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Superior #7 – Review

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 [...]

Kick-Ass 2 #6 – Review

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 [...]

Superior #6 – Review

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 [...]

Kick-Ass 2 #4 – Review

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 [...]

Kick Ass 2 #3 – Review

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 [...]

Kick Ass 2 #2 – Review

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 [...]

Superior #4 – Review

  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 [...]

Nemesis #4 – Review

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 [...]

Superior #3 – Review

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 [...]

Dean’s Drive-by Reviews

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 [...]

Kick Ass 2 #1 – Review

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 [...]

Superior #1 – Review

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 [...]

Nemesis #3 – Review

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 [...]

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War Heroes #3 – Review

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 [...]

Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size #1 – Review

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 [...]

Ultimate Comics Avengers #2 – Review

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 [...]

Kick-Ass #7 – Review

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 [...]

Ultimate Comics Avengers #1 – Review

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 [...]

Fantastic Four # 569 – Review

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. [...]

Rob G’s Top Ten Number #1′s

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 [...]

Fantastic Four #567 – Review

By Mark Millar (writer) Bryan Hitch (pencils) Cam Smith, Andrew