Posted on April 25, 2012 by paladinking
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Pepe Larraz (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor enters a vault containing an ancient evil while Donald Blake tries to make a deal with the devil (NOT Mephisto). The Review: After last month’s incredibly hollow conclusion, I said I probably wouldn’t be around for issue 13. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, All-Mother, Asgardia, Avengers, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Donald Blake, Enchantress, Frank D'Armata, Mares, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Mighty Thor, Mighty Thor #13, Pepe Larraz, Thor, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 2, 2012 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writer), Giuseppe Camuncoli (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) The Story: With Asgard under siege, Thor battles his imposter while Freyja steps down to challenge Karnilla. The Review: This issue reminded quite a bit of Fear Itself’s failings. There were a lot of really big things that occurred in this issue, a lot of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, All-Mother, Asgardia, Asgardians, Avengers, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Demogorge, Frank D'Armata, Freyja, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Heimdall, Karnilla, Kelda, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Mighty Thor, Mighty Thor #12, Mighty Thor 12 review, Queen of the Norns, Thor, trolls, Ulik, Ulik the Troll, Valhalla, Volstagg, Warriors Three, weekly, Weekly Comic Book Review | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 10, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott & Chris Yost (writers), Giuseppe Camuncoli (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: The conclusion of a 2-part story where Spidey & Human Torch try to save Col. Jameson from a doomed space station. A Few Things: 1. Massive credit to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #681, Amazing Spider-Man #681 review, Chris Yost, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Frank D'Armata, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Human Torch, Joe Caramagna, Klaus Jansen, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 3, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott & Chris Yost (writers), Giuseppe Camuncoli (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: There’s an emergency in space and it’s Spidey to the rescue. A Few Things: 1. Fun bouncy adventure. - What has made Slott’s ASM run so good is [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man #680, Amazing Spider-Man #680 review, Chris Yost, Dan Slott, Frank D'Armata, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Klaus Janson | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Giuseppe Camuncoli (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor), Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spidey & Carlie Cooper work together to take down the Vulture gang. Five Things: 1. Glad to have “Classic Vulture” back. - As I think I mentioned last issue, the redo [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #675, Amazing Spider-Man #675 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Frank D'Armata, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Joe Caramagna, Klaus Janson, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Vulture | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Giuseppe Camuncoli (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spider-Island is over and a certain winged foe of Spidey is back. Five Things: 1. Much better approach to the Vulture! When ASM freshened up all of Spidey’s classic [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #674, Amazing Spider-Man #674 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Frank D'Armata, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Hobgoblin, Joe Caramagna, Kingpin, Klaus Jansen, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Vulture | 9 Comments »
Posted on November 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Carlos Pacheco (pencils), Cam Smith (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: We’ve seen Team Wolverine’s light-hearted high school. Surely Team Cyclops will be up to more adult things. Five Things: 1. Really like the more adult tone of this title. It’s too soon [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Cam Smith, Carlos Pacheco, Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, review, Sebastian Girner, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #1, Uncanny X-Men #1 review | 19 Comments »
Posted on July 13, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Jason Aaron (writer), Carlos Pacheco (penciller), Cam Smith (inker), Frank D’Armata (colorist) The Story: Cyclops, as leader of the world’s mutants, goes to an arms control conference, bringing Wolverine as his security. Midway through Cyclops’ speech advocating peace and disarmament (in this case, not for nukes, but for sentinels), a telepathic mutant comes in [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Cam Smith, Carlos Pacheco, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Cyclops, DS Arsenault, Emma Frost, Frank D'Armata, Jason Aaron, Magneto, Marvel, Marvel Comics, review, Reviews, Scott Summers, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men Schism #1, X-Men Schism #1 review | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 6, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Carlos Pacheco (pencils), Cam Smith, Dan Green & Nathan Lee (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Magneto needs a little PR work and the X-Men try to foil some fraudulent AIM agents. What’s Good: This issue does [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Cam Smith, Carlos Pacheco, Comic Book Reviews, Dan Green, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nathan Lee, Nick Lowe, review, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #534.1, Uncanny X-Men #534.1 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | 6 Comments »
