Posted on February 20, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Duane Swierczynski (writer), Javier Pina (artist), June Chung (colorist) The Story: Just when you think you know a guy, he turns out to be a secret killer agent. The Review: Some would argue that the real measure of a great superhero is a great supervillain, and that seems pretty true. You can’t really think [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #6, Birds of Prey #6 review, Black Canary, Choke, DC, DC Comics, Dinah Lance, Duane Swierczynski, Javier Pina, June Chung, Katana, Poison Ivy, Starling | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 24, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Duane Swierczynski (writer), Jesus Saiz (penciller), Javier Pina (inker), June Chung (colorist) The Story: I don’t suppose anyone thought to write down what we were doing on a Post-It? The Review: The best part about a title that features a group of solely women is for once you get (when executed properly) the kind [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #5, Birds of Prey #5 review, Black Canary, DC, DC Comics, Dinah Lance, Duane Swierczynski, Javier Pina, Jesus Saiz, June Chung, Katana, Poison Ivy, Starling | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 23, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Duane Swierczynski (writer), Jesus Saiz (artist), June Chung (colorist) The Story: I’m telling you—the 19th floor exists! It does! The Review: After reading through this issue, it occurred to me that comics have conditioned us to expect supervillains in these kinds of stories, by which I mean crazy wackos with weird costumes, terrible codenames, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #4, Birds of Prey #4 review, Black Canary, DC, DC Comics, Dinah Lance, Duane Swierczynski, Jesus Saiz, June Chung, Katana, Poison Ivy, Starling | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Duane Swierczynski (writer), Jesus Saiz (artist), June Chung (colorist) The Story: The Birds discover the joys of flower power. The Review: Like many Batman villains, Poison Ivy has become more complicated over the years, starting off as one of your typical deranged Gothamites and growing into an eco-terrorist of the first degree. In the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #3, Birds of Prey #3 review, Black Canary, DC, DC Comics, Dinah Lance, Duane Swierczynski, Jesus Saiz, June Chung, Katana, Poison Ivy, Starling | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Duane Swierczynski (writer), Jesus Saiz (artist), Allen Passalaqua (colorist) The Story: Don’t you have days where you feel you might explode? The Review: One of the great things about this series is the fact that it not only serves as a great vehicle for showcasing strong female characters, it actually surpasses that function. If [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Allen Passalaqua, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #2, Birds of Prey #2 review, Black Canary, DC, DC Comics, Dinah Lance, Duane Swierczynski, Jesus Saiz, Katana, Starling | 5 Comments »
Posted on September 21, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Duane Swierczynski, art by Jesus Saiz (best name ever!), colors by Nei Ruffino Story: Some idiot reporter attempts to infiltrate the hottest pillow fight EV-ER! What’s Good: If you know Swierczynski’s writing, then when you saw his name on Birds of Prey, your face lit up–maybe on fire as that happens to people [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Birds of Prey #1, Birds of Prey #1 review, Duane Swierczynski, Jesus Saiz, Nei Ruffino | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 16, 2010 by Roman Colombo
Written by Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, and Duane Swierczynski, Art by Mike Choi, Sonia Oback, Ariel Olivetti, and Clayton Crain So far, we’ve looked at Endangered Species (the tone-setter to the Messiah Trilogy), and Messiah Complex, the first actual part of the trilogy. This week we’ve got Messiah War, the often-criticized second installment. Being hailed [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Ariel Olivetti, Cable, Christopher Yost, Clayton Crain, Comic Book Reviews, Craig Kyle, Duane Swierczynski, Messiah War, Mike Choi, Roman Colombo, Sonia Oback, Weekly Comic Book Review, X-Force, X-Men Messiah Complex, X-Men: Second Coming | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 24, 2010 by tonyrak
