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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #5 – Review

Posted on January 24, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Chris Samnee (art), Justin Ponsor (colors), The Story: Uncle Aaron learns not to trust other criminals, and Miles stops his first mugging. They grow up so fast! The Review: When I first started reading comics, Ultimate Spider-Man was the first Marvel book I picked up. The promise of fresh stories [...]

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Captain America and Bucky #624 – Review

Posted on November 27, 2011 by dfstell

By: Ed Brubaker & Marc Andreyko (writers), Chris Samnee (art), Bettie Breitweiser (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), John Denning (assistant editor) & Lauren Sankovitch (editor) The Story: Bucky is now the Winter Soldier. Five things:  1. Chris Samnee is just incredible!  – I hate to say someone’s art is “the best” because “the best” is so [...]

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Captain America & Bucky #622- Review

Posted on October 4, 2011 by SoldierHawk

By Ed Brubaker & Marc Andreyko (writers), Chris Samnee (artist), Bettie Breitweiser (color artist), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Back in Word War II, Bucky tries hard to fit in as the only non-super powered member of the Invaders. What’s Good: Remember all that irritated bellyaching I did about Bucky back when he was [...]

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Captain America #619 – Review

Posted on June 23, 2011 by SoldierHawk

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice w/ Stefano Gaudiano & Mitch Breitweiser & Chris Samnee (artists), Bettie Breitweiser (color art), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters/production) The Story: Still trapped inside a Russian gulag for crimes committed as the Winter Soldier, Bucky makes a horrifying discovery that necessitates his immediate escape. But, surrounded by enemies, outnumbered and [...]

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Captain America #618 – Review

Posted on May 27, 2011 by SoldierHawk

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice & Stefano Gaudiano and Chris Samnee (art), Bettie Breitweiser (colors) VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters/production) The Story: Bucky continues to fight for survival in he gulag while his friends try to figure out a way to help him escape without triggering an international incident. It also seems that Bucky’s return [...]

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Thor: The Mighty Avenger #4 – Review

Posted on September 12, 2010 by tonyrak

By Roger Langridge (writer), Chris Samnee (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: It’s Boys’ Night Out for the God of Thunder as The Warriors Three drop by to take Thor out for an evening of mass mead consumption. The Good: Every month, this comic just keeps getting better and continues to be one of the [...]

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Thor: The Mighty Avenger #2 – Review

Posted on August 3, 2010 by tonyrak

By Roger Langridge (writer), Chris Samnee (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: Jane Foster extends a hand of friendship to her mythic savior while Hyde stalks the city, hell-bent on finishing what he started. The Good: I’m perplexed and delighted by the sheer existence of this comic! Charming, thoughtful, light-hearted, and strangely tragic, it’s fast [...]

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Thor: The Mighty Avenger #1 – Review

Posted on July 13, 2010 by tonyrak

By Roger Langridge (writer), Chris Samnee (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist) The Story: Jane Foster, curator of the Norse department of the Bergen War Memorial Museum, finds her life taking a turn for the weird when she runs into a homeless man with a powerful, mythic secret. The Good: What an interesting, charming comic! What Christopher [...]

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Area 10 – Review

Posted on April 10, 2010 by dfstell

By: Christos N. Gage (writer), Chris Samnee (art) and Clem Robins (letters) The Story: A serial killer is beheading victims in NYC, and people are getting holes drilled in their heads, giving them powers of precognition. What’s Good: This was a very fast paced hardcover OGN from Vertigo’s Crime series.  Checking in at 180 digest-sized [...]

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X-Men Vs. Agents of Atlas #2 – Review

Posted on November 7, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Jeff Parker (Writer), Carlo Pagulayan, Gabriel Hardman, Chris Samnee, & Carlos Rodriguez (Pencils), Jason Paz, Hardman, Samnee, &Terry Pallot (Inks), and Wilfred Quintana & Veronica Gandini Some Thoughts Before The Review: The first X-Men Vs. Agents of Atlas book was solid and entertaining. That said, it wasn’t anything special and a bit too much [...]

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X-Men Vs. Agents of Atlas #1 – Review

Posted on October 10, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Jeff Parker (Writer – Both Stories) “The X-Heist” Art Team – Carlo Pagulayan (Pencils), Jason Paz (Inks) and Wil Quintana (Colors) “Atomic Age Heroes” Art Team – Chris Samnee (Art) and Veronica Gandini (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The X-Men/Agents of Atlas crossover seems a bit unnecessary. That said, I can’t help but [...]

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Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #3 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Ray Hilario

by Peter J. Tomasi (writer), Chris Samnee, Mike Mayhew (artists), John Kalisz, Andy Troy (colorist), Pat Brosseau (letterer) What a jip! 2 stories only?! What the hell?! If DC’s gonna skimp out us on our expected Lantern stories, they could’ve at least given us 2 compelling stories related to the ongoing event; not two character [...]

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Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1 – Review

Posted on July 15, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Jerry Ordway, Doug Mahnke, Chris Samnee, Rags Morales (artists), Tom Nguyen, Christian Alamy (inkers) The Stories: This three-issue limited series contains three stories. The first is about the Blue Lantern Saint Walker, and his sad origin and the nature of hope. The second story is an interesting father [...]

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The Mighty #6 – Review

Posted on July 1, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Peter Tomasi and Keith Champagne (writers), Chris Samnee (artist), John Kalisz (Colorist) The Story: Taylor Rhines, one of Gabe Cole’s predecessors, is being autopsied by Cole, after he finally manages to chase Alpha One out of the room. He’s looking for something, and what he finds scares him. When Alpha One joins him later [...]

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Dead Of Night Featuring Devil-Slayer #3 – Review

Posted on November 23, 2008 by shadowvenom

Brian Keene, (writer) Chris Samnee, (pencils) June Chung, (colors) Joe Caramagna, (letters) Kaare Andrews, (cover and Devil Slayer character design) The Story: The Devil Slayer has been awakened, and he’s been tossed directly into the fire (no pun intended). Angels and Demons are working together to bring about the apocalypse, there’s work to be done, [...]

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Dead of Night Featuring Devil-Slayer #1 – Review

Posted on September 8, 2008 by shadowvenom

Brian Keene, (writer) Chris Samnee, (pencils) June Chung, (colors) Joe Caramagna, (letters) Kaare Andrews, (cover and Devil Slayer character design) “They told us in school this was where civilization started. This will probably be where it ends, too.” This sentence alone peaked my interest in this comic. That, plus the story of a soldier fighting [...]

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Daredevil: Blood of the Tarantula – Review

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Deamentia

By Ed Brubaker and Ande Parks (Writers), Chris Samnee (Pencils and Inks), and Matt Hollingsworth (Colors) If you were hoping for Daredevil #107 this month, prepare to wait another 30 grueling days. It’s been replaced by this fill-in issue, which is a bit out of current continuity, but serves as a follow-up to last year’s [...]

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