Captain America: Man Out of Time #3, Captain America: Man Out of Time #3 review, Dan Abnett, Deadpool #31, Dean Stell, Halcyon, Heroes for Hire, John Byrne, Marc Guggenheim, Next Men, review, Ryan Bodenheim, Tara Butters | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 8, 2011 by dfstell
By: Steve Niles (writer), Bernie Wrightson (art), Tom Smith (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) & Tom Waltz (editor) The Story: Young Doc Macabre ties to deal with a ghostly uprising. What’s Good: Lookie who the artist is: Bernie Wrightson. He is legitimately one of the real masters of the comic art form to come along in [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Bernie Wrightson, Dean Stell, Doc Macabre, Doc Macabre #2, Doc Macabre #2 review, IDW, Neil Uyetake, review, Steve Niles, Tom Smith, Tom Waltz | Leave a Comment »
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 »
Posted on December 14, 2010 by dfstell
by: Steve Niles (writer), Fiona Staples (art & colors), Robbie Robbins (letters) & Bob Schreck (editor) The Story: The Mystery Society clears Nick Mystery’s name and retrieves Edgar Allen Poe’s skull. What’s Good: Really good final issue and really good ending to a fun series. I would really encourage everyone to give this comic a [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Bob Schreck, Dean Stell, Fiona Staples, IDW, Mystery Society, Mystery Society #5, Mystery Society #5 review, review, Robbie Robbins, Steve Niles | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 7, 2010 by SoldierHawk
As readers of my reviews know, Kill Shakespeare is one of my favorite books on the stand right now. As an English major (and teacher) the combination of comics and Shakespeare’s characters is absolutely irresistible. The series has hit a pair of benchmarks recently–the release of issue #7 last month (which marks the past-halfway mark [...]
Filed under: IDW, Other | Tagged: Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery, Interview, Kill Shakespeare, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 23, 2010 by dfstell
My pull list is way, way too long and every week there are a few titles that don’t get the full review treatment by me or my colleagues here at WCBR, but they still deserve a mention of some sort… Thunderbolts #150 – Sheesh! Is Jeff Parker on a can’t miss string right now, or [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, IDW, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Elepahntmen #28, Elephantmen, Jamal Igle, Jeff Parker, Kev Walker, Leinil Francis Yu, Mark Millar, Phoenix without Ashes, Phoenix Without Ashes #4, Richard Starkings, Sterling Gates, Supergirl, Supergirl #58, Superior, Superior #2, Superior #2 review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #150, Thunderbolts #150 review, X-23, X-23 #3 | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 23, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: Lady Macbeth and Iago discuss their (still tenuous) alliance, while Hamlet and Juliet continue to grow closer together. Feste, an oddly self-aware Fool, shows up for the big Twelfth Night celebration, and puts on a show [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Andy Belanger, Anthony Del Col, Chris Mowry, Comic Book Reviews, Conor McCreery, Ian Herring, Kill Shakespeare, kill Shakespeare #7 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 15, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By John Rogers (writer), Andrea Di Vito (artist), Aburtou and Graphikslava (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: A party of adventurers comes together—as all good adventuring parties do—in the local tavern. The party is wrongly arrested, and all the proper tropes for the opening of a good campaign are touched on. What’s Good: I was [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Aburtou and Graphikslava, Andrea Di Vito, Chris Mowry, Comic Book Reviews, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons #1, Dungeons & Dragons #1 review, John Rogers, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 8, 2010 by dfstell
By: Steve Niles (writer), Fiona Staples (art) & Shawn Lee (letters) The Story: The heat ratchets up for the Mystery Society as one of them is captured while others continue the quest to find Edgar Allen Poe’s skull. What’s Good: Fiona Staples’ art is really something. She uses a very fine line that makes her [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Fiona Staples, IDW, Mystery Society, Mystery Society #4, Mystery Society #4 review, review, Shawn Lee, Steve Niles, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
