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Resurrection Man #5 – Review

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Fernando Blanco (artist), Santi Arcas (colorist) The Story: Don’t think of it as dying, Mitch—think of it as God asking you out on a date. The Review: It’s been hard to take Resurrection Man seriously, both as a character and as a hero.  A lot of it has [...]

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Resurrection Man #4 – Review

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Fernando Dagnino (artist), Santi Arcas (colorist) The Story: You know, he’s just as sick and tired of dying as you are of killing him. The Review: The biggest problem with this series so far has been its relentless repetition.  Each issue has featured Mitch’s death and subsequent resurrection, [...]

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Resurrection Man #3 – Review

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Fernando Dagnino (artist), Santi Arcas (colorist) The Story: What did your mother tell you about making deals with intangible, formless entities? The Review: Here’s a theory about gimmicks: use them judiciously, and they can be an entertaining plot device (Zatanna’s backwards talk, or Dial H for Hero); let [...]

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Resurrection Man #2 – Review

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Fernando Dagnino (artist), Santi Arcas (colorist) The Story: Getting chased by two hot ladies sounds pretty great in theory, and yet… The Review: We don’t know too much about Mitch Shelley, the Resurrection Man, but in his defense, he doesn’t know too much about himself either.  It’s not [...]

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Heroes for Hire #12 – Review

Posted on September 22, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writer), Brad Walker (artist), Andrew Hennessy (inker), Jay David Ramos (colorist) The Story: Hero, are you for hire? We’ve got a job. The Review: Heroes for Hire #12 was a nice little single-issue story. We are thrown into the middle of the action in a moody and effective close-up [...]

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Resurrection Man #1 – Review

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Fernando Dagnino (artist) Santi Arcas (colorist) The Story: He takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’. The Review: If you want to give such a character another try at the popular market, it’s worth examining their core concept to see what made them a cult hit the first [...]

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New Mutants #30 – Review

Posted on August 28, 2011 by dfstell

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), David Lafuente (art), Val Staples & Chris Sotomayor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Sebastian Girner (editor) The Story: Dani Moonstar is trying to get some help from Hela, but Hela needs some help herself in this Fear Itself tie-in. What’s Good: If you like your New Mutants undiluted by [...]

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Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #3 – Review

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Christian Duce (penciller), Walden Wong (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: No, no, I said we need to get the truth out there! The Review: I had a literary journalism major as an undergrad.  One of the required courses I took was on journalistic ethics, which included a session [...]

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Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #3 – Review

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Agustin Padilla (penciller), Jose Aviles (inker), Andrew Dalhouse (colorist) The Story: Anything Arthur and Diana do, Orm and Penthesilea can do better. The Review: Batman may be a man of mystery, but Wonder Woman and Aquaman, for all their fame and stature, are easily the most enigmatic characters [...]

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Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #2 – Review

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Gianluca Gugliotta (artist), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: What do we want?  Men’s rights!  When do we want it?  Now! The Review: Historically, resistance movements against foreign occupiers have been marginalized in importance, mostly because much of what they do tend to be, by nature and necessity, discreet and [...]

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Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #2 – Review

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Augustin Padilla (penciller), Jose Aviles (inker), Val Staples (colorist) The Story: Boy, that decision to not sign a pre-nup sure takes on new meaning now, doesn’t it? The Review: In the thick of war, neither party can claim to be innocent of wrongdoing, which is often the same [...]

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New Mutants #26 – Review

Posted on June 25, 2011 by dfstell

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Leandro Fernandez (art), Andres Mossa (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Sebastian Girner (editor) & Nick Lowe (senior editor) The Story: The New Mutants continue their first mission now that they’re on official mop-up duty for the X-Men: The search for Nate Grey. What’s Good: As with X-Men Legacy this [...]

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Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #1 – Review

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Eddie Nunez (penciller), Don Ho (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: All the single ladies, all the single ladies—put your hands up!  You’re under arrest! The Review: Considering the overwhelming span and scope of these Big Events, DC has made a laudable effort to ensure the numerous Flashpoint tie-ins [...]

