Posted on December 14, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Judd Winick (writer), Chrisscross (artist), Ryan Winn (inker), Brian Reber (colorist) The Story: I think we have another candidate for a Horrible Boss: man-slaughterer. The Review: Back when I was still churning out comedy sketches on a regular basis, I had an idea to write one about those shady old Vietnamese dudes who don’t [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batwing, Batwing #4, Batwing #4 review, Brian Reber, ChrissCross, David Zavimbe, DC, DC Comics, Judd Winick, Ryan Winn | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Judd Winick (writer), Ben Oliver (artist), Brian Reber (colorist) The Story: Obviously, Batwing never saw those anti-fighting after school specials as a kid. The Review: In this age of the decompressed comic, writers tend to draft stories that work better within the trade format than the typical serial style. This trend has opened up [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batwing, Batwing #3, Batwing #3 review, Ben Oliver, Brian Reber, David Zavimbe, DC, DC Comics, Judd Winick, Massacre, the Kingdom | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Judd Winick (writer), Ben Oliver (artist), Brian Reber (colorist) The Story: When someone stabs you in the back like that, it just gets you right in the heart. The Review: It’s pretty hard to develop a whole new superhero from scratch. Not only do you have all the usual personality, background, power set bits [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batwing, Batwing #2, Batwing #2 review, Ben Oliver, Brian Reber, David Zavimbe, DC, DC Comics, Judd Winick, Kia Okuru, Kingdom, Massacre, Matu Ba | 5 Comments »
Posted on September 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Judd Winick (writer), Ben Oliver (artist), Brian Reber (colorist) The Story: Now seems right to make a politically incorrect joke about the Darker Knight, yes? The Review: With all the other Batman analogues in existence, some of whom have been around (admittedly in obscure capacities) for decades, and others newly created and featured in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Batman Incorporated, Batwing, Batwing #1, Batwing #1 review, Ben Oliver, Brian Reber, Bruce Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Judd Winick | 12 Comments »
Posted on August 25, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (writer), Steve Kurth (penciler), Jay Leisten (inker), Brian Reber (colorist), Cory Petit (letterer), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor) & Daniel Ketchum (editor) The Story: Rogue, Magneto, Gambit & Frenzy are off to bring back Marvel Girl, Polaris & Havok from deep space. What the hell have those three been up to for the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Brian Reber, Cory Petit, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Jay Leisten, Marvel, Mike Carey, review, Sebastian Girner, Steve Kurth, X-Men Legacy #254, X-Men Legacy #254 review, X-Men: Legacy | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 10, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Victor Gischler (writer), Will Conrad (art), Brian Reber (color) The Story: The X-Men go to a small town in the southern US to help out a shaman who is going to get rid of some demons. Not all goes according to plan, but a curvier Ghost Rider than the last shows up for an [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Brian Reber, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Cyclops, DS Arsenault, Ghost Rider, Jordan White, Marvel, Marvel Comics, review, Reviews, Storm, Victor Gischler, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Will Conrad, X-Men, X-Men 15.1, X-Men 15.1 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (writer), Khoi Pham, Tom Palmer & Marte Gracia (pencils/inks/colors – Legion Story), Steve Kurth, Jay Leisten & Brian Reber (pencils/inks/colors – Rachel Summers story), Cory Petit (letters), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor) & Daniel Ketchum (editor) The Story: A two-parter for this special anniversary issue. In the first part, we visit some of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Brian Reber, Cory Petit, Daniel Ketchum, Gambit, Jay Leisten, Khoi Pham, Magneto, Marte Garcia, Mike Carey, Professor X, Rogue, Sebastian Girner, Steve Kurth, Tom Palmer, X-Men Legacy #250, X-Men Legacy #250 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (writer), Steve Kurth (pencils), Allen Martinez (inks), Brian Reber (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor) & Daniel Ketchum (editor) The Story: Age of X comes to a close. Will there be any wrinkles beyond “it was all in Legion’s mind”? What’s Good: If I’m being cheeky, I’d say the best [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Age of X, Allen Martinez, Brian Reber, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Marvel, Mike Carey, New Mutants, review, Sebastian Girner, Steve Kurth | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 14, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (writer), Clay Mann (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Brian Reber (colors), Cory Petit (letters), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (editor) The Story: In this penultimate chapter of Age of X, we learn the answer to the question, “What’s going on?” What’s Good: Well, from a story-pacing standpoint, we do learn the nature [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Age of X, Brian Reber, Clay Mann, Cory Petit, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Jay Leisten, Marvel, Mike Carey, review, Sebastian Girner, X-Men: Legacy, X-Men: Legacy #247, X-Men: Legacy #247 review | 14 Comments »
Posted on March 24, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (writer), Steve Kurth (pencils), Allen Martinez (inks), Brian Reber (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor) & Daniel Ketchum (editor) The Story: Intrigue abounds as the action in Age of X turns inward. What’s Good: As mentioned in the review of X-Men Legacy #246 two weeks ago, the Age of X [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Age of X, Allen Martinez, Brian Reber, Chapter 4), Chapter 4) review, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, Mike Carey, New Mutants, New Mutants #23, New Mutants #23 (Age of X, New Mutants #23 review, review, Sebastian Girner, Steve Kurth | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (writer), Clay Mann (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Brian Reber (colors), Cory Petit (letters), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor) & Daniel Ketchum (editor) The Story: The plot of Age of X thickens as Legacy/Reaper (our Rogue) tries to escape from the mutant’s stronghold and determine what is going on outside of the Force Barrier. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Age of X, Brian Reber, Clay Mann, Cory Petit, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Jay Leisten, Marvel, Mike Carey, review, Sebastian Girner, X-Men Legacy #246, X-Men Legacy #246 review, X-Men: Legacy | 6 Comments »
Posted on February 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (writer), Steve Kurth (art), Allen Martinez (inks), Brian Reber (colors), Chris Eliopoulos (letters), Jake Thomas & Sebastian Girner (assistant editors) & Daniel Ketchum (editor) The Story: More is revealed in Age of X, Chapter #2. What’s Good: Most of the really good things about this issue come from the editorial/publishing side of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Age of X, Allen Martinez, Brian Reber, Chris Eliopoulos, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Jake Thomas, Marvel, Mike Carey, New Mutants, New Mutants #22, New Mutants #22 review, review, Sebastian Girner, Steve Kurth | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (writer), Harvey Tolibao (pencils), Sandu Florea (inks), Brian Reber (colors), Cory Petit (letters) & Daniel Ketchum (editor) The Story: Mutants are disappearing on Utopia and it’s up to Rogue and Blindfold to figure out what’s going on. What’s Good: I always appreciate how contained X-Men Legacy seems. Whereas the other X-titles are [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Brian Reber, Cory Petit, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Harvey Tolibao, Marvel, Mike Carey, review, Sandu Florea, X-Men, X-Men: Legacy, X-Men: Legacy #244, X-Men: Legacy #244 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 10, 2009 by pozzyfreak
