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Uncanny X-Force #21 – Review

By: Rick Remender (writer), Greg Tocchini (art), Dean White (color art) The Story: Nightcrawler proves he’s more Sean Connery than Roger Moore. The Review: You know what, Greg Tocchini? You almost had me. I was honestly beginning to think here that you were using such thick, scribbly lines for an artistic purpose. I thought maybe [...]

Uncanny X-Force #20 – Review

By: Rick Remender (writer), Greg Tocchini (artist), Dean White (colors) The Story: Fantomex, you’re being tried by a group called the “Captain Britain Corps,” and you have a French accent. Don’t speak in your own defense! The Review: Last issue, two members of the X-Force were abducted by the Captain Britain Corps and brought to [...]

Uncanny X-Force #18 – Review

By: Rick Remender (writer), Jerome Opeña & Esad Ribic (artists), Dean White (colorist The Story: The new Apocalypse gives way to a new Genesis. What’s Good: The Dark Angel Saga has come to a close. It’s been quite a ride. In fact, it’s been such a ride that it’s been hard to follow occasionally. The [...]

Deathstroke #1 – Review

Written by Kyle Higgins, Pencils by Joe Bennett, inks by Art Thibert, colors by Jason Wright The Story: A dude with Wolverine’s candor and Deadpool’s skill kills a lot of people. What’s Good: Is it wrong to say that out of all the New 52 I’ve read so far, this is the one I’ve had [...]

Fear Itself: Deadpool #1 – Review

By: Christopher Hastings (writer), Bong Dazo (pencils), Joe Pimentel (inks), Matt Milla (colors), Simon Bowland (letters), Jordan D. White (editor) The Story: Mercenaries make money in any crisis, so why should Fear Itself be any different?  And what would happen if Deadpool were one of The Worthy? The Review: Deadpool makes a great home for [...]

Uncanny X-Force #11 – Review

by Rick Remender (writer), Mark Brooks (penciller & inker), Andrew Currie (inker), Dean White (colorist), and Cory Petit (letterer) The Story: X-Force heads off to the Age of Apocalypse to acquire the celestial life seed. The Review:  Somehow, Rick Remender has become the 90s guy and in a totally good way.  Once again, by revisiting [...]

Uncanny X-Force #10 – Review

by Rick Remender (script), Billy Tan & Rich Elson (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Archangel races to cover things up as a reporter gets footage of his killing a guard, but his actions lead X-Force to believe that Warren is no longer in control. The Review:  When you first open [...]

Uncanny X-Force #9 – Review

by Rick Remender (script), Billy Tan (art), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Logan does a favor for Magneto that has him going solo. The Review:  Last month I raved about just how utterly amazing the art provided by Tan and White was and this month, I think it’s even better, though [...]

Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Sollution HC – Review

Written by Rick Rememder, Art by Jerome Opena with Leonard Manco, colors by Dean White and Chris Sotomayor, cover art by Esad Ribic. The Story: Though Cyclops has ended X-Force, Wolverine and Archangel decide to continue operations, bringing in Deadpool, Psylocke, and Fantomex. Their first mission? Kill Apocalypse! As if this would be hard enough, [...]

Uncanny X-Force #8 – Review

by Rick Remender (script), Billy Tan (art), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Psylocke and the rest of X-Force go out to take down the Shadow King, but is Archangel the greater threat? The Review:  While it’s not packed with dialogue or overly dense with panels, in telling a complete story from [...]

Uncanny X-Force #7 – Review

by Rick Remender (writer), Esad Ribic (pencils), John Lucas (inks), Matt Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: X-Force fights their way through Deathloks and the World in their mission to take out Father. The Review:  While this is probably the best issue of this arc, it still doesn’t quite match up to the [...]

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #38 – Review

By: John Layman (writer), Lee Garbett (pencils), Mark Pennington (inks), Fabio D’Auria (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor), Alejandro Arbona (associate editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: It’s alternate universe time as Spidey (and Deadpool and Hulk) are sucked into an alternate universe. What’s Good: This is just a fun alternate universe [...]

Uncanny X-Force #6 – Review

by Rick Remender (writer), Esad Ribic (pencils), John Lucas (inks), Matt Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Fantomex fights to keep the World safe from superpowered Deathloks, but will X-Force bother to save him? Review:  In some ways, this latest installment of Uncanny X-Force is a disappointment.  A big part of what made [...]

Uncanny X-Force #5.1 – Review

by Rick Remender (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: X-Force races to stop Lady Deathstrike and the Reavers from destroying Utopia. Review: Out of all the .1  issues thus far, Rick Remender’s Uncanny X-Force may very well have come the closest to accomplishing what the .1 initiative is [...]

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 [...]

Quick Hit Reviews Week of Feb. 16, 2011

Some weeks it is just insane how many comics get published.  Despite the intrepid efforts of our writing staff here at WCBR, we simply can’t do a full review of every comic.  Thus, we bring you the quick-hit reviews where we say a few words about some comics that were pretty darn good and some [...]

Wolverine #5.1 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), Jefte Palo (art), Nathan Fairbairn (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Melita throws a surprise birthday party for Logan, but the guest of honor finds himself side-tracked by some grotesque bad guys. What’s Good: Wow, you could not get a comic with two more different halves.  On the one side, [...]

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, [...]

Uncanny X-Force #1 – Review

by Rick Remender (writer), Jerome Opena (artist) The Story: Wolverine and Archangel have assembled a new X-Force behind the X-Men’s backs, consisting of fellow X-Man Psylocke, merc with a mouth Deadpool and international thief Fantomex.  While on a mission, Deadpool discovers that one of the mutants’ deadliest adversaries, Apocalypse, has returned.  As the team battles [...]

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: Wade Wilson’s War #2 – Review

By Duane Swierczynksi (writer), Jason Pearson (art), Paul Mounts (colors), VC’s Clayton Cowles (letters and production) The Story: Deadpool continues his testimony before the Senate committee, explaining (his version) of his origin and the details of his first mission as a covert operative. Meanwhile, the people behind the Weapon X program that created Deadpool scramble [...]

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. [...]

Deadpool: Wade Wilson’s War #1 – Review

By Duane Swierczynski (writer), Jason Pearson (artist), Paul Mounts (colors) VC’s Clayton Cowles (letters and production) The Story: Deadpool (outside of the normal Marvel Universe continuity) testifies before a Senate hearing about a secret black-ops mission he participated in 25 years ago. This goes about as well as you’d expect. What’s Good: Well, this is [...]

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