Posted on February 22, 2012 by jmiddle3
By: Keiron Gillen (writer), Greg Land (penciler), Jay Leisten (inker) Guru eFX (colors) The Story: Two exceptional individuals battle over whether to live in harmony with inferior beings or to dominate and destroy them. Wait, why does this sounds familiar… The Review: I’ve been struggling with this issue for a while now. The heart of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Colossus, Comic Book Reviews, Greg Horn, Guru eFX, Jay Leisten, Jim Middleton, Juggernaut, Kieron Gillen, Magic, Marvel Comics, review, Tabula Rasa, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #7, Uncanny X-Men #7 review, Warren Worthington, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 19, 2012 by Roman Colombo
Written by James Asmus, Art by Takeshi Miyazawa, Colors by Jim Charalampidis The Story: Zero has no hope in the mutant messiah, and wants to take Hope away from everyone! Wordplay! The Writing: I was never a fan as James Asmus. His one shots never thrilled me and his work in the anthologies was never very inspiring. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Avengers Vs X-Men, AvX, Generation Hope, Generation Hope #16, Generation Hope #16 review, James Asmus, Jim Charlampidis, Kieron Gillen, Marvel Comics, Nightcrawler, Takeshi Miyazawa, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men, X-Men Regenesis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 14, 2012 by Roman Colombo
Written by Kieron Gillen, Art by Richard Elson, Colored by Jessica Kholinne The Story: So where did all that fear stuff go when the serpent died? Why, into Loki’s head of course! The Writing: Kieron Gillen might just be Marvel’s best writer. Might be a bold statement, but anyone reading Journey Into Mystery and not [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Exiled, Fear Itself, Jessica Kholinne, Journey Into Mystery, Journey into Mystery #634, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #634 review, Journey Into Mystery New Mutatns Exiled, Kieron Gillen, Loki, Marvel Comics, New Mutants, Richard Elson, Shattered Heroes, Son of Satan, Thor, Uncanny X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 9, 2012 by paladinking
by Kieron Gillen (writing), Brandon Peterson (art), Justin Ponsor (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The Phalanx returns and the X-Men race to stop its rapid consumption. The Review: What a strange issue… I really don’t mean that in a bad way at all. In fact, I wish more ongoing series did this. Uncanny [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Brand, Alex Evans, Brandon Peterson, Colossus, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Cyclops, Danger, Hope Summers, Kieron Gillen, Magik, Magneto, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Mr. Sinister, Namor, Phalanx, Psylocke, Regenesis, Scott Summers, Storm, SWORD, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #4, Uncanny X-Men #4 review, Utopia, Weekly Comic Book Review, X-Men, X-Men Regenesis | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 17, 2011 by paladinking
by Kieron Gillen (writing), Mitch Breitweiser (art), Bettie Breitweiser (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Loki gets a very special present from Hela, courtesy of Garm. The Review: This was originally advertised as something of a Christmas issue, but ultimately, while Gillen delivers on that promise, we get something a little more subtle. While [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, All-Mother, Asgard, Asgardia, Bettie Breitweiser, Christmas, Christmas issue, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Freyja, Gaea, Garm, Heimdall, Hel Wolf, Hela, Ikol, Journey Into Mystery, Journey Into Mystery #632, Journey into Mystery #632 review, Kid Loki, Kieron Gillen, Leah, Loki, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Mephisto, Mitch Breitweiser, New Mutants, Shattered Heroes, Thor, Thori, Tyr, Volstagg, Weekly Comic Book Review, World Tree, Yggdrasil, Yule | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 1, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Carlos Pacheco, Jorge Molina & Rodney Buchemi (pencils), Cam Smith, Roger Bonet, Walden Wong & Molina (inks), Frank D’Armata, Rachelle Rosenberg, Jim Charalampidis & Molina (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White & Sebastian Girner (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Mr. Sinister has created [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Cam Smith, Carlos Pacheco, Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Jim Charalampidis, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Jorge Molina, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Mr. Sinister, Nick Lowe, Prank D'Armata, Rachelle Rosenberg, review, Rodney Buchemi, Roger Bonet, Sebastian Girner, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #2, Uncanny X-Men #2 review, Walden Wong | 8 Comments »
Posted on November 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Carlos Pacheco (pencils), Cam Smith (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: We’ve seen Team Wolverine’s light-hearted high school. Surely Team Cyclops will be up to more adult things. Five Things: 1. Really like the more adult tone of this title. It’s too soon [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Cam Smith, Carlos Pacheco, Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, review, Sebastian Girner, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #1, Uncanny X-Men #1 review | 19 Comments »
