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Teen Titans #97 – Review

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: Who cares how many there are?  You’ve seen one demon, you’ve seen ‘em all. The Review: If you’re going to dislike a certain writer’s style, it’s probably a good idea to be clear about what turns you off about their [...]

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Teen Titans #96 – Review

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), José Luis (penciller), Sandro Ribeiro & Jonas Trinidade (inkers), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: Hasn’t anyone learned by now it’s not a good idea to anger a giant ape? The Review: One key feature of weak writing is when the story makes its points a little too obvious.  In these cases, [...]

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Teen Titans #95 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: First rule of creepy-island exploring: don’t split up!  Geez, doesn’t anyone learn from movies? The Review: Writing these reviews can get a little tricky.  A lot of the times, there’s so much to say even about one issue that parsing [...]

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Teen Titans #94 – Review

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: If all you know about Hinduism is the Kama Sutra, let me tell you—there’s nastier where that came from. The Review: In a lot of ways, this current round of Teen Titans has been around each other a pretty long [...]

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Teen Titans #93 – Review

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: JT Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: It’s getting dark, guys.  Hey Solstice–lend us a light? The Review: There’s a very clear separation between what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s mediocre, but it can be difficult to explain what makes them such, especially when something falls in [...]

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Teen Titans #92 – Review

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Georges Jeanty (penciller), Rob Hunter (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: These exploding Calculator robots are really harshing these Turkish clubbers’ buzz. The Review: In crossovers, besides the stickiness of mixing up different characters (who may or may not be a good fit for each other), you’ve also got the issue [...]

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Secret Six #30 – Review

Posted on February 2, 2011 by SoldierHawk

by Gail Simone (writer), Jim Calafiore (artist), Jason Wright and John Kalisz (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: A young, sociopathic nerd is granted a wish at an opportune moment, Bane attempts to act civilized, and the Doom Patrol go fish. What’s Good: Boy, does Simone know how to write. Although she seems to have [...]

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Teen Titans #91 – Review

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood & Scott Kobush (inkers), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: Teens these days…if they’re not listening to terrible pop music, they’re creating black holes in their schools. The Review: Each of the major teams in the DCU stands for something—the Justice League representing strength in numbers, while [...]

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Secret Six #29 – Review

Posted on January 17, 2011 by SoldierHawk

By Gail Simone (writer), Marcos Marz (pencils), Luciana Delnegro (inks), Jason Wright (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: The Six finish their dealings with the ever-tricky Lex Luthor, and Vandal and Scandal bring their part of the story to a resolution as well. Threats, deals, betrayals and ticking time bombs abound, and everyone goes out [...]

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Teen Titans #90 – Review

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: JT Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (penciller), Doug Hazlewood (inker), Jason Wright (colorist) The Story: The Titans track down the source of the genetically modified teens to a seemingly normal high school, only to be buried inside with a slew of crazed adolescents. The Review: The biggest pitfall a writer can fall into when writing [...]

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Secret Six # 28 – Review

Posted on December 7, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Gail Simone (writer), Jim Calafiore (artist), Jason Wright (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: The teams of Sixes have a brief showdown in Skartaris before things come to (something) of a resolution. Deals are proposed, old scores are settled and the Secret Six end up with a—potentially—expanded roster by the time the dust has [...]

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Teen Titans #88 – Review

Posted on October 29, 2010 by dfstell

By: J.T. Krul (writer), Nicola Scott (pencils), Doug Hazlewood (inks), Sal Cipriano (letters) & Jason Wright (colors) The Story: The Teen Titans face a mad scientist and get a new team member. What’s Good: I try to stay away from telling the reader what my personal experience with a comic series or character is because [...]

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Secret Six #26 – Review

Posted on October 8, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (art), Jason Wright (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Bane’s Six confront the natives of the jungle-underworld dwelling Skartatians. They must also deal with the interference of Scandal’s team, who have an assignment even more sinister than their own. What’s Good: I usually begin my Secret Six reviews [...]

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Secret Six #25 – Review

Posted on September 4, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (art), Jason Wright (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Somehow (no real back-story given yet) the Six are split up. Bane’s Six take on a quick mission on behalf of a wronged divorcee, while Catman’s group simply try to keep him within shouting distance of sanity—no easy task [...]

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Secret Six #22 – Review

Posted on June 11, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (artist), Jason Wright (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: The excellent “Cats in the Cradle” storyline comes to a conclusion as Catman learns the ultimate fate of his son, and confronts the kidnapper for the final time. What’s Good: This has been a personal favorite “Secret Six” arc for [...]

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Secret Six #21 – Second Review

Posted on May 10, 2010 by dfstell

By Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (artist), Jason Wright (colorist) and Travis Lanham (letters) SoldierHawk did a great job on her review of Secret Six #21.  Given that I consume a lot of comics related media (blogs, podcasts, etc.) I think just about everyone agrees with her that this is one of the best Secret [...]

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Secret Six #21 – Review

Posted on May 6, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (artist), Jason Wright (colorist) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story Catman continues his hunt for his son’s kidnapper, while the rest of the Six try to catch up. What’s Good: Every month I put down Secret Six absolutely convinced that this issue can’t be topped. And then the next [...]

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Secret Six #20 – Review

Posted on April 14, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (artist), Jason Wright (colorist) and Travis Lanham (letterer) The Story: This picks up right where #19 left off, with MacQuarrie’s thugs threatening to kill Blake’s baby son if Blake does not murder the rest of his team. Whatever decision Blake makes, it’s doubtful that things will end well for [...]

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Secret Six #15 – Review

Posted on November 5, 2009 by DS Arsenault

by John Ostrander (writer), J. Calafiore (artist), Jason Wright (colorist), Sean Ryan (editor) The Story: Deadshot is having some problems. He’s having control issues with his homicidal tendencies. So he calls in an old confidante and has a chat. The story follows themes back and forth in time, to his formative years and to his [...]

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Secret Six # 9 – Review

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Ryan Lynch

Gail Simone (writer), Nicola Scott (pencils), Jason Wright (colors) The Story: Three teams. Three targets. Three villains. Maximum body count. It’s Catman, Ragdoll, and Bane doing what they do best… saving the innocent? The Good: DC’s secret weapons strikes again; the Secret Six team put out an issue that delivers as a stand-alone issue, a [...]

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Secret Six #8 – Review

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Ryan Lynch

Gail Simone (writer), Carlos Rodriguez (artist), Jason Wright (colorist) Thoughts before the review: Secret Six, as indicated by the IGN quote on the cover of #8, is best described as “wonderfully wicked” and “hilariously twisted.”  And, on the whole, is an enjoyably decadent ride through the world of six pay-for-hire villains. Story : After the [...]

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