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Carnage, USA #3 – Review

Posted on February 14, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Zeb Wells (writer), Clayton Crain (artist) The Story: Father Carnage shears his flock. The Review: I knew coming into Carnage, USA #3 that this was going to be the issue that determined how good this series could be. The first issue basically just gave us the premise, the second consisted mainly of setup, and [...]

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Carnage USA #2 – Review

Posted on January 10, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Zeb Wells (writer), Clayton Crain (artist) The Story: The calm before the storm. What’s Good: This miniseries is beginning to me remind of the nineties Spider-Man crossover Planet of the Symbiotes, or rather, what that event should have been. Planet, while mostly remembered as a failure today, actually had some decent ideas. All of [...]

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Carnage U. S. A. #1 – Review

Posted on December 16, 2011 by jmiddle3

By: Zeb Wells (Writer), Clayton Crain (Artist) The Story: Slither with spandex. The Review: Carnage has never captured my imagination, to say the least. The concept of “Venom, but more violent” doesn’t leave you with a hell of a lot to go on. As a result, Carnage is often more of a caricature than a [...]

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Quick Hit Reviews – Week of April 13, 2011

Posted on April 19, 2011 by dfstell

Try as we might, we can’t always do full reviews for every comic on the stands. Thus, the Quick Hit Reviews…. Steve Rogers: Super Soldier Annual #1 - Leaving aside the awkwardness of having an Annual for a title that was a 4-issue miniseries that wrapped up ~6 months ago (silly editors!), this was a pretty [...]

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Quick Hit Reviews: Week of February 9, 2011

Posted on February 15, 2011 by dfstell

Yeesh… What a lot of comics last week, huh? Especially after the preceding week being so light that we didn’t even need to do a “quick hits” feature. That’s randomness for you! But, the upshot of this weekly feature is that all of the writing staff at WCBR have pretty extensive pull lists and [...]

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Carnage #2 – Review

Posted on December 30, 2010 by dfstell

By: Zeb Wells (writer), Clayton Crain (art & colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: We learn how the Carnage symbiote returned to Earth and what plans a nefarious corporation has for it. What’s Good: Pretty fun story. A SPOILER warning is probably in order….and….I like how Wells brings the Carnage symbiote [...]

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X-Force/Cable: Messiah War – Review

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Roman Colombo

Written by Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, and Duane Swierczynski, Art by Mike Choi, Sonia Oback, Ariel Olivetti, and Clayton Crain So far, we’ve looked at Endangered Species (the tone-setter to the Messiah Trilogy), and Messiah Complex, the first actual part of the trilogy. This week we’ve got Messiah War, the often-criticized second installment. Being hailed [...]

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Carnage #1 – Review

Posted on October 23, 2010 by dfstell

By: Zeb Wells (writer), Clayton Crain (art) & Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Carnage is back! Oh wait, no, that is in the next issue. What’s Good: There are some fun parts to this story that basically amounts to a Spider-Man/Iron Man team-up. Despite the title, these two classic heroes are not doing battle with [...]

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X-Necrosha (Hardcover) – Review

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Roman Colombo

writers: Mike Carey, Craig Kyle, Zeb Wells, Christopher Yost pencils: Kalman Andrasofszky, Carlo Barberi, Clayton Crain, Leonardo Manco, Clay Mann, Diogenes Neves, Mike Norton, Ibraim Roberson, Mateus Santolouco, Alina Urusov Necrosha, an X-Force story that affected both New Mutants and X-Men: Legacy as well, was criticized for being the Blackest Night of the Marvel Universe—an [...]

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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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New Mutants/X-Force/X-Men Legacy: Necrosha One-Shot – Review

Posted on November 2, 2009 by pozzyfreak

Necrosha: Chapter 1 by Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost (Writers) and Clayton Crain (Art) Necrosha: Binary by Zeb Wells (Writer), Ibraim Roberson (Art), and John Rauch (Colors) Necrosha: The Foretelling by Mike Carey (Writer), Laurence Campbell (Art), and Matt Milla (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Since the first chapter of Necrosha takes up the [...]

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X-Force #16 (Messiah War Chapter 7) – Review

Posted on June 28, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost (Writer), Clayton Crain (Art), and Duane Swierczynski & Ariel Olivetti (Epilogue) Some Thoughts Before The Review: One… more… comic… Just one more… The Messiah War is almost over… The Story: The Messiah War comes to a close as everything comes to a head. Apocalypse, followed by Death, seeks to [...]

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X-Force #15 (Messiah War Chapter 5) – Review

Posted on May 28, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost (Writers) and Clayton Crain (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The “Messiah War” storyline has been extremely hit or miss. It’s had a few good moments but as a whole, it’s been rather unsatisfying. I’d love for it to find some sort of consistent, quality groove, but at this [...]

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Cable #14 (Messiah War Chapter 4) – Review

Posted on May 6, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Duane Swierczynski (Writer) and Ariel Olivetti (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’ve pretty much given up on any hope that Messiah War is going to end up being a truly worthy follow-up to the fantastic Messiah Complex event. While the crossover has been entertaining enough, it lacks the sense of urgency and intensity [...]

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X-Force #14 (Messiah War Chapter 3) – Review

Posted on April 23, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost (Writers) and Clayton Crain (Art) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The Messiah War crossover event really hasn’t even started yet. So far, it’s been a whole lot of expositional dialogue and very little action. I’d expect that to change in chapter three, especially considering how chapter two ended. The [...]

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X-Force #6 – Review

Posted on August 30, 2008 by pozzyfreak

By Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost (Writers), and Clayton Crain (Artist) I have to admit, this one surprised me quite a bit. I never thought that Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost would manage to get a satisfying conclusion out of the increasingly convoluted “Angels and Demons” arc, but, lo and behold, they have. While there are [...]

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X-Force #5 – Review

Posted on July 17, 2008 by pozzyfreak

By Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, (Writers) and Clayton Crain (Artist) The previous issue of X-Force was, in my opinion, the strongest yet. Everything about it seemed to suggest that the series was finally moving in a positive direction as the story, characters, writing, and artwork came together really well. Unfortunately, X-Force #5 isn’t quite as [...]

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X-Force #4 – Review

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Deamentia

By Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle, (Writers) and Clayton Crain (Art) Now this is more like it! With X-Force #4 it feels like the series has finally found its footing in a big way. This issue puts X-23 in the drivers seat while all hell breaks loose at Warren Worthington’s home, where the Purifiers ultimate plan [...]

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X-Force #3 – Review

Posted on April 26, 2008 by pozzyfreak

By Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost (Writers) and Clayton Crain (Artist) After what has been an extremely rough start for the X-Force re-launch, part three of the “Angels and Demons” storyline hints that the series is starting to find its footing. With that said, however, I must mention that issue #3 is very much a Purifier [...]

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X-Force #2 – Review

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Deamentia

By Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost (writers), Clayton Crain (art) X-Force continues to stumble along. It’s greatest offense is that its simple storyline could probably easily fit into three issues. Instead, it’s completely drawn out, filled with an overabundance of expository dialog. Heck, within the first 12 pages of this second issue, there’s already two [...]

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X-Force #1 – Review

Posted on February 14, 2008 by mulderwastaken

By: Craig Kyle and Chris Yost (Writers), Clayton Crain (Artist) I thought I was getting a story about a newly formed team of heroes, but the prologue told me that it was formed by Cyclops during the Messiah Complex storyline. From someone who doesn’t read X-Books, I immediately felt alienated. I hate it when publishers [...]

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