Posted on May 24, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
Dean’s Top Picks Best of the past week: Fantastic Four #605.1 – I probably should give this to Saga #3 and can’t believe that I’m giving any honors to an issue with art by Mike Choi (because his art was very pedestrian in this issue), but Jonathan Hickman did enough to get it over the hump. [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Batman Incorporated #1, Elephantmen #30, Fantastic Four #605.1, Fantastic Four #606, Hero Comics 2012, Justice League Dark #9, Mind Mgmt #1, Prophet #25, Saga #3, Secret Avengers #27, The Flash #9, The Manhattan Projects #3, The Unwritten #37 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 15, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Batman #9 – This wasn’t the best issue of Batman we’ve gotten from Snyder and Capullo, but still serves as evidence of their quality as creators. Even in an off week, they’re still taking home the cheese. It seems that not even a stupid crossover event can thwart [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Saga #3, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
Dean’s Top Picks Best of the past week: Mind the Gap #1 – Admittedly, it wasn’t the strongest week in comics history, and that’s allowed a comic that wasn’t “awesome” to win honors. But….that’s how it goes sometimes. It looks like Jim McCann and Rodin Esquejo have a nice, longer-form mystery to tell us and I’m [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Batman #9, Captain America #11, Demon Knights #9, Fatale #5, Frankenstein: Agent of of S.H.A.D.E. #9, Green Lantern #9, I Zombie #25, Invincible Iron Man #516, Journey Into Mystery #637, Mind the Gap #1, Morning Glories #18, New Avengers #26, Punisher #11, Takio #1, The Walking Dead #97, Uncanny X-Force #25, Wolverine and the X-Men #10, X-Factor #235 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
Dean’s Top Picks Best of the past week: American Vampire #26 – This issue was a real treat. For one thing, it introduced me to a wonderful fill-in artist in Roger Cruz. I’d love to see more of his work after this AV stint is finished. Seriously….how is Vertigo able to continually find guys of this [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Action Comics #9, Amazing Spider-Man #685, American Vampire #26, Animal Man #9, Avengers vs. X-Men #3, Blue Estate #11, Daredevil, Defenders #6, Dial H #1, FF #17, Invincible Iron Man #516, Mind the Gap #1, Secret Avengers #26, Swamp Thing #9, Sweet Tooth #33, Venom #17, Vescell #7 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
Dean’s Top Picks Best of the past week: Batman #8 – Even if you’re not interested in reading a Bat-event (like me), this was a wonderful issue. Scott Snyder has made the atmosphere so damn claustrophobic that it’s hard to see what Bruce/Batman can do but fight for his life at this point. This is also an [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #684, American Vampire #26, Aquaman #8, Batman #8, Captain America #10, Daredevil #11, FF #17, Mighty Thor #13, Moon Knight #12, New Avengers #25, Rebel Blood #2, Secret Avengers #26, Spaceman #6, Supercrooks #2, The Flash #8, The New Deadwardians #2, Uncanny, Uncanny X-Men #11 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 18, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Saga #2 – Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples are making a lot of other comics look B-A-D right now. Seriously….you read the first couple issues of Saga and some of the other creator-owned comics I love suddenly don’t seem quite as hot and the Marvel/DC stuff starts [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Avengers #25, Avengers vs. X-Men #2, Batman #8, Defenders #5, Incredible Hulk #7, Invincible Iron Man #515, Justice League #8, Manhattan Projects #2, Prophet #24, Punisher #10, Rachel Rising #7, Rocketeer Adventures 2 #2, Secret History of DB Cooper #2, The Manhattan Projects #2, Uncanny X-Force #24, Wolverine and the X-Men #9, Wonder Woman #8 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 11, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Wolverine and the X-Men #88 – I do love Chris Bachalo and even though he had a few story-telling stumbles in this issue where I thought, “Huh? What’s going on?” the combination of Bachalo’s energetic art and Jason Aaron’s fast-paced and fun script are just dynamite. I really [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: America's Got Powers #1, Avenging Spider-Man #6, Batwoman #8, Demon Knights #8, Fantastic Four #605, Frankenstein #8, Green Lantern #8, Haunt #23, Journey into Mystery #636, New Avengers #24, Saga #2, Saucer Country #2, Secret #1, Secret Avengers #25, Secret Service #1, The Unwritten #36, Uncanny X-Men #10, Winter Soldier #4, Wolverine #304 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 4, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: The Unwritten #35.5 – What a great issue this was! It gave us a chance to see the events of The Unwritten since the beginning of the series through the eyes of a “henchman”. This dude is just a guy who has a job working for the [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Action Comics #8, Amazing Spider-Man #683, Animal Man #8, Brilliant #3, Creepy #8, Daredevil #10.1, Fatale #4, Glamourpuss #24, I Zombie #24, Sweet Tooth #32, Venom #15, Wolverine and the X-Men #8 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 28, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Prophet #23 – This series is probably legit now: Three really HOT issues in a row. The world-building is great and the art is great, but what sets the series apart is this sorta stoicism that I’m not getting from any other comic right now. Everything in this [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: American Vampire #25, Aquaman #7, Avengers vs. X-Men #0, Choker #6 (after ~2 years!), Daredevil #10, Elephantmen #38, FF #16, Mighty Thor #12, Moon Knight #11, Morning Glories #17, New Avengers #23, Scalped #57, Secret Avengers #24, Spaceman #5, The Flash #7, The New Deadwardians #1, The Unwritten #35.5, The Walking Dead #95, Uncanny X-Force #23 | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 22, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: The Unwritten #35 – What a great week for comics! My method for picking a “winner” is to take the stack of comics and separate them into “possible contenders” and “nope”. This week, the “possible contender” stack was much larger than “nope”. My runner-up is Saga #1, but I [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #682, Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child #1, Hack/Slash #14, Hoax Hunters #0, Invincible Iron Man #514, Justice League #7, Kick Ass 2 #7, Michael Kaluta Sketchbook Series Vol. 1, Prophet #23, Rebel Blood #1, Rocketeer Adventures 2 #1, Super Crooks #1, Uncanny X-Men #9, Wolverine #303, Wonder Woman #7 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 14, 2012 by dfstell
Best of the past week: Rachel Rising #6 – Easy choice. I love that the groundrules of Terry Moore’s super-natural, reanimation horror-story are becoming clear. Something weird is clearly going on that makes all these ladies rise from the dead, but I’m also looking forward to learning what the story is about. Moore is a rarely [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Blue Estate #10, Fantastic Four #604, Northlanders #49, Saga #1, Secret History of DB Cooper #1, The Unwritten #35, Wolverine and the X-Men #7 | 6 Comments »
Posted on March 7, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Orc Stain #7 – It’s been a long time coming, but Orc Stain is such a special comic due to the art and design capabilities of James Stokoe. It’s hard to even describe the detail that the guy puts into his art. Just go Google Image search “stokoe [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Action Comics #7, Amazing Spider-Man #681, Animal Man #7, Fairest #1, Fatale #3, Manhattan Projects #1, Rachel Rising #6, Swamp Thing #7, Sweet Tooth #31, The Manhatan Projects #1, Venom #14, Winter Soldier #3, Wolverine #302 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 29, 2012 by dfstell
Best of the past week: Prophet #22 – This was just as fun as I thought it would be. Don’t let the unwise numbering fool you, this is only the second issue of a VERY new reader friendly reboot of Prophet. I love the world building that Brandon Graham and Simon Roy are doing as John [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #680, Hack/Slash #13, Scalped #56, Spaceman #4, The Unwritten #34.5, The Walking Dead #94, Vescell #6 | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 22, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Batman #6 – This was easy. For my money, I think this was a better comic than Batman #5 which everyone (including me) gushed over. The art team of Capullo/Glapion/FCO is giving us a wonderful and fresh visual look on Batman. It’s art that we’ll see [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: American Vampire #24, Aquaman #6, Atomic Robo: Ghost of Station X #5, Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #2, Captain America and Bucky #627, Fantastic Four #603, Mighty Thor #11, Morning Glories #16, Secret Avengers #23, The Flash #6, Uncanny X-Force #22, Venom #13.3, Wolverine & the X-Men #6 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 16, 2012 by dfstell
Best From The Past Week: Fearless Dawn: Secret of the Swamp One-Shot – A LOT of good comics in the past week (with Severed #7 and Wolverine and the X-Men #5 being my other two favorites). Honestly, sometimes when I have a virtual “tie” like this, I choose the winner based on how many panels each [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #679.1, Batman #6, Daredevil #9, Glamourpuss #23, Thunderbolts #170 | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 8, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Amazing Spider-Man #679 – The entirety of the Dan Slott run on ASM has been pretty darn good, but when he is partnered with Humberto Ramos the quality goes to a new level and we get a comic that can win “issue of the week” much of the [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Batwoman #6, Blue Estate #9, Captain America #8, Cavewoman: Feeding Grounds #1, Demon Knights #6, Frankenstein #6, Green Lantern #6, Incredible Hulk #5, Journey into Mystery #634, Northlanders #48, Powers #8, PunisherMAX #22, Scarlet Spider #2, The Unwritten #34, Thief of Thieves #1, Wolverine and the X-Men #5 | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: The Unwritten #33.5 – It’s nice to give a call out to this series that has been consistently “very good”, but hasn’t had a singularly excellent issue in awhile. This was it. Yay! For the last couple of months, the series has double-shipped with