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Wonder Woman #6 – Review

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Tony Akins (artist), Dan Green (inker), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: Actually, Wife Sharing With the Gods may be the one reality show I would watch. The Review: If any of you have ever read Azzarello’s 100 Bullets (and if you haven’t, it might be a very good idea to start), [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Dan Green, DC, DC Comics, Hades, Hera, Hermes, Matthew Wilson, Poseidon, Princess Diana, Tony Akins, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #6, Wonder Woman #6 review, Zola | 12 Comments »

Wonder Woman #5 – Review

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Tony Akins (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: Let this be a lesson to you—never eat anything you fish up from a city river. The Review: I don’t consider myself a particularly impatient person. Why, back in the days of dial-up, I used to bring a book to the computer with [...]

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Spaceman #3 – Review

Posted on December 30, 2011 by dfstell

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill, Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors), Dave Johnson (cover) The Story: Now that our titular “spaceman” has rescued the little girl, he has to figure out what to do with her. Five Things: 1. The nuspeak is very cleverly done. - The nuspeak adds a [...]

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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 [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Amazons, Apollo, Ares, Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang, DC, DC Comics, Hera, Hermes, Hippolyta, Matthew Wilson, Princess Diana, Strife, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #4, Wonder Woman #4 review, Zeus, Zola | Leave a Comment »

Spaceman #2 – Review

Posted on December 7, 2011 by dfstell

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill, Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors), Dave Johnson (cover) The Story: Our titular spaceman get’s tangled up in a kidnapping plot while having semi-explanatory flashbacks to the past. Five Things: 1. Story is starting to round into shape. - Last issue spent most of [...]

Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Clem Robins, Dave Johnson, Dean Stell, Eduardo Risso, Mark Doyle, review, Spaceman, Spaceman #2, Spaceman #2 review, Trish Mulvihill, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »

Wonder Woman #3 – Review

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Cliff Chiang (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: Diana joins the ranks of women (and men) who have major daddy issues. The Review: Even back in ancient days the concept of the Amazons captured people’s fancies. Granted, society at that point was such that a race of women who lived and [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang, DC, DC Comics, Hera, Hermes, Hippolyta, Matthew Wilson, Princess Diana, Queen Hippolyta, Strife, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #3, Wonder Woman #3 review, Zeus, Zola | 5 Comments »

Spaceman #1 – Review

Posted on October 29, 2011 by dfstell

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill & Giulia Brusco (colors), Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors) The Story: In a dystopian future, a genetically altered man must find a way to live amongst the normal humans. Five Things: 1. Dystopian Sci-Fi Future. Is there any other kind of future [...]

Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Clem Robins, Dean Stell, Eduardo Risso, Giulia Brusco, Mark Doyle, Patricia Mulvihill, review, Spaceman, Spaceman #1, Spaceman #1 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 2 Comments »

Wonder Woman #2 – Review

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Cliff Chiang (art), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: Can’t you gods work out your issues on Maury or something? The Review: Actually, it may have been in Wonder Woman that I read this, but I distinctly remember a character musing on the idea that gods, as idealizations of humans, represent not [...]

Wonder Woman #1 – Review

Posted on September 21, 2011 by SoldierHawk

By Brian Azzarello (writer), Cliff Chiang (art), Matthew Wilson (colors), Jarred K. Fletcher (letters) Minhquan Nguyen and I both felt strongly about this book and wanted to give it a review. Rather than publish two separate reviews, we decided to co-author one together. Two opinions for the price of one! Let us know what you [...]

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Flashpoint: Batman – Knight of Vengeance #3 – Review

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (artist), Patricia Mulvihill (colorist) The Story: I would’ve staged an intervention for you, Martha, but they weren’t invented yet. The Review: While the bulk of DC’s alter-reality stories come under the Elseworlds imprint, Flashpoint and most of its tie-ins follow more of Marvel’s What If…? tradition, positing new continuities [...]

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Flashpoint: Batman – Knight of Vengeance #2 – Review

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (artist), Patricia Mulvihill (colorist) The Story: There’s only one way to hurt Batman’s feelings: keep him out of the loop. The Review: When DC announced plans to relaunch their entire line in September, I wrote that it didn’t really matter how much continuity they keep or discard, so long [...]

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Flashpoint: Batman – Knight of Vengeance #1 – Review

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (artist), Patricia Mulvihill (colorist) The Story: And you said those mutants in the sewers were just an urban legend. The Review: These Flashpoint tie-ins serve two purposes: one, they fill in some of the expository blanks that the central storyline neglects or hasn’t the opportunity to cover; and two, [...]

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Strange Adventures – Review

Posted on May 28, 2011 by dfstell

By: Various (see below) The Story: A Vertigo anthology with a sci-fi bent. [Note: The regular "what's good"/"what's not so good" format doesn't work so well for an anthology like this. Don't worry, it'll return...] Case 21: (Selwyn Hinds, writer & Denys Cowan, art) A very clever story dealing with a dystopian future police state where [...]

Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Dean Stell, Denys Cowan, Eduardo Risso, Goran Sudzuka, Inaki Miranda, Jeff Lemire, Juan Bobillo, Kevin Colden, Lauren Beukes, Paul Cornell, Paul Pope, Peter Milligan, review, Ross Campbell, Selwyn Hinds, Strange Adventures, Strange Adventures review, Sylvain Savoia, Talia Hershewe, Vertigo | 4 Comments »

First Wave #6 – Review

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant & Phil Winslade (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: If you happen to be fighting giant robots and dinosaurs on a floating city in the middle of a tsunami, you’ll get pretty down too. The Review: Figuring out the ending to any kind of story is [...]

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First Wave #5 – Review

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Rags Morales (penciller), Rick Bryant (inker), Nei Ruffino (colors) The Story: The Blackhawks, Doc Savage, the Spirit, Rima the Jungle Girl, the Bat Man, and the Avenger are set on a collision course with the Golden Tree just as it pushes toward its ultimate goal. Facing destructive powers beyond those of [...]

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CBLDF Liberty Annual 2010 – Review

Posted on October 11, 2010 by dfstell

By: Various including Darick Robertson, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba, Garth Ennis, Paul Pope, Evan Dorkin, Rob Liefeld, Gail Simone, Scott Morse, Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins, Brian Azzarello, Frank Miller, Terry Moore, Jeff Smith, Skottie Young, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Ben McCool, Billy Tucci, Larry Marder and more The Story: Comic creators collaborate on an anthology [...]

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Batman/ Doc Savage Special – Review

Posted on November 15, 2009 by joelopez101

by Brian Azzarello (writer), Phil Noto (art) The Story: A rookie Batman runs afoul of Doc Savage, the famous Man of Bronze, when he’s thought to possibly be involved in a grisly murder on the streets of Gotham City. What’s Good: A lot. DC’s First Wave line has officially launched with the release of this 56-page [...]

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