Posted on May 15, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Peter J. Tomasi (story), Lee Garbett (pencils), Andy Clarke (guest art), Ray McCarthy & Keith Champagne (inks), John Kalisz (colors) The Story: Even soldiers should know better than to go into the woods at night. The Review: To continue the main point I made in reviewing Batgirl #9, one-shot tie-ins almost invariably annoy any [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alfred Pennyworth, Andy Clarke, Batman and Robin, Batman and Robin #9, Batman and Robin #9 review, Court of Owls, Damian Wayne, DC, DC Comics, John Kalisz, Keith Champagne, Lee Garbett, Night of the Owls, Peter J. Tomasi, Ray McCarthy, Robin, Talon | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (story), Doug Mahnke (pencils), Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Tom Nguyen (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors) The Story: Considering the success of rehab on Hollywood celebrities, this isn’t surprising in the least. The Review: While I generally like Johns as a writer, and there are quite a few of his works I [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abin Sur, Alex Sinclair, Christian Alamy, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #9, Green Lantern #9 review, Hal Jordan, Indigo Tribe, Indigo-1, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Sinestro, Tom Nguyen | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 11, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (artist), Mark Irwin, Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy (inkers), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: When the Indigos do rehab, they definitely don’t screw around. The Review: If there’s one lesson we’ve learned on this title, it’s that membership to a color corps—any color corps—isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Black hand, Christian Alamy, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #8, Green Lantern #8 review, Hal Jordan, Indigo Lantern, Indigo Tribe, Indigo-1, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Sinestro, William Hand | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 15, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy, Mark Irwin (inkers), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Nok nok. Who’s there? Indigo. Indigo who? Indigo home! Like E.T., get it? The Review: As my last few reviews show, Johns has fallen into something of a slump on Justice League, where characters rarely venture [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Black hand, Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Ganthet, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #7, Green Lantern #7 review, Guardians, Guardians of the universe, Hal Jordan, Indigo Tribe, Indigo-1, Keith Champagne, Lyssa Drak, Mark Irwin, Sinestro, Star Sapphire | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 12, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Mark Irwin, Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen (inkers), Alex Sinclair & Tony Avina (colorists) The Story: Instead of power rings, maybe it’s best the mob goes back to pitchforks and torches. The Review: It’s a funny thing about people. We spend a great lot of our time [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #5, Green Lantern #5 review, Green Lantern Corps, Guardians of the universe, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Korugar, Mark Irwin, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps, Tom Nguyen, Tony Avina | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy & Keith Champagne (inkers), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: Sinestro, you can’t just hand out these power rings like they’re candy! The Review: Oh, come on—seeing Hal get fried in the Yellow Central Battery was all good and fun, but no one thought for one second [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #4, Green Lantern #4 review, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Korugar, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Tom Nguyen (inkers), David Baron (colorist) The Story: You know what the Korugans need? An Occupy movement. The Review: Just as Green Lantern has risen in stature in the last few years to the point where he now has the same iconic [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, David Baron, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Ganthet, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #3, Green Lantern #3 review, Guardians of the universe, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Korugar, Mark Irwin, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps, Tom Nguyen | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy & Keith Champagne (inkers), David Baron (colorist) The Story: It’s easy to see who’s the bad cop in this pairing. The Review: While comics mostly serve as escapist fiction, that doesn’t mean they can’t bear commentary on real life as well. A lot of writers seem [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Christian Alamy, David Baron, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #2, Green Lantern #2 review, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Daniel HDR (penciller), Keith Champagne (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: Love hurts…love scars…love wounds…and mars… The Review: Boy, nothing quite like romantic squabbles to make for cheap yet reliable drama, huh? A dose of it in can definitely spice up your fiction from time to time, though some people can [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Daniel HDR, DC, DC Comics, GLC, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps #62, Green Lantern Corps #62 review, Keith Champagne, Kyle Rayner, Miri, Nei Ruffino, Soranik Natu, Star Sapphire, Tomar-Tu, Tony Bedard | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Daniel HDR (penciller), Keith Champagne (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: I don’t care where this gig leads, but I’m keeping the ring. The Review: In the course of a splashy, eventful storyline, writers will throw in every twist in the book to keep up the momentum, and then neglect to [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Daniel HDR, DC, DC Comics, GLC, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps #61, Green Lantern Corps #61 review, John Stewart, Keith Champagne, Nei Ruffino, Tony Bedard, War of the Green Lanterns | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Tom Nguyen, Mark Irwin (inkers), Gabe Eltaeb & Randy Mayor (colorists) The Story: This makes me want to break out into a chorus of, “Feelings…woah, woah, woah…” The Review: With all this Flashpoint business going on, War of the Green Lanterns has gotten kind [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Christian Alamy, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Gabe Eltaeb, Ganthet, Geoff Johns, GLC, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #67, Green Lantern #67 review, Green Lantern Corps, Guardians, Guardians of the universe, Guy Gardner, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Krona, Kyle Rayner, Mark Irwin, Randy Mayor, Sinestro, Tom Nguyen, War of the Green Lanterns | 4 Comments »
Posted on May 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy, Mark Irwin, Tom Nguyen (inkers), Randy Mayor (colorist) The Story: Little blue midgets have never seemed so frightening. No, not the Smurfs. The Review: The Guardians of the Universe have had a large role in the Green Lantern mythos since the Silver Age, and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Christian Alamy, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Emotional Spectrum Entities, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #66, Green Lantern #66 review, Green Lantern Corps, Guardians, Guardians of the universe, Guy Gardner, Hal Jordan, Indigo, Indigo Lantern, Indigo Tribe, Keith Champagne, Krona, Mark Irwin, Randy Mayor, Red Lantern, Sinestro, Tom Nguyen, War of the Green Lanterns, Yellow Lantern | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 22, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (pencils), Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy, Mark Irwin, Mick Gray, Tom Nguyen (inkers), Randy Major (colors) The Story: War of the Green Lanterns, Part Four: All their allies have been turned to serve the enemy. Their powers are gone. They are being hunted. Times are tough if you’re Hal Jordan [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Blackest Night, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #65, Green Lantern #65 review, Guy Gardner, Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Keith Champagne, Kilowog, review, Reviews, War of the Green Lanterns, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 13, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Peter J. Tomasi (writer), Patrick Gleason (artist), Mick Gray, Keith Champagne and Tom Nguyen (inkers), Alex Sinclair (colors) The Story: Tree of Blood: Dark Knight vs White Knight, Part Three of Three: The White Knight has triggered all of his angels (the families and relatives of the inmates of Arkham) to fall all over [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Batman, Batman and Robin #22, Batman and Robin #22 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Damian Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, DS Arsenault, Keith Champagne, Mick Gray, Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi, Reviews, Tom Nguyen, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 24, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (pencils), Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Tom Nguyen (inks), Randy Mayor (colors) The Story: War of the Green Lanterns, Part One: Krona has left the rebellious Green Lantern Hal Jordan with the six other leaders of the other rings corps on the planet Ryut with the Book of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Blackest Night, Brian Cunningham, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Darren Shan, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Eddie Berganza, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #64, Green Lantern #64 review, Keith Champagne, Krona, Mark Irwin, Randy Mayor, Sinestro, Tom Nguyen, War of the Green Lanterns, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 16, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (pencils), Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen (inkers), Randy Major (colors) The Story: The New Guardians, Conclusion: Hal goes toe to toe with Krona, the nutcase Oan who has spent most of the history of the universe imprisoned. Hal doesn’t do as well as he hoped. What’s Good: I [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern #62, Green Lantern #62 review, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Krona, Lord of the Rings, Randy Major, review, Reviews, Sinestro, The Silmarillion, Tom Nguyen, War of the Green Lanterns, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 30, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (penciller), Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen, Mark Irwin (inkers), Randy Mayor (colorist) The Story: It’s a rage-fest! Atrocitus hunts the Butcher, his entity of rage, the one that matches his red lantern and red power ring. The Butcher is hungry, seeking to feed on the rage of the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Atrocitus, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Emotional Spectrum Entities, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #61, Green Lantern #61 review, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Randy Mayor, review, Reviews, The Butcher, The Spectre, Tom Nguyen, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 15, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (artist), Keith