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Action Comics #899 – Review

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

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 [...]

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Hack/Slash #2 – Review

Posted on March 19, 2011 by dfstell

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 [...]

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Incorruptible #14 – Review

Posted on January 26, 2011 by dfstell

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 [...]

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Freedom Fighters #4 – Review

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen

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 [...]

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Avengers Academy #6 – Review

Posted on November 6, 2010 by joelopez101

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 [...]

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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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Nancy in Hell #3 – Review

Posted on October 11, 2010 by dfstell

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 [...]

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Deadpool #27 – Review

Posted on September 18, 2010 by SoldierHawk

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 [...]

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Wonder Woman #602 – Review

Posted on August 27, 2010 by SoldierHawk

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, [...]

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Deadpool #26 – Review

Posted on August 21, 2010 by SoldierHawk

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: [...]

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Murderland #1 – Review

Posted on August 8, 2010 by dfstell

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 [...]

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Web of Spider-Man #10 – Review

Posted on July 25, 2010 by dfstell

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 [...]

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Invincible Iron Man Annual #1 – Review

Posted on July 4, 2010 by dfstell

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 [...]

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Thunderbolts #145 – Review

Posted on June 24, 2010 by tonyrak

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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