Deadpool Team-Up #899 By Fred Van Lente (Writer) and Dalibor Talajic (Art) The Story: Deadpool and Hercules, both plagued by nightmares, find themselves trapped in a strange labyrinth created by villains Nightmare and Arcade. The Good And The Bad: The first issue of Deadpool’s new series delivers everything I want from a comic featuring a [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Other, Reviews | Tagged: Agents of Atlas, Arcade, Assault on New Olympus #1 Review, Brian Reber, Cable, Chris Host, Comic Book Reviews, Dalibor Talajic, Deadpol Team-Up #899 Review, Deadpool, Duane Swierczynski, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Fco Plascencia, Fred Van Lente, Gabriel Hardman, Greg Pak, Guillem Mari, Harvey Talibao, Haunt #2 Review, Hebe, Hope, Image Comics, Incredible Hercules, Jeff Parker, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Matt Hollingsworth, Nightmare, Paul Neary, Psylocke, Psylocke #1 Review, Robert Kirkman, Rodney Bischemi, Ryan Ottley, Spider-Man, Steve Dillon, The Rest of the Stack, Todd McFarlane, Ulises Arreola, Wade Wilson, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, X-Men | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 15, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Geoff Johns and Michael Shoemaker (writers), Francis Manapul and Clayton Henry (artists), Brian Buccellato and Brian Reber (colorists), Elizabeth V. Gehrlein (editor) The Story: If issue #1 was the set-up and issue #2 was the boy-finds-girl, then issue #3 is really the buddy story. Conner (Superboy) and Tim Wayne (Red Robin) are best friends [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Adventure Comics #3, Adventure Comics #3 review, Brainiac, Brian Buccellato, Brian Reber, Clayton Henry, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Elizabeth Gehrlein, Francis Manapul, Geoff Johns, Legion of Superheroes, Lex Luthor, Michael Shoemaker, Polar Boy, Red Robin, Smallville, Sun Boy, Superboy, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 11, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Geoff Johns and Michael Shoemaker (writers), Francis Manapul and Clayton Henry (artists), Brian Buccellato and Brian Reber (colorists) The Stories: Johns opens the book on a squadron of military helicopters searching for Brainiac and Luthor, who have both just escaped. Brainiac and Luthor are in cahoots and nothing good is going to come of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Adventure Comics, Adventure Comics #2, Adventure Comics #2 review, Brainiac, Brian Buccellato, Brian Reber, Cassie, Clayton Henry, Conner, DS Arsenault, Francis Manapul, Garth Ranzz, Geoff Johns, Legion of Superheroes, Lightning Lad, Lightning Lord, Luthor, Mekt Ranzz, Michael Shoemaker, Superboy, Superman, Wondergirl | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 30, 2009 by pozzyfreak
Some Thoughts Before The Review: While it’s been far from spectacular, I actually think I’ve enjoyed the Dark X-Men mini-series more than I’ve enjoyed the Utopia main event so far. “Hidden Depths” By Paul Cornell (Writer), Leonard Kirk (Pencils), and Brian Reber (Colors) The Story: Allowed in, Emma Frost travels through Namor’s subconscious looking for [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aurora, Brian Reber, Comic Book Reviews, dark avengers, Dark Reign, Dark X-Men, Dark X-Men The Beginning #3 Review, Dave Stewart, Emma Frost, Get Mystique!, Hidden Depths, Jason Aaron, Jock, Leonard Kirk, Marvel Comics, Namor, Norman Osborn, Paul Cornell, Paul Davidson, Rain Beredo, Simon Spurrier, The One Who Got Away, Utopia, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, X-Men, X-Men | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 22, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Mike Carey (Writer), Dustin Weaver (Pencils), Ed Tadeo (Inks), and Brian Reber (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The X-Men: Legacy Utopia arc serves the dual purpose of expanding the riots and getting Rogue (possibly Gambit and Danger as well) back into the main X-Men scheme of things. That makes for a good “X” [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brian Reber, Comic Book Reviews, Cyclops, Danger, dark avengers, Dustin Weaver, Ed Tadeo, Gambit, Kyle Posluszny, Mike Carey, Ms. Marvel, Rogue, Trance, Utopia, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, X Men Legacy #227 Review, X-Men, X-Men, X-Men: Legacy #227 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 29, 2009 by pozzyfreak
Some Thoughts Before The Review: I picked up the first Dark X-Men: The Beginning book because I liked the characters that were featured. Time to find out if The Beginning can hold out without the likes of Namor, Dark Beast, or Mimic… “The Last Temptation of Cloak and Dagger” By Paul Cornell (Writer), Leonard Kirk [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adam Freeman, Brian Reber, Cloak, Comic Book Reviews, Dagger, Daken, Dark Beast, Dark Reign, Dark X-Men, Dark X-Men The Beginning Review, Dark X-Men: The Beginning #2 Review, Edgar Delgado, I am Daken, John Rauch, Kyle Posluszny, Leonard Kirk, Marc Bernardin, Marvel Comics, Michael Lacombe, Norman Osborn, Paco Diaz, Paul Cornell, Rob Williams, The Last Temptation of Cloak and Dagger, Utopia, WCBR, Weapon Omega, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, X-Men | 8 Comments »
