Posted on February 16, 2012 by Roman Colombo
Written by Ed Brubaker, Art by Butch Guice, Colors by Bettie Breitweiser The Story: What’s a machine-gun toting Gorilla doing in my spy story? What’s a spy doing in my Gorilla story? The Writing: Gorillas, secret villain auctions, Doctor Doom, Nick Fury kicking ass, and Bucky and Natasha reminding us why they’re the best spies in comics, and [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Black Widow, Bucky Barnes, Butch Guice, Captain America, Dr. Doom, Ed Brubaker, Marvel Comics, Nick Fury, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Winter Soldier, Winter Soldier #2, Winter Soldier #2 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 12, 2012 by DS Arsenault
By: Ed Brubaker (writer), Alan Davis (penciler), Mark Farmer (inker), Laura Martin (colorist) The Story: Powerless, Part 3: Cap and Sharon manage to eke out a victory in a tough fight with the Serpent Squad only for Cap to lose his powers once again. Why? Who’s behind this? Sharon has one theory and the investigation [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Alan Davis, Captain America, Captain America #8, Captain America #8 review, COBRA, Comic Book Reviews, DS Arsenault, Ed Brubaker, Eel, Jack Kirby, Laura Martin, Machinesmith, Mark Farmer, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Mike Zeck, Powerless, Queen Hydra, review, Sharon Carter, Steve Rogers, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 5, 2012 by paladinking
by Ed Brubaker (writing), Sean Phillips (art), and Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: Mysterious assassins in bowler hats! Exploding airplanes! Cultists! Nazis! The Review: Breathe a sigh of relief: Fatale is just as good as you were hoping it might be and only further substantiates the fact that the team of Brubaker and Phillips can [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Ed Brubaker, Fatale, Fatale #1 review, Fatale 1, Image Comics, Lovecraft, noir, Sean Phillips, Weekly Comic Book Review | 8 Comments »
Posted on December 30, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: James Asmus and Ed Brubaker (story), James Asmus (script), Francesco Francavilla (artist) The Story: The first replacement Bucky, the one who took over with the replacement Cap in 1945, is an old man now, telling stories on the veteran circuit, when something from the past comes back to haunt him. Assemble the real Cap, [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Bucky, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Captain America and Bucky #625, Captain America and Bucky #625 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DS Arsenault, Ed Brubaker, Francesco Francavilla, Human Torch, James Asmus, Marvel, Marvel Comics, original, review, Reviews, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Ed Brubaker & Marc Andreyko (writers), Chris Samnee (art), Bettie Breitweiser (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), John Denning (assistant editor) & Lauren Sankovitch (editor) The Story: Bucky is now the Winter Soldier. Five things: 1. Chris Samnee is just incredible! – I hate to say someone’s art is “the best” because “the best” is so [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Captain America and Bucky, Captain America and Bucky #624, Captain America and Bucky #624 review, Chris Samnee, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, Joe Caramagna, John Denning, Lauren Sankovitch, Marc Andreyko, Marvel, review, Winter Soldier | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Various. (Seriously….it’s half the creative talent at Marvel) The Story: Marvel teases what is to come in 2012 in this 7-part, 64-page anthology-ish issue. Seven Things: 1. Behold the Watcher. This was the spine of the issue and it showed a couple of guys in spacesuits fiddling with The Watcher while he slept. And [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Brian Michael Bendis, Bryan Hitch, Chris Yost, David Lapham, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, Ed McGuinness, Fred Van Lente, Javier Pulido, Javier Rodriguez, Jeph Loeb, Marvel, Matt Fraction, Point One, Point One #1, Point One #1 review, review, Roberto De La Torre, Ryan Stegman, Salvador Larroca, Terry Dodson | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 4, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Ed Brubaker & Marc Andreyko (writers), Chris Samnee (artist), Bettie Breitweiser (color artist), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Back in Word War II, Bucky tries hard to fit in as the only non-super powered member of the Invaders. What’s Good: Remember all that irritated bellyaching I did about Bucky back when he was [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Captain