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The Flash #5 – Review

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato (writers and artists) The Story: Apparently, Mob Rule has a strict literal bros before figurative bros policy. The Review: Let me tell you about a friend I have. He’s quiet, but good-humored, intelligent, hardworking, honest, makes a fine living, and is good to pretty much everyone he knows and [...]

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Justice League #5 – Review

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams, Sandra Hope, Mark Irwin, Joe Weems (inkers), Alex Sinclair, Gabe Eltaeb, Tony Avina (colorists) The Story: I’ll give this for Hal—the kid takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’. The Review: Look, I get it. Even with a whole cast of perfectly formed, likable characters, you’re [...]

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The Flash #4 – Review

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato (writers and artists) The Story: If you can’t find Multiplicity playing on cable, this is the next best thing! The Review: Today, let’s talk about a fictional tactic I like to call the After School Special (or “ASS”, and please—let’s try to be mature about this acronym). You know [...]

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Justice League #4 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair & Gabe Eltaeb (colorist) The Story: Vic, would this be a bad time for me to suggest you star as the new Bionic Man? The Review: I admit, I had mixed feelings when I heard Cyborg was going to join the Justice League. [...]

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JLA: The Age of Wonder – Review

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Adisakdi Tantimedh (writer), Galen Showman & P. Craig Russell (artists), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: I say, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane—oh, wait, those don’t exist yet. The Review: I wasn’t sure how to classify these DC Comics Presents books. Even though they’re released as “issues,” they really represent [...]

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The Flash #3 – Review

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato (writers and artists) The Story: The city that never stops—just did. The Review: I eat spring rolls dry. Even though I’m Vietnamese, I can’t stand the smell of fish sauce, so the stuff rarely touches anything I eat. When I pass on the bowl of pungent liquid, people always [...]

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Justice League #3 – Review

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair, Hi-Fi, Gabe Eltaeb (colorist) The Story: Those ain’t no flying monkeys! The Review: One of the more intriguing elements to this version of the Justice League is the youth they project. Appearance-wise, they all look around their late twenties or early thirties, and [...]

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The Flash #2 – Review

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato (writers and artists) The Story: An apple a day keeps the robbers away. The Review: It’s not shocking why there’s so much buzz surrounding this title. On a purely visual level, practically everyone and his mother agrees The Flash is a stunner, if nothing else. The artistic approaches Manapul [...]

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Justice League #2 – Review

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Jim Lee (penciller), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: You know, I guess it’s not a new-fangled Rubik’s cube after all. The Review: While the debut issue of this series had quite a lot of fun, engaging material to it, it also had the disappointment of a false promise. [...]

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The Flash #1 – Review

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato (writers and artists) The Story: You have an uncanny resemblance to a guy I know. Make that two dozen guys. The Review: When Barry Allen returned to life a few years ago, quite a lot of people thought he would soon regain his position as the DCU’s primo Flash. [...]

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Flashpoint #5 – Review

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Sandra Hope & Jesse Delperdang (inkers), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: The Flash realizes sometimes it’s better to just start from square one. The Review: And so we come to the end. But what exactly is ending? A misdirected war between races? The atrocious perversion of an entire [...]

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Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #3 – Review

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Sterling Gates (writer), Oliver Nome, Scott Kolins, Trevor Scott (artists), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: Run, Flash, run! And bring back some fries while you’re at it. The Review: Some people see it as a burden, but I rather like that DC has a bunch of legacy heroes, those who’ve taken up the name, [...]

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Flashpoint #4 – Review

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Jesse Delperdang (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Remember kids: never accept juice boxes from strangers. The Review: It’s pretty clear that whatever point Johns originally conceived Flashpoint with, the series serves little more purpose now than as a convenient vehicle to carry the upcoming DCU into fruition. [...]

