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T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #6 – Review

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: All storms must end sometime, and with them go the thunder. The Review: After my review of last issue, reader Don asked me what titles I could recommend to satisfy his craving for Nick Spencer material, once this series wrapped up.  I had to admit [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #5 – Review

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Apparently, even a simple question of “dead or alive” has no straight answers. The Review: Of course, the thing about having a huge relaunch of your entire line of titles is you’re not only thinning out all the weaker series, but the strong ones as [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #4 – Review

By: Nick Spencer (writer), Wes Craig (artist), Hi-Fi (colorist), Sam Keith (feature artist), Jeromy Cox (feature colorist) The Story: NoMan teaches us that living in a clone body can’t get in the way of friendship! The Review: One of the things I really like about T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents—and there are many—is its point of view.  Most [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 – Review

By: Nick Spencer (writer), Wes Craig (artist), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Here’s a tip—don’t talk about dead mothers and brothers on the first date. The Review: In this new DCU, there are more superhero teams than ever, one of them even having backing from the United Nations which presumably also sponsor our heroes here.  Spencer [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #6 – Review

By: Nick Spencer (writer), Cafu (penciller), Bit (inker), Santiago Arcas (colorist) The Story: The Iron Maiden…she’s a cautionary tale for all the S&M lovers out there. The Review: It’s tough to transition from one story arc to the next in a superhero comic.  After the noise dies down, you’ve got this obligatory timeout for the [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #5 – Review

By: Nick Spencer (writer), Cafu (penciller), Bit (inker), Santiago Arcas (colorist), Ryan Sook (guest artist) The Story: She doesn’t know that he knows that they don’t know what he knows about that other guy knows about them—no, I’m not describing a Friends episode. The Review: The first story arc of any new ongoing can be [...]

Justice Society of America #47 – Review

By: Marc Guggenheim (writer), Scott Kolins (artist), Mike Ativeh (colorist) The Story: Green Lantern in space!  Dr. Fate wrestles for Lightning’s soul!  Mr. Terrific experiences Flowers for Algernon firsthand! The Review: When DC announced that it’d be holding the price line at $2.99 at the cost of cutting some pages from its titles, there was [...]

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 – Review

by Nick Spencer (writer), CAFU (pencils), BIT (inks), Santiago Arcas (colors), and Swands (letters) The Story: We’re introduced to the world of the THUNDER Agents and their modus operandi. What’s Good: I really wasn’t sure what to expect out of this book, but what I got was decidedly unique from anything offered by DC.  It’s [...]

Justice Society of America #37 – Review

by Bill Willingham (writer), Jesus Merino (pencils), Jesse Delperdang (inks), Allen Passalaqua (colors), and Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: Mr. Terrific tells the story of how the JSA tried to rally against the Fourth Reich while he, and some big name allies, plot a jailbreak. What’s Good: It’s already pretty clear that Mr. Terrific is [...]

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