• Categories

  • Archives

  • Top 10 Most Read

Quick Hits Reviews – Week of May 11, 2011

Try as we might, there are always a few titles that don’t get the full review treatment here at WCBR.  What can we say…  Those guys publish a LOT of comics and it’s hard to get to them all.   The Incredible Hulks #628 - If you’ve followed the news, you’ve probably seen that Greg Pak [...]

Quick Hit Reviews – Week of March 23, 2011

Amazing what a sneaky heavy week of comics last week was, eh?  But, we here at WCBR endeavor to bring you the broadest coverage possible, even when we can’t get a full review up for every comic on the stands…. Daredevil Reborn #3 – Ugh.  This is really not good!  I hate to be flip at [...]

Quick Hit Reviews Week of Feb. 16, 2011

Some weeks it is just insane how many comics get published.  Despite the intrepid efforts of our writing staff here at WCBR, we simply can’t do a full review of every comic.  Thus, we bring you the quick-hit reviews where we say a few words about some comics that were pretty darn good and some [...]

Shadowland (HC) – Review

Written by Andy Diggle, Pencils by Billy Tan Be Aware! Spoilers may lurk within! Marvel wasted no time in getting this one on the shelves (in fact, they’re getting even more aggressive with releasing their hardcovers) and I’m kind of glad for that, as I was looking forward to reading this as one collected piece. [...]

Daredevil: Reborn #1 – Second Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Davide Gianfelice (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: A wandering Matt Murdock finds himself in a small town filled with secrets and nasty people. What’s Good: On the art front, this is a comfortable and enjoyable book.  It’s not mind-blowing and some readers may be put off [...]

Daredevil: Reborn #1 – Review

By: Andy Diggle (writer), Davide Gianfelice (artist), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), Alejandro Arbona (associate editor), Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Reborn, Chapter One: Matt Murdock, walking through the desert of New Mexico, a man running from his past, comes upon a town that’s got itself some secrets. What’s Good: I was completely swept up and immersed [...]

Daredevil #512 – Review

by Andy Diggle and Antony Johnston (writers), Marco Checchetto (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Daredevil’s friends deal with the fallout of Shadowland as Matt is nowhere to be found in the city. What’s Good: I really do enjoy Checchetto and Hollingsworth’s art.  The art has often been the best part [...]

Shadowland #5 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Billy Tan (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Guru eFx (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The battle for New York City comes to its conclusion. What’s Good: What, besides the fact that this is the final issue and that this mess of an event is finally over? In all seriousness, though, [...]

Daredevil #511 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Roberto De La Torre (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Foggy seeks out Daredevil and Dakota attempts to rescue Becky. What’s Good: Last month’s Daredevil seemed to finally find itself, deciding to dedicate itself to the tribulations of Daredevil’s buddies Foggy and Dakota, characters who had been [...]

Shadowland #4 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Billy Tan (pencils & inks), Victor Olazaba (inks), Guru eFx (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Izo’s band of heroes race to stop Daredevil as Elektra makes her move. What’s Good: One of the big problems that the main Shadowland series has had has been finding its identity.  It seems divided [...]

Daredevil #510 – Review

by Andy Diggle & Antony Johnston (writers), Marco Checchetto (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Foggy and Dakota find themselves hunted by the Hand while Iron Fist and Luke Cage find themselves swayed by the Kingpin. What’s Good: One of the things that’s made the last couple of issues of Shadowland, [...]

Daredevil #509 – Review

by Andy Diggle & Antony Johnston (writers), Roberto De La Torre (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Dakota and Foggy come under attack and Matt Murdock finds an unlikely ally. What’s Good: Much like last month, Daredevil spends time with Dakota and Foggy, which does a fine job of distinguishing it [...]

Shadowland #2 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Billy Tan (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Christina Strain (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Luke Cage and Iron Fist try to talk to Daredevil and the Kingpin gets a little demonic help. What’s Good: This issue tries to expand on the characters involved in Shadowland in an attempt to expand [...]

