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Winter Soldier #2 – Review

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Roman Colombo

Written by Ed Brubaker, Art by Butch Guice, Colors by Bettie Breitweiser The Story: What’s a machine-gun toting Gorilla doing in my spy story? What’s a spy doing in my Gorilla story? The Writing: Gorillas, secret villain auctions, Doctor Doom, Nick Fury kicking ass, and Bucky and Natasha reminding us why they’re the best spies in comics, and [...]

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Captain America and Bucky #625 – Review

Posted on December 30, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: James Asmus and Ed Brubaker (story), James Asmus (script), Francesco Francavilla (artist) The Story: The first replacement Bucky, the one who took over with the replacement Cap in 1945, is an old man now, telling stories on the veteran circuit, when something from the past comes back to haunt him. Assemble the real Cap, [...]

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Daredevil #2 – Review

Posted on August 21, 2011 by paladinking

by Mark Waid (writer), Paolo Rivera (pencils), Joe Rivera (inks), Javier Rodriguez (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Matt discovers that there’s a lot more weirdness behind Ahmed Jobrani’s case than expected, but first he has to dodge the big, red, white, and blue shield aimed squarely at his head. What’s Good:  After last [...]

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Fear Itself #4 – Review

Posted on July 6, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Serpent shows a massive growth in power, and Thor returns to Midgard to make plans with some old friends. What’s Good:  While I’ve been fairly positive about Fear Itself thus far, I really did [...]

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Fear Itself #3 – Review

Posted on June 2, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (penciller), Wade von Grawbadger (inker), Laura Martin & Larry Molinar (colorists), and Chris Eliopoulos (letterer) The Story: A major Marvel hero dies at the hands of Skadi/Sin, the final member of the Worthy is chosen, and Thor tries to escape prison and rush to Midgard’s aid. The Review:  I’ve [...]

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Fear Itself: Book of the Skull #1- Review

Posted on March 17, 2011 by paladinking

by Ed Brubaker (writer), Scot Eaton (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Sunny Gho (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Sin seeks an ancient weapon from her father’s past. The Review: I’m often a bit wary when it comes to “prologue” issues.  Will I get a solid comic and a sign of things to come, or [...]

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Avengers #6 – Review

Posted on October 28, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson & Tom Palmer (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers try to reach an agreement with Ultron to stop Kang’s breaking the timestream. What’s Good: This issue really goes out of its way to establish the Avengers as the [...]

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Avengers #5 – Review

Posted on September 23, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson & Tom Palmer (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers discover the truth behind the breaking of the time-stream and come up with a gameplan. What’s Good: The new main Avengers title continues to deliver its brand of old-school, [...]

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Captain America #608 – Review

Posted on August 6, 2010 by paladinking

by Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice (pencils), Rick Magyar & Mark Pennington (inks), Dean White, Elizabeth Dismang, & Frank Martin (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Cap and Black Widow battle the Beetle as they struggle to discover the identity of their mysterious foe. What’s Good: Thus far, I’ve very much liked Brubaker’s use [...]

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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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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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Wolverine: Weapon X #13 – Review

Posted on May 28, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Ron Garney (pencils), Jason Keith (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The New Avengers get involved as Cap and Logan confront the inventor of the Deathloks. What’s Good: Going into this issue, I was not overly thrilled with the idea of Aaron bringing in the New Avengers.  I liked his [...]

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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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Wolverine: Weapon X #12 – Review

Posted on April 10, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Ron Garney (art), Jason Keith (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Logan and Bucky Barnes battle Deathloks to save the future. What’s Good: It was clear last issue and it’s even more clear this issue: Jason Aaron loves the old Terminator movies.  The influences run throughout, and given that those [...]

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Captain America #604 – Review

Posted on March 25, 2010 by paladinking

by Ed Brubaker (writer), Luke Ross (art), Butch Guice (inks), Dean White (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The Falcon fights his way through an explosive train, while Bucky is forced to don his old costume. What’s Good: Much like the rest of this arc, this month’s issue of Captain America has a real [...]

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New Avengers #63 – Review

Posted on March 25, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike McKone (art), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The motivations of Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Ronin, and Mockingbird are explored in the days leading up to Siege. What’s Good: This is probably the best issue of New Avengers to come around in some time, and it’s [...]

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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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Invincible Iron Man #22 – Review

Posted on January 14, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Ghost makes his move and the gang brings in some outside help. What’s Good: Stark Disassembled continues not to disappoint. For the second month in a row, the scenes in Tony’s mind have improved.  Tony’s new surroundings make him [...]

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Captain America: Who Will Wield the Shield? One Shot – Review

Posted on December 24, 2009 by tonyrak

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice & Luke Ross (artists), Dean White (colorist) Although we’ll never know whose bright idea it was to release this one shot before the last issue of ‘Reborn’, I suppose I should thank them nonetheless for saving me the $3.99 to find out how that story ends, since this comic [...]

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New Avengers #60 – Review

Posted on December 24, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The Avengers try to remove the device attached to Luke Cage’s heart as Norman Osborn closes in. What’s Good: The impending arrival of Osborn and the time limit that implies puts a heavy strain [...]

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Captain America: Reborn #5 – Review

Posted on December 18, 2009 by paladinking

by Ed Brubaker (writer), Bryan Hitch & Butch Guice (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: It’s Cap vs. Buckycap as Steve finds himself trapped in the Red Skull’s mind. What’s Good: It feels as though Brubaker has gone old school this month with his dialogue, with plenty of cheesecake to go [...]

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New Avengers #59 – Review

Posted on November 30, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The Avengers, with some friends, attempt a daring ploy to rescue Luke Cage. What’s Good: While it’s nothing groundbreaking, this issue is absolutely solid and as such, it’s the best single issue of New [...]

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Captain America: Reborn #4 – Review

Posted on November 5, 2009 by paladinking

by Ed Brubaker (writer), Bryan Hitch & Butch Guice (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Welcome back Steve Rogers….maybe?  Sort of? What’s Good: Over the course of my reviews of Reborn, I’ve repeatedly stated that the comic is better the more it focuses on Rogers, as I’ve thus far found most [...]

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Captain America #50 – Review

Posted on May 25, 2009 by rsg8101

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Luke Ross (pencils, inks), Rick Magyar (inks), Frank D’Amarta (colors), Marcos Martin (writer and art) The Story: It’s Bucky’s birthday as he escapes a surprise attack by jet-packed, heat missile shooting, and fully armored right-wing extremists. Interspersed with his weaving and missile-ducking and saving the life of an innocent here and there, Bucky reminisces about  birthday bashes [...]

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Captain America #49 – Review

Posted on April 20, 2009 by rsg8101

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Luke Ross (pencils), Rick Magyar (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors) Just so I don’t seem like a complete hypocrite for reviewing this comic after my previous post on Captain America where I swore off reading this series; this issue is NOT about Bucky, which is why I bought it.  So there. Instead of [...]

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