Posted on March 26, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Mark Waid (writer), Jorge Molina (pencils), Karl Kesel (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), VC’s Joe Sabino (letters and production) The Story: Cap struggles with finding himself back “home” in the 40s…but without his comrades and without a war to fight. And with Kang still on the loose, he must also find a way to warn [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Captain America Man Out of Time #5 review, Captain America: Man Out Of Time, Captain America: Man Out of Time #5, Frank D'Armata, Jorge Molina, Karl Kesel, Mark Waid, VC's Joe Sabino, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 26, 2010 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramanga (letters) & Alejandro Arbona (Associate Editor) The Story: “Team Iron Man” has to fend off an attack by Detroit Steel and his squadron of iPhone-controlled killer drones. What’s good: Finally…action! This story has been brewing for a long time, so it was nice [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alejandro Arbona, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #32 review, Invincible Iron Man 32, Iron Man, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, Matt Fraction, review, Salvador Larocca, Weekly Comic Book Review | 8 Comments »
Posted on November 6, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By Mark Waid (writer), Jorge Molina (pencils), Frank D’Armata (colors), VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: En route to their new assignment, Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes discover a prototype bomber drone that has been hijacked by the Nazis. In a daring feat befitting their heroic alter-egos, the pair leap onto the drone, which they [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Captain America, Captain America: Man Out Of Time, Captain America: Man Out Of Time #1, Captain America: Man Out Of Time #1 review, Captain America: Man Out Time #1 review, Comic Book Reviews, Frank D'Armata, George Molina, Mark Waid, VC's Joe Sabino, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 13, 2010 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: The penultimate chapter of the Stark Resilient / Detroit Steel story arc is here. Can Stark demonstrate his new electric car for adoring fans while the Hammers are trying to kill him? What’s Good: This issue really shows off [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Invincible Iron Man, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN # 31 review, Invincible Iron Man #31, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, Matt Fraction, review, Salvador Larocca, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 11, 2010 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (Artist), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: After five issues of very decompressed storytelling, we finally get to the point where we learn the Hammer ladies’ ultimate plan against Tony Stark. What’s Good: Okay, I finally feel like this series has its feet under it again. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #30, Invincible Iron Man #30 review, Iron Man, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, Matt Fraction, review, Salvador Larocca, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 11, 2010 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Pepper Potts get her new suit of armor and Tony tries to rebuild his company. What’s Good: This story is finally starting to come around and I think it just took Fraction a few issues to reestablish a status [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #29, Invincible Iron Man #29 review, Iron Man, Joe Caramagna, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Pepper Potts, review, Salvador Larocca | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 14, 2010 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Entrepreneurship is hard! Tony Stark continues rebuilding his new company and the Hammer’s Detroit Steel has a link to an old enemy. What’s Good: For a comic that again features zero action and lots of talking heads (i.e. exactly [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #28, Invincible Iron Man #28 review, Iron Man, Joe Caramagna, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, review, Salvador Larocca, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 10, 2010 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Tony Stark continues the somewhat boring rebuilding of his commercial empire, Pepper Potts wants her repulsor disc back and terrorists strike in Tokyo. What’s Good: I’m enjoying the growth of Pepper and her desire to have the repulsor disc [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #27, Invincible Iron Man #27 review, Iron Man, Joe Caramagna, Marvel Comics, Marvel Heroic Age, Matt Fraction, review, Salvador Larocca, Tony Stark, War Machine, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 19, 2010 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Tony Stark continues to try to rebuild his life and business after rebooting his brain (and losing the last few years of memories) a few issues ago. What’s Good: I really enjoy the way Fraction is playing up the fact [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #26, Invincible Iron Man #26 review, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Joe Caramagna, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Reviews, Salvador Larocca, Weekly Comic Book Review, weekly comic book reviews | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 28, 2010 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Laying low by the erasure of his last several years of memories AND the complete destruction of his company and fortune, Tony Stark starts to rebuild his life and his business. What’s Good: A lot of bang for the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #25, Invincible Iron Man #25 review, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man for new readers, Joe Caramagna, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, review, Salvador Larocca, Tony Stark | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 4, 2009 by pozzyfreak