America and Bucky, Captain America and Bucky #622 review, Chris Samnee, Ed Brubaker, Marc Andreyko, VC'S Joe Caramagna, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 27, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Ed Brubaker (writer), Steve McNiven (pencils), Jay Listen (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters & production) The Story: Ameridroid (!) draws Cap out for a battle, while Sharon must contend with Baron Zemo. What’s Good: We as readers are very lucky that Steve McNiven is penciling this issue. Extended fight scenes (which [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Captain America, Captain America #3 review, Ed Brubaker, Jay Listen, Justin Ponsor, Steve McNiven, VC'S Joe Caramagna, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 20, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Ed Brubaker (writer), Steve McNiven (penciler), Jay Leisten with Dexter Vines (inkers), Justin Ponsor (colorist), VC’s Caramagna & Cowles (letters and production) The Story: Cap finds himself face to face with the menace that is Hydra once again. This time, however, he has a young and wholly-unexpected ally by his side: the dimension-hopping Jimmy [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Captain America, Captain America #2, Captain America #2 review, Dexter Vines, Ed Brubaker, Jay Leisten, Justin Ponsor, Steve McNiven, VC's Caramagna & Cowles, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 17, 2011 by dfstell
By: Ed Brubaker (writer), Sean Phillips (art) & Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: Will Reilly get away with killing his wife in this Archie-inspired Criminal series? What’s Good: I’ve heard writer Ed Brubaker give interviews saying that once he’s done being a hot-shot “Marvel architect”, he’d like to spend the end of his career writing [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Criminal, Criminal: Last of the Innocent #3, Criminal: Last of the Innocent #3 review, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, ed brubaker criminal, Last of the Innocent, Marvel, review, Sean Phillips, Val Staples | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 15, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Ed Brubaker (writer), Steve McNiven (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors) and VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters & production) What’s Good: Ed Brubaker has been touting Cap #1 as a fresh start for the series almost since it was announced, and he is absolutely true to his word. This issue functions as a handy [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Captain America, Captain America #1, Captain America #1 review, Ed Brubaker, Justin Ponsor, Mark Morales, Steve McNiven, VC'S Joe Caramagna, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
Posted on June 23, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice w/ Stefano Gaudiano & Mitch Breitweiser & Chris Samnee (artists), Bettie Breitweiser (color art), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters/production) The Story: Still trapped inside a Russian gulag for crimes committed as the Winter Soldier, Bucky makes a horrifying discovery that necessitates his immediate escape. But, surrounded by enemies, outnumbered and [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Butch Guice, Captain America, Captain America #619, Captain America #619 review, Chris Samnee, Ed Brubaker, Mitch Breitweiser, Stefano Gaudiano, VC'S Joe Caramagna, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Ed Brubaker (writer), Sean Phillips (art) & Val Staples (colors) The Story: A man returns his small town home when his father becomes ill and becomes embroiled in some nasty family drama. What’s Good: What a nice first issue. We’ve been without Criminal for about a year since The Sinners wrapped up and the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Criminal, Criminal: Last of the Innocent #1, Criminal: Last of the Innocent #1 review, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, Icon, Last of the Innocent, Marvel, review, Sean Phillips, Val Staples | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 27, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice & Stefano Gaudiano and Chris Samnee (art), Bettie Breitweiser (colors) VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters/production) The Story: Bucky continues to fight for survival in he gulag while his friends try to figure out a way to help him escape without triggering an international incident. It also seems that Bucky’s return [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Butch Guice, Captain America, Captain America #618, Captain America #618 review, Chris Samnee, Ed Brubaker, Stefano Guadiano, VC'S Joe Caramagna, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 5, 2011 by dfstell