By Duane Swierczynski (writer), Manuel Garcia (artist), Lorenzo Ruggiero (inker), Jim Charalmpidis (colorist) You Know What I Like?: Digital comics. I do. I’m getting into them in a serious way and I’d like to put some thoughts together to share with you on the matter. You know why I like them though? About a month [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Black Widow, Black Widow #6 Review, Comic Book Reviews, Duane Swierczynski, Fatale, Jim Charalmpidis, Kiss or Kill, Lorenzo Ruggiero, Manuel Garcia, Marjorie Liu, Tony Rakittke, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 28, 2010 by tonyrak
By Duane Swierczynski (writer), Tim Green (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: Someone or something is killing vampire hunters all over the world, and Blade’s investigation into the matter uncovers a terrifying revelation that will change his life’s work forever. Randomly Assorted Thoughts: Seeing as how Victor Gischler did such an amazing job asserting the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Belles, Blade, Curse of the Mutants: Blade One Shot, Dolly, Duane Swierczynski, Nathan Fairbair, Tim Green, Tony Rakittke, Tripp and Texter, X-Men: Curse Of The Mutants Blade #1, X-Men: Curse Of The Mutants Blade #1 review, Xarus | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 6, 2010 by SoldierHawk
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Deadpool, Deadpool: Wade Wilson's War, Deadpool: Wade Wilson's War #2, Deadpool: Wade Wilson's War #2 review, Duane Swierczynski, Jason Pearson, Paul Mounts, VC's Clayton Cowles, Weekly Comic Book Review, Weekly Comic Reviews | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 13, 2010 by SoldierHawk
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Review, Comic Book Reviews, Deadpool, Deadpool: Wade Wilson's War #1, Duane Swierczynski, Jason Pearson, Paul Mounts, VC's Clayton Cowles, Wade Wilson, Wade Wilson's War #1 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 10, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Duane Swierczynski (writer), Gabriel Guzman (artist), Thomas Mason (colors), Axel Alonso (editor) The Story: Homecoming, Part 2: This issue is part of the build-up to the X-Men: Second Coming event. Seventeen-year-old Hope has decided it is time to join to X-Men in the present. Cable’s time gizmo isn’t very precise. It keeps landing on [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Axel Alonso, Bishop, Cable, Cable #22, Cable #22 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DS Arsenault, Duane Swierczynski, Gabriel Guzman, Hope, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Reviews, Reviews, Sebastian Girner, Thomas Mason, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, X-Men, X-Men, X-Men: Second Coming | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 13, 2009 by joelopez101
by Paul Cornell & Duane Swierczynski (writers), Leonard Kirk & Steve Dillon (art) The Story: From the ashes of this summer’s Avengers/X-Men Utopia extravaganza, Norman Osborn’s own Dark X-Men rise. The government-sanctioned team of mutant ne’er-do-wells are called to investigate a strange occurrence in California that leads to the resurrection of Nate Grey, X-Man! What’s [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Other | Tagged: Dark Beast, Dark X-Men #1, Dark X-Men #1 review, Duane Swierczynski, Leonard Kirk, Mimic, Mystique, Norman Osborn, Paul Cornell, Steve Dillon, Weapon Omega | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 10, 2009 by pozzyfreak
Deadpool Team-Up #899 By Fred Van Lente (Writer) and Dalibor Talajic (Art) The Story: Deadpool and Hercules, both plagued by nightmares, find themselves trapped in a strange labyrinth created by villains Nightmare and Arcade. The Good And The Bad: The first issue of Deadpool’s new series delivers everything I want from a comic featuring a [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Other, Reviews | Tagged: Agents of Atlas, Arcade, Assault on New Olympus #1 Review, Brian Reber, Cable, Chris Host, Comic Book Reviews, Dalibor Talajic, Deadpol Team-Up #899 Review, Deadpool, Duane Swierczynski, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Fco Plascencia, Fred Van Lente, Gabriel Hardman, Greg Pak, Guillem Mari, Harvey Talibao, Haunt #2 Review, Hebe, Hope, Image Comics, Incredible Hercules, Jeff Parker, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Matt Hollingsworth, Nightmare, Paul Neary, Psylocke, Psylocke #1 Review, Robert Kirkman, Rodney Bischemi, Ryan Ottley, Spider-Man, Steve Dillon, The Rest of the Stack, Todd McFarlane, Ulises Arreola, Wade Wilson, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, X-Men | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 17, 2009 by pozzyfreak