Posted on July 27, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Paul Cornell (Writer), Leonard Kirk (Pencils), Jay Leisten (Inks), and Brian Reber (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Here’s to hoping that Paul Cornell ends Captain Britain on one hell of a high note. The Story: Pete Wisdom watches his grand plan unfold while he shares a tender moment with his new lady friend. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Black Knight, Blade, Brian Reber, Captain Britain, Captain Britain and MI:13 #15 Review, Comic Book Reviews, Dr. Doom, Dracula, Jay Leisten, Kyle Posluszny, Leonard Kirk, Marvel Comics, Paul Cornell, Pete Wisdom, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 9, 2009 by pozzyfreak
Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’m always a bit hesitant to pick up story collections like Dark X-Men: The Beginning because they tend to be rather hit-or-miss. That said, I couldn’t possibly pass up a Namor story by the Captain Britain team. “Namor/Norman” By Paul Cornell (Writer), Leonard Kirk (Pencils), Jay Leisten (Inks), and Brian [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Andy Lanning, Brian Reber, Comic Book Reviews, Dark Beast, Dark X-Men, Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1 Review, Emma Frost, Ibraim Roberson, James Asmus, Jesse Delperdang, Kyle Posluszny, Leonard Kirk, Marvel Comics, Matt Milla, Mimic, Namor/Norman, Norman Osborn, Paul Cornell, Rain Beredo, Shane McCarthy, Utopia, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 9, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Mike Carey (Writer), Dustin Weaver (Pencils), Ed Tadeo (Inks), and Brian Reber (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I always feel like part of the problem when I pick up an issue of a series just because it’s a tie-in to some sort of event. And I feel like an even bigger part of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brian Reber, Comic Book Reviews, Cyclops, Danger, Dustin Weaver, Ed Tadeo, Gambit, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Mike Carey, Rogue, Utopia, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, X-Men, X-Men, X-Men Legacy #226, X-Men: Legacy, X-Men: Legacy #226 Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 22, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Mike Carey (writer), Phil Briones (artist), Brian Reber (colorist) The Story: Xavier comes to Amelia Voght in a dream and tells her that he is coming to New Avalon and that he’s going to tear it down. The Acolytes mobilize and square off against the strongest mutant mind ever known. The end result: a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Acolytes, Brian Reber, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, DS Arsenault, Marvel Comics, Mike Carey, Phil Briones, Weekly Comic Book Review, X-Men, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 21, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Paul Cornell (Writer), Leonard Kirk w/Adrian Syaf (Pencils), Jay Leisten w/Craig Yeung (Inks), Brian Reber (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: With only two issues of Captain Britain left, I hope Cornell and his team really make them count… The under-appreciated series deserves to go out with a bang. The Story: Unfortunately, I really [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adrian Syaf, Blade, Brian Reber, Captain Britain, Captain Britain & MI:13 #14 Review, Comic Book Review, comic reviews, Craig Yeung, Dexter Vines, Dr. Doom, Dracula, Jay Leisten, Kyle Posluszny, Leonard Kirk, Marvel Comics, MI:13, Paul Cornell, Pete Wisdom, Vampire State, Vlad, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 15, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Paul Cornell (Writer), Ardian Syaf w/Leonard Kirk (Pencils), Craig Yeung w/Jay Leisten (Inks), and Brian Reber (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Paul Cornell’s Captain Britain and MI:13 series is crazy; crazy in a way that’s entertaining, fun, and downright satisfying. It’s easily one of the most underappreciated books Marvel puts out. The Story: [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ardien Syaf, Black Knight, Brian Reber, Captain Britain and MI:13, Captain Britain and MI:13 #13 Review, Captain Britain review, Craig Yeung, Dark Reign, Death, Dracula, Excalibur, Faiza, Jay Leisten, Kyle Posluszny, Leonard Kirk, Might Avengers, Norman Osborn, Paul Cornell, Pete Wisdom, Spitfire, Vampire State, vampires, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 4 Comments »
