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Wolverine and the X-Men #5 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Nick Bradshaw (pencils and inks), Walden Wong (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors). The Story: Beast loads the students onto the Magic School Bus! -MILD SPOILER WARNING- I will be discussing a plot point from the middle of this issue, though rather obliquely. If you want the abridged version of my review, skip [...]

Uncanny X-Men #5 – Review

By: Kieron Gillen, (writer); Greg Land (penciler); Jay Leisten (inker); Justin Ponsor, Laura Martin and Guru eFX (colors) The Story: The Montana State Tourism Board gets a new attraction to boast about. The Review: Oddly, in the wake of the Schism, Uncanny X-Men has become what you might call the traditional X-Men Book, while Wolverine [...]

Wolverine & The X-Men #4 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer) Nick Bradshaw (artist) Justin Posner (colors) The Story: It always sucks to be the new kid. What’s Good: While I was sad to see Chris Bachalo leave this series, rest assured that the art is in good hands with Nick Bradshaw. His round, friendly lines make the Jean Grey School for [...]

Scalped #55 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: The big throw-down between Dash and Shunka is here.  Bring it on! Five things [SPOILER WARNING]: 1. Good lord this is a violent and gritty fight. – Most comic fights are highly [...]

PunisherMAX #20 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writing), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Frank finds himself locked in a battle to the death with Elektra. The Review:  If there’s one this issue shows, and really that goes for the rest of this series as well, it’s that Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon [...]

Wolverine #20 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writing), Renato Guedes (pencils), Jose Wilson Magalhaes (inks), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Someone’s trying to start a war between the Hand and the Yakuza and naturally, Wolverine and Melita find themselves caught in the middle. The Review:  This issue serves as a nice little cross-section of several [...]

Incredible Hulk #3 – Review

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 [...]

Wolverine & the X-Men #3 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer); Chris Bachalo, Duncan Rouleau and Matteo Scalera (pencils); Tim Townsend, Jaime Medoza, Al Vey, Mark Irwin, Victor Olazaba, Duncan Rouleau and Matteo Scalera (inkers); Chris Bachalo and Jason Keith (colors) The Story: The Jean Grey School for Higher Learning gets a new mascot. The Review: And so ends Wolverine’s first day [...]

Wolverine and the X-Men #2 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils & colors), Tim Townsend & Jaime Mendoza (inkers), Rob Steen (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: How long did you think it would be before the new mutant academy got trashed? Five things:  1. Go Iceman! - One neat [...]

Scalped #54 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story:  Someone dies, Dash still can’t talk and there’s a lot of double-crossing going on at the Prairie Rose Reservation. Five Things:  1. Beginning to thin out the supporting characters.  You could think [...]

The Incredible Hulk #2 – Review

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 [...]

Scalped #53 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Is it curtains for Red Crow after last month’s cliffhanger? Five Things: Full SPOILERS appear below…. 1. Shunka is the main character of this issue.  It all starts with the resolution to [...]

Incredible Hulk #1 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Marc Silvestri & Michael Broussard (pencils), Joe Weems, Rick Basaldua & Sal Regla (inks), Sunny Gho (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: Can the Hulk get some peace and quiet? Five Things:  1.  Hulk and Banner split up.  The dual nature of the [...]

Wolverine and the X-Men #1 – Review

by: Jason Aaron (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils and colors), Tim Townsend, Jamie Mendoza, and Al Vey (inks) The Story: Wolverine had the money to build a school with floating towers? So that’s why he is on every superhero team in the Marvel Universe! Good stuff: 1. Jason Aaron… fun? Everything I have read from Jason Aaron [...]

X-Men Schism #5 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Adam Kubert (penciler), Mark Roslan (inks), Jason Keith (colors), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: The final issue where we see how the X-Men split up and why. What’s Good: It’s always nice to jiggle the status quo. [...]

X-Men: Schism #4 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Alan Davis (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), Jason Keith (colors), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: The Cyclops/Wolverine split finally comes to the forefront and the ultimate danger to the mutants is revealed. What’s good: Anytime an event has [...]

Scalped #52 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: The final explosion of violence on the Praire Rose reservation is starting to build. What’s Good: Scalped is a really hard comic to review in single issues when Jason Aaron is writing one of his [...]

Wolverine #15 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writing), Goran Sudzuka (art), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story:  Logan finds new and interesting ways of beating himself up after last month’s shocking finale. The Review:  Once in a while, our standard review format doesn’t quite work, particularly when a book’s positives and negatives are deeply intertwined.  This [...]

Wolverine #14 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), Renato Guedes (pencils), Jose Wilson Magalhaes (inks), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story:  Logan realizes that it was never his revenge that he was working towards as the Red Right Hand’s plan reaches its gut-wrenching endgame. What’s Good:  Wow, Jason Aaron nails us with some huge, huge twists [...]

X-Men: Schism #3 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Daniel Acuña (artist), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) The Story: A trap is set for the X-Men at the Museum of Mutant History. We learn more (and are impressed by) the capabilities of the Hellfire Club’s junior division. Cyclops wears a jetpack and Wolverine steals a car. [...]

Wolverine #13 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), Renato Guedes (pencils), Jose Wilson Magalhaes (inks), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: It always comes down to those damned ninjas. What’s Good: In another flashback into the past of a “Wolverine victim,” Jason Aaron gives us an inside look into the Hand.  Overall, I enjoyed Aaron’s take [...]

Scalped #51 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Only 10 issues to go!  Red Crow is trying to go straight, but will his criminal underlings let that happen? What’s Good: This issue starts a new story cycle and sets up [...]

X-Men: Schism #2 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), Frank Cho (art), Jason Keith (colors), and Jared K. Fletcher (letters) The Story: The X-Men race to deal with the global rash of out-of-control sentinels, Cyclops and Wolverine butt heads over Quire, and Kade Kilgore makes plans. What’s Good: Like many kids who grew up in the late 80s to early [...]

PunisherMAX #15 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The mob makes young Frank Castle an offer he can’t refuse, but Nick Fury has other ideas. What’s Good:  There’s a scene this month that sees Frank and his wife, separated by a closed door, with Frank’s wife screaming [...]

Wolverine #12 – Review

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 [...]

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