Posted on February 12, 2012 by DS Arsenault
By: Ed Brubaker (writer), Alan Davis (penciler), Mark Farmer (inker), Laura Martin (colorist) The Story: Powerless, Part 3: Cap and Sharon manage to eke out a victory in a tough fight with the Serpent Squad only for Cap to lose his powers once again. Why? Who’s behind this? Sharon has one theory and the investigation [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Alan Davis, Captain America, Captain America #8, Captain America #8 review, COBRA, Comic Book Reviews, DS Arsenault, Ed Brubaker, Eel, Jack Kirby, Laura Martin, Machinesmith, Mark Farmer, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Mike Zeck, Powerless, Queen Hydra, review, Sharon Carter, Steve Rogers, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 20, 2012 by jmiddle3
By: Kieron Gillen, (writer); Greg Land (penciler); Jay Leisten (inker); Justin Ponsor, Laura Martin and Guru eFX (colors) The Story: The Montana State Tourism Board gets a new attraction to boast about. The Review: Oddly, in the wake of the Schism, Uncanny X-Men has become what you might call the traditional X-Men Book, while Wolverine [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Archange, Charles Xavier, Greg Land, Guru eFX, Hope Summers, Jason Aaron, Jay Leisten, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Gill, Laura Martin, Magneto, Montana, Namor, Psylocke, Schism, Tabula Rasa, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Men #5, Uncanny X-Men #5 review, Wolverine, X-Men | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 19, 2011 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger & Dexter Vines (inks), Laura Martin, Justin Ponsor & Matt Milla (colors), Chris Eliopoulos (letters), Lauren Sankovitch (assistant editor) & Tom Brevoort (editor) The Story: It all ends here with the Serpent taking on the Avengers. Five Things: 1. TGIO! Or Thank Goodness It’s Over! [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Chris Eliopoulos, Dean Stell, Dexter Vines, Fear Itself, Fear Itself #7, Fear Itself #7 review, Justin Ponsor, Laura Martin, Lauren Sankovitch, Marvel, Matt Fraction, Matt Milla, review, Stuart Immonen, Tom Brevoort, Wade Von Grawbadger | 17 Comments »
Posted on September 14, 2011 by dfstell
By: Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), Chris Eliopoulos (letters), Lauren Sankovitch (assistant editor) & Tom Brevoort (editor) The Story: The finish line is in sight as the Avengers rally to take on the Serpent and his minions. What’s good: Well, at this point, we have to look [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Marvel, Matt Fraction, Stuart Immonen, Laura Martin, Wade Von Grawbadger, review, Chris Eliopoulos, Tom Brevoort, Lauren Sankovitch, Dean Stell, Fear Itself | 18 Comments »
Posted on June 23, 2011 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Given an ultimatum, Thor rumbles with the Surfer. Meanwhile, Volstagg finds himself unwanted in Broxton. What’s Good: It always feels really good to get your money’s worth with a comic. I definitely felt like I got [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Asgard, Asgardian, Asgardians, Broxton, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fandral, Forger, Galactus, Hogun, Laura Martin, Loki, Mark Morales, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Mighty Thor, Mighty Thor #3, Odin, Oklahoma, Olivier Coipel, Sif, Silver Surfer, stellar armor, The Galactus Seed, The Mighty Thor #3, The Mighty Thor #3 review, the Seed, Thor, Volstagg, Warriors Three, Weekly Comic Book Review, World Tree | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: John Cassaday, Laura Martin, Chris Mowry, Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart, Mike Allred, Laura Allred, Jim Silke, Kurt Busiek, Michael Kaluta The Story: An anthology of stories about Dave Stewart’s Rocketeer by an All-Star cast of creators. What’s Good: Just look at that list of creators! I’m not even a huge Rocketeer fan, but when [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Chris Mowry, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, IDW, Jim Silke, John Cassaday, Kurt Busiek, Laura Allred, Laura Martin, Michael Kaluta, Mike Allred, Mike Mignola, review, Rocketeer Adventures, Rocketeer Adventures #1, Rocketeer Adventures #1 review, Rocketeer Adventures review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 28, 2010 by Roman Colombo
Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Pencils by Oliver Coipel, Michael Lark, Jim Chueng, with art by Lucio Parillo, and colors by Laura Martin, John Rauch, Matt Holligsworth, and inks by Mark Morales and Stefano Gaudiano. If you haven’t read this yet, there may be spoilers, but if you’ve been reading Marvel, all of this is [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Iron Man, Jim Chueng, John Rauch, Laura Martin, Lucio Parillo, Mark Morales, Marvel Comics, Matt Holligsworth, Michael Lark, Olivier Coipel, Roman Colombo, Siege, Siege the Cabal, Stefano Gaudiano, Thor, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 3, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (penciller), Mark Morales (inker), Laura Martin (colorist) The Story: Osborn has managed to start his war with Asgard pretty well. He’s got Thor down, the Asgardians are on the ropes and things look good, until Ares clues in that Osborn wasn’t entirely truthful. Divine blood is thicker than [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Other | Tagged: Ares, Asgard, Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis, Bucky, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, Dark Reign, DS Arsenault, Laura Martin, Mark Morales, Marvel Comics, Marvel Reviews, Ms. Marvel, Norman Osborn, Olivier Coipel, Reviews, Sentry, Siege, Siege #2, Siege #2 review, Steve Rogers, Thor, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 8, 2009 by tonyrak