Posted on October 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Greg Land (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: The end is here! Uncanny X-Men ends its long run of continuous, mostly monthly publication since Giant Size X-Men #1. Of course, this is [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, review, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #544, Uncanny X-Men #544 review | 9 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Billy Tan (artist), Andres Mossa (colorist), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor), Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: It’s the Harry Potter Sorting Hat episode of the X-Men as all the mutants need to choose whether to be on Team Wolverine or Team Cyclops. What’s good: This was probably an important issue to have. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Andres Mossa, Billy Tan, Dean Stell, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, Regenesis, review, Sebastian Girner, X-Men | 6 Comments »
Posted on September 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Greg Land (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Fear Itself-bedazzled Juggernaut battles the new champion of Cyttorak. What’s Good: It was kinda fun to watch Colossus beat down Juggernaut. There’s gotta be [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Fear Itself, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, review, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #543, Uncanny X-Men #543 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 21, 2011 by paladinking
by Kieron Gillen (writer), Doug Braithwaite (pencils), Ulises Arreola & Andy Troy (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Loki cuts a deal with the biggest, toughest demon in limbo before seeking the aid of a very shiny resident of Asgard. What’s Good: One thing I’ve really appreciated about Kieron Gillen’s Journey into Mystery has [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardian, Asgardians, Avengers Tower, Balder, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dark Asgard, Destroyer, Disir, Doug Braithwaite, Fear Itself, Heimdall, Hel Wolf, Journey Into Mystery, Journey into Mystery #626, Journey into Mystery #626 review, Kid Loki, Kieron Gillen, Leah, Limbo, Loki, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Odin, Surtur, the Serpent, Tyr, Weekly Comic Book Review, World Tree | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Greg Land (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: How will the X-Men stop the Juggernaut? Well, Cyclops has some plans. What’s Good: The coolest thing in this issue was seeing all the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Joe Caramagna, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gillen, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #542, Uncanny X-Men #542 review, X-Men | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Greg Land (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: The Juggernaut, complete with Fear Itself hammer accessory, is bearing down on San Francisco. It’s up to the X-Men to stop him. What’s Good: [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, review, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #541, Uncanny X-Men #541 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 16, 2011 by paladinking
by Kieron Gillen (writer), Doug Braithwaite (pencils), Ulises Arreola (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: With war in hell on the horizon, Loki brokers a deal with Mephisto and Hela. What’s Good: In case you didn’t know, Kieron Gillen’s Journey into Mystery is among Marvel’s very best books. It’s witty, charming, funny, dramatic, and [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardian, Asgardians, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Disir, Doug Braithwaite, Fear Itself, Hel, Hel Wolf, Hela, hell, Ikol, Journey Into Mystery, Journey into Mystery #625, Journey Into Mystery #625 review, Kieron Gillen, Leah, Limbo, Loki, Marvel Comics, Marvel Hell, Marvel Universe, Mephisto, Midgard, Newark, the Serpent, Thor, Tongue of the Serpent, Tyr, Ulises Arreola, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
Posted on July 6, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Greg Land (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Juggernaut (the hammer-wielding, leveled-up version) is coming to town. What’s Good: There are a few little nuggets about the world of Fear Itself in [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, review, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #540, Uncanny X-Men #540 review | 6 Comments »
Posted on July 1, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Ibraim Roberson (art), Jim Charalampidis (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: A one-and-done story featuring Hope and Logan. What’s Good: Let’s hear it for the done-in-one story! In this era of 2-issue ideas that are milked into 6-issue [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Ibraim Roberson, Jim Charalampidis, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #539, Uncanny X-Men #539 review | 15 Comments »
Posted on June 17, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Terry Dodson (pencils), Rachel Dodson (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: The conclusion of the deposed Powerlord Kruun’s attempt to get revenge against the X-Men. What’s Good: This was a fun and quickly paced issue. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, Rachel Dodson, review, Terry Dodson, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #538, Uncanny X-Men #538 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 13, 2011 by paladinking
