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X-Factor #232 – Review

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Roman Colombo

Written by Peter David, Penciled by Emanuela Lupacchino, inked by Guillermo Ortego, colored by Matt Milla. The Story: What’s behind Death #3? Well a New York City in Hell of course! The Writing: All I should have to say here is “Peter David” and then move on. I’ve been reading comics for 6 years now, and I can [...]

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X-Factor #231 – Review

Posted on February 5, 2012 by DS Arsenault

By: Peter David (writer), Emanuela Lupacchino (penciller), Guillermo Ortego (inker), Matt Milla (colorist) The Story: “They Keep Killing Madrox”, Part 3: Jamie continues his jaunt through parallel universes. In this issue, he finds quite a different world with a surprising twist related to a major Marvel event. It is, however, nothing more for him than [...]

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Fantastic Four #602 – Review

Posted on January 30, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Barry Kitson (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Review: This issue of Jonathan Hickman’s Fantastic Four reminds me of those really badass episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that I totally geeked out over as a kid…and then rediscovered years later in college, only to geek out [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #511 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony Stark comes clean to his employees before finding himself in a fight for his life against the Living Laser. The Review: After the underwhelming Fear Itself, it seems that Matt Fraction is fast replacing Bendis as the new [...]

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Avengers #20 – Review

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. [...]

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New Avengers #19 – Review

Posted on December 15, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Norman Osborn explains the mission statement to his new Avengers and Victoria Hand plays her…hand? The Review: Every now and then, as a devoted comic reader, you find yourself reading something that’s just mind-numbingly stupid. New Avengers #19, [...]

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Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #1

Posted on August 25, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Esad Ribic (art), Dean White (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Nick Fury finds himself complete overwhelmed by disasters all around. What’s Good: It’s not something I’d have expected out him in particular, but Jonathan Hickman fully nails the “blockbuster” feel of the Ultimates, and in doing so, hammers home [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #507 – Review

Posted on August 17, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony discovers unexpected problems while Pepper finds herself faced by both Sasha Hammer’s Hammer Corps and the Worthy-fied Grey Gargoyle. What’s Good: Pepper Potts to the rescue! Really, were it not for her, this would’ve been a pretty drab [...]

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Fear Itself #5 – Review

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 [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #506 – Review

Posted on July 24, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony makes a deal with Odin that finds him playing Snow White. What’s Good: While I was fairly positive of it in my review in Fear Itself, I’ve become somewhat divided on Tony sacrificing his sobriety to Odin. On [...]

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Captain America: The First Avenger – Movie Review

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Roman Colombo

Brief Personal Note: While I do teach, I also worked for five years at Borders Books and this midnight screening of Cap was also on the last day that Borders operated as an actual bookstore before going into liquidation today. So, it was kind of the last thing my coworkers and I will do as [...]

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Avengers Prime – Graphic Novel Review

Posted on July 13, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Alan Davis (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), Javier Rodriguez (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Steve Rogers, Iron Man, and Thor find themselves trapped in a strange, Asgardian realm and under attack from Hela. The Review: Sometimes you get a comic that is not at all what it was advertised [...]

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Fear Itself #4 – Review

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 [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #505 – Review

Posted on June 19, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors, and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: “Paris is a nightmare. It’s…it’s biblical, Pep.” The Review: A lot of comic readers resent event tie-in issues. I think a large part of this often-merited resentment has to do with the fact that they often derail a writer [...]

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Avengers #14 – Review

Posted on June 16, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: “The Red Hulk…proved himself an Avenger.” The Review: As far as issue structure goes, this is a bit of a weird one. We start out with the same talking heads format that found such [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #504 – Review

Posted on May 18, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: After hiring a new chief of security, Tony Stark flies to Paris’ rescue, only to find a city of stone. The Review: I know a lot of people ragged on Invincible Iron Man during the “building a car” arc. [...]

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Avengers #13 – Review

Posted on May 18, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (script), Chris Bachalo (art & colors), Tim Townsend, Jaime Mendoza, Al Vey, & Wayne Faucher (inks), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The Avengers recount the early days of Fear Itself. The Review: This is a very difficult issue to review. Quite frankly, if you don’t like Brian Bendis, particularly Bendis [...]

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Thor – Movie Review

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Roman Colombo

SPOILER ALERT! So came a Thursday—I apologize—THOR’s Day Night in a crowded IMAX theater when through the entrance lo! Thor appears and bellows his name to the masses awaiting his big screen debut… Seriously, some guy dressed as Thor burst into our theater before preview and yelled “THORRRRRRRRRRR!” with a Mjolnir knock-off held high. He [...]

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Avengers #12 – Review

Posted on April 20, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Parker Robbins makes his stand against the Avengers in attempting to gather all of the infinity gems. The Review: Wow. Art-wise, this is simply gorgeous. Both Romita Jr. and Dean White go all out [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #503 – Review

Posted on April 20, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony fights to disarm Doc Ock’s bomb while Pepper goes for another round with Sandman and Electro. The Review: I think it’s issues like this that make people aggravated about event tie-ins. Looking at the cover of this issue, [...]

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Iron Man 2.0 #3 – Review

Posted on April 17, 2011 by paladinking

by Nick Spencer (writer), Barry Kitson & Carmine Di Giandomenico (art), Kano (art & colors), Matthew Wilson & Frank Martin (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: As the mystery deepens, Rhodey gets a very special present from Tony Stark. The Review: After a fantastic first issue, it seems that Iron Man 2.0 continues to [...]

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Fear Itself #1 – Review

Posted on April 6, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writing), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Sin awakens an ancient power, Odin is happy about Thor and Tony’s plan to rebuild Asgard on Earth, and the Avengers try to find their place in a disillusioned and divided America. The Review: In [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #502 – Review

Posted on March 19, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony continues his battle of wits with Doc Ock while Pepper battles Electro and the Sandman. The Review: In its second installment, this Doc Ock story-arc continues to be really good, almost surprisingly so. It’s great writing by Matt [...]

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Iron Man 2.0 #2 – Review

Posted on March 19, 2011 by paladinking

by Nick Spencer (writer), Barry Kitson, Kano, & Carmine Di Giandomenico (art), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Rhodey tries to enlist the help of an old friend and ends up finding himself in some very deep trouble. The Review: Iron Man 2.0 is, in some ways, a frustrating issue. Take for [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #501 – Review

Posted on February 28, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: A dying Doctor Octopus makes Tony an offer, or rather a demand, that he cannot refuse. The Review: Tony Stark versus Doctor Octopus? What the hell? That was my initial reaction while reading this issue, having come in expecting [...]

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