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Venom #17 – Review

Posted on May 7, 2012 by paladinking

By: Rick Remender & Cullen Bunn (writers), Kev Walker (pencils), Terry Pallot (inks), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Flash attempts to kill Crime-Master to extricate himself from his situation once and for all. The Review:  The first thing to address with this issue are the two big additions to the creative [...]

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Thunderbolts #171 – Review

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (penciller), Terry Pallot (inker), Frank Martin Jr. (colorist) The Story: It’s safe to say in this situation, Songbird, you let him get into your head. The Review: I hate to admit it, but my tendency to read and favor DC comics often keeps me in the dark when it [...]

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Thunderbolts #170 – Review

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (penciller), Terry Pallot (inker), Frank Martin Jr. (colorist) The Story: Who let the trolls out—who!  Who, who, who who! The Review: Some titles focus on doing one kind of story really well, and that’s fine.  If you have the right talent and affinity, you can find an infinite source [...]

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Thunderbolts #164 – Review

Posted on October 12, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (pencils), Terry Pallot (inks), Fabio D’Auria & Frank Martin (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: A team of Thunderbolts, trapped in WWII, fights Nazis alongside the Invaders. Review: It’s all good with this comic right now.  I’ve never had a huge affinity for most Golden [...]

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Secret Avengers #17 – Review

Posted on September 29, 2011 by dfstell

By: Warren Ellis (writer), Kev Walker (art), Frank Martin (colors), Dave Lanphear (letters), Lauren Sankovitch (associate editor) & Tom Brevoort (editor) The Story: The Secret Avengers learn about some secret weapon being transported through Eastern Europe and mobilize to take it down. What’s Good: This done-in-one story format is so great.  Get in there, tell [...]

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Thunderbolts #163 – Review

Posted on September 11, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Frank Martin, Jr. (colorist), Joe Caramagna (letterer), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: The Underbolts have escaped.  Now what? What’s Good: This series continues discovering ways to keep it fresh.  Jeff Parker and company have found a nice way to run this comic by [...]

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Thunderbolts #158 – Review

Posted on June 3, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (art), Frank Martin, Jr. (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: Fear Itself comes to the Thunderbolts. What’s Good: Well, it makes more sense why Juggernaut got booted off the team a few issues ago, huh?  I have to hand it to [...]

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Thunderbolts #157 – Review

Posted on May 20, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker & Declan Shalvey (pencils), Jason Gorder & Shalvey (inks), Frank Martin, Fabio D’Auria & Simpson (colors), Albert Deschesne (letterer), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: The Thunderbolts battle mystical Nazis in Germany with their new (and questionably loyal) team member – Satana – while the [...]

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Thunderbolts #156 – Review

Posted on April 22, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (pencils), Jason Gorder & Walker (inks), Frank Martin & Fabio D’Auria (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: While the Thunderbolts head out on a dangerous mission with their new magic user, Songbird tries to recruit a B-team of “Underbolts” from the [...]

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Thunderbolts #155 – Review

Posted on March 18, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (art), Jason Gorder (some inks), Frank Martin (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: The Thunderbolts need a magical member and recruit Dr. Strange to help find someone with a checkered enough past to be a true Thunderbolt. What’s Good: Jeff Parker’s [...]

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Quick-Hit Reviews: Week of Jan. 26, 2011

Posted on February 1, 2011 by dfstell

Got-dang! There were a lot of comics that came out last week!  Even with all the reviewers at WCBR burning the midnight oil, it’s not always possible to get a full review up on everything when Marvel decides to release all of their Avengers and X-books in one week.  Sheesh!  But, still, we endure…. Uncanny [...]

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WCBR Quick Hit Reviews – Week of 12/15/2010

Posted on December 21, 2010 by dfstell

Sometimes we get a few more comics than we can review in full, so here are the balance of the comics read by the WCBR staff, some good, and some pretty bad. Thunderbolts #151 – This was a great little story that tells the origin of Ghost (for those who care of such things).  Again, [...]

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Thunderbolts #150 – Review

Posted on November 23, 2010 by tonyrak

By Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Frank Martin & Fabio D’Auria (colorists) The Story: The Thunderbolts celebrate 150 issues this month with a tale that finds the team’s heavy-hitters taking on none other than Thor, Commander Rogers, and Iron Man in a brutal grudge match in another dimension. The Good: After an incredibly disappointing [...]

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Dean’s Drive-by Reviews

Posted on November 23, 2010 by dfstell

My pull list is way, way too long and every week there are a few titles that don’t get the full review treatment by me or my colleagues here at WCBR, but they still deserve a mention of some sort… Thunderbolts #150 – Sheesh! Is Jeff Parker on a can’t miss string right now, or [...]

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Thunderbolts #147 – Review

Posted on August 24, 2010 by tonyrak

Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Frank Martin (colorist) The Story: Remember that song from the Kaiser Chiefs, “I Predict A Riot”? Yeah, that totally happens in this issue and it’s up to the Thunderbolts to crush the insurrection before it can begin or die trying. The wards from Avengers Academy show up, but I [...]

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Thunderbolts #146 – Review

Posted on July 24, 2010 by tonyrak

By Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Frank Martin (colorist) The Story: Luke Cage and the team are scrambled to New Guinea to investigate the disappearance of U.N. and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents near a hidden vein of Terrigen Crystals. The Good: This new assembly of Thunderbolts continues to be one of the titles I look forward [...]

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Thunderbolts #145 – Review

Posted on June 24, 2010 by tonyrak

By Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Frank Martin (colorist) The Story: Luke Cage and the all new Thunderbolts have been tasked with cleaning up the fallout from ‘Siege’, but they’ll have to survive their encounter with Baron Zemo before they get a chance to prove themselves. The Good: Holy crap, it’s a rare thing [...]

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Thunderbolts #144 – Review

Posted on May 28, 2010 by tonyrak

By Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Frank Martin (colorist) The Story: It is the dawn of the Heroic Age, and Luke Cage has taken command of the Thunderbolts in an effort to rehabilitate the team’s image as well as its disparate members. And oh yeah, Man-Thing finally finds a reason to suck less ass [...]

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Marvel Zombies 3 #2 (of 4) – Review

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Deamentia

By Fred Van Lente, Kev Walker, Jean-Francois Beaulieu The Story: Machine Man and Jocasta enter the Marvel Zombie Universe in an attempt to find a cure for the zombie manifestation. Here, they tackle what’s left of the zombie populace in the New York area while discovering a lone survivor who’s been kept alive (and well) [...]

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Marvel Zombies 3 #1 – Review

Posted on October 6, 2008 by pozzyfreak

By Fred Van Lente (Writer), Kev Walker (Artist), and Jean Francois-Beaulieu (Colorist) The Story: The zombies invade the Marvel 616 Universe and quickly make their presence known by striking at The Command, Florida’s state Initiative team. In response, The Alternate Reality Monitoring and Operational Response Agency (A.R.M.O.R.) enlists the help of Machine Man to find [...]

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