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Flashpoint #3 – Review

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Sandra Hope (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Huh… So this is Superman. He’s shorter than I imagined. The Review: There are essentially two important conflicts driving the events in Flashpoint: you have Reverse Flash’s alterations to reality, the consequences of which remain unclear; and you also [...]

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Flashpoint: Reverse Flash – Review

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Scott Kolins (writer), Joel Gomez (artist), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: No, no, Reverse Flash—don’t hold back. Tell us how you really feel. The Review: After the shudder-inducing debut issue that was Flashpoint: Citizen Cold #1, I had but one hope: to not have to read another Kolins-penned title for a good long time, [...]

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Flashpoint #2 – Review

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Sandra Hope (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Barry, I need you to know, if you don’t make it through this…this is the stupidest thing you’ve ever done. The Review: Unlike many comic book Events, Flashpoint intends to move fast (ba-dum-tch!), as its story has been written to [...]

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Flashpoint #1 – Review

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), Sandra Hope (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Nothing is as it seems! Everything isn’t as it should be! Alright, some things are kind of the same! The Review: I’m a huge fan of parallel-universe nonsense; there are few things quite as fun as taking the familiar and [...]

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The Flash #12 – Review

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns & Scott Kolins (storytellers), Francis Manapul (artist), Michael Atieyh and Brian Buccellato (colorists) The Story: What will Iris do when she walks in on the Flash—with another woman? The Review: There was some risk that this “last” issue of The Flash would come off feeling rushed and inconclusive, what with Flashpoint coming [...]

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The Flash #11 – Review

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins (storytellers), Michael Atiyeh (colorist) The Story: Barry, can’t you see we’re trying to stop you because you can’t stop yourself?! The Review: Juggling two A-stories in a comic can be tricky, especially when one is the ongoing tale and the other is an invasive crossover plot. But really, Johns [...]

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The Flash #10 – Review

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Francis Manapul (artist), Brian Buccellato (colorist) The Story: Nothing like staring yourself in the face and realizing he has a way cooler outfit and ride than you. The Review: Big events can make for fun comics, but they definitely have their downsides too. One that comes to mind is all the [...]

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Young Justice Episode 8 – Review

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Kevin Hopps (writer) The Story: They say lost Atlantis holds many secrets. No one says anything about Starros. The Review: When the producers of Young Justice let on their show takes place on a parallel Earth, they opened up literally a whole new world of story possibilities. They have the double-benefit of using DC [...]

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The Flash #9 – Review

Posted on February 10, 2011 by paladinking

by Geoff Johns (writer), Francis Manapul (art), Brian Buccellatto (colors), and Sal Cipriano (letters) The Story: Barry Allen finds himself assigned to a very unusual homicide case as Hot Pursuit runs amok in Central City. What’s Good: For the second month in a row, Geoff Johns hits it out of the park on the Flash. [...]

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The Flash #8 – Review

Posted on December 31, 2010 by paladinking

by Geoff Johns (writer), Scott Kolins (art), Brian Buccellato (colors), and Sal Cipriano (letters) The Story: The origin of the Reverse Flash…or at least the origin that he creates for himself. What’s Good: In many ways, this issue can be read as one centered around a comic writer gone mad. Rather, it’s about a character [...]

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The Flash #7 – Review

Posted on December 14, 2010 by paladinking

by Geoff Johns (writer), Scott Kolins (art), Brian Buccellato (colors), and Sal Cipriano (letters) The Story: As Captain Boomerang has a meeting with the Reverse Flash, his back-story is explored. What’s Good: At the very least, Geoff Johns gets an A for effort on this one, as he works his butt off to put as [...]

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The Flash #6 – Review

Posted on November 18, 2010 by paladinking

by Geoff Johns (writer), Francis Manapul (art), Brian Buccellato (colors), and Sal Cipriano (letters) The Story: The Flash goes on trial and tries to settle the score with Top. What’s Good: I remember a little over a year ago, when I lived in the UK (Bristol to be exact), having a conversation about Geoff Johns [...]

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