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Amazing Spider-Man #679.1 – Review

Posted on February 16, 2012 by dfstell

By: Dan Slott & Chris Yost (writers), Matthew Clark (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Rob Schwager (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Detail is provided on the mysterious occupant of Lab Six at Horizon Labs. Four Things:  1. Unsure what this whole .1 thing is about anymore. - I can never [...]

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Scarlet Spider #2 -Review

Posted on February 11, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Chris Yost (writer), Ryan Stegman (pencils) Mike Babinski (inks), Marte Gracia (colors) The Story: Scarlet Spider punches the bad guy, saves the girl, and finally gets an origin that makes sense. What’s Good: It’s fun to watch Kaine argue with himself about his actions. Sure, we know that he’s going to be a hero, [...]

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Scarlet Spider #1 – Review

Posted on January 10, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Chris Yost (writer), Ryan Stegman (artist), Marte Gracia (colors) The Story: Marvel is going to feel pretty stupid when ripped-sleeved hoodies TOTALLY come back in 2012! The Review: Marvel is certainly wringing Spider-Man for everything he’s worth. Amazing, Spectacular, Ultimate, Avenging, and with guest appearances on Future Foundation and one of the Avengers teams [...]

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Point One #1 – Review

Posted on November 10, 2011 by dfstell

By: Various.  (Seriously….it’s half the creative talent at Marvel) The Story: Marvel teases what is to come in 2012 in this 7-part, 64-page anthology-ish issue. Seven Things: 1. Behold the Watcher.  This was the spine of the issue and it showed a couple of guys in spacesuits fiddling with The Watcher while he slept.  And [...]

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X-Men: First to Last HC – Review

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Roman Colombo

Written by Chris Yost; Now: Penciled by Paco Media, inked by Juan Vlasco, and colored by Mrate Gracia; Then: Art by Dalabor Talajic, colored by Juan Vlasco. The Story: One of the apes who got the crap beaten out of him with a femur bone in 2001: A Space Odyssey has his own bone to [...]

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X-Men #13 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Christopher Yost (writer), Dalibor Talajic, Paco Medina (artists), Dalibor Talajic, Juan Vlasco (inkers), Marte Gracia, Wil Quintana (colors) The Story: First To Last, Part 3: The evolutionaries continue to attack and we see, through emerging memories, the origin of the evolutionaries. At the same time, their last visit is further illuminated, while their fight [...]

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Fear Itself: Spider-Man #2 – Review

Posted on June 9, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Yost (writer), Mike McKone (art), Jeromy Cox (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spider-Man tries to help in a NYC gripped by fear. What’s Good: After reviewing the first issue of this event tie-in, I think I said that I was out.  Silly rabbit!  I’m [...]

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Fear Itself: Spider-Man #1 – Review

Posted on May 5, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Yost (writer), Mike McKone (artist), Jeromy Cox (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (senior editor) The Story: As fear grips NYC, Spider-Man tries to maintain order. What’s Good: In Fear Itself #2, we saw how “fear” is sweeping the globe and causing mass pandemonium.  Even though I can tell [...]

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Quick-Hit Reviews: Week of Jan. 26, 2011

Posted on February 1, 2011 by dfstell

Got-dang! There were a lot of comics that came out last week!  Even with all the reviewers at WCBR burning the midnight oil, it’s not always possible to get a full review up on everything when Marvel decides to release all of their Avengers and X-books in one week.  Sheesh!  But, still, we endure…. Uncanny [...]

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X-Men: Second Coming #2 – Review

Posted on July 14, 2010 by joelopez101

by Matt Fraction, Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, Mike Carey & Zeb Wells (writers), Terry Dodson, Ibraim Roberson, Esad Ribic, & Greg Land (artists) The Story: With Bastion’s assault on Utopia and the X-Men over, the mutant community mourns their fallen and ties up loose ends.  By the end of it all, friendships lie shattered and [...]

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X-Force #28 – Review

Posted on July 9, 2010 by joelopez101

by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (writers), Mike Choi & Sonia Oback (art) Spoiler Alert, people. —————— While in chapter designation, this issue serves as the penultimate installment of the Second Coming crossover, it might as well be the conclusion because the only thing that’s left after the events of X-Force #28 is the clean-up.  [...]

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Red Robin #13 – Review

Posted on June 4, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Fabian Nicienza (writer), Marcus To (penciller), Ray McCarthy and Mark McKenna (inkers), Guy Major (colors) The Story: The Hitlist, Part One: The Domino Effect: This tale opens on three brothers, Dick, Tim and Damian, who have reconciled and become family again. However, their chosen vocations pull them apart once more, Batman and Robin after [...]

