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Wonder Woman #7 – Review

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Cliff Chiang (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: Getting rid of the sibling is one way to cure sibling rivalry, I suppose The Review: Soldierhawk and I had this convo about Wonder Woman before, but I still think that the biggest reason why she has such iconographic status and yet doesn’t [...]

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Wonder Woman #4 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Cliff Chiang (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: Someone pop on some AC/DC and turn it up—Wonder Woman’s mourning. The Review: As a young buff of Greek mythology, I always found the gods and goddesses baffling in their arbitrariness. Even the most reasoned and benevolent ones would have their petty streaks [...]

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Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #3 – Review

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Agustin Padilla (penciller), Jose Aviles (inker), Andrew Dalhouse (colorist) The Story: Anything Arthur and Diana do, Orm and Penthesilea can do better. The Review: Batman may be a man of mystery, but Wonder Woman and Aquaman, for all their fame and stature, are easily the most enigmatic characters [...]

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Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #3 – Review

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Fabrizio Fiorentino (artist), Kyle Ritter & Ander Zarate (colorists) The Story: Wow Boston—we’re so close now, it’s like you’re in me. The Review: Here’s a pretty good indicator of worthwhile series: when each episode, chapter, or issue has its own agenda yet plays together with the others to form a cohesive [...]

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Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #3 – Review

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Tony Bedard (writer), Vicente Cifuentes (artist), Diana Egea (inker), Kyle Ritter (colorist) The Story: I know I killed your wife, but do you have to act like such a jerk? The Review: We’ve known for a while now that Prince Orm of Atlantis and Penthesilea of the Amazons have worked together since day one [...]

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Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #2 – Review

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Gianluca Gugliotta (artist), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: What do we want? Men’s rights! When do we want it? Now! The Review: Historically, resistance movements against foreign occupiers have been marginalized in importance, mostly because much of what they do tend to be, by nature and necessity, discreet and [...]

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Flashpoint: Hal Jordan #2 – Review

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Adam Schlagman (writer), Cliff Richards (artist), Allen Passalaqua (colorist) The Story: Snakes and planes! The Review: Last issue churned out so little noteworthy material that it produced my shortest review on record. I’m usually never at a loss of what to say, but when the story gives so much plot and scenery that’s been [...]

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Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket – Review

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Mike Carlin (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: We’re going to need a real big can of bug repellent The Review: Originality is hard to come by in fiction nowadays. To even grasp at the tail end of novelty, writers need the guts to plunge into the weirdness [...]

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Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #1 – Review

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Eddie Nunez (penciller), Don Ho (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: All the single ladies, all the single ladies—put your hands up! You’re under arrest! The Review: Considering the overwhelming span and scope of these Big Events, DC has made a laudable effort to ensure the numerous Flashpoint tie-ins [...]

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Wonder Woman #601 – Review

Posted on July 31, 2010 by paladinking

by J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Don Kramer (pencils), Michael Babinski (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors), and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Diana learns about the fall of Paradise Island and sets off in pursuit of her people’s mysterious tormenters. What’s Good: If there’s one thing JMS’ first full issue of Wonder Woman has going for it, [...]

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The Incredible Hercules #124 – Review

Posted on January 9, 2009 by tonyrak

By Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Clayton Henry & Salva Espin (artists), Raul Trevino & Lee Loughridge (colorists) The Story: “Love and War” continues with this hilarious issue that pits Hercules, Namora, and Athena in a battle royale with the baddest Titan of them all, Atlas. Amadeus uses his love of refined sugar and [...]

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Incredible Hercules #123 – Review

Posted on December 1, 2008 by tonyrak

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 [...]

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The Incredible Hercules #122 – Review

Posted on November 4, 2008 by pozzyfreak

By Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (Writers), Clayton Henry & Salva Espin (Artists), and Raul Travino (Colorist) The Story: Namor and Hercules are at it toe-to-toe up until Namora informs the two men that they are on the same side for the time being. The three go off to investigate the disappearance of Poseidon [...]

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Wonder Woman #17 – Review

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Deamentia

By Gail Simone (writer), Terry Dodson, Ron Randall (pencils), Rachel Dodson, Ron Randall (inks), Alex Sinclair, Pete Pantazis (colors) Gail Simone’s first story arc on Wonder Woman concludes this issue. Last issue, the Nazis invaded the Hippolyta’s island and nearly killed her. Simone wastes little time resolving things. Within two pages, Wonder Woman single-handedly defeats [...]

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Wonder Woman #14-16 – Review

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Deamentia

By: Gail Simone (Writer), Terry Dodson (Pencils), Rachel Dodson (Inks) I’ll admit, this is probably the first Wonder Woman story arc I’ve ever read. I’ve just never really been interested in her, but I love Terry Dodson’s art and I heard good things about Gail Simone so I figured I’d give it a shot. Guess [...]

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