By Warren Ellis (writer), John Cassady (artist), Laura Martin (colorist) One year after the final confrontation between Elijah Snow and Randall Dowling, and the world is a very different place indeed. All the technological marvels and scientific secrets that Dowling had spent his life hoarding are now being developed by the Planetary Organization into practical [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Wildstorm | Tagged: Ambrose Chase, Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner, John Cassady, Laura Martin, Planetary #27 review, Planetary 27, Randall Dowling, The Drummer, Tony Rakittke, Warren Ellis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 30, 2009 by rsg8101
By J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Marko Djurdjevic (pencils), Dany Mik (inks) Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic with Lauran Martin (colors) The Story: Thor is in deep trouble as he and Sif try to get acclimated to their new lives together while Loki and Doom plot all-out evil and destruction. William has his first heroic adventure that ends [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dany Miki, J. Michael Straczynski, Jelena Kevic Djurdejevic, JMS, Laura Martin, Marko Djurdjevic, Marvel Reviews, Thor, Thor #603, Thor #603 - Review, weekly comic book reviews | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 23, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Writer), Mike Perkins (Art), and Laura Martin (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The Stand’s pace is really starting to get to me as a comic fan. While the writing and artwork is quite fantastic all around, it’s difficult to be completely satisfied with tiny chunks of a massive story. Maybe I’ll [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: American Nightmares, Captain Tripps, Comic Book Reviews, Frannie, Harold, Kyle Posluszny, Laura Martin, Marvel Comics, Mike Perkins, Nick Andros, Randall Flagg, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King, Stu Redman, The Stand, The Stand: American Nightmares #5 Review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 13, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Writer), Mike Perkins (Artist), and Laura Martin (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I thought the last issue of American Nightmares was pretty great. While it didn’t advance the story a whole lot, it made up for its shortcomings by being incredibly intense and disturbing. The Story: Stu Redman and artist Glen [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: American Nightmares #4, Captain Tripps, Comic Book Reviews, Kyle Posluszny, Laura Martin, Lee Burmejo, Marvel Comics, Mike Perkins, Randall Flagg, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King's The stand, The Stand, The Stand: American Nightmares #4 Review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 31, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Script), Mike Perkins (Art), and Laura Martin (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The slow pace of The Stand is starting to get to me as a monthly reader. I realize that the book is adapting a fairly large work and that Stephen King is an author that likes to take his [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: American nightmares #3, Captain Tripps, comic reviews, Kyle Posluszny, Larry Underwood, Laura Martin, Marvel Adaptation, Marvel Comics, Mike Perkins, New Jersey, New York, Randall Flagg, Rita Blakemoor, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King, The Stand, The Stand American Nightmares #3 Review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 24, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Warren Ellis (Writer), Simone Bianchi (Pencils & Inks), Andrea Silvestri (Inks), and Simone Peruzzi, Christina Strain, & Laura Martin (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Astonishing X-Men should be better than it has been, especially considering both the talent involved and how long the wait is between issues. The biting humor and high-concept storyline [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Andrea Silvestri, Armor, Astonishing X-Men, Astonishing X-Men #29 Review, Beast, Christina Strain, comic reviews, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Forge, high-concept, Humor, Joss Whedon, Kyle Posluszny, Laura Martin, M-Day, Marvel Comics, Marvel Reviews, Simone Bianchi, Simone Peruzzi, Storm, triploid, Warren Ellis, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 16, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Stephen King (Creator), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Script), Mike Perkins (Art), and Laura Martin (Colors) The Story: The tension continues to mount as American Nightmares rolls on. A starving convict, a pyromaniac named The Trashcan Man, and Randall Flagg take up a majority of the issue. While the other surviving characters think of possible destinations that [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adaptation, American Nightmares, Captain Tripps, Comics, Kyle Posluszny, Laura Martin, Lee Burmejo, Marvel Comics, Mike Perkins, Reviews, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King, Stephen King's The stand, Superflu, The Stand, The Stand:American Nightmares #2 review, Trashcan Man, Virus, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 7, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Stephen King (Creative & Executive Director), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Script), Mike Perkins (Art), and Laura Martin (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’ve never read the novel it’s based on, so I can’t really comment on how effective the adaptation is. That said, I am definitely enjoying every bit of The Stand: Captain Trips. From [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adaptation, Captain Trips, comic reviews, Laura Martin, Marvel Comics, Mike Perkins, Novel, Randall Flagg, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King, The Stand, The Stand: Captain Trips #4 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 30, 2008 by tonyrak