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Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #1 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Scott Clark (penciller), Dave Beaty (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: Now, you guys are absolutely positive this isn’t a shotgun wedding? The Review: Of course, one of the most impacting changes in the Flashpoint world is Wonder Woman and Aquaman’s fierce enmity, which has led to countless [...]

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New Mutants #25 – Review

Posted on May 12, 2011 by dfstell

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Leandro Fernandez (art), Andres Mossa (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: A new creative team takes over New Mutants and sets them on a new direction. What’s Good: It’s just so nice to see the New Mutants with something to [...]

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Annihilators #3 – Review

Posted on May 9, 2011 by dfstell

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Tan Eng Huat (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), June Chung (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), John Denning (assistant editor) & Bill Rosemann (editor) Rocket-Raccoon story by: Abnett & Lanning (writers), Timothy Green, II (art), Nathan Fairbairn (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Denning & Rosemann (editors) The Story: We finally see [...]

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Quick Hit Reviews – Week of March 2, 2011

Posted on March 8, 2011 by dfstell

Our reading lists are pretty extensive here at WCBR and sometimes a few titles don’t get the “full review treatment”.  Sometimes that means a real gem didn’t get the limelight it deserved and sometimes it means a turd didn’t get properly mocked.  Let’s find out what we have this week… Avengers Academy #10 – This [...]

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Annihilators #1 – Review

Posted on March 3, 2011 by dfstell

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Tan Eng Huat (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), June Chung (colors), Joe Caramanga (letters), John Denning (assistant editor) & Bill Rosemann (editor) Rocket Raccoon/Groot by: Abnett & Lanning (writers), Timothy Green, II (art), Nathan Fairbairn (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters), Rachel Pinnelas & Denning (assistant editors) & Rosemann (editor) The [...]

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Quick Hit Reviews – Week of February 23, 2011

Posted on March 1, 2011 by dfstell

Sometimes there are soooo many comics published in a given week (ahem….I’m looking at you Marvel) that despite the heroic efforts of the WCBR writing staff, we simply can’t give every comic a complete review.  Thus, the Quick Hit Reviews… New York Five #2 – Wow is Ryan Kelly a great artist!  The story here [...]

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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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Quick-hit Reviews – Week of Jan. 12, 2011

Posted on January 18, 2011 by dfstell

Our pull lists are all a little too long to give a full review to every comic we read in a given week.  So, here are a few quick thoughts on a few issues that were slipping through the cracks… Captain America: Man Out of Time #3  - I’ve like this series from the start, [...]

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Quick Hit Reviews – Week of Jan 5, 2011

Posted on January 11, 2011 by dfstell

Here at WCBR we all have pretty extensive pull lists.  Every week, despite our best efforts, there are a few comics that get read, but don’t get the full review treatment.  Without further ado… Avengers: The Childrens Crusade #4 - I’m enjoying this series as much as anything with an Avenger’s tag on it.  The big [...]

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Dean’s Drive-by Reviews

Posted on December 7, 2010 by dfstell

My pull list is way too long (even after a fairly vigorous pruning recently), so just about every week I read a few comics that don’t get the full review treatment from us here at WCBR.  But, it still seems fair to give the comic a quick thumbs up/thumbs down… Iron Man – Thor #2 [...]

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Heroes for Hire #1 – Review

Posted on December 3, 2010 by dfstell

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Brad Walker (pencils), Andrew Hennessy (inks), Jay David Ramos (colors), Joe Caramanga (letters) & Bill Rosemann (Editor) The Story: Marvel’s classic “Heroes for Hire” returns.  It’s a great place to see some of Marvel’s lesser-used NYC characters doing happy-mercenary missions. What’s Good: Although there is a plot twist [...]

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Dean’s Drive-by Reviews

Posted on November 9, 2010 by dfstell

My pull list is way too long, so every week there are at least a few comics that I read that didn’t get a feature review from me or my colleagues here at WCBR.  Nonetheless, they deserve some kudos (or a warning sign) as a service to our loyal readers. Strange Tales II #2 – [...]

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