by Warren Ellis (Writer), Phil Jimenez (Pencils), Andy Lanning (Inks), and Frank D’Armata (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Art hang-ups and the lack of plot development aside, the Warren Ellis/Phil Jimenez run on Astonishing X-Men got off to a pretty nice start. As a fan of the Brood, I can’t help but look forward [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Other, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Brand, Andy Lanning, Armor, Astonishing X-Men, Astonishing X-Men #32, Astonishing X-Men #32 Review, Beast, Coming Book Reviews, Cyclops, Frank D'Armata, Joss Whedon, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Phil Jimenez, Sentinel, Storm, The Brood, Warren Ellis, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 8, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Warren Ellis (Writer), Phil Jimenez (Pencils), Andy Lanning (Inks), and Frank D’Armata (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Warren Ellis’ first Astonishing arc was held back a bit by Simone Bianchi’s inconsistent, occasionally ugly artwork. With Phil Jimenez now on board, I’m hoping that the artwork consistently does justice to Ellis’ storytelling. If Jimenez’s [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Brand, Andy Lanning, Armor, Astonishing X-Men, Astonishing X-Men #31, Astonishing X-Men #31 Review, Beast, Comic Book Reviews, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Frank D'Armata, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Phil Jimenez, The Brood, Warren Ellis, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 30, 2009 by pozzyfreak
Superman: Secret Origin #1 Geoff Johns (Writer), Gary Frank (Pencils), Jon Sibal (Inks) The Good and the Bad: Superman: Secret Origin is a near perfect “jump-on point” for those who haven’t picked up a Superman book in a long time. In this new mini-series Geoff Johns and Gary Frank don’t offer us a mere summary [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Other, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: aliens, Avatar Press, Avengers: The Initiative #28, Avengers: The Initiative #28 Review, Carrick Masterson, Christos N. Gage, Comic Book Reviews, Dale Keown, Dark Reign, Darkness Pitt #2 Review, Darkness/Pitt #2, Digikore Studios, Edgar Delgado, Frank D'Armata, FX7, Gary Frank, Geoff Johns, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Jon Sibal, Juan Jose Ryp, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, No Hero #7, No Hero #7 Review, Norman Osborn, Paul Jenkins, Pitt, Rafa Sandoval, Roger Bonet, Superman Secret Origin #1, SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN #1 review, The Initiative, The Rest of the Stack, Timmy, Top Cow, Warren Ellis, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 16, 2009 by rsg8101
By Matt Fraction (writer) Salvador Larocca (pencils, inks), and Frank D’Armata (colors) The Story: Tony Stark’s number is just about up as he takes a last ditch effort to save his body by utilizing the first armor he ever built. However, his mind is past saving as he makes one final move while Norman goes [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, Frank D'Armata, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN # 18 review, Invincible Iron Man #18, Marvel Reviews, Matt Fraction, Salvador Larocca, The Invincible Iron Man, The Invincible Iron Man # 18, The Invincible Iron Man # 18 - Review, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 3, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Matt Fraction (Writer), Salvado Larroca (Art), and Frank D’Armata (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: As Matt Fraction gets closer to the conclusion of the epic “World’s Most Wanted” arc, I’m beginning to think there isn’t a happy ending in Tony Stark’s future. Especially now that Marvel has released the ominous “Stark on a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Black Widow, Comic Book Reviews, Dark Reign, Disney, Frank D'Armata, Invincible Iron Man #17 Review, Invinicible Iron Man, Kyle Posluszny, Mariah Hill, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Norman Osborn, Salvador Larroca, Tony Stark, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, World's Most Wanted, World's Most Wanted Chapter 10 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 18, 2009 by tonyrak
By Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (artist), Frank D’Armata (colorist) On the run, depowered, and dethroned from the seat of power he built in Civil War and held through Secret Invasion, Tony Stark is now the world’s most wanted man; compliments of his usurper, Norman Osborn. Through a complex series of lies, executions, and skillful [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Dark Reign, Frank D'Armata, Graphic Novel Reader, H.A.M.M.E.R., Invincible Iron Man: World's Most Wanted HC, Iron Patriot, Maria Hill, Marvel, Matt Fraction, Norman Osborn, Pepper Potts, Salvador Larroca, Tony Rakittke, Tony Stark | 1 Comment »