By J.Michael Straczynski (writer), Olivier Coipel (artist), Mark Morales (inker) The Story: In this thematic prequel to “Dark Reign,” Loki hijiacks the title for an issue and meets with Hela in Las Vegas. There, he asks for her help in sending him back in time in order to confront the demons of his past, and [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Hela, J.Michael Straczynski, Laura Martin, Loki, Mark Morales, Marvel Comics, Olvier Coipel, Thor #12 | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 4, 2008 by Deamentia
By Brian Bendis (story), Leinil Francis Yu (pencils), Mark Morales (inker), Laura Martin (colors) Once again, Brian Bendis (one of my favorite comic book writers) fumbles the ball on yet another Marvel event. If you thought House of M and Secret War was lame, well, feel free to lump Secret Invasion right along with those [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brian Bendis, Crap, Laura Martin, Leinil Francis Yu, Mark Morales, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion #8, Skrulls, Thunderbolts | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 18, 2008 by rsg8101
By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (writer), Mike Perkins (art), Laura Martin (colors) The Story: As far as the arc of this series, this issue stands as the “day before” the world is decimated. The Captain Trips virus continues its deadly crawl across the United States. We watch the individual stories surrounding our main characters unfold with a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Captain Trips, Laura Martin, Marvel, Mike Perkins, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King, The Stand, The Stand: Captain Trips #3 Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 22, 2008 by pozzyfreak
By Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), Leinil Yu (Pencils), Mark Morales (Inker), Laura Martin, and Emily Warren (Colorists) The Story: The penultimate chapter of the Secret Invasion is all about the action. Heroes and villains from throughout the Marvel universe come together for an epic battle against the Skrull army. But this isn’t just a straight [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Action, Blockbuster, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Emily Warren, event, Laura Martin, Leinil Yu, Mark Morales, Marvel, Michael Bay, Reviews, Secret Invasion, Secret Invasion #7 Review, Skrulls, Spiderman, Superheroes, Thor, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 10, 2008 by Deamentia
By Brian Bendis (story), Leinil Yu (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors) After coming off the high of last issue’s rousing cliffhanger, Secret Invasion #6 comes off as a disjointed mess. There’s plenty of stuff that happens in this issue, but the transitions that lead from Point A to Point B almost seem to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brian Bendis, Laura Martin, Leinil Yu, Mark Morales, Marvel, Secret Invasion #6, Skrulls, Thor | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 10, 2008 by Deamentia
By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (writer), Mike Perkins (art), Laura Martin (colors) I tried numerous times to read this novel as a kid, but it was just too dense for me. When the mini-series came on TV I completely forgot to watch it. So there was definitely some enthusiasm going into this book. I don’t know much [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: horror, Laura Martin, Mike Perkins, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King, The Stand, The Stand: Captain Trips #1 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 14, 2008 by pozzyfreak
By Brian Bendis (writer), Leinil Yu (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors) We all knew that, at some point, the heroes would find some traction to begin pushing back against the Skrull threat. What we didn’t know was that it would be the (comparatively) minor characters that would provide the spark. With Iron Man, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brian Bendis, Laura Martin, Leinil Yu, Mark Morales, Marvel Comics, Secret Invasion, Secret Invasion #5, Skrulls, Turning point | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 6, 2008 by lotrking
By J. Michael Straczynski (Writer), Olivier Coipel (Penciler), Mark Morales, Allen Martinez, and Victor Olazaba (Inkers), and Laura Martin (Colorist) I don’t know how J. Michael Straczynski does it. Every issue so far has been nothing but a slowly stewing plot in which we get a lot of story, but relatively little development. There has [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Allen Martinez, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, J. Michael Straczynski, Laura Martin, Mark Morales, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Olivier Coipel, Thor, Thor #10, Victor Olazaba | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 10, 2008 by Deamentia
By Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Leinil Yu (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors) I’m going to out right say it: The first nine pages of this issue pretty much suck. All we get is the usual boring diatribe we’ve been fed time and again in just about any science fiction story where conquering aliens [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Brian Michael Bendis, Laura Martin, Leinil Yu, Mark Morales, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Nick Fury, Secret Invasion, Secret Invasion #4, Skrulls, Spider-Woman | Leave a Comment »