Champagne, Christian Alamy, Doug Mahnke and Shawn Moll (inker) The Story: Parallax has possessed the Flash. That’s a crappy combination for Hal: Fear plus speed force. But then some of his other color-friends show up, as well as that creepy, rag-dressed guardian who’s been hunting then entities! [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Atrocitus, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #60, Green Lantern #60 review, Hal Jordan, Indigo Tribe, Keith Champagne, Parallax, Reviews, Shawn Moll, Sinestro, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 17, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (pencils), Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Doug Mahnke (inkers), Randy Mayor and Gabe Eltaeb (colorists) What’s Good: It is my opinion that Johns continues to use the main Green Lantern book to unravel the implications of Blackest Night and Brightest Day. Yes, yes, I know there’s a whole series called [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, DC, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Flash, Gabe Eltaeb, Geoff Johns, Greeen Lantern #59 review, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #59, Hal Jordan, Indigo Tribe, Keith Champagne, Larfleeze, Nekron, New Guardians, Randy Mayor, Reviews, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 14, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (pencils), Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Doug Mahnke (inkers), Randy Mayor (colors) The Story: Hope Burns Bright: Atrocitus and Sinestro show up at a prison that has been set on fire by the Butcher. They take care of a bit of business. In the meantime, Hal is still having his [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Atrocitus, Blackest Night, Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #58, Green Lantern #58 review, Hal Jordan, Hall Jordan, Keith Champagne, Randy Mayor, review, Reviews, Sinestro, Star Sapphire, Star Sapphires, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 8, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (artist), Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen, Keith Champagne, Doug Mahnke (inkers), Randy Major with Gabe Eltaeb (colors) The Story: What Happens in Las Vegas: Hector Hammond has swallowed the orange power lantern. The main power battery for the Star Sapphires is petering out. Carol Ferris has to trap the purple [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Brightest Day, Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Gabe Eltaeb, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #57, Green Lantern #57 review, Hector Hammond, Keith Champagne, Larfleeze, Randy Major, Reviews, Star Sapphire, Tom Nguyen, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 1, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Joe Prado (artists), Rebecca Buchman, Keith Champagne, Tom Nguyen, Ivan Reis (inkers), Peter Steigerwald (colors) The Story: Aquaman and Mera talk with Boston Brand and Dove. We’re getting some hints of who’s going to be the next Aqualad. Martian Manhunter blows his hands [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aqualad, Aquaman, Ardian Syaf, Black Manta, Blackest Night, Boston Brand, Brightest Day, Brightest Day #9, Brightest Day #9 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DC Comics, Deadman, DS Arsenault, Firestorm, Geoff Johns, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawk and Dove, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Keith Champagne, Martian Manhunter, Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi, Peter Steigerwald, Rebecca Buchman, Reviews, Scott Clark, Tom Nguyen, Weekly Comic Book Review, White Lantern | 5 Comments »
Posted on July 29, 2010 by Ray Hilario
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (pencils), Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen, Keith Champagne and Doug Mahnke (inkers) The Story: The New Guardians, Chapter Four: A really creepy Hector Hammond is sprung from prison by an even creepier former guardian. In the meantime, Hal is trying to deal with Larfleeze, who is discovering the true meaning [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Brightest Day, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, Doug Mahnke, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #56 review, Keith Champagne, Tom Nguyen, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 4, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (pencils), Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen, Keith Champagne and Doug Mahnke (inkers) The Story: The New Guardians, Chapter Four: A really creepy Hector Hammond is sprung from prison by an even creepier former guardian. In the meantime, Hal is trying to deal with Larfleeze, who is discovering the true meaning [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #56, Green Lantern #56 review, Hal Jordan, Hector Hammond, Keith Champagne, Larfleeze, Reviews, Santa Claus, Tom Nguyen, Weekly Comic Book Review, White Lantern | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 4, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke and Shawn Davis (artist), Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen, Keith Champagne, Shawn Davis and Doug Mahnke (inks) The Story: The New Guardians, Chapter Three: The Spectre is on the trail of an entity (in the Brightest Day, power ring sense) that is brutally slaughtering livestock. In the meantime, Lobo explodes [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Atrocitus, Brightest Day, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Dex-Starr, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #55, Green Lantern #55 review, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Lobo, Red Lantern, Reviews, Shawn Davis, Sinestro, Spectre, Star Sapphire, The New Guardians, Tom Nguyen, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
