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Fantastic Four #606 – Review

Posted on May 26, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Ron Garney (art), Jason Keith (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The Fantastic Four go on a mission in a strange environment to save the life of an old friend. The Review: I think Hickman came into this with a good idea, but due to comics being just as much [...]

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Avengers vs. X-Men #4 – Review

Posted on May 17, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: As the Phoenix streaks towards Earth, Hope tries to make a deal with Wolverine. The Review: In a twelve-issue maxi-series, issues like this are all but inevitable – the dreaded, treading water, transitional issue. Much [...]

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FF #17 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2012 by paladinking

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Nick Dragotta (art), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Can Peter Parker possibly survive the sheer, mind-imploding aggravation of having Johnny Storm for a room-mate? The Review: Jonathan Hickman is among my favourite writers, but he wouldn’t exactly be my first choice to write a sitcom, much as [...]

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The Manhattan Projects #2 – Review

Posted on April 23, 2012 by dfstell

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Nick Pitarra (artist), Rachelle Rosenberg (colors) & Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: The Manhattan Projects goes looking for some Nazi scientists. Recap/Review: Folks who enjoyed Hickman’s Pax Romana are going to enjoy this series a LOT. This issue perhaps doesn’t have quite the novelty of issue #1, but it still keeps that hard [...]

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Secret #1 – Review

Posted on April 12, 2012 by dfstell

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Ryan Bodenheim (artist), Michael Garland (colors) & Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Conspiracies, secrets, duplicity and some good, old-fashioned torture. Review: [SPOILER WARNING] This issue does precisely what a #1 issue needs to do: Compel you to buy the second issue! That’s no small challenge in this comic market where despite pathetic sales [...]

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FF #16 – Review

Posted on April 1, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Nick Dragotta & Steve Epting (art), Chris Sotomayor & Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The Future Foundation pick up the pieces in a ruined NYC….and what exactly happened to Doom when the Bridge closed, anyway? The Review: I’ve ragged on FF now and then since the return [...]

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Avengers vs. X-Men #1 – Advanced Review

Posted on March 29, 2012 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The signs are made apparent – the Phoenix Force is coming to Earth. But for some, that may not be a bad thing… The Review: Based on this first issue, Avengers vs. X-Men delivers [...]

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Fantastic Four #604 – Review

Posted on March 18, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Steve Epting (pencils), Rick Magyar (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Future Franklin versus three Mad Celestials in the conclusion to Jonathan Hickman’s three year long story. The Review: Is it actually possible that Saga #1 may not be the very best issue to come out this [...]

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The Manhattan Projects #1 – Review

Posted on March 8, 2012 by dfstell

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Nick Pitarra (artist), Cris Peter (colors) and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: What if there was more going on during the Manhattan Project than we were told? Review: This was really good. Anyone who has been a fan of Hickman’s creator owned works knows that he can whip up some crazy ideas and [...]

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Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #7 – Review

Posted on March 5, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Esad Ribic (artist), Dean White (color artist) The Story: A humbled Nick Fury learns to say, “Please.” The Review: At long last, we’ve reached the point in the story where Jonathan Hickman has decided to let us in on what’s been going on over in the South East Asian Republic (SEAR). [...]

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Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #6 – Review

Posted on January 26, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Brandon Peterson and Esad Ribis (artists), John Rauch and Edgar Delgado (colors) The Story: The Ultimates take a collective breath and say, “Oh, f#@&!” The Review: Goodness, I really love the concept of the Ultimates. I really think it’s fascinating to watch these imperfect men and women try to live up to [...]

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FF #14 – Review

Posted on January 25, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Juan Bobillo (pencils), Marcelo Sosa (inks), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Doom makes the ultimate sacrifice. The Review: Jonathan Hickman’s calling card seems to be his labyrinthine plots, composed of a great deal of moving parts, all leading to an increasingly massive scope. This can at time [...]

