Secret Invasion: Front Line #5 - Review

By Brian Reed (Writer), GG Studios (Art), Marco Castiello (Pencils), Barbara Ciardo (Colors), and Amerigo Pinellio (Asst. Colorist)
Some Thoughts Before The Review: After an extremely promising start, the latest installment in the Front Line series has sort of stumbled to the finish line (sounds like the main Invasion series more than a little bit eh?). [...]

Hulk #8 - Review

By Jeph Loeb (Writer) Art Adams & Frank Cho (Artists) Walden Wong (Inker) Albert Deschesne (Letters) Peter Steigerwald (Colours)
The story: For the time being, at least until Ed McGuinness returns, Hulk Has been split into two separate stories with Art Adams and Frank Cho taking up the artistic duties on green and red Hulk respectively. [...]

Secret Invasion #8 (of 8) - Review

By Brian Bendis (story), Leinil Francis Yu (pencils), Mark Morales (inker), Laura Martin (colors)
Once again, Brian Bendis (one of my favorite comic book writers) fumbles the ball on yet another Marvel event. If you thought House of M and Secret War was lame, well, feel free to lump Secret Invasion right along with those titles. [...]

Ms. Marvel #33 - Review

By Brian Reed (Writer), Adriana Melo (Pencils), Mariah Benes (Inks), and Chris Sotomayor (Colors)
Some Thoughts Before The Review: Let me just get it out of the way and say how pleased I was to find the art team of Adriana Melo, Mariah Benes, and Chris Sotomayor working on Ms. Marvel again. The three of them [...]

Guardians of the Galaxy #7 - Review

By Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (Writers), Paul Pelletier (Pencils), Rick Magyar (Inks), and Will Quintana (Colors)
Some Thoughts Before The Review: In my opinion, Guardians of the Galaxy is one of the most consistently entertaining and visually impressive books Marvel puts out. It effortlessly blends action, comedy, and drama into one hell of a satisfying [...]

Secret Invasion: Inhumans #4 - Review

By Joe Pokaski (Writer), Tom Raney (Pencils), Scott Hanna (Inks), and Guru eFX (Colors)
Some Thoughts Before The Review: The Inhumans Secret Invasion tie-in has for the most part, been quite successful. It tells an engaging, cosmic chapter in the Invasion story while, at the same time, working to re-establish the Inhumans within the current Marvel [...]

Thor: Man of War #1 - Review

By Matt Fraction (Writer), Clay Mann (Pt. 1 Pencils), Victor Olazaba (Pt. 1 Inks), Paul Mounts (Pt 1. Colors), Patrick Zircher (Pt. 2 Art), and June Chung (Pt. 2 Colors)
Some Thoughts Before The Review: For as much as I enjoy the more personal, down-to-earth Thor series, I find that the epic Matt Fraction one-shots better [...]

True Believers #5 - Review

By Carey Bates (Writer), Paul Gulacy (Pencils & Inks), and Rain Beredo (Colors)
Some Thoughts Before The Review: If the True Believers mini-series is testing the waters for a new ongoing title, then so far it has done a pretty good job of selling the team. The odd characters are unique, the artwork is impressive, and [...]

Incredible Hercules #123 - Review

By Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente (writers), Clayton Henry and Salva Espin (artists), Raul Trevino (colorist)
Is it just me, or has 2008 been the year that Marvel Comics finally did right by their B-list characters?  Incredible Hercules has by far been one of the most entertaining titles I’ve read this year, and I never [...]

Ultimate Spider-Man #128 - Review

By Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inker), Justin Ponsor (colorist)
The Story: The “War of the Symbiotes” arc concludes neatly with all plot threads tied and all mysteries surfaced. Peter confronts the haunting presences of both Carnage, in the form of a resurrected Gwen Stacey and Venom, in the guise of [...]