the “regular” issues following [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Action Comics #6, Alpha Girl #1, Amazing Spider-Man #679, Animal Man #6, Defenders #3, Fatale #2, I Zombie #22, Rachel Rising #2, Rachel Rising #2 review, Swamp Thing #6, Sweet Tooth #30, The Punisher #8, Uncanny X-Force #21, Uncanny X-Men #6, Winter Soldier #1 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 25, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Batman #5 – It seemed that all anyone wanted to talk about with this comic was the twisting orientation of the pages, and it was an interesting gimmick, but behind this trick was a really great comic book. It takes a really gifted creative team to effectively [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: American Vampire #23, Aquaman #5, Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #1, Captain America and Bucky #626, Creepy Comics #7, Elephantmen #37, Fantastic Four #602, FF #14, Mighty Thor #10, The Flash #5, The Unwritten #33.5, The Walking Dead #93 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 18, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Wolverine and the X-Men #4 – I love the barely controlled chaos that is the Jean Grey School! Seeing the faculty trying to control this truly bizarre mash-up of students is just a delight. I hate to advocate for new X-series, but wouldn’t a “New Mutants: 2012″ series [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #678, Avengers #21, Batman #5, Cobra #9, Daredevil #8, Invincible Iron Man #512, Legion of Monsters #4, Moon Knight #9, Morning Glories #15, Superior #7, Uncanny X-Men #5 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 12, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Rachel Rising #4 – This was kinda a “blah” week for comics with Marvel shoveling up a big, fat pile of “okay” and that gives an opportunitiy for some interesting choices like Rachel Rising #4. Nothing that remarkable happened inside the pages of RR; we didn’t begin a [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #677, Batwoman #5, Captain America #7, Demon Knights #5, Frankenstein #5, Green Lantern #5, Incredible Hulk #4, Journey into Mystery #633, New Avengers #20, Scalped #55, Secret Avengers #21, Severed #6, The Activity #2, Unwritten #33, Wolverine #300, Wolverine & the X-Men #4, Wolverine and the X-Men #4 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 5, 2012 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Witch Doctor: Resurrection One-Shot – It’s such a shame that the 4-issue Witch Doctor miniseries debuted right as DC was relaunching their whole universe because DC kinda sucked all the air out of the room and it’s allowed the OUTSTANDING new comic series to fly under the [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Action Comics #5, Animal Man #5, Avengers: X-Sanction #2, Defenders #2, Defenders #3, Detective Comics 5, Fatale 1, GI Joe #9, Rachel Rising #4, Stormwatch #5, Swamp Thing #5, Sweet Tooth #29, The Punisher 7, Thunderbolts #168, Uncanny X-Men #4, Vescell #5, Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega #1, X-Men #23 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 28, 2011 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Daredevil #7 – What a nice change of pace this issue was! It featured an injured Matt Murdock stranded in a snowstorm with a bunch of blind kids. You have to take some leaps of faith on the story (i.e. Why how has DD thrived in NYC [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: american vampire #22, Aquaman #4, Avengers: The Children's Crusade #8, Captain America #5, Captain America #6, FF #13, I, Mighty Thor #9, Secret Avengers #20, Spaceman #3, The Flash #4, The Unwritten #32.5, Uncanny X-Men #3, Vampire #4, Witch Doctor: Resuscitation One-Shot | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 22, 2011 by Ray Hilario
Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Severed #5 – This comic scores of a couple of fronts. First, it’s well written and illustrated. In my opinion, reviewers get sloppy when praising “writing” and use it to mean “having good ideas”. Severed is well written. The pages and dialog just have an elegant flow [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #676, Avengers #20, Batman #4, Daredevil #7, Defenders Strange Heroes #1, Lady Mechanika #3, Last Battle One-Shot, The Activity #1, Thunderbolts #167, Uncanny X-Force #19 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 7, 2011 by dfstell
Best From The Past Week: Wolverine #19 – This was just a really funny book. Not so much in a way that detracts from the gruff and grim character of Wolverine, but more in a smart-ass, black-humor kind of way. I love it. And it was also great to see a couple of characters like [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #675, Avenging Spider-Man #2, Hack/Slash #10, I Zombie #20, Sweet Tooth #28, X-Club #1, X-Men #22 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 30, 2011 by dfstell
Best of the Past Week: Wolverine and the X-Men #2 – Even though it was a light week volume wise, there was a LOT of quality last week (Secret Avengers and Cap & Bucky were also excellent), but my favorite was Wolverine and the X-Men #2. It just has such a different tone than what [...]
Filed under: Picks of the Week | Tagged: Bomb Queen VII #1, Daredevil #6, Haunt #19, Spaceman #2, Thunderbolts #166, Uncanny X-Men #2 | Leave a Comment »
