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All-Star Western #8 – Review

By: Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti (story), Moritat (art), Gabriel Bautista (colors) The Story: Hex discovers that on occasion, violence can be a turn-on. The Review: The thing about genre fiction, which includes the western, is that the stories are frequently restricted by conventions.  They have certain archetypes fans easily recognize, and their plots tend [...]

All-Star Western #7 – Review

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Well, if you’re going for a name change, “Scarface” is nothing if not apt. The Review: You don’t get too much genuine historical fiction in comics unless some time-traveling weirdness is involved.  Even then, writers don’t do much more with the period other than use [...]

All-Star Western #6 – Review

By: Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti (writers), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist), Phil Winslade (feature artist), Dominic Regan (feature colorist) The Story: Don’t expect an informercial, but Hex wants you to save the children. The Review: Not that Jonah Hex is a blisteringly popular character in the DC galaxy of stars, but he does have [...]

All-Star Western #5 – Review

By: Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray (writer), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist), Phil Winslade (feature artist), Dominic Regan (feature colorist) The Story: Instead of seeing the situation as a death trap, Arkham, consider it an adventure! The Review: I think the real fun of these buddy stories—although calling Hex and Arkham buddies is admittedly a [...]

All-Star Western #4 – Review

By: Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti (writers), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist), Phil Winslade (feature artist), Dominic Regan (feature colorist) The Story: Gee, it’s good to be together again.  I just can’t imagine that you’ve ever been gone! The Review: The beauty of Jonah Hex and Dr. Arkham’s partnership is not only how well they [...]

All-Star Western #3 – Review

By: Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti (writers), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist), Jordi Bernet (feature artist), Rob Schwager (feature colorist) The Story: A rough beat for a Gotham cop is…pretty much everywhere in Gotham. The Review: One of the more intriguing elements to this series has been the “fish out of water” story placing Hex [...]

All-Star Western #2 – Review

By: Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti (writers), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist), Jordi Bernet (feature artist), Rob Schwager (feature colorist) The Story: As long as there are donuts at the end of it, sign me up for the Religion of Crime! The Review: At first, it wasn’t clear why of all the new 52, this [...]

All-Star Western #1 – Review

By: Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray (writers), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist) The Story: Sounds like y’all have need of a pop-eyed cowboy ‘round these here parts. The Review: DC has devoted itself to many genres in its publishing history, even those that have fallen out of favor in modern times, like the western.  Give [...]

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