Posted on May 1, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer), Leinil Yu (artist), Nacho Vigalondo (co-plotter), Gerry Alanguilan (inker), Clayton Cowles (letters) and Sunny Gho (colors) The Story: The super-villains get the team together to pull a big heist. Recap/Review (with minor SPOILERS): This comic is pretty entertaining while also a good example of how “there are no new stories.” You could look at this [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Clayton Cowles, Dean Stell, Gerry Alanguilan, Icon, Leinil Yu, Mark Millar, Marvel, Nacho Vigalondo, review, Sunny Gho, Super Crooks | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 14, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer), Matthew Vaughn (co-plotter), Dave Gibbons (art), Angus McKie (colors) The Story: A little, Kick-Ass-style deconstruction of the superspy genre? Review (with SPOILERS): Much like Kick-Ass asked the question, “What would really happen if people tried to be spandex-wearing superheroes?” Secret Service is having the same type of thought about the James Bond/superspy genre. That genre [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Angus McKie, Dave Gibbons, Dean Stell, Icon, Mark Millar, Marvel, Matthew Vaughn, review, The Secret Service, The Secret Service #1, The Secret Service #1 review | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 27, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer), John Romita, Jr. (breakdowns), Tom Palmer (inks), Dean White (colors), Chris Eliopoulos (letters) & Aubrey Sitterson (editor) The Story: The big showdown between the “heroes” and the “villains” doesn’t go quite as planned. A Few Things: 1. Again…”superheroes” in reality. - The whole premise of Kick-Ass is kinda to show what a silly idea superheroes are. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Aubrey Sitterson, Chris Eliopoulos, Dean Stell, Dean White, Icon, John Romita Jr., Kick Ass 2 #7, Kick-Ass #2, Kick-Ass 2 #7 review, Mark Millar, Marvel, review, Tom Palmer | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 25, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer), Leinil Yu (art), Nacho Vigalondo (co-plotter), Gerry Alanguilan (inks), Sunny Gho (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) A Few Things: 1. One of Millar’s “movie properties.” – It seems like Millar has two styles for these Millarworld comics. On one side, you have things like Kick-Ass or Wanted or Nemesis that may be good [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Clayton Cowles, Dean Stell, Gerry Alanguilan, Icon, Leinil Yu, Mark Millar, review, Sunny Gho, Supercrooks | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 21, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer), Leinil Yu (pencils), Gerry Alanguilan (inks), Sunny Gho (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Nicole Boose (editor) The Story: Will Simon/Superior make a deal with the devil to save Earth. Four Things: 1. Has a popcorn-y summer movie feel. – I can totally see this being a summer movie and I’m sure [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Clayton Cowles, Dean Stell, Gerry Alanguilan, Icon, Leinil Yu, Mark Millar, Marvel, Nicole Boose, review, Sunny Gho, Superior, Superior #7, Superior #7 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 30, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar, (writer/co-creator), John Romita, Jr. (breakdowns/co-creator), Tom Palmer (finishes/ink-washes), Dan Brown (colors), Chris Eliopoulos (letters) & Aubrey Sitterson (editor) The Story: After Red Mist’s minions attacked Kick-Ass’ loved ones, our hero gets some help with the return of Hit-Girl. Five Things: 1. GREAT to have Hit-Girl back! – She was a major character [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Aubrey Sitterson, Chris Eliopoulos, Dan Brown, Dean Stell, Icon, John Romita, Kick-Ass #2, Kick-Ass 2 #6, Kick-Ass 2 #6 review, Mark Millar, review, Tom Palmer | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer), Leinil Yu (pencils), Gerry Alanguilan (inks), Javier Tartaglia (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Nicole Boose (editor) The Story: Now that we know the origin of the power that turned a little boy into Superior, we have to see what evil this Faustian bargain will bring. Five things: 1). A well told [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Clayton Cowles, Dean Stell, Gerry Alanguilan, Icon, Javier Tartaglia, Leinil Yu, Mark Millar, Marvel, Nicole Boose, review, Superior | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer/creator), John Romita, Jr. (breakdowns/creator), Tom Palmer (finishes), Dean White & Michael Kelleher (colors), Chris Eliopoulos & Clayton Cowles (letters) & Aubrey Sitterson (editor) The Story: Following the wicked crimes from the previous issue, Red Mist and his crew to continue run amok. Review: This was a tough comic to read for [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Aubrey Sitterson, Chris Eliopoulos, Clayton Cowles, Dean Stell, Dean White, Icon, John Romita, Kick Ass 2 #4, Kick-Ass #2, Kick-Ass 2 #4 review, Mark Millar, Marvel, Michael Kelleher, review, Tom Palmer | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 29, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer/creator), John Romita, Jr. (breakdowns/creator), Tom Palmer (inks), Dean White (colors), Chris Eliopoulos (letters) & Aubrey Sitterson (editor) The Story: Kick-Ass and the new Justice Forever crew run into their first serious adversity. What’s Good: Fun issue, if you like this sort of thing. Even though it has been almost 5 months [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Aubrey Sitterson, Chris Eliopoulos, Dean White, Icon, John Romita, Jr., Kick Ass 2 #3, Kick Ass 2 #3 review, Kick-Ass #2, Mark Millar, Marvel, review, Tom Palmer | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer/creator), John Romita, Jr. (breakdowns/creator), Tom Palmer (inks), Dean White (colors), Chris Eliopoulos (letters) & Aubrey Sitterson & Cory Levine (editors) Millar & Romita, Jr. are kinda sticking with some of the formula elements that were featured in the first miniseries. In this issue, we see Kick Ass getting to join a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Aubrey Sitterson, Chris Eliopoulos, Cory Levine, Dean Stell, Dean White, Icon, John Romita Jr., Kick-Ass #2, Mark Millar, Marvel, review, Tom Palmer | 12 Comments »
