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Journey into Mystery #626 – Review

Posted on August 21, 2011 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Doug Braithwaite (pencils), Ulises Arreola & Andy Troy (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Loki cuts a deal with the biggest, toughest demon in limbo before seeking the aid of a very shiny resident of Asgard. What’s Good:  One thing I’ve really appreciated about Kieron Gillen’s Journey into Mystery has [...]

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New Avengers #14 – Review

Posted on July 13, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The New Avengers race to defend New York against Sin’s attack while Mockingbird tests her newly gained powers. What’s Good:  When he puts his mind to it, Brian Bendis is capable of truly fantastic, intimate character-work, and that’s [...]

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Avengers #14 – Review

Posted on June 16, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: “The Red Hulk…proved himself an Avenger.” The Review:  As far as issue structure goes, this is a bit of a weird one.  We start out with the same talking heads format that found such [...]

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Avengers #3 – Review

Posted on July 21, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers battle Apocalypse and his horsemen as the broken timestream causes mayhem. What’s Good: After complaining about the mediocrity of this title for the last two months, I admit that I was fully [...]

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Shadowland #1 – Review

Posted on July 12, 2010 by paladinking

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 [...]

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Avengers #2 – Review

Posted on June 24, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers attempt to build a time machine with disastrous result and Wonder Man decides that it’s time for action. What’s Good: This issue is a definite improvement.  Unlike last month’s unfortunate misstep, this [...]

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New Avengers Finale #1 – Review

Posted on May 14, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Bryan Hitch & Stuart Immonen (pencils), Butch Guice, Andrew Currie, & Karl Story (inks), Paul Mounts, Justin Ponsor, & Rain Beredo (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: With Siege ended, the New Avengers turn the tables, as they become the hunters and the Hood becomes the hunted. What’s Good: [...]

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Siege #4 – Review

Posted on May 13, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The battle with the Void concludes, leading to the dawning of a new chapter for the Marvel Universe.  Oh, and two major characters die. What’s Good: The majority of this book is one gigantic fight [...]

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Dark Avengers #14 – Review

Posted on February 19, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Victoria Hand deals with dissension in the ranks and the Void makes his presence known. What’s Good: This issue is a solid issue largely because it’s based entirely on perhaps the two best things to come out of Dark [...]

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New Avengers #61 – Review

Posted on January 30, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Daniel Acuna (art & colors), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The Avengers find themselves embattled against the Hood’s newly Norm stone-powered goons. What’s Good: This issue is essentially divided into two separate, but parallel stories as the two Captain [...]

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Siege: The Cabal #1 – Review

Posted on December 3, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Michael Lark (pencils), Stefano Gaudiano (inks), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Cabal implodes and lines are drawn. What’s Good: The issue’s strongest point is its characterization.  Dr. Doom is written well by Bendis.  He’s the same absurd bad guy who insists on referring to himself in the third [...]

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Dark Avengers #9 – Review

Posted on September 17, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), Mike Deodato (Art), and Rain Beredo (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: With Utopia out of the way, I fully expect Dark Avengers to get back to being a favorite of mine. With a kick-ass cover and the promise of a guest appearance from Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Warriors, it’s a [...]

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