Posted on February 8, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Alex Cal (artist), J. Brown (colors), Shawn Lee (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: Cobra has taken over a sovereign country and is driving the civilians out! The Joe’s have to stop them. Five Things: 1. Cobra is a pretty compelling enemy. – The best thing [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Carlos Guzman, Chuck Dixon, Dean Stell, G.I. Joe, GI Joe #10, GI Joe #10 review, IDW, J. Brown, John Barber, review, Shawn Lee | 5 Comments »
Posted on February 2, 2012 by jmiddle3
By: Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz (writers), Dan Duncan (art), Ronda Pattison (colors) The Story: Allez ninja, allez ninja, allez! The Review: It’s been rather fascinating to watch the development of IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Co-creator Kevin Eastman and script-writer Tom Waltz have been combining elements from the Turtle’s original comic series and the [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: April O'Neil, Baxter Stockman, Casey Jones, Comic Book Reviews, Dan Duncan, Donatello, Foot Ninja, IDW, Jim Middleton, Kevin Eastman, Raphael, review, Ronda Pattison, Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #6, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #6 review, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tom Waltz, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 23, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Costa (writer), Alex Cal (artist), J. Brown (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: Cobra has taken over a SE Asian country. The Joes want to stop them and the new Cobra Commander’s lieutenants are fighting amongst themselves. Three Things: 1. The story is really kinda [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Carlos Guzman, COBRA, Cobra #9, Cobra #9 review, Cobra Command, Dean Stell, IDW, J. Brown, John Barber, Mike Costa, Neil Uyetake, review | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 7, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Alex Cal (artist), J. Brown (colors), Shawn Lee (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: The Joes must react to the first big act of the new Cobra Commander. Four things: [SPOILER WARNING] 1. Beginning of a new crossover story. – Coming out of the Cobra Civil [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Carlos Guzman, Chuck Dixon, COBRA, Dean Stell, G.I. Joe, GI Joe #9, GI Joe #9 review, IDW, J. Brown, John Barber, review, Shawn Lee | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz (writers), Dan Duncan & Mateus Santolouco (artists), Ronda Pattison (colorist) The Story: Sorry Turtles, no one delivers pizza on Christmas Eve. The Review: Much like my experience with Static Shock, I knew the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a cartoon long before I read them in comics, and even [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: April O'Neil, Dan Duncan, Donatello, Hamato Yoshi, IDW, IDW Publishing, Kevin Eastman, Leonardo, Master Splinter, Mateus Santolouco, Michaelangelo, Oroku Saki, Raphael, Ronda Pattison, Shredder, Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, Tom Waltz | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 26, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Costa (writer), Antonio Fuso & Werther Dell’edera (art), Scarletgothica (colors), Shawn Lee (letters) and Carlos Guzman & John Barber (editors) The Story: Now that the new Cobra Commander has been named, how will the remaining high-level Cobra operatives organize themselves in the new organizational chart. Five Things: 1. Fuso is doing the best [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Antonio Fuso, Carlos Guzman, COBRA, Cobra #8, Cobra #8 review, Dean Stell, IDW, John Barber, Mike Costa, review, Scarletgothica, Shawn Lee, Werther Dell'Edera | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 21, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Casey Maloney (pencils), Juan Castro & Chris Dreier (inks), Simon Gough & Romulo Fajardo, Jr. (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) & Carlos Guzman & John Barber (editors) The Story: Snake-Eyes and Duke try to find a cure for a Cobra engineered bioweapon. Four Things: 1. Generally been enjoying GI Joe comics recently. - [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Carlos Guzman, Casey Maloney, Chris Dreier, Chuck Dixon, Dean Stell, G.I. Joe, IDW, John Barber, Juan Castro, Neil Uyetake, review, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Simon Gough, Snake Eyes | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by dfstell
Quick-Hits has been on “vacation” for awhile, but is back this week as there are a number of comics for which there wasn’t time to do a full review. Most were pretty good… Vescell #1 – I didn’t count the pages in this first issue from Image, but it felt like it was ~40 pages [...]
