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DC Universe Presents #5 – Review

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Paul Jenkins (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: I have a question for y’all: why ask the question? The Review: Wow, hard to believe it’s been five months since I first considered the merits of applying a story-arc format to this showcase title. I’ve tried to reserve my judgment along the way, [...]

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DC Universe Presents #4 – Review

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Paul Jenkins (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: Raise your hands and start screaming, we’re riding with the devil tonight! The Review: Having taken quite a few philosophy classes in my college days, it’s a bit sad to reflect on them and realize I took away absolutely nothing which I can honestly [...]

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Superman #3 – Review

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: George Pérez (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Trevor Scott (inker), Brian Buccellato, Brett Smith, Blond (colorists) The Story: When in doubt, just shoot heat vision at your problem. The Review: Over in Action Comics, Grant Morrison is revamping the early days of Superman and essentially the core of his character. In Justice League, Geoff Johns [...]

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DC Universe Presents #3 – Review

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Paul Jenkins (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: Just because he ties up old ladies and steals their books doesn’t mean he’s not a hero! The Review: It took me a while to get this review underway because I had to spend some time trying to find the words for my particular [...]

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DC Universe Presents #2 – Review

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Paul Jenkins (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: To understand the meaning of life, take a few courses in quantum physics first. The Review: What with both Wonder Woman and Herc coming out this past Wednesday, this seems to be the week of dealing with gods and all their intrigues, doesn’t it? [...]

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DC Universe Presents #1 – Review

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Paul Jenkins (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: He’ll force himself inside you whether you like it or not. That’s just wrong. The Review: Like most of the series in DC’s new lineup, this title received its fair share of controversy even before it launched. The point of debate in this case [...]

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Supergirl #67 – Review

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Kelly Sue DeConnick (writer), Chriscross (penciller), Marc Deering (inker), Blond (colorist) The Story: Think Ghostbusters meets the Goonies, with a splash of the Breakfast Club. The Review: In my review of Zatanna #13, I mentioned that a supporting cast can really make a title, a point worth elaborating. No matter how strong a star, [...]

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Supergirl #66 – Review

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Kelly Sue DeConnick (writer), Chrisscross (penciller), Marc Deering (inker), Blond (colorist) The Story: And here I thought college was supposed to get you out of the sewers. The Review: To capture the audience’s attention and to keep it, even long after the story finishes, you need characters who strike you with as much vitality [...]

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Supergirl #65 – Review

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Kelly Sue DeConnick (writer), ChrissCross (penciller), Marc Deering (inker), Blond (colorist) The Story: Just remember, kids: college doesn’t protect you from sinister hostage plots. The Review: A lot of fanfare greeted Kara Zor-El when she finally returned to the DCU proper, but after over five years, with currently the longest-running female-led title on the [...]

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Supergirl #64 – Review

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: James Peaty (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: No way is Supergirl going to play these mind games with a horny freak! The Review: In comics, like in most other fiction, corniness and clichés aren’t crimes as long as they’re done sparingly, or with some kind of irony or self-awareness. In fact, [...]

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Action Comics #900 – Review

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Lex Luthor is about to bring fun, love, and joy to all the people of the universe—the crazy part is I am being totally serious right now. The Review: Say what you like about Superman: he can be overly naïve, overbearingly preachy, arguably antiquated, and [...]

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Supergirl #63 – Review

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: James Peaty (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: Honestly, Supergirl’s had it up to here with clones. The Review: In a Newsarama interview, Nick Spencer described his departure from DC and subsequently Supergirl as differences in conceived direction for the character. He didn’t go into much detail as to what those differences [...]

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Supergirl #62 – Review

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: James Peaty (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: Two aliens, a prepubescent assassin, and a guy in bug-themed robotic armor–a winning combination. The Review: After the excitement of Nick Spencer’s takeover of Supergirl was ultimately diminished by his immediate departure after issue 60, I was relieved when the following month offered as [...]

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Supergirl #61 – Review

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: James Peaty (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: Supergirl meets Robin—part two! There’s nothing quite like bonding over the fact that all your biggest arch-villains are out to get you at once. The Review: Supergirl can be a tough character to get a handle on. In an attempt to separate her from [...]

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T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #4 – Review

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Nick Spencer (writer), Cafu (main penciller), Bit (main inker), Santiago Arcas (main colorist), George Perez (penciller), Scott Koblish (inker), Blond (colorist) The Story: Dynamo learns firsthand being a T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent isn’t all it’s cracked up to be—not that it was much to begin with. The Review: “Less is more.” This old bromide has been [...]

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Supergirl #60 – Review

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Nick Spencer & James Peaty (writers), Bernard Chang (artist), Blond (colorist) The Story: Of all the dastardly foes Supergirl has faced over the years, who knew the Maiden of Might’s biggest enemy would be…a cell phone app. The Review: Nick Spencer already has some experience with Supergirl from writing her brief, but delightful guest [...]

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Stan Lee’s The Traveler #1 – Review

Posted on November 28, 2010 by dfstell

By: Mark Waid (writer), Chad Hardin (art), Blond (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) and Dafna Pleban (editor) The Story: A hero named the Traveler shows up in our time doing battle with some bad dudes named the Split Second Men. What’s Good: I like the way Mark Waid writes the voice of the hero: The Traveler. [...]

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Fusion #3 – Review

Posted on July 25, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (Writers), Tyler Kirkham (Pencils), Sal Regla & Jay Leisten (Inks), and John Starr & Blond (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: As long as you read an issue of Fusion with the right mindset… The Story: Cyberforce and the Avengers face off against the Thunderbolts before all the teams realize [...]

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Witchblade Annual – Review

Posted on May 8, 2009 by pozzyfreak

Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’ve been a fan of Witchblade for a long time. It’s surprising that the annual is the first one the series has ever had. It’ll be interesting to see what one of my favorite writers, Jay Faerber, does with one of my favorite characters. “If Looks Could Kill” – Jay [...]

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Ultimate Fantastic Four #55 – Review

Posted on June 21, 2008 by lotrking

By Mike Carey (Writer), Tyler Kirkham (Pencils), and Blond (Colors) I’ve just recently dipped into the Ultimate Universe, and this is my second issue of Ultimate FF (though the first one I’ve gotten a chance to review). The story, which was mostly a continuation from last time, is fairly interesting – we get to see [...]

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