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Shadowland #1 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Billy Tan (pencils), Batt (inks), Christina Strain & Guru EFX (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Bullseye takes on a newer, nastier Daredevil while the Avengers grow increasingly concerned about that weird castle in the middle of Hell’s Kitchen. What’s Good: As the first issue of an event, one could [...]

Siege #4 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The battle with the Void concludes, leading to the dawning of a new chapter for the Marvel Universe.  Oh, and two major characters die. What’s Good: The majority of this book is one gigantic fight [...]

Dark Avengers #16 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The aftermath of Siege is explored and the fates of the Dark Avengers cast are glimpsed. What’s No So Good: Yes, I am reversing our usual review format, but why I’m doing so will soon be abundantly clear. The first half [...]

New Avengers #63 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike McKone (art), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The motivations of Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Ronin, and Mockingbird are explored in the days leading up to Siege. What’s Good: This is probably the best issue of New Avengers to come around in some time, and it’s [...]

Dark Avengers #14 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Victoria Hand deals with dissension in the ranks and the Void makes his presence known. What’s Good: This issue is a solid issue largely because it’s based entirely on perhaps the two best things to come out of Dark [...]

Dark Avengers #13 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The rather unpleasant back-story of the Sentry is revealed and reviewed. What’s Good: Character-driven issues always bring a particular set of strengths.  They’re usually a bit of a denser read, and Dark Avengers #13 certainly reflects this trend. [...]

Siege #1 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Norman Osborn finds his reason to begin his assault on Asgard. What’s Good: This is some really impressive, massive work by Coipel and Martin.  The art here is gorgeous and some of the best stuff I’ve [...]

New Avengers #60 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The Avengers try to remove the device attached to Luke Cage’s heart as Norman Osborn closes in. What’s Good: The impending arrival of Osborn and the time limit that implies puts a heavy strain [...]

Dark Avengers #12 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato & Greg Horn (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Victoria Hand tries to negotiate with Molecule Man. What’s Good: Much of what made last month’s issue good is furthered this month.  Molecule Man in particular continues to be written well by Bendis.  He’s a [...]

Siege: The Cabal #1 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Michael Lark (pencils), Stefano Gaudiano (inks), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Cabal implodes and lines are drawn. What’s Good: The issue’s strongest point is its characterization.  Dr. Doom is written well by Bendis.  He’s the same absurd bad guy who insists on referring to himself in the third [...]

New Avengers #59 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The Avengers, with some friends, attempt a daring ploy to rescue Luke Cage. What’s Good: While it’s nothing groundbreaking, this issue is absolutely solid and as such, it’s the best single issue of New [...]

Dark Avengers #11 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato & Greg Horn (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: As the Avengers find themselves subjected to the whims of Molecule Man, Victoria Hand scrambles. What’s Good: As Hand takes center-stage this month, we finally get a three-dimensional character out of her.  It’s very interesting [...]

Secret Warriors #9 – Review

By Jonathan Hickman (Writer), Alessandro Vitti (Artist), and Sunny Gho of IFS (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: While it’s slightly sidetracked the main Secret Warriors plot, I’ve been enjoying “God of Fear, God of War” quite a bit. The dynamic between Ares and Phobos has been so well written that both characters have climbed [...]

Ms. Marvel #46 – Review

by Brian Reed (Writer) and Sana Takeda (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Ms. Marvel #46 marks the end of the War of the Marvels arc. While it’s been decent, I have my doubts about whether Brian Reed can pull his strange story together well enough to make it all worth it. The Story: Catherine [...]

Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #4 – Review

By Brian Reed (Writer), Chris Bachalo w/ Rob Disalvo (Pencils), Townsend, Disalvo, Sibal, Irwin, Wang, & Mendoza (Inks), and Bachalo w/Fabela & Mossa (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The storyline is a bit basic and the way the artwork is divided up tends to be annoying, but those issues haven’t stopped me from enjoying [...]

Secret Warriors #8 – Review

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Alessandro Vitti (art), Sunny Gho (colors), and Dave Lanphear (letters) The Story: The kids get stuck in front of Norman, Hawkeye, and Ares. What’s Good: This month’s issue in the always solid Secret Warriors was a bit of a jump in quality from last month’s book, and that’s largely due to [...]

New Avengers #57 – Review

By Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (artist), Wade von Grawbadger (inker), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: Norman Osborn and Doctor Harrow finalize the terms of their deal while both the New and Dark Avengers are still reeling from the effects of the power drainer. The New Avengers successfully escape a no-win situation, but Osborn’s [...]

Dark Avengers #9 – Review

By Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), Mike Deodato (Art), and Rain Beredo (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: With Utopia out of the way, I fully expect Dark Avengers to get back to being a favorite of mine. With a kick-ass cover and the promise of a guest appearance from Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Warriors, it’s a [...]

Dark Reign: The List – Avengers One Shot #1- Review

Avengers feature by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) & Marko Djurdjevic (artist); Daredevil preview by Andy Diggle (writer) & Billy Tan (artist) It seems to be a prerequisite of all mega-maniacal geniuses in the Marvel Universe to carry a list.  Reed Richards has one.  I’m pretty sure Tony Stark’s got one too, although he may no [...]

Thunderbolts #135 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Miguel Sepulveda (art), Frank Martin (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: Black Widow and Songbird make a run for it. What’s Good: Diggle writes an interesting script for this issue, one that’s self-referential in many ways.  Whenever a character says a line that sounds ridiculous, cliche, or out of character, [...]

Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Mike Deodato, Terry Dodson, & Rachel Dodson (art), Justin Ponsor & Christina Strain (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The ultimate showdown between the X-Men and the Dark Avengers/Dark X-Men. What’s Good: It’s really nice to be surprised every now and then. With every issue of this crossover ranging between [...]

Ms. Marvel #44 (War of the Marvels) – Review

By Brian Reed (Writer) and Sana Takeda (Art) Some Thoughts Before The Review: While the artist changes are quite annoying, The War of the Marvels has been pretty interesting so far. I just hope that Brian Reed pulls it all together because, let’s face it, the series has been a bit odd since Karla Sofen [...]

Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3 – Review

Some Thoughts Before The Review: While it’s been far from spectacular, I actually think I’ve enjoyed the Dark X-Men mini-series more than I’ve enjoyed the Utopia main event so far. “Hidden Depths” By Paul Cornell (Writer), Leonard Kirk (Pencils), and Brian Reber (Colors) The Story: Allowed in, Emma Frost travels through Namor’s subconscious looking for [...]

New Avengers #56 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: Mockingbird and the crippled Avengers battle the Wrecking Crew and their power drainer. Meanwhile, Dr. Harrow gives Norman Osborn an offer he can’t refuse. What’s Good: About 85% of this issue is composed of [...]

X-Men: Legacy #227(Utopia) – Review

By Mike Carey (Writer), Dustin Weaver (Pencils), Ed Tadeo (Inks), and Brian Reber (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The X-Men: Legacy Utopia arc serves the dual purpose of expanding the riots and getting Rogue (possibly Gambit and Danger as well) back into the main X-Men scheme of things. That makes for a good “X” [...]

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