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Astonishing X-Men #41 – Review

By: Daniel Way (writer), Nick Bradshaw (artist), Rachelle Rosenberg (colorist), Joe Caramagna (letterer), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: X-Men versus Mentallo on Monster Island. What’s Good: This was a very enjoyable finale to a storyline that has helped Astonishing get back on track after a couple of years of wandering [...]

Astonishing X-Men #37 – Review

By: Daniel Way (writer), Jason Pearson & Sara Pichelli (pencils), Karl Story & Pichelli (inks), Sonia Oback (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: The Astonishing X-Men battle Fin Fang Foom in Tokyo. What’s Good: Well, the basic part of the story: The X-Men battling Fin Fang Foom [...]

Deadpool #33 – Review

By Daniel Way (writer), Carlo Barbieri (pencils), Walden Wong (inks), Marte Gracia(colors), VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Deadpool uses his new toy to explore the galaxy, meet new aliens…and get into far more trouble than (at least part of him) bargained for. It’s a well-worn cliché that sending a character into space is the [...]

Deadpool #30 – Review

by Daniel Way (writer), Bong Dazo (pencils), Jose Pimentel (inks), Andres Mossa (colors) and VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: In a story more suited to Halloween than Christmas, Deadpool encounters a nest of vampires–and is hired by them to take out a rogue group (guest starring from over in X-Men) who have the ability [...]

Deadpool #29 – Review

By Daniel Way (writer), Carlo Barberi (pencils), Walden Wong (inks), Marte Gracia (colors), VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: The Secret Avengers (the real ones) elect Deadpool their unofficial leader as they close in on Dr. Bong (HAH), and work to thwart his dastardly scheme! Later, ‘Pool is placed in a classic clone story setup, [...]

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 [...]

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: [...]

Deadpool #24 – Review

By Daniel Way (writer), Carlo Barberi (pencils), Juan Vlasco (ink), Marte Gracia (colors), VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Deadpool pulls a pretty epic double-cross on Weasel, and they both deal with Grizzly’s counter-attack. What’s Good: Way’s characterization of Deadpool continues to be this series’ strong point, and reinforces it as the flagship Deadpool book. [...]

Dark Wolverine #87 – Review

by Daniel Way & Marjorie Liu (writers), Mierco Pierfederici (artist) Story: Daken walks around Rome, Italy while moping about being defeated by his father, Wolverine, in last month’s Dead Reckoning crossover and not being able to take over for Romulus.  He is lured into a trap by a mugger, but is Daken really the one [...]

Deadpool #23 – Review

By Daniel Way (writer), Carlo Barberi (pencils), Juan Vlasco (inks), Marte Gracia (colors) and VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Deadpool heads to Las Vegas in order to avenge a badmouthing at the hands of a casino owner. After arriving though, he finds out (the hard way) that all of the Vegas casino owners have [...]

Deadpool #22 – Review

By Daniel Way (writer), Tan Eng Huat (art), Marte Gracia (colors), and VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: A one-and-done issue in which Deadpool find himself mixed up with the dastardly doings of a small town Georgia Sheriff station. Can our favorite Merc stop the wave of corruption infecting the office? Who can he trust? [...]

Dark Wolverine #85 – Review

by Daniel Way & Marjorie Liu (writers), Stephen Segovia (artist) The Story: Wolverine calls a meeting with his wayward son, Daken, to request his help in taking down uber-baddie Romulus.  However, unbeknownst to the feral X-Man, his son isn’t necessarily on his side.  But is that actually part of Wolverine’s plan? What’s Good: * Sigh*  [...]

Dark Wolverine #80 – Review

By Daniel Way & Marjorie Liu (writers), Stephen Segovia & Paco Diaz Luque (artists), Sandu Florea, Guillermo Ortego, & Jay Leisten (inkers), Marte Garcia & Antonio Fabela (colorists) The Story: Dark Wolverine saves a baby. There, I just saved you $2.99 and the urge to cut your wrists with the paper this piece of shit [...]

Deapool #17 – Review

By Daniel Way (Writer), Paco Medina (Pencils), Juan Vlasco (Inks), and Marte Gracia (Colors) The Story: Cyclops sends Domino to do what she can to keep Deadpool from killing Mr. Kincaid. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn relishes watching the mutant’s situation and does what he can to make it even worse. What’s Good And What’s Not So [...]

Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth #4 – Review

by Victor Gischler (Writer), Bong Dazo (Pencils), Jose Pimentel (Inks), and Matt Milla (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth is a worthwhile addition to any Deadpool fan’s pull-list. While it isn’t better than the main Deadpool ongoing, Merc with a Mouth delivers fun, (mostly) continuity-free Deadpool entertainment. And that counts [...]

Dark Wolverine #79 – Review

By Daniel Way & Marjorie Liu (writers), Stephen Segovia (artist), Jay Leisten & Cam Smith (inkers), Marte Garcia (colorist) The Story: Emmy Doolin!  Cutthroat!  The Inquisitor!  Moses Magnum!  Marvel’s latest fantastic foursome is on the run from Norman Osborn, but they won’t go down without a fight.  Hiding out in an abandoned warehouse, the team [...]

Deadpool #16 – Review

By Daniel Way (Writer), Paco Medina (Pencils), Juan Vlasco (Inks), Marte Gracia (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Given how the recent “X” crossovers have turned out, I’m a bit concerned about what’s going to happen to Deadpool now that Wade is headed towards becoming one of the X-Men. Now, granted, I do realize that [...]

Dark Wolverine #78 – Review

By Daniel Way & Marjorie Liu (writers), Stephen Segovia (artist), Marte Garcia (colors) The Story: Uh-oh, the video footage that first got Daken into trouble has somehow gone viral, and Norman Osborn is determined to tear apart his organization to find the leak.  When the culprit is killed in a car accident though, Osborn decides [...]

Deadpool #15 – Review

By Daniel Way (Writer), Paco Medina (Pencils), Juan Vlasco (Inks), and Marte Gracia & Antonio Fabela (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: While Shawn Crystal’s work definitely has its merits, I’d be lying if I acted as though I wasn’t pumped for the return of Paco Medina and his art team. The Story: After pondering [...]

Deadpool #14 – Review

By Daniel Way (Writer), Shawn Crystal (Pencils), John Lucas (Inks), and Lee Loughridge (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Piratepool brought the funny last issue. I’m assuming that he’ll do the same in Deadpool #14. The Story: Deadpool, his parrot (Hydra Bob), and his “blind pirate wench” face off against the pirate known as Wackbeard. [...]

Deadpool #13 – Review

By Daniel Way (Writer), Shawn Crystal (Pencils & Inks), John Lucas (Inks), and Lee Loughridge (Colors) The Story: After sinking a nuclear sub that he didn’t know was a sub, Deadpool buys a new boat with all the money he got as a result of the last arc. A new boat means that Deadpool needs [...]

Wolverine: Origins #37 – Review

By Daniel Way (writer), Scot Eaton (pencils), Andrew Hennessy (inks) Andy Troy (colors) The Story: Wolverine is out to find the man, or dog-man, Romulus, that has been pulling his strings for most of his life. He’s out with a vengeance and taking no prisoners as he navigates different strata of Russian society to confront Romulus, only to find [...]

Deadpool #11 (Dark Reign) – Review

By Daniel Way (Writer), Paco Medina (Pencils), Juan Vlasco (Inks), and Marte Gracia (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Surprisingly dark, Deadpool #10 was just a (somewhat disappointing) teaser for the Bullseye (Hawkeye)/Deadpool showdown. I fully expect the main event to make up for arc’s lackluster start…. The Story: Bullseye and Deadpool fight. Blood is [...]

Wolverine #74 – Review

By Jason Aaron and Daniel Way (writers) Adam Kubert and Tommy Lee Edwards (art), Mark Farmer (inks), Edgar Delgado, Mary Hollowell, and Paul Mounts (colors) The Story: This two-part swansong of Wolverine wraps up its two stories, as we prepare to see the series renamed “Dark Wolverine” next month.  The first story concludes the family [...]

Wolverine #73 – Review

By Jason Aaron and Daniel Way (writing), Adam Kubert (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Tommy Lee Edwards (art) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I totally understand Marvel’s intention with this issue of Wolverine. Coming off the movie launch, Marvel expects there to be new readers looking for a Wolverine title. Since it’s obvious [...]

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