Posted on May 13, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
The Story: When these guys show up, it’s your signal to stock up on disaster insurance. The Review: Don’t take this as a sweeping statement of superhero movies, but I tend to think they work best when they’re just straight-up action-adventure vehicles. Just give people what they want: plenty of thrills and laughs, a solid [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Agent Coulson, Black Widow, Bruce Banner, Captain America, Clint Barton, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, Joss Whedon, Loki, Maria Hill, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Natasha Romanoff, Nick Fury, Pepper Potts, S.H.I.E.L.D., Steve Rogers, The Avengers, The Avengers movie, The Avengers movie review, Thor, Tony Stark | 14 Comments »
Posted on March 18, 2012 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Whilce Portacio (art), Allen Martinez (inks), Arif Prianto, Sakti Yuwono & Mashuri (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Hulk and Banner finally come to blows as Amanda von Doom sets the timer. The Review: Jason Aaron’s Incredible Hulk has been a bit of an oddity thus far. I can’t say [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Amanda Von Doom, Banner vs. Hulk, Bruce Banner, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dr. Doom, gamma bomb, Hulk, Incredible Hulk, Incredible Hulk #5, Incredible Hulk #6, Incredible Hulk #6 review, Jason Aaron, MAD Squad, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Mr. Gor, Victor von Doom, Weekly Comic Book Review, Whilce Portacio | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 16, 2012 by paladinking
by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Daniel Acuna (art), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers come to blows with Normal Osborn in their final battle for all the marbles. The Review: The last couple issues of Avengers, this one included, has been a real case study in just how far great art can carry [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: AIM, Alex Evans, Avengers, Avengers #24 review, Avengers 24, Barack Obama, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daniel Acuna, HAMMER War, Hawkeye, Hulk, Hydra, Iron Man, Madame Hydra, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Norman Osborn, Red Hulk, Shattered Heroes, Spider-Woman, Storm, the Hand, the Protector, Weekly Comic Book Review | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 1, 2012 by paladinking
by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Daniel Acuna (art) The Story: Daisy to the rescue! The Review: I’ve gone on at length in previous reviews of this book and New Avengers about the ill-conceived, half-baked nature of the HAMMER War. Put simply, it’s dumb, it doesn’t make sense, and the concept falls apart at its base [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: AIM, Alex Evans, Avengers, Avengers #23 review, Avengers 23, Avengers Mansion, Captain America, Clint Barton, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daisy Johnson, Gorgon, H.A.M.M.E.R., HAMMER War, hand ninjas, Hawkeye, Hulk, Hydra, Iron Man, Jessica Drew, Madame Hydra, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Norman Osborn, Obama, Quake, Red Hulk, Shattered Heroes, Spider-Woman, the Hand, Tony Stark, Vision, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 16, 2012 by Roman Colombo
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis, Pencils: Chris Bachalo, John Romita Jr., and Mike Deodato, Ikners: Tim Townsend, Jaimie Mendoza, Al Vey, Wayne Faucher, Victor Olazaba, Mark Irwin, Klaus Janson. Colorists: Chris Bachalo (double duty), Dean White, Paul Mounts, and Rain Beredo. Collecting Avengers #13-17 and New Avengers #14-16 The Story: The Avengers fight against FEAR ITS—I [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Avengers, Avengers: Fear Itself, Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Bachalo, Fear Itself, Fear Itself: Avengers, Fear Itself: Avengers (Hardcover), Fear Itself: Avengers (Hardcover) review, Fear Itself: Avengers review, Hulk, John Romita Jr., Marvel Comics, Marvel Graphic Novels, Mike Deadato, Mockingbird, Protector, Red Hulk, Roman Colombo, Squirrel Girl, The Thing | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking
by Brian Michael Bendis (writing), Daniel Acuna (art), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Norman Osborn confronts the Avengers as he and his allies prove to be a step ahead in their war on Cap and the gang. The Review: Well, it’s a hell of a lot better than the last issue of New Avengers. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: AIM, Alex Evans, Avengers, Avengers #20, Avengers #20 review, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daniel Acuna, H.A.M.M.E.R., HAMMER War, Hawkeye, Hulk, Hydra, Iron Man, Madame Hydra, Maria Hill, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Noh Varr, Norman Osborn, Protector, Shattered Heroes, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Vision, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writing), Marc Silvestri (line art), Sunny Gho (colors), and Ed Dukeshire (letters) The Story: Hulk tries to defend his moloid buddies from gamma-powered boar brothers 26 and 27. The Review: I’m fairly certain that this is one of those issues where you’re going to get reviews across quite a wide spectrum. The [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Amanda Von Doom, Boar Brothers, Bruce Banner, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Hulk, Hulk Asunder, Incredible Hulk, Incredible Hulk 3, Jason Aaron, MAD Squad, Marc Silvestri, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Moloids, Mr. Gor, Subterranea, Sunny Gho, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 7, 2011 by jmiddle3