Filed under: IDW, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Epoch, Epoch #1, Epoch #1 review, Fear Itself, IDW, Image, Last Mortal, Marvel, Quick Hit Reviews, Rocketeer Adventures, Rocketeer Adventures #4, Rocketeer Adventures #4 review, Skull-Kickers, The Deep, The Vault, Vescell, Vescell #1, Vescell #1 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Bloch (original story), Joe R. Lansdale & John L. Lansdale (comic adaptation), Dave Wachter (art), Alfredo Rodriguez (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) & Bobby Curnow (edits) The Story: A young orphan makes an Faustian bargain. What’s Good: The art is great! In fact, it was the promise of sequential art from Dave Wachter that [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alfredo Rodriguez, Bobby Curnow, Dave Wachter, Dean Stell, IDW, Joe R. Lansdale, John L. Lansdale, Neil Uyetake, review, Robert Bloch, That Hellbound Train, That Hellbound Train #1, That Hellbound Train #1 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: John Cassaday, Laura Martin, Chris Mowry, Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart, Mike Allred, Laura Allred, Jim Silke, Kurt Busiek, Michael Kaluta The Story: An anthology of stories about Dave Stewart’s Rocketeer by an All-Star cast of creators. What’s Good: Just look at that list of creators! I’m not even a huge Rocketeer fan, but when [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Chris Mowry, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, IDW, Jim Silke, John Cassaday, Kurt Busiek, Laura Allred, Laura Martin, Michael Kaluta, Mike Allred, Mike Mignola, review, Rocketeer Adventures, Rocketeer Adventures #1, Rocketeer Adventures #1 review, Rocketeer Adventures review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Steve Niles (writer), Bernie Wrightson (art), Tom Smith (colors), Shawn Lee (letters) & Tom Waltz (editor) The Story: Doc Macabre gets to the bottom of the hauntings plaguing his town. What’s Good: What a great little 3-issue story this was. I’m not sure I’d call it horror, because it isn’t scary or gory. It’s [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Bernie Wrightson, Dean Stell, Doc Macabre, Doc Macabre #3, Doc Macabre #3 review, IDW, review, Shawn Lee, Steve Niles, Tom Smith, Tom Waltz | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 8, 2011 by dfstell
By: Steve Niles (writer), Bernie Wrightson (art), Tom Smith (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) & Tom Waltz (editor) The Story: Young Doc Macabre ties to deal with a ghostly uprising. What’s Good: Lookie who the artist is: Bernie Wrightson. He is legitimately one of the real masters of the comic art form to come along in [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Bernie Wrightson, Dean Stell, Doc Macabre, Doc Macabre #2, Doc Macabre #2 review, IDW, Neil Uyetake, review, Steve Niles, Tom Smith, Tom Waltz | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2010 by dfstell
by: Steve Niles (writer), Fiona Staples (art & colors), Robbie Robbins (letters) & Bob Schreck (editor) The Story: The Mystery Society clears Nick Mystery’s name and retrieves Edgar Allen Poe’s skull. What’s Good: Really good final issue and really good ending to a fun series. I would really encourage everyone to give this comic a [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Bob Schreck, Dean Stell, Fiona Staples, IDW, Mystery Society, Mystery Society #5, Mystery Society #5 review, review, Robbie Robbins, Steve Niles | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 8, 2010 by dfstell
By: Steve Niles (writer), Fiona Staples (art) & Shawn Lee (letters) The Story: The heat ratchets up for the Mystery Society as one of them is captured while others continue the quest to find Edgar Allen Poe’s skull. What’s Good: Fiona Staples’ art is really something. She uses a very fine line that makes her [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Fiona Staples, IDW, Mystery Society, Mystery Society #4, Mystery Society #4 review, review, Shawn Lee, Steve Niles, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 23, 2010 by dfstell
By: Harlan Ellison (writer), Alan Robinson (art), Kote Carvajal (colors) & Robbie Robbins (letters) The Story: Something weird is going on in this comic adaptation of Harlan Ellison’s long out-of-print novel Phoenix without Ashes. A young man named Devon finds himself getting crossways with the Puritanical leaders of his community except this isn’t the 1600′s, [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alan Robinson, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison's Phoenix Without Ashes #1, Harlan Ellison's Phoenix Without Ashes #1 review, IDW, Kote Carvajal, Phoenix without Ashes, review, Robbie Robbins, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 17, 2010 by dfstell