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FF #13 – Review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writing), Juan Bobillo (pencils), Marcelo Sosa (inks), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The Future Foundation cross the Bridge into the former home of the Council of evil Reeds, now owned by the mad Celestials. The Review: Last month, myself and many other reviewers took FF to task for [...]

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Fantastic Four #601 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writing), Steve Epting (pencils), Rick Magyar & Mark Pennington (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Johnny brings the cavalry. The Review: This past summer, Marvel and DC both put out company-wide events that were pretty underwhelming. Truth be told, however, I haven’t really, really enjoyed an event from Marvel [...]

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S.H.I.E.L.D. #4 – Review

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Dustin Weaver (artist), Sonia Oback, Rachelle Rosenberg, Christina Strain (colorists) The Story: Man, I am experience some major crazy déjà vu right now. The Review: Ten months ago, when I did my first review for this series, I felt pretty gung-ho about the type of story Hickman had to tell, and [...]

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Fantastic Four #600 – Review

Posted on November 24, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Steve Epting, Rick Magyar, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ming Doyle, Leinil Francis Yu & Farel Dalrymple (line art), Paul Mounts, Andy Troy, Jordie Bellaire, Javier Tartaglia & Jose Villarrubia (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters), Lauren Sankovitch & Tom Brevoort (editor) The Story: Marvel gives their first family a 100-page, $7.99 extravaganza featuring lots [...]

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S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 – Review

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Dustin Weaver (artist), Sonia Oback (colorist) The Story: The property rates are just gonna plummet after this, aren’t they? The Review: The pace of release for this series has just gotten into joke territory, hasn’t it? Two months between issues is simply way too long. When you take a step back [...]

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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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Red Wing #2 – Review

Posted on August 15, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Nick Pitarra (artist) & Rachelle Rosenberg (colors) The Story: A temporal war in which both father and son are key players is fought at multiple points in time. What’s Good: We get a lot of Hickman’s big concept stuff as this story takes place in several decidedly different times: We see [...]

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S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 – Review

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Dustin Weaver (artist), Sonia Oback (colorist) The Story: Genius white men…and other sorry excuses for the state of the world! The Review: In ordinary circumstances, S.H.I.E.L.D. would be the kind of title I’d fallen hopelessly in love with by now; it has fresh ideas, remarkable craft, rounded characters, and some gorgeous [...]

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Secret Warriors #28 – Review

Posted on August 1, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Alessandro Vitti (art), IFS (colors), and Dave Lanphear (letters) The Story: 27 issues have led to this, the final issue of Secret Warriors. Who’s left standing? What’s Good: As a final issue that came over 30 issues to soon, Hickman plays this one well. There aren’t any other slam-bang events of [...]

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FF #7 – Review

Posted on July 30, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Greg Tocchini (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: The return of Black Bolt from the fault is detailed. What’s Good: Really, the best thing I can say about this issue of FF is that it’s not as bad as the last one. For starters, it’s far more [...]

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The Red Wing #1 – Review

Posted on July 18, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Nick Pitarra (artist) and Rachelle Rosenberg (colorist) The Story: Imagine a war with weapons and soldiers that can travel in time. Review: I’m a huge fan of Hickman’s creator-owned work. You won’t find a series that is more of a raw, punch-in-the-face than Nightly News or as mind-bending as Pax Romana or as [...]

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FF #6 – Review

Posted on July 13, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Greg Tocchini (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The birth of Black Bolt is revealed. What’s Good: There are some really bold literary themes in this one and some of its certainly really, really cool. As we delve into the birth of Black Bolt, Hickman makes allusions [...]

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FF #5 – Review

Posted on July 1, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Barry Kitson (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The siege on Old Atlantis comes to a head as Sue comes to learn what Reed’s been keeping from her. What’s Good: With Old Atlantis under siege, Hickman gives us an issue that is both epic and desperate. Seeing [...]

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