Daredevil #508 – Review

by Andy Diggle & Antony Johnston (writers), Roberto De La Torre (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Foggy and Dakota try to get to Shadowland to talk some sense into Matt while Hell’s Kitchen finds itself in a state of martial law. What’s Good: This issue of Daredevil does an absolutely [...]

Shadowland #1 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Billy Tan (pencils), Batt (inks), Christina Strain & Guru EFX (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Bullseye takes on a newer, nastier Daredevil while the Avengers grow increasingly concerned about that weird castle in the middle of Hell’s Kitchen. What’s Good: As the first issue of an event, one could [...]

Daredevil #507 – Review

by Andy Diggle & Antony Johnston (writers), Marco Checchetto (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Matt’s conflict with Bakuto comes to a head while the Hand continues to pull the strings. What’s Good: I’ve really come to love Marco Checchetto’s artwork, particularly as it works in tandem with Hollingsworth’s colors.  The book [...]

Daredevil #506 – Review

by Andy Diggle & Antony Johnston (writers), Marco Checchetto (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Matt tries to gain Bakuto’s trust, but he doesn’t realize the traitor in his midst. What’s Good: With every passing issue, Diggle carves out Daredevil as his own, continuing to distinguish his take on the title [...]

Daredevil #502 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Roberto De La Torre (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: An out of touch Matt Murdock becomes familiar with the current Dark Reign environment.  Meanwhile, the power shifts continue in Hell’s Kitchen. What’s Good: It seems that most Marvel comics are more focused on Osborn and his [...]

Daredevil #501 – Review

By Andy Diggle (writer) Roberto De La Torre (art) Matt Hollinsworth (colors) The Story: A new era in Daredevil is launched as Matt Murdock begins life anew as leader of the ninja death cult The Hand as his friends try figure out if he is behind the murder a rogue judge and two dirty cops. What’s [...]

Thunderbolts #136 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Pop Mahn & Carlos Rodriguez (art), Frank Martin & Rain Beredo (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: Black Widow and Songbird find themselves in a bad spot, as a divide begins to form between the Thunderbolts. What’s Good: It’s really quite tragic that in Diggle’s final issue,  the team finally [...]

Dark Reign: The List – Avengers One Shot #1- Review

Avengers feature by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) & Marko Djurdjevic (artist); Daredevil preview by Andy Diggle (writer) & Billy Tan (artist) It seems to be a prerequisite of all mega-maniacal geniuses in the Marvel Universe to carry a list.  Reed Richards has one.  I’m pretty sure Tony Stark’s got one too, although he may no [...]

Thunderbolts #135 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Miguel Sepulveda (art), Frank Martin (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: Black Widow and Songbird make a run for it. What’s Good: Diggle writes an interesting script for this issue, one that’s self-referential in many ways.  Whenever a character says a line that sounds ridiculous, cliche, or out of character, [...]

Thunderbolts #134 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Miguel Sepulveda (art), Frank Martin (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: Mr. X and Headsman butt heads and the Thunderbolts hunt down Songbird, but not before she makes contact with a couple of old friends. What’s Good: After not being present last month, I’m glad to see Mr. X establish [...]

Thunderbolts #133 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Miguel Sepulveda (art), Frank Martin (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: All is not as it seems with Black Widow, nor is Ant-Man quite what he claims to be.  Meanwhile, a mysterious new team member is introduced. What’s Good: Andy Diggle gives us more of what this series needs: character [...]

Thunderbolts #132 (Dark Reign) – Review

By Andy Diggle (Writer), Robert De La Torre (Artist), and Frank Martin (Colorist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: It’s about time that the Thunderbolts got back to business after being treated as fodder for Deadpool for a few months.  The whole “Magnum Opus” thing definitely hurt the credibility of the new Tbolts team.  Andy Diggle [...]

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 80 other followers