What a strong week for comics! Almost everything last week was at least “pretty good” and that makes us happy at WCBR. Even though we’ll do out duty and tell you when a comic SUCKS, we don’t take any pleasure in doing so and it’s a LOT more fun to talk about what was good. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alex Evans, Alex Maleev, Axel Medellin, Black Panther, Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #516, Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #516 review, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Captain America #616, Captain America #616 review, Daniel Acuna, David Liss, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, ELEPHANTMEN: MAN AND ELEPHANTMAN #1, ELEPHANTMEN: MAN AND ELEPHANTMAN #1 review, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors, Halcyon, Halcyon #4, Halcyon #4 review, Jason Aaron, Jefte Palo, Man and Elephantman, Marc Guggenheim, matthew southworth, Paul Tobin, Proof Endangered, Punisher in the Blood, PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD #5 review, PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD 5, Quick Hit Reviews, Richard Starkings, Rick Remender, Riley Rossmo, Ryan Bodenheim, Scarlet, Scarlet #5, Scarlet #5 review, Spider-Girl, Spider-Girl #5, Spider-Girl #5 review, Tara Butters, Wolverine | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Ed Brubaker (writer), Sean Phillips (art & letters) & Val Staples (colors) The Story: The plots that Zack Overkill has involved himself in come to a climax as he finally comes face to face with Simon Slaughter. Is he going to stay true to being a good agent, so slip back into his former [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, Icon, Incognito, Incognito: Bad Influences, Incognito: Bad Influences #5, Incognito: Bad Influences #5 review, Marvel, review, Sean Phillips, Val Staples | 6 Comments »
Posted on March 30, 2011 by paladinking
by Ed Brubaker (writer), Will Conrad (art), Rain Beredo & Sotocolor (colors), and Dave Lanphear (letters) The Story: Steve Rogers delves into the mind of John Steele, trying to figure out where it all went wrong. The Review: This isn’t an Avengers comic. Hell, it’s not even a team book. Rather, it seems like in [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Beast, Captain America, Civil War, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Ed Brubaker, Hank McCoy, John Steele, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Nazis, Secret Avengers, Secret Avengers #11, Secret Avengers #11 review, Steve Rogers, Weekly Comic Book Review, Will Conrad, WWII | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 24, 2011 by paladinking
by Ed Brubaker (writer), Mitch Breitweiser (art), Bettie Breitweiser (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Steve Rogers looks to both stop and save a new super soldier intent on taking up the mantle of Captain America. The Review: I like Bucky Barnes. I like Bucky-Cap. With that said, however, this is probably the best [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: AIM, Bettie Breitweiser, Captain America, Captain America #615, Captain America #615.1 review, Captain America 615.1, Dr. Malus, Ed Brubaker, Marvel .1, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Mitch Breitweiser, Nick Fury, Power Broker, Sharon Carter, Steve Rogers, WWII | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 17, 2011 by paladinking
by Ed Brubaker (writer), Scot Eaton (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Sunny Gho (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Sin seeks an ancient weapon from her father’s past. The Review: I’m often a bit wary when it comes to “prologue” issues. Will I get a solid comic and a sign of things to come, or [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Baron Strucker, Baron Zemo, Book of the Skull, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Ed Brubaker, Fear Itself, Fear Itself Prologue, Fear Itself: Book of the Skull, Fear Itself: Book of the Skull #1, Fear Itself: Book of the Skull #1review, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Namor, Nazis, Red Skull, Scot Eaton, Sin, Steve Rogers, Thule, Weekly Comic Book Review, World War II, WWII | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Ed Brubaker (writer), Sean Phillips (art & letters) and Val Staples (colors) The Story: Zack Overkill continues his dive into ethically troubling waters by playing a super-villain who went into witness protection and now is back undercover with the bad buys. What’s Good: This comic just exudes pulp and noir goodness. Even on a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bad Influences, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, Icon, Incognito, Incognito: Bad Influences, Incognito: Bad Influences #4, Incognito: Bad Influences #4 review, Marvel, review, Sean Phillips, Val Staples | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 26, 2011 by paladinking