Some Thoughts Before The Review: Deadpool stories by some of my favorite writers?! Needless to say, I have some pretty high expectations for Deadpool #900. “Close Encounters of the F*cked-up Kind” By Jason Aaron (Writer), Chris Staggs (Pencils), Juan Vlasco (Inks), and Marte Gracia (Colors) The Story: Aliens abduct Deadpool. You probably know what happens [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Charlie Houston, Chris Staggs, Comic Book Reviews, Dalibor Talajic, Damion Scott, Dave McCaig, Deadpool, Deadpool #900, Deadpool #900 Review, Duane Swierczynski, Fred Van Lente, James Felder, Jason Aaron, Joe Kelly, Juan Vlasco, Kyle Baker, Kyle Posluszny, Lee Loughridge, Marte Gracia, Marvel Comics, Merc With a Mouth, Mike Benson, Nathan Massengill, Pete Woods, Rob Liefeld, Sanford Greene, Shannon Blanchard, Shawn Crystal, Victor Gischler, Wade Wilson, Walden Wong, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 28, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost (Writer), Clayton Crain (Art), and Duane Swierczynski & Ariel Olivetti (Epilogue) Some Thoughts Before The Review: One… more… comic… Just one more… The Messiah War is almost over… The Story: The Messiah War comes to a close as everything comes to a head. Apocalypse, followed by Death, seeks to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Apocalypse, Ariel Olivetti, Bishop, Cable, Christopher Yost, Clayton Crain, Comic Book Reviews, Craig Kyle, Death, Domino, Duane Swierczynski, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel comic Reviews, Messiah War, Messiah War Chapter 7 Review, Stryfe, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-23, X-Force, X-Force #16 Review, X-Men | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 17, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Duane Swierczynski (Writer) and Ariel Olivetti (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: At best, the Messiah War crossover has been disappointing. At worst, it’s been a complete waste of time and money. I wonder if the final chapters can make a difference? The Story: Deadpool, X-23, Vanisher, and Domino find the source of the [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Apocalypse, Ariel Olivetti, Bishop, Cable, Cable #15 Review, comic reviews, Deadpool, Duane Swierczynski, Elixir, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Messiah War, Messiah WAr Chapter 6 review, Stryfe, Vanisher, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-23, X-Force | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 6, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Duane Swierczynski (Writer) and Ariel Olivetti (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’ve pretty much given up on any hope that Messiah War is going to end up being a truly worthy follow-up to the fantastic Messiah Complex event. While the crossover has been entertaining enough, it lacks the sense of urgency and intensity [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Angel, Apocalypse, Archangel, Ariel Olivetti, Bishop, Cable, Cable #14 Review, Christopher Yost, Clayton Crain, comic reviews, Craig Kyle, Crossover, Deadpool, Domino, Duane Swierczynski, Elixir, event, Hope, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Marvel Reviews, Messiah Complex, Messiah War, Messiah war Chapter 4 review, Mike Choi, Sonia Oback, Stryfe, Torture, Vanisher, Warpath, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-Force, X-Force/Cable Messiah War Chapter 4, X-Men, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 1, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Duane Swierczynski (Writer) and Ariel Olivetti (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Messiah War got off to a solid start last week despite the fact that half of chapter one was spent on recapping the past. Now, with the pieces in place and the main players introduced into the event, I look forward to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Archangel, Ariel Olivetti, Ben Berger, Bishop, Cable, Cable #13 Review, Comic Commentary, Comics, Deadpool, Discussion, Domino, Duane Swierczynski, Elixir, Forum, future, Graphic Novels, Hope, Issues, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Messiah Baby, Messiah Complex, Messiah War, Messiah War Chapter 2 Review, omnibus, Raymond Hilario, Reviews, Rob G., Stryfe, Time Travel, Tony Rakittke, Vanisher, Warpath, WCBR, Wednesday Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-23, X-Force, X-Men, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 28, 2009 by tonyrak
