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Action Comics #899 – Review

By: Paul Cornell (writer), Jesus Merino (artist), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: My, those are some big black balls you’ve got there, Lex Luthor. The Review: It’s been a long, wild journey we’ve had, following Superman’s arch-nemesis on his quest for ultimate power.  He’s faced off against some of the baddest of the baddies in [...]

Hack/Slash #2 – Review

By: Tim Seeley (writer), Daniel Leister (art), Mark Englert (colors), Crank (letters) & James Lowder (edits) The Story: Old slashers are coming back from the dead! What’s Good: What do readers expect from Hack/Slash?  They expect slashers/monsters, bloody fights with those slashers and scantily clad women.  It is so refreshing to read a comic that [...]

Incorruptible #14 – Review

By: Mark Waid (writer), Marcio Takara (art), Nolan Woodard (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: With Plutonian kidnapped by aliens (from the pages of Irredeemable), does Max Damage have a reason to be good anymore? What’s Good: There is a lot of good character work in this issue.  The town of [...]

Freedom Fighters #4 – Review

By: Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti (writers), Travis Moore (artist), Trevor Scott (inker), Rob Schwager (colorist) The Story: While the Freedom Fighters minus Uncle Sam home in on the second artifact, they’re drawn into a prison break in a secret facility full of twisted experiments, which may be sanctioned by the government the Fighters work [...]

Avengers Academy #6 – Review

Christos Gage (writer), Mike McKone (penciller) The Story: The revolving spotlight falls on Reptil this issue as Humberto is made Class Leader of the Academy, making a childhood dream of his come true.  But what happens when Reptil realizes that his dreams have been ruined by the secrets and lies that permeate not only the [...]

Carnage #1 – Review

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 [...]

Nancy in Hell #3 – Review

By: El Torres (writer), Antonio Vasquez (art), Francis Gamboa (colors) & Malaka Studios (letters) The Story: Nancy and Lucifer continue their attempt to escape hell. What’s Good: It is hard to find a lot to gush about in this comic.  There are still a few fun scenes in this issue, such as when Nancy uses [...]

Deadpool #27 – Review

By Daniel Way (writer), Carlo Barberi (pencils), Walden Wong (inks), Marte Gracia (colors) and VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Deadpool runs into some limb regenerating robbers while trying to buy a snack from a gas station mini-mart. Things seem to be at something of a stalemate: un-killable regenerating Deadpool vs. un-killable regenerating baddies, but [...]

Wonder Woman #602 – Review

By J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Don Kramer and Eduardo Panscia (pencils), Jay Leisten, Michael Babinski and Ruy Jose (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Diana joins her people in the Temple of Aphrodite to help them escape from the human assault. What’s Good: This version of Diana is…taking some getting used to, [...]

Deadpool #26 – Review

By Daniel Way (writer), Carlo Barberi (pencils), Juan Vlasco (inks), Marte Gracia (colors), VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Deadpool quits his job in Las Vegas in typical bloody fashion. While wandering away from Sin City, however, our favorite Merc runs into a creature who thrives on seeking out sin: the Ghost Rider. What’s Good: [...]

Murderland #1 – Review

By: Stephen Scott (writer), David Hahn (art), Guillem Mari (colors) The Story: An assassin lady who dresses up in disguise to kill her targets. What’s Good: Not much.  There are a million silly, funny quips I could make, but that would be rude with a creator-owned book title like this one.  So let’s focus on [...]

Web of Spider-Man #10 – Review

The Extremist, Part 3 by: Fred van Lente (writer), Nick Dragotta (art), Brad Simpson (colors) & Clayton Cowles (letters) Negative Reinforcement by: Marc Guggenheim (writer), Sana Takeda (artist) & Dave Sharpe (letters) The Story: Spider-Man wraps up his conflict with the Extremist and Jackpot gets into a bind with Mr. Negative. What’s Good: I’ve quite [...]

Invincible Iron Man Annual #1 – Review

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Carmine Di Giandomenico (art), Matt Wilson (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: The life and times of the Mandarin, as seen by a film-maker working under considerable duress. What’s Good: I don’t want to pile on Matt Fraction’s normal artists (on both Invincible Iron Man and Uncanny X-Men), but it [...]

Thunderbolts #145 – Review

By Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Frank Martin (colorist) The Story: Luke Cage and the all new Thunderbolts have been tasked with cleaning up the fallout from ‘Siege’, but they’ll have to survive their encounter with Baron Zemo before they get a chance to prove themselves. The Good: Holy crap, it’s a rare thing [...]

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