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New Avengers #63 – Review

Posted on March 25, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike McKone (art), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The motivations of Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Ronin, and Mockingbird are explored in the days leading up to Siege. What’s Good: This is probably the best issue of New Avengers to come around in some time, and it’s [...]

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New Avengers #60 – Review

Posted on December 24, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The Avengers try to remove the device attached to Luke Cage’s heart as Norman Osborn closes in. What’s Good: The impending arrival of Osborn and the time limit that implies puts a heavy strain [...]

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Dark Avengers #12 – Review

Posted on December 18, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato & Greg Horn (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Victoria Hand tries to negotiate with Molecule Man. What’s Good: Much of what made last month’s issue good is furthered this month.  Molecule Man in particular continues to be written well by Bendis.  He’s a [...]

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Siege: The Cabal #1 – Review

Posted on December 3, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Michael Lark (pencils), Stefano Gaudiano (inks), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Cabal implodes and lines are drawn. What’s Good: The issue’s strongest point is its characterization.  Dr. Doom is written well by Bendis.  He’s the same absurd bad guy who insists on referring to himself in the third [...]

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New Avengers #59 – Review

Posted on November 30, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The Avengers, with some friends, attempt a daring ploy to rescue Luke Cage. What’s Good: While it’s nothing groundbreaking, this issue is absolutely solid and as such, it’s the best single issue of New [...]

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New Avengers #58 – Review

Posted on October 30, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: It’s New Avengers vs. Dark Avengers as Luke Cage goes under the knife. What’s Good: Well, there’s a bunch of action in the comic, and that’s never a bad thing.  However, what’s best about [...]

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Dark Avengers #10 – Review

Posted on October 24, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers go to a small town in Colorado to investigate a string of mysterious disappearances. What’s Good: Apparently Dark Avengers is a horror comic this month.  It’s surprising, but nonetheless very effective.  Using an abandoned small town [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #19 – Review

Posted on October 22, 2009 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: World’s Most Wanted comes to an end as Hill, Pepper, and Black Widow try to escape HAMMER and Stark tries to survive the Iron Patriot. What’s Good: The best thing I can say about this book is that it [...]

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Ms. Marvel #45 – Review

Posted on September 26, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Brian Reed (Writer), Philippe Briones (Artist), and Ikari Studios (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The War of the Marvels has been entertaining enough so far, but a part of me wishes that Brian Reed had let Karla Sofen truly take over the series for a couple more issues. The Story: Karla Sofen and [...]

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Dark Avengers #9 – Review

Posted on September 17, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), Mike Deodato (Art), and Rain Beredo (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: With Utopia out of the way, I fully expect Dark Avengers to get back to being a favorite of mine. With a kick-ass cover and the promise of a guest appearance from Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Warriors, it’s a [...]

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The Invincible Iron Man Vol 2: World’s Most Wanted HC – Review

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 [...]

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Amazing Spider-Man #599 – Review

Posted on July 17, 2009 by rsg8101

By Joe Kelly (writer), Stephen Segovia, Marco Checcheto, Paulo Siqeira and Amilton Santos (pencils, inks) Cris Chuckry and Jeremy Cox (colors) The Story: Joe Kelly’s American Son arc concludes with the final showdown between Norman and Harry Osborn, as Spidey tries to recover from injuries sustained while he was tortured by the Dark Avengers. What’s [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #513 (Utopia Chapter 2) – Review

Posted on July 1, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Matt Fraction (Writer), Terry Dodson (Pencils), Rachel Dodson (Inks), and Justin Ponsor (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The Uncanny X-Men and Dark Avengers crossover, Utopia, got off to an unremarkable start. It laid the foundation for some interesting things though, so I look forward to seeing where Matt Fraction takes the story now [...]

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Ms. Marvel #40 (Dark Reign) – Review

Posted on June 28, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Brian Reed (Writer), Sana Takeda (Artist), Luke Ross (Pencils on pgs. 1-3 & 17-22), and Rob Schwager (Colors on pgs. 1-3 & 17-22) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’ve been enjoying the new direction of Ms. Marvel a whole lot. It’s a nice blend of new and old that works far better than anyone [...]

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Dark Avengers #4 (Dark Reign) – Review

Posted on May 3, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), Mike Deodato (Art), and Rain Beredo (Colors) The Story: With Norman Osborn (Iron Patriot) and Dr. Doom busy confronting Morgan Le Fey in the past, the leaderless Dark Avengers must face La Fey and her demons in the present. During the battle, Clint Barton goes public with information regarding the [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #10 – Review

Posted on February 6, 2009 by tonyrak

By Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (artist), Frank D’Armata (colorist) The Story: In part three of “World’s Most Wanted,” Norman Osborn unleashes the full fury of H.A.M.M.E.R. down on Stark, raiding Tony’s global offices and seizing his technology, and issuing a warrant for Tony’s arrest for crimes against humanity.  Now as officially Earth’s most wanted [...]

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Dark Avengers #1 – Review

Posted on January 22, 2009 by tonyrak

By Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (artist), Rain Beredo (colorist) As you may know, I’m not exactly the biggest fan of Bendis. I was, but that was back when he was writing stories like Jinx, Goldfish, and Torso. Back when he had something to say.  Since assuming complete control of the Marvel Universe, I’ve [...]

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