Posted on January 24, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer/creator), Leinil Yu (pencils/creator), Gerry Alanguilan, Jason Paz & Jeff Huet (inks), Sunny Gho & Javier Tartaglia (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Cory Levine (editor) The Story: The cute reporter gets into the Superior game and the big bad villain is revealed (kinda). What’s Good: I’ve enjoyed Superior and this is [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Clayton Cowles, Comic Book Reviews, Cory Levine, Dean Stell, Gerry Alanguilan, Icon, Jason Paz, Javier Tartaglia, Jeff Huet, Leinil Yu, Mark Millar, Marvel, review, Sunny Gho, Superior, Superior #4, Superior #4 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 30, 2010 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer/creator), Steve McNiven (art/creator), Dave McCaig (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: The final confrontation between DC police chief Morrow and cop-killer Nemesis. What’s Good: Ummm… it sets up nicely for a sequel? It does finally let the reader in on what the story is/was, but it’s a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Clayton Cowles, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Icon, Mark Millar, Marvel, MILLAR & MCNIVEN'S NEMESIS, Millar & McNiven's Nemesis #4, Millar & McNiven's Nemesis #4 review, Nemesis, Nemesis #4, Nemesis #4 review, Nick Lowe, review, Steve McNiven | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 27, 2010 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer/creator), Leinil Yu (penciler/creator), Gerry Alanguilan, Jason Paz & Jeff Huet (inkers), Sunny Gho & Javier Tartaglia (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Cory Levine (editor) The Story: Now that Simon Pooni has been transformed into Superior and kinda gotten a hold of his powers, it’s time for him to start getting into [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Clayton Cowles, Cory Levine, Dean Stell, Gerry Alanguilan, Icon, Jason Paz, Javier Tartaglia, Jeff Huet, Leinil Yu, Mark Millar, Marvel, review, Sunny Gho, Superior, Superior #3, Superior #3 review | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, IDW, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Elepahntmen #28, Elephantmen, Jamal Igle, Jeff Parker, Kev Walker, Leinil Francis Yu, Mark Millar, Phoenix without Ashes, Phoenix Without Ashes #4, Richard Starkings, Sterling Gates, Supergirl, Supergirl #58, Superior, Superior #2, Superior #2 review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #150, Thunderbolts #150 review, X-23, X-23 #3 | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 20, 2010 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer/creator), John Romita, Jr. (breakdowns/creator), Tom Palmer (finishes), Dean White (colors) & Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: What’s cooler than kids with no powers fighting crime vigilante-style? How about a team of “super-heroes” with no powers fighting crime vigilante-style? What’s Good: For those who really enjoy Mark Millar, this is going to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Hit-Girl, John Romita Jr., Justice Forever, Kick Ass, Kick Ass 2 #1, Kick-Ass #1, Kick-Ass #2, Kick-Ass 2 #1 review, Kick-Ass 2 review, Mark Millar, Red Mist, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 18, 2010 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer), Leinil Yu (pencils), Gerry Alanguilan (inks), Dave McCaig (colors) & Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: A young boy get’s his wish from a space monkey. What’s Good: This is very good and understated Mark Millar. Superior is absolutely nothing like his recent creator-owned projects such as Nemesis or Kick Ass. There [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Clayton Cowles, Comic Book Reviews, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Gerry Alanguilan, Icon, Leinil Yu, Mark Millar, Marvel, review, Superior, Superior #1, Superior #1 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 26, 2010 by tonyrak
By Mark Millar (writer), Steve McNiven (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist) Reading Mark Millar’s Nemesis, I can’t help but fondly remember my own youth and those halcyon days of holding kittens underwater and giggling as they tried to claw their way to freedom, pushing cripples down stairs and savoring the fear in their eyes as they [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Blake Morrow, Comic Book Reviews, Dave McCaig, Mark Millar, MILLAR & MCNIVEN'S NEMESIS, MILLAR & MCNIVEN'S NEMESIS # 3, MILLAR & MCNIVEN'S NEMESIS # 3 review, Nemesis, Nemesis #3, Nemesis #3 Review, Steve McNiven, Tony Rakittke, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 11, 2009 by Ray Hilario
HOPE IT’S STILL UP.