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Terry Dodson (penciller), Rachel Dodson (inker), Sonia Oback (colorist), John Denning & Jake Thomas (assistant editors), Alejandro Arbona (associate editor) The Story: “Hey Iron Fist! We’re getting the band back together… Wanna be our roadie?” The Review: You might have heard that Matt Fraction described this book as “the Avengers meets [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Dr. Strange, Hulk, Iron Fist, Matt Fraction, Namor, Rachel Dodson, She Hulk, Silver Surfer, Sonia Oback, Terry Dodson, The Defenders, The Defenders #1, The Defenders #1 review | 9 Comments »
Posted on November 16, 2011 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Marc Silvestri, Whilce Portacio, & Billy Tan (pencils), Michael Broussard & Eric Basaldua (pencil assists), Scott Hanna (finishes), Joe Weems, Rick Basaldua, Jay Leisten, Don Ho, & Crimelab Studios (inks), Sunny Gho (colors), and Ed Dukeshire (letters) The Story: Hulk meets the MAD Squad and man, oh man, I think Bruce [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Betty Ross, Billy Tan, Bruce Banner, coic reviews, Comic Book Reviews, Hulk, Incredible Hulk, Incredible Hulk 2, Jason Aaron, MAD Squad, Marc Silvestri, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Moloids, Red She-Hulk, Scott Hanna, The Incredible Hulk #2, The Incredible Hulk #2 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Whilce Portacio | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Patch Zircher (artist), Rachelle Rosenberg (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Hulk of Arabia continues with all kinds of interesting characters making guest appearances. Five things: 1). Love the contemporary feel of this story. This idea of Red Hulk/Rulk and some Secret Avengers [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Hulk, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, Patch Zircher, Rachelle Rosenberg, review | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Patch Zircher (artist), Rachelle Rosenberg (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Jeff Parker cues up a new story-cycle for Red Hulk with the big guy headed into the Middle East. What’s Good: I really liked how Jeff Parker kicked off a new storyline [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Hulk, Hulk #42, Hulk #42 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, Patch Zircher, Rachelle Rosenberg, review | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 24, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Gabriel Hardman (artist), Bettie Breitweiser (colorist), Ed Dukeshire (letterer), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: The big battle between Rulk and Omegex is upon us, plus a look back at Thunderbolt Ross’ life. What’s Good: Let’s start with what a nice issue this is to look at. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Ed Dukeshire, Gabriel Hardman, Hulk, Hulk #41, Hulk #41 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Gabriel Hardman (artist), Bettie Breitweiser & Jim Charalampidis (colorists), Ed Dukeshire (letterer), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Red Hulk and Omegex fight and Rulk gets some unexpected allies. What’s Good: Boy will I miss Gabriel Hardman when he leaves this title. This is such an attractive [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Gabriel Hardman, Hulk, Hulk #40, Hulk #40 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Jim Charalampidis, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Gabriel Hardman (artist), Bettie Breitweiser (colorist), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Red Hulk visits the old family farm and Omegex finally strikes. What’s Good: While this issue isn’t perfect, it has a lot of goodies. For one thing, it features the top-shelf art [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Gabriel Hardman, Hulk, Hulk #39, Hulk #39 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 12, 2011 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin & Milla Molinar (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Thor fights for his life against the Worthified Hulk and Thing, Cap grapples with Sin, and Tony Stark cuts a deal with Odin. What’s Good: Do you like big, explosive, set-piece action [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Avengers, Ben Grimm, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fear Itself, Fear Itself #5, Fear Itself #5 review, Franklin Richards, Future Foundation, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, New Avengers, Odin, Peter Parker, Red Skull, Sin, Skadi, Spider-Man, Steve Rogers, Stuart Immonen, the Serpent, The Thing, the Worthy, Thor, Tony Stark, Val Richards, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 4, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Elena Casagrande (artist), Bettie Breitweiser & Jim Charalampidis (colorists), Ed Dukeshire (letterer), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Red Hulk wraps up his Fear Itself tie-in with some unlikely defenders of NYC coming into play. What’s Good: Jeff Parker does something pretty cool in this issue. The [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Elena Casagrande, Hulk, Hulk #38, Hulk #38 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Jim Charalampidis, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, Modok, review | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Elena Casagrande (artist), Bettie Breitweiser (colorist), Ed Dukeshire (letterer), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: It’s Red Hulk versus Bedazzled Thing. Guest-starring MODOK and some other bad guys. What’s good: Kudos to Jeff Parker for not letting the necessity of an event tie-in knock him off his ongoing [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Bettie Breitweiser, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Elena Casagrande, Hulk, Hulk #37, Hulk #37 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 20, 2011 by paladinking