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X-Force #27 – Review

Posted on May 26, 2010 by joelopez101

by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (writers), Mike Choi (artist), Sonia Oback (colorist) The Story: Bastion begins instituting his final plan as he unleashes the first wave of his Nimrod army upon the X-Men, causing several members to suffer devastating losses.  When the mutants discover that the villain has actually opened a portal to a [...]

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X-Men Second Coming – Revelations: Hellbound #1 – Review

Posted on May 8, 2010 by joelopez101

By Chris Yost (writer), Harvey Tolibao (artist) The Story: Victim of a trap sprung by Bastion’s forces, Magik has been abducted to the demonic dimension of Limbo.  Old friend and teammate Cannonball recruits a team of X-Men to rescue her.  All they have to do?  Journey into the depths of Hell and survive to tell [...]

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Red Robin #12 – Review

Posted on May 5, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Chris Yost (writer), Marcus To (pencils), Ray McCarthy (inks), Guy Major (colors) and Sal Cipriano (letters) The Story The epic “Collisions” storyline comes to a conclusion as the League of Shadows threatens everything and everyone Bruce Wayne holds dear. As time begins to run out, Red Robin finally comes face to face with Ra’s [...]

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X-Force #26 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2010 by joelopez101

by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (writers), Mike Choi (artist), Sonia Oback (colorist) The Story: While the X-Men’s Alpha Team helps Cable act as a decoy to Bastion’s forces and the New Mutants hurry home after one of their own has been gravely injured, Rogue and Nightcrawler race to get Hope to Utopia before it’s [...]

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X-Force #25 – Review

Posted on April 1, 2010 by joelopez101

by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (writers), Clayton Crain (artist) The Story: The members of X-Force have been having a crappy day. Immortal witch Selene has resurrected millions of dead mutants and laid siege to their island home of Utopia. While big daddy general Cyclops and the rest of the X-Men hold down the fort, X-Force has [...]

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X-Men: Second Coming #1

Posted on March 31, 2010 by joelopez101

by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (writers), David Finch (Pencils), Matt Banning (Inks) The Story: Ever since House of M, there had been no mutant births. Suddenly, a baby named Hope was born, the first, and last, new mutant since.  Time traveller Cable took her to the future to safeguard her.  He now finally returns [...]

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Red Robin #9 – Review

Posted on February 4, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Chris Yost (writer), Marcus To (artist, despite what it says on the cover…), Ray McCarthy (inker), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: Red Robin comes home, and tries to keep a low profile, but crime awaits and an old friend visits. But then, Batman’s arch-nemesis, the one Red Robin shafted last issue, reveals his plan [...]

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Red Robin #7 – Review

Posted on December 11, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Chris Yost (writer), Marcus To (artist), Dexter Vines (inks), Guy Major (colors) The Story: Tam is hiding from the Council of Spiders as they chop up the league of assassins. Lucius and Alfred discuss Wayne business over tea. One of the Council guys who has been slaughtering the league’s assassins gets hit by a [...]

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X-Force #21 – Review

Posted on November 11, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (Writers) and Clayton Crain (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Thanks to the Necrosha one-shot and a compelling New Mutants chapter, the latest “X” crossover has gotten off to a solid start. Can Necrosha go from being solid to being good? Time to find out. The Story: The X-Men [...]

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X-Force #19 – Review

Posted on October 4, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (Writers) and Mike Choi & Sonia Oback (Art) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Things were looking pretty grim for X-23– one of my favorite characters, at the end of last month’s issue of X-Force. Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost wouldn’t actually kill her, would they?! The Story: X-23 is [...]

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Dark X-Men: The Confession #1 – Review

Posted on September 23, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Craig Kyle and Chris Yost (writers), Bing Cansino (Penciller), Roland Paris (Inker) The Story: Secrets that have been eating at both Scott and Emma– secrets that could break them apart and exile them from the X-Men, must surface. What’s Good: Kyle and Yost deliver some very fine character and relationship work in this one-shot. [...]

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Red Robin #4 – Review

Posted on September 9, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Chris Yost (writer), Ramon Bachs (artist), Guy Major (colors and digital inks) The Story: Yost and Bachs continue to shuttle us back and forth between Tim Wayne’s past and present. In the past, he’s not dealing with well-meaning friends, but the new Batman in Gotham. In the present, he’s not just dealing with the [...]

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X-Force #18 – Review

Posted on August 31, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (Writers) and Mike Choi & Sonia Oback (Art) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The last issue of X-Force gave me the feeling that the creative team behind it was desperately trying to get the series back up to speed after the miserable Messiah War storyline. I look forward to [...]

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