Fell’s Five By: John Rogers (writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) Freedom by: Alex Irvine (writer), Peter Bergting (art), Ronda Pattison (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: IDW establishes some characters to play with in their newest licensed property: Dungeons & Dragons What’s Good: This two-part story is a pretty [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Irvine, Andrea Di Vito, Andrew Dalhouse, Chris Mowry, Dean Stell, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons #0, Dungeons & Dragons #0 review, IDW, John Rogers, Peter Bergting, review, Ronda Pattison | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 7, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: Hamlet meets a new friend in a gentleman named Fallstaff—and also gains a bit of purpose and guidance from a “Prodigal” forest spirit called Robin Goodfellow. Elsewhere, Richard III and Macbeth negotiate between themselves and jockey [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Andy Belanger, Anthony Del Col, Chris Mowry, Comic Book Reviews, Conor McCreery, Ian Herring, IDW, IDW Publishing, Kill Shakespare #3 reivew, Kill Shakespeare, Kill Shakespeare #3, Kill Shakespeare #3 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 20, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By Connor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors) and Robbie Robbins (letters) The Story: Prince Hamlet of Denmark finds himself pulled off a ship and into a magical portal (created by Macbeth’s witches) that transports him into another realm. After nearly drowning at sea, he is found and rescued [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Anthony Del Col, Connor McCreery, Ian Herring, IDW, Kill Shakespeare, Kill Shakespeare #1, Kill shakespeare #1 Review, Robbie Robbins, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 24, 2009 by joelopez101
by John Byrne (writer & artist) The Story: Well, it’s all in the title, isn’t it? Comics legend Byrne reveals the untold battle between vampire Angel (of TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and his own titular show), before he gained a soul, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’s Monster. What’s Good: Most people warn against judging a [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Angel, Angel vs. Frankenstein, Angel vs. Frankenstein (one-shot), Angel vs. Frankenstein Review, Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Frankenstein, IDW, John Byrne, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 1, 2009 by tonyrak
By Darwyn Cooke (writer and artist) from a novel by Richard Stark In 1962, author Donald Westlake (writing under the pen name Richard Stark) took the world of crime fiction by storm with the creation of his most enduring legacy, the ruthless antihero Parker. A professional heistman and contemptible bastard, Parker’s nearly fifty-year crime spree [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Darwyn Cooke, Donald Westlake, Graphic Novel Reader, IDW, Parker, Richard Stark, Tony Rakittke | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 21, 2009 by shadowvenom
Keith Champagne (writer), Tom Nguyen (pencils), Moose Baumann (colors) The Story: The Ghostbusters are running out of time. If they don’t get through the pipeline and back into their own bodies soon they’ll be trapped in Purgatory forever! What’s Good: It’s over. What’s Not So Good: Telling a Ghostbusters story with Heaven and Hell involved [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters The Other Side 4, IDW, IDW Publishing, Keith Champagne, Moose Baumann, Tom Nguyen | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 24, 2008 by shadowvenom
Keith Champagne (writer), Tom Nguyen (pencils), Jon Alderink (inks), Moose Baumann (colors), Chris Mowry (letters), Fabio Mantovani (cover) The Story: The Ghostbusters are still stuck in Purgatory, trying to find a way to get their souls back into their bullet-riddled bodies on Earth. While they plan their escape, The Ghost Mafia looks for a way [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: Chris Mowry, Fabio Mantovani, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters The Other Side 3, IDW, IDW Publishing, Jon Alderink, Keith Champagne, Moose Baumann, Tom Nguyen | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 17, 2008 by shadowvenom
By Simon Furman (writer) Nick Roche (pencils) Josh Burcham (colors) Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: Unsure who to trust, and trapped on Earth and on the run from the Autobots, Decepticons, and Scorponok, Grimlock is the last free Dinobot. To clear his name and rescue his fellow Dinobots, he’ll need to fight to uncover the [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: Autobots, Chris Mowry, Decepticons, Dinobots, Grimlock, IDW, IDW Publishing, Josh Burcham, Maximum Dinobots 1, Nick Roche, Simon Furman, Transformers | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 1, 2008 by pozzyfreak
By Ben Templesmith (Creator, Writer, Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Welcome to Hoxford has been one of the biggest surprises of the year for me. Gory and disturbing, yet driven by an extremely compelling anti-hero, Ben Templesmith’s latest has definitely satisfied the horror fan within me far more than I ever expected. I can’t [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: Ancient beasts, Ben Templesmith, horror, IDW, IDW Publishing, Raymond Delgado, Violence, Welcome to Hoxford #4 Review, werewolves | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 25, 2008 by shadowvenom
Simon Furman (writer), Don Figueroa (pencils), Josh Burcham (colors), Hoon (cover), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: “Heavy is the head that wears the crown” would be a good analysis of this story thematically. After a near-death experience while fighting Megatron, Optimus Prime senses something he knows to be impossible, the consciousness of another Prime. After [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: Autobots, Chris Mowry, Decepticons, Don Figueroa, Hoon, IDW, IDW Publishing, Josh Burcham, Optimus Prime, Simon Furman, Transfomers, Transformers Spotlight: Optimus Prime 3D | Leave a Comment »