By Duance Swierczynski (writer), Kano (artist) The Story: Another story chronicling the adventures of Iron Fists throughout histor… This standalone issue tells the tale of Li Park, K’un-Lun’s only pacifist Immortal Weapon. Inheriting the mantle intended for his younger brother, Li is more of a dreamer than a fighter, and would rather seek peaceful resolutions [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Comics, Danny Rand, Duane Swierczynski, Immortal Iron Fist 24, Iron Fist, Kano, Li Park, Marvel Comics, Reviews, Weekly Comic Book Review, Weekly Comic Reviews, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 5, 2009 by tonyrak
By Duane Swierczynski (writer), Travel Foreman (artist), Matt Milla (colorist) The Story: It has long been rumored throughout the seven capital cities of heaven that there is in fact a mysterious eighth city, and Danny Rand has just found it. After acquiring a map in the lair of a monster that nearly killed him, Rand [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Danny Rand, Duane Swierczynski, Escape from the Eighth City, Immortal Iron Fist 22, Matt Milla, Travel Foreman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 31, 2008 by tonyrak
By Duane Swierczynski (writer), Timothy Green (artist), Edward Bola (colorist) The Story: Just in time for the holidays, Swierczynski delivers what is easily his finest work to date on Iron Fist. Before the next major story arc begins, this on shot tale of eternal hope focuses on the arrival of the Iron Fist of 3099: [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Duane Swierczynski, Edward Bola, Fat Cobra, Iron Fist, Marvel Comics, The Immortal Iron Fist #21, Timothy Green, Wah Sing Rand | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 8, 2008 by tonyrak
By Duane Swierczynski (writer), Travel Foreman & Russ Heath (artists), Matt Milla (colorist) The Story: Danny Rand has had better days. Having just celebrated his 33rd birthday, Rand discovered that all but one of his predecessors have died in combat at age 33. Their killer is a beast called Ch’i-Lin, a mystical creature that feeds [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ch'i-Lin, Colleen Wing, Danny Rand, Duane Swierczynski, Immortal Iron First #20, Luke Cage, Matt Milla, Misty Knight, Russ Heath, Travel Foreman, Zhou Cheng | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 1, 2008 by andrewcmurphy
By Duane Swierczynski (Writer) and Ariel Olivetti (Artist) Let’s talk about padding. That’s right, padding. You know, when you stretch things out with lots of stuff that doesn’t really have any substance? Let’s fiiiiiiiiiilllll things in with a little padding. Padding. Cable #7 is full of it. Padding, that is. I know that comics no [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ariel Olivetti, Bishop, Cable, Cable #7, Cyclops, Duane Swierczynski, Marvel Comics, X-Men | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 29, 2008 by pozzyfreak
By Duane Swierczynski (Writer), Travel Foreman (Artist), Russ Heath (Artist pgs. 1-4), Matt Milla (Color Art) I have to hand it to Duane Swierczynski for managing to maintain a majority of the momentum left from the fantastic Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction run. He wisely picked up the plot thread with the most immediate potential, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: 33rd Birthday, Action, Danny Rand, Duane Swierczynski, Ed Brubaker, Fighting, Heroes for Hire, Immortal Iron Fist #18, Kwai Jun-Fan, Luke Cage, Marvel, Matt Fraction, Matt Milla, Reviews, Russ Heath, Travel Foreman | Leave a Comment »
Cable #13 (Messiah War Chapter 2) – Review
By Duane Swierczynski (Writer) and Ariel Olivetti (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Messiah War got off to a solid start last week despite the fact that half of chapter one was spent on recapping the past. Now, with the pieces in place and the main players introduced into the event, I look forward to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Archangel, Ariel Olivetti, Ben Berger, Bishop, Cable, Cable #13 Review, Comic Commentary, Comics, Deadpool, Discussion, Domino, Duane Swierczynski, Elixir, Forum, future, Graphic Novels, Hope, Issues, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Messiah Baby, Messiah Complex, Messiah War, Messiah War Chapter 2 Review, omnibus, Raymond Hilario, Reviews, Rob G., Stryfe, Time Travel, Tony Rakittke, Vanisher, Warpath, WCBR, Wednesday Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-23, X-Force, X-Men, X-Men | Leave a Comment »