by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils & colors), Tim Townsend, Wayne Faucher, Jaime Mendoza, Victor Olazaba, and Mark Irwin (inks), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Steve Rogers sends a strike-team to Brazil to tackle the Worthy-fied Hulk, including a Spider-Woman still searching for her big moment of redemption. What’s Good: While I [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Avengers #15 review, Avengers 15, Brazil, Brian Michael Bendis, Bruce Banner, Carol Danvers, Chris Bachalo, Clint Barton, Comic Book Review, comic reviews, Fear Itself, Hawkeye, Hulk, Jessica Drew, Ms. Marvel, Noh Varr, Red She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Steve Rogers, the Protector, the Worthy, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 15, 2011 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Renato Guedes (pencils), Jose Wilson Magalhaes (inks), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The story is revealed behind another of the Red Right Hand, as is the demonic source of their power. Meanwhile, Wolverine finds himself in a two-on-one fight to the death. What’s Good: Did you like [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fire Knives, Fireknives, Gunhawk, Hulk, Jason Aaron, Logan, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Red Right Hand, Renato Guedes, Saw Fist, Sawfist, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine, Wolverine #12, Wolverine #12 review, Wolverine's Revenge | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Patch Zircher (art), Jim Charalampidis (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Yikes! MODOK is back! What’s Good: For an ordinary comic, the deck would really be stacked against this issue. Hulk is right in the middle of some longer-term stories and next issue/month, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Hulk, Hulk #36, Hulk #36 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Jim Charalampidis, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, Modok, Patch Zircher, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 6, 2011 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Serpent shows a massive growth in power, and Thor returns to Midgard to make plans with some old friends. What’s Good: While I’ve been fairly positive about Fear Itself thus far, I really did [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardian, Asgardians, Atlanteans, Avengers, Black Widow, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fear Itself, Fear Itself #4, Fear Itself #4 review, Grey Gargoyle, Hulk, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Luke Cage, Maria Hill, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Midgard, New Avengers, Nick Fury, Odin, SHIELD, Sin, Skaid, Steve Rogers, Stuart Immonen, the Serpent, the Worthy, Thing, Thor, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review | 5 Comments »
Posted on June 16, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Carlo Pagulayan (art), Danny Miki (inks), Jesus Aburtov (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Red Hulk finishes up his business on Planet Red Hulk and returns to Earth. What’s Good: I say this every month on Jeff Parker’s titles, but there is a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Carlo Pagulayan, Danny Miki, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Hulk, Hulk #35, Hulk #35 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Jesus Arburtov, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 2, 2011 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (penciller), Wade von Grawbadger (inker), Laura Martin & Larry Molinar (colorists), and Chris Eliopoulos (letterer) The Story: A major Marvel hero dies at the hands of Skadi/Sin, the final member of the Worthy is chosen, and Thor tries to escape prison and rush to Midgard’s aid. The Review: I’ve [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardians, Avengers, Ben Grimm, Betty Ross, Black Widow, Bruce Banner, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Falcon, Fandral, Fear Itself, Fear Itself #3, Fear Itself #3 review, FF, Future Foundation, Heimdall, Hogun, Hulk, Loki, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Midgard, Natasha Romanova, Odin, Red She-Hulk, Shang-Chi, Sharon Carter, SHIELD, Sif, Sin, Skadi, Steve Rogers, Stuart Immonen, the Serpent, The Thing, the Worthy, Thor, Volstagg, Warriors Three, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Carlo Pagulayan (pencils), Danny Miki (inks), Jesus Aburtov (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Yes, you’ve seen the general story before. Red Hulk is sent to a distant planet where he has to fight to survive. What’s Good: I don’t know about you, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Carlo Pagulayan, Danny Miki, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Hulk, Hulk #34, Hulk #34 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Jesus Aburtov, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Gabriel Hardman (art), Elizabeth Breitweiser (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Red Hulk evades the U.S. military and does battle with a villain while a mega-threat is coming to Earth from deep space. What’s Good: The story is typical Jeff Parker goodness. He [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Ed Dukeshire, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Gabriel Hardman, Hulk, Hulk #33, Hulk #33 review, Jake Thomas, Jeff Parker, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, review | Leave a Comment »
