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Herc #9 – Review

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), David Hahn (penciller), Roy Richardson (inker), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: Herc’s daddy issues interferes with his getting it on with the woman he loves. The Review: After the completely baffling and apparently pointless crossover with Spider-Island, which seemed to include Herc only to sell some half-spider [...]

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Herc #8 – Review

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), June Brigman (penciller), Roy Richardson (inker), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: Herc learns that even a hideous mutation can’t stop him from scoring with the ladies. The Review: From what I’ve gathered, Spider-Island sure sounds like a fun romp.  But from the point of view of this [...]

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Herc #7 – Review

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), June Brigman (penciller), Roy Richardson (inker), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: Spider-Herc, Spider-Herc, / does whatever a Spider-Herc does. The Review: Once upon a time, crossovers were a rare, novel event.  Then they became frequent pleasures, then common fool’s errands.  Now they come about every other month, [...]

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Incredible Hulks #635 – Review

Posted on September 1, 2011 by dfstell

Heart of the Monster by: Greg Pak (writer), Paul Pelletier (art), Danny Miki (inks), Morry Hollowell (colors) & Simon Bowland (letters) Conclusion by: Pak (writer), Tom Grummett (art), Cory Hamscher & Scott Hanna (inks), Jesus Aburtov (colors) & Bowland (letters) Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Greg Pak wraps up the [...]

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Herc #6 – Review

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Neil Edwards (penciller), Cory Hamscher (inker), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: Brother, do you know the Truth about Herc?  Oh, ye of little faith… The Review: For the last couple issues, I’ve concluded that even with the Fear Itself brand and obligatory tie-in issues, this title hasn’t [...]

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Herc #5 – Review

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Neil Edwards (penciller), Cory Hamscher (inker), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: And here I thought New York City couldn’t get any weirder. The Review: Even though in both his mythic and comic book incarnations Hercules technically gets counted as a god (of heroes, no less), it’s hard [...]

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The Incredible Hulks #631 – Review

Posted on June 23, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Greg Pak (writer), Paul Pelletier (penciller), Danny Miki (inker), Morry Hollowell with Jesús Aburtou (colorists), Jake Thomas (assistant editor), Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Heart of the Monster, Part Two: OK. AIM scientist party-crashes on Red She-Hulk/Tyrannus lovefest to turn fountain of youth into a wishing well. Some dumb wishes get made, bringing back [...]

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Alpha Flight #1 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by dfstell

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Dale Eaglesham (pencils), Andrew Hennessy (inks), Sonia Oback (colors), Simon Bowland (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor), Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Alpha Flight is called into action to save Vancouver from one of the hammer-wielding “Worthy” of Fear Itself. What’s Good: This is a title that had [...]

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The Incredible Hulks #630 – Review

Posted on June 13, 2011 by dfstell

By: Greg Pak (writer), Paul Pelletier (pencils), Danny Miki (inks), Morry Hollowell (colors), Simon Bowland (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: The Hulk vs. Red She-Hulk love/hate affair continues, AIM gets involved and a wish fulfillment fountain erupts in Vegas.  Only in Vegas! What’s Good: This is yet another month [...]

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Quick-Hit Reviews – Week of May 25, 2011

Posted on May 31, 2011 by dfstell

A whole LOT of very solid comics last week.  We can’t review everything in-depth, so the least we can do is give you a quick-hit letting you know what we thought of an issue and whether it is worth picking up. Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #6 – Talk about not being what I expected!  I [...]

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Quick Hit Reviews – Week of May 18, 2011

Posted on May 24, 2011 by dfstell

Try as we might, there are always a few comics that slither through the cracks and don’t get the full review treatment here at WCBR.  Still, it probably makes sense to tell you whether we generally liked the issue or not.  Thus, the Quick Hit Reviews…. X-Men: Prelude to Schism #2  - In the category [...]

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Herc #3 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Neil Edwards (penciller), Scott Hanna (inker), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: None of you guys are holding, right?  She’ll get seriously mad if you’re holding. The Review: Sometimes crossover events can really hijack a title, forcing the storyline into a direction it never had any intention of [...]

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Quick Hits Reviews – Week of May 11, 2011

Posted on May 17, 2011 by dfstell

Try as we might, there are always a few titles that don’t get the full review treatment here at WCBR.  What can we say…  Those guys publish a LOT of comics and it’s hard to get to them all.   The Incredible Hulks #628 - If you’ve followed the news, you’ve probably seen that Greg Pak [...]