by Ed Brubaker (writer), Mike Deodato & Will Conrad (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Dave Lanphear (letters) The Story: Steve Rogers and his Secret Avengers rush to save Shiang-Chi and halt Zheng Zu’s plans for resurrection. The Review: Secret Avengers #10 is one of those difficult issues to review in that while it does nothing [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Ant Man, Avengers, Black Widow, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Ed Brubaker, James Rhodes, John Steele, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Max Fury, Mike Deodato, Moon Knight, Natasha Romanova, Rain Beredo, Secret Avengers, Secret Avengers #10, Secret Avengers #10 review, Shadow Council, Shang-Chi, Sharon Carter, Steve Rogers, Thorndrake, Valkyrie, War Machine, Weekly Comic Book Review, Will Conrad, Zheng Zu | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 24, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice (pencils), Stefano Gaudiano w/ Rick Magyar and Butch Guice (inks), Bettie Breitweiser (colors), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: “The Trial of Captain America” arc comes to a conclusion as Bucky faces of with Master Man and Sin, and fights to rescue his friends as well as an American [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Butch Guice, Captain America #615, Captain America #615 review, Ed Brubaker, Rick Magyar, Stefano Guadiano, VC'S Joe Caramagna | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 22, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Andy Diggle, Pencils by Billy Tan Be Aware! Spoilers may lurk within! Marvel wasted no time in getting this one on the shelves (in fact, they’re getting even more aggressive with releasing their hardcovers) and I’m kind of glad for that, as I was looking forward to reading this as one collected piece. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Alex Maleev, Andy Diggle, Billy Tan, Brian Michael Bendis, Daredevil, Ed Brubaker, Ghost Rider, Iron Fist, Joe Quesada, Kevin Smith, Power Man, Shadowland, Shadowland hard cover, Thunderbolts | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Ed Brubaker (writer), Sean Phillips (art) and Val Staples (colors) The Story: Zack is in the soup now. What’s Good: This is a series that you need to be reading. Ed Brubaker is writing an awesome gritty/noir type story and Sean Phillips and Val Staples are illustrating the hell out of it. So far [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bad Influences, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, Icon, Incognito, Incognito #3 Review, Incognito: Bad Influences #3, Incognito: Bad Influences #3 review, Marvel, review, Sean Phillips, Val Staples | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 1, 2011 by dfstell
Got-dang! There were a lot of comics that came out last week! Even with all the reviewers at WCBR burning the midnight oil, it’s not always possible to get a full review up on everything when Marvel decides to release all of their Avengers and X-books in one week. Sheesh! But, still, we endure…. Uncanny [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: Alex Evans, Alex Grecian, Bill Willingham, Chaos War, Chaos War: X-Men #2, Chaos War: X-Men #2 review, Chris Claremont, Chris Yost, Craig Kyle, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, Fables, Fables #101, Fables #101 review, Greg Land, Image, Jeff Parker, Jim Zubkavich, Kev Walker, Kieron Gillen, Magneto #1, Magneto #1 review, Marjorie Liu, Marvel, Matt Fraction, Mike Deodato Jr., New Mutants, New Mutants #21, New Mutants #21 review, Proof Endangered, Proof: Endangered #2, Proof: Endangered #2 review, Punisher: In the Blood #3, Punisher: In the Blood #3 review, review, Riley Rossmo, Secret Avengers, Secret Avengers #9, Secret Avengers #9 review, Skullkickers, Skullkickers #5, Skullkickers #5 review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #152, Thunderbolts #152 review, Twilight Guardian, Twilight Guardian #1, Twilight Guardian #1 review, Ultimate Avengers 3 #6, Ultimate Avengers 3 #6 review, Ultimate Doom #2, Ultimate Doom #2 review, Ultimate Spider-Man #152, Ultimate Spider-Man #152 review, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #532, Uncanny X-Men #532 review, Vertigo, Will Conrad, X-23, X-Men: To Serve and Protect, X-Men: To Serve and Protect #3, X-Men: To Serve and Protect #3 review, Zeb Wells | 8 Comments »