by Kieron Gillen (writer), Doug Braithwaite (pencils), Ulises Arreola (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: “Have fun! Don’t get killed! I’ll be back soon!” The Review: It’s one thing for a series to be capable of putting out awesome issues, but it’s another thing entirely for it to be consistent, and now, in it’s [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Disir, Doug Braithwaite, Fear Itself, Garm, Heimdall, Hel, Hel Wolf, Hela, Ikol, Journey Into Mystery, Journey into Mystery 624, Kieron Gillen, Loki, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Mephisto, Odin, the Serpent, Thor, Tongue of the Serpent, Tyr, Ulises Arreola, Volstagg, Weekly Comic Book Review, World Tree | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 31, 2011 by dfstell
A whole LOT of very solid comics last week. We can’t review everything in-depth, so the least we can do is give you a quick-hit letting you know what we thought of an issue and whether it is worth picking up. Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #6 – Talk about not being what I expected! I [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Adam Kubert, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine, Calvario Hills, Clayton Henry, Dean Stell, Fantagraphics Books, Greg Pak, Jason Aaron, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Kieron Gillen, Marti, Marvel, Paul Tobin, Quick Hit Reviews, Spider-Girl, Terry Dodson, The Incredible Hulks, The Tattered Man, Tom Grummett, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #537 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 24, 2011 by dfstell
Try as we might, there are always a few comics that slither through the cracks and don’t get the full review treatment here at WCBR. Still, it probably makes sense to tell you whether we generally liked the issue or not. Thus, the Quick Hit Reviews…. X-Men: Prelude to Schism #2 - In the category [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alpha Flight, Andrea Mutti, Astonishing X-Men, Christos Gage, Dean Stell, Fred Van Lente, Generation Hope, Greg Pak, Juan Bobillo, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Paul Jenkins, Quick Hit Reviews, Salvador Espin, X-Men: Prelude to Schism | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 16, 2011 by paladinking
by Kieron Gillen (script), Doug Braithwaite (pencils), Ulises Arreola (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Loki is faced with decisions as he begins his epic adventure. The Review: Well, I can now say that Kieron Gillen’s Journey into Mystery certainly does not fall into “first issue syndrome.” In other words, the second installment is [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardian, Asgardians, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Doug Braithwaite, Fear Itself, Hel, Hel Wolf, Journey Into Mystery, Journey into Mystery #623, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #623 review, Kieron Gillen, Loki, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Odin, the Serpent, Thor, Volstagg, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Terry Dodson (pencils), Rachel Dodson (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Would you let the aliens from Breakworld sleep on the couch? What’s Good: If you liked Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men run from a few [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, Rachel Dodson, review, Terry Dodson, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #536, Uncanny X-Men #536 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 21, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Salva Espin (art), Jim Charalampidis (colors), Dave Sharpe (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Hope and kids head off to find another emerging mutant with a new liaison to the big-boy X-Men in tow. What’s Good: Most of the fun from this issue stems from seeing new [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dave Sharpe, Dean Stell, Generation Hope, Generation Hope #6, Generation Hope #6 review, Jim Charalampidis, Jordan D. White, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, review, Salva Espin | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 15, 2011 by dfstell
By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Terry Dodson (pencils), Rachel Dodson (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (colors), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Remember the Breakworld mega-story from Joss Whedon’s awesome Astonishing X-Men run? Well, the X-Men have to go back there! What’s Good: My life as [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daniel Ketchum, Dean Stell, Joe Caramagna, Jordan D. White, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Nick Lowe, Rachel Dodson, review, Terry Dodson, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #535, Uncanny X-Men #535 review | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 13, 2011 by paladinking
by Kieron Gillen (writer), Dougie Braithwaite (pencils), Ulises Arreola (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Loki goes on a quest to discover the secret behind his elder self’s demise. The Review: This is quite possibly the best work of Kieron Gillen’s career, or at the very least, it’s among that work. Regardless, this [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardian, Asgardians, Avengers, Broxton, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dougie Braithwaite, Fandral, Fear Itself, Hogun, Journey Into Mystery, Journey Into Mystery #622, Journey Into Mystery #622 review, Kieron Gillen, Loki, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Odin, Siege, Siege of Asgard, Stark, Stark Phone, Thor, Tony Stark, Volstagg, Warriors Three, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