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Herc #2 – Review

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Neil Edwards & Scott Hanna (artists), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: Step right up and have your drink shaken, not stirred by a living legend!  Seriously. The Review: There are plenty of mythological figures running around in comics, two of the biggest being Thor and Wonder Woman [...]

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Quick Hit Reviews – Week of April 13, 2011

Posted on April 19, 2011 by dfstell

Try as we might, we can’t always do full reviews for every comic on the stands.  Thus, the Quick Hit Reviews…. Steve Rogers: Super Soldier Annual #1 - Leaving aside the awkwardness of having an Annual for a title that was a 4-issue miniseries that wrapped up ~6 months ago (silly editors!), this was a pretty [...]

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Herc #1 – Review

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Neil Edwards (penciller), Scott Hanna (inker), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: Uh-oh…does the incredible Hercules have a little boo-boo? The Review: Despite being one of the most likable and collaborative heroes around, Hercules’ godlike powers don’t really allow him to mix up with his fellow Avengers and [...]

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Quick Hit Reviews – Week of March 23, 2011

Posted on March 29, 2011 by dfstell

Amazing what a sneaky heavy week of comics last week was, eh?  But, we here at WCBR endeavor to bring you the broadest coverage possible, even when we can’t get a full review up for every comic on the stands…. Daredevil Reborn #3 – Ugh.  This is really not good!  I hate to be flip at [...]

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Quick Hit Reviews Week of Feb. 16, 2011

Posted on February 22, 2011 by dfstell

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 [...]

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Chaos War #5 – Review

Posted on January 27, 2011 by dfstell

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Khoi Pham (pencils), Thomas Palmer & Bob McLeod (inks), Sunny Gho (colors), Simon Bowland (letters) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Time for the final throwdown battle between Herc and the Chaos King! What’s Good: This Herc storyline wrapped up in a really nice and fun way. [...]

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WCBR Quick Hit Reviews Dec-22-2010

Posted on December 28, 2010 by dfstell

We all have pretty long pull lists and every week there are a few titles we read that we simply don’t have time to give a full review.  Some are good and some are bad… Uncanny X-Men #531 – Fraction’s script of the second chapter of ‘Quarantine’ moves along rather nicely. The addition of Keiron [...]

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Chaos War #4 – Review

Posted on December 17, 2010 by dfstell

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writer), Khoi Pham (pencils), Thomas Palmer (inks), Sunny Gho (colors), Simon Bowland (letters) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Now that the Chaos King has given the beat-down to just about the entire Marvel U., how is anyone going to stand up to him? What’s Good: This issue [...]

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Incredible Hulks #618 – Review

Posted on December 12, 2010 by dfstell

By: Greg Pak (writer), Paul Pelletier (pencils), Danny Miki (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), Simon Bowland (letters) & Mark Paniccia (editor) A-Bomb back-up by: Jeff Parker (writer), Yacine Elghorri (art), Bowland (letters) & Jordan White (editor) The Story: The Hulk family is sucked into the Chaos War. What’s Good: Kudos to Pak and editor Paniccia to [...]

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Dean’s Drive-by Reviews…

Posted on November 30, 2010 by dfstell

My pull list is way too long, so it seems like every week there are a few comics that neither I (nor any of my WCBR colleagues) has time to review thoroughly, but it still seems fair to give them the praise (or scorn) they deserve. Skull-Kickers #3 – I was a little hard on [...]

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Chaos War #3 – Review

Posted on November 3, 2010 by dfstell

By: Fred Van Lente & Greg Pak (writers), Khoi Pham (art), Sunny Gho (colors) & Simon Bowland (letters) The Story: The Chaos King ramps up his attack on the godly realms. What’s Good: If you were not a religious Hercules reader (and perhaps even if you were), Chaos War #1 was pretty uneven.  After reading [...]

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Chaos War #2 – Review

Posted on October 22, 2010 by dfstell

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Khoi Pham (pencils), Thomas Palmer (inks), Sunny Gho (colors) & Simon Bowland (letters) The Story: The Chaos King continues his assault, taking on underworld as Herc tries to raise a squad of immortals to defend the universe. What’s Good: There was just something wrong with Chaos War [...]

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