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Icon, Kick Ass, Kick-Ass movie, KICK-ASS Trailer, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mark Millar, Mark Strong, Nicolas Cage | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 7, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Mark Millar (Writer), Tony Harris (Art), and J.D. Mettler (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: It sure has been a while since the last issue of War Heroes dropped, hasn’t it?! Regardless though, you just can’t keep a cool concept down. And War Heroes is definitely based around a cool concept. The Story: A [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Al Qaeda, Comic Book Reviews, Image Comics, J.D. Mettler, Kyle Posluszny, Mark Millar, Superpowers, terrorism, Tony Harris, War, War Heroes, War Heroes #3, War Heroes #3 Review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 24, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Mark Millar (Writer), Steve McNiven (Pencils), Dexter Vines w/Mark Morales (Inks), and Morry Hollowell (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’ll be honest and admit that I’m pretty torn about the conclusion of Old Man Logan before even reading a single page of it. Why? The $4.99 price tag. The Story: Logan gets revenge [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Bruce Banner, Dexter Vines, Disney, Giant Size Old Man Logan, Giant-Size Old Man Logan #1 Review, Hawkeye, Hulk, Kyle Posluszny, Mark Millar, Mark Morales, Marvel Comics, Morry Hollowell, Old Man Logan, olverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size #1, olverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size 1 review, Steve McNiven, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Wolverine, X-Men | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 11, 2009 by tonyrak
By Mark Millar (writer), Carlos Pachecho (artist) The Story: The secret history of the Red Skull is revealed as Colonel Danvers reluctantly tasks Fury with putting together a black ops team to capture a rogue Captain America, who is still understandably distraught after last issue’s startling revelation. The Good: Millar again reminds us why this [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Captain America, Carlos Pacheco, Colonel Danvers, Dr. Stark, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Mark Millar, Nick Fury, Red Skull, Tony Rakittke, Ultimate Avengers #2, Ultimate Avengers 2 review, Ultimate Comics Avengers #2, Ultimate Comics Avengers #2 review, Ultimates | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 10, 2009 by rsg8101
By Mark Millar (writer) John Romita Jr. (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Dean White (colors) The Story: Red Mist’s ambush of Dave, Big Daddy, and Hit-Girl, comes to a brutal crescendo with the death of a major character, while Millar and Romita pay homage to the everyday fanboy. What’s Good: Well, this series has finally caught [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: comicbook reviews, Dean White, Icon, John Romita Jr., Kick Ass, Kick-Ass #7, Kick-Ass #7 - Review, Mark Millar, Marvel Comics, Marvel Comics Reviews, Tom Palmer, Weekly Comic Book Review, Weekly Comic Reviews, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 17, 2009 by Ray Hilario
By Mark Millar (writer), Carlos Pacheco (pencils), Danny Miki (inks) The Story: Following the events that took place in the universally hated “Ultimatum,” Nick Fury returns to the desecrated Triselion. There, Hawkeye stands with him and makes his former leader an offer he can’t refuse. Furthermore, Hawkeye reveals to Fury how Captain America has gone [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Captain America, Carlos Pacheco, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Mark Millar, Nick Fury, The Ultimates, The Ultimates #1, Ultimate Avengers #1, Ultimate Avengers 1 review, Ultimate Comics Avengers #1, ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #1 Review, Ultimatum | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 31, 2009 by rsg8101
By Mark Millar and Joe Ahearne (writers) Stuart Immonen (pencils)Wade Von Grawbadger (inks) Paul Mounts (colors) The Story: Millar and mostly Hitch’s run of FF comes to an explosive end. The FF take drastic and ingenious steps to survive the Marquis of Death’s assault, while simultaneously fending off scores of FF’s from across the multi-verse. [...]
Filed under: Reviews, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Fantastic Four, Mark Millar, Stuart Immonen, Paul Mounts, Wade Von Grawbadger, comic books, Comic Book Reviews, weekly comic book reviews, Marvel Reviews, Masters of Doom, Marquis of Death, joe ahearne, Fantastic Four # 569 - Review, Fantastic Four # 569, Clyde Wyncham | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 28, 2009 by rsg8101
The following list is my picks for the best first issues, based on comics that have been released during by tenure as a hobbyist, i.e the past twenty years. They are from series that were or are ongoing series, not minis. The only factor in choosing these books was simple: Greatness. 1. Y The Last [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Features, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: All Star Superman, Batman, Batman and Robin, Brian Bendis, Brian K. Vaughan, Bryan Hitch, Corey Walker, first issues, Four Eyes, Frank Quietley, Garth Ennis, Grant Morrison, Image Comics, INVINCIBLE, Joe Kelly, John Cassady, Mark Bagely, Mark Millar, Max Fiumara, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Pia Guerra, Planetary, Preacher, Robert Kirkman, Spider-Man, Steve Dillon, Superman, The Ultimates, The Unwritten, The Walking Dead, Tony Moore, Ultimate Spider-Man, Warren Ellis, Y: The Last Man | 7 Comments »
