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Journey Into Mystery #634

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 [...]

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The Mighty Thor #10 – Review

Posted on February 2, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Heimdall has suspicions about Tanarus, Surfer and Loki try to figure out what to do with Mjolnir, and Thor makes his bid for freedom. The Review: Last month, I touched upon how Matt Fraction is playing a dangerous game [...]

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The Mighty Thor #9 – Review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writing), Pasqual Ferry & Pepe Larraz (art), Frank D’Armata, Frank Martin, & Wil Quintana (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Loki seeks the aid of Donald Blake and has a weird run-in with the Silver Surfer, Kelda begins to suspect the truth, and Asgardia begins the difficult task of governance. The [...]

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Journey into Mystery #632 – Review

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 [...]

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The Mighty Thor #8 – Review

Posted on November 27, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Review: This is one of those comics that I hate reviewing. On the one hand, it’s a pretty good read. It doesn’t do anything wrong, and does quite a bit right, but in order to manage this, it’s a book [...]

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The Mighty Thor #7 – Review

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Roman Colombo

The Story: The original showdown between Odin and the Serpent. The Good: Here’s the thing…there actually is good things to say about this issue. In fact, there’s a lot of good things to say about it. Fear Itself was a disaster. I don’t see many people arguing that point–the most that can be said is that it [...]

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Journey Into Mystery #630 – Review

Posted on October 27, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Richard Elson (artist), Jessica Kholinne of IFS (colors), John Denning (assistant editor), Lauren Sankovitch (editor) The Story: As the great battle event Fear Itself played across the Marvel Universe, Volstagg seemed to be MIA. Where was he? This issue tells us and gives a bit of emotional perspective on the Fear [...]

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Journey into Mystery #626 – Review

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 [...]

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The Mighty Thor #4 – Review

Posted on July 30, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: The Asgardians go to war with Galactus, as the big purple guy takes on Odin in a battle of wills. Also, Volstagg takes on the slavering hordes of Broxton. What’s Good: If there’s one thing that [...]

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Journey into Mystery #625 – Review

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 [...]

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The Mighty Thor #3 – Review

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 [...]

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Journey into Mystery #624 – Review

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 [...]

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Fear Itself #3 – Review

Posted on June 2, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (penciller), Wade von Grawbadger (inker), Laura Martin & Larry Molinar (colorists), and Chris Eliopoulos (letterer) The Story: A major Marvel hero dies at the hands of Skadi/Sin, the final member of the Worthy is chosen, and Thor tries to escape prison and rush to Midgard’s aid. The Review: I’ve [...]

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Mighty Thor #2 – Review

Posted on May 25, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Olivier Coipel (penciller), Mark Morales (inker), Laura Martin (colorist), and Joe Sabino (letterer) The Story: Thor and Sif begin training a new team of heroes, Odin may be up to no good, and the Silver Surfer brings Asgard an ultimatum from his purple-hatted master. The Review: Now that’s more like it. [...]

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Journey into Mystery #623 – Review

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 [...]

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Thor – Movie Review (Second Opinion)

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

The Story: I’m not surprised Thor loves super-unhealthy, diner breakfast food— it’s awesome. The Review: As a god, Thor’s not really threatened by much, and certainly not by the majority of villains in the Marvel universe. Besides his loyalty to the Avengers, his connections to Earth lean more on divine fondness for the planet and [...]

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Thor – Movie Review

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Roman Colombo

SPOILER ALERT! So came a Thursday—I apologize—THOR’s Day Night in a crowded IMAX theater when through the entrance lo! Thor appears and bellows his name to the masses awaiting his big screen debut… Seriously, some guy dressed as Thor burst into our theater before preview and yelled “THORRRRRRRRRRR!” with a Mjolnir knock-off held high. He [...]

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Mighty Thor #1 – Review

Posted on April 27, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Oliver Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin, Justin Ponsor, & Peter Steigerwald (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor and Sif go on a dangerous mission to the heart of the broken World Tree while Silver Surfer searches for a new target for his master’s hunger. The Review: In [...]

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Journey Into Mystery #622 – Review

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 [...]

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Unbeatable, Volume 2 – Review

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Matthias Wolf (writer), Carlos E. Gomez (artist), Teodoro Gonzalez, Bob Pedroza, Shipeng Lee, Simon Bork (colorists) The Story: So basically Hell is a fire-stormed, wretched pit of beast-ridden filth and death—that doesn’t mean it can’t have some perks. The Review: The last volume of Unbeatable set up a storyline that was young and exuberant, [...]

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Unbeatable Volume 1 – Review

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Matthias Wolf (writer), Carlos Gomez (artist), Simon Bork & Teodoro Gonzalez (colorists) The Story: He’s met Joan of Arc, Achilles, William Tell…and they all want to kill him. He may not be a people person. The Review: The graphic novel presents a very different reading format than your typical episodic comic book. It invites [...]

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Thor #618 – Review

Posted on December 12, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Asgard finds itself beseiged by World Tree refugees. What’s Good: Epic. That’s a pretty apt description of Fraction’s story thus far, and this issue only cements that. With refugees coming in from all over the World Tree, there’s a [...]

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Thor #617 – Review

Posted on November 14, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Thor awakens the resurrected Loki and Dr. Eric Solvang finally finds someone to listen to him as Uthana Thoth continues to expand his dominion. What’s Good: In all honesty, if you’ve liked Matt Fraction’s first two issues of Thor, [...]

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Thor #615 – Review

Posted on September 23, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: A new age for Thor and Asgard begins, as an ominous threat fills Asgard’s void and rages across the metaverse. What’s Good: Thor fans can breathe a sigh of relief; Matt Fraction arrives and his first issue is a [...]

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Thor #613 – Review

Posted on August 26, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Rich Elson (pencils & inks), Jim Charalampidis (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor journeys across hell on his quest for Eir-Gram while Tyr tries to hold the line. What’s Good: In this issue, Kieron Gillen’s latest story-arc really feels like it’s come together into something really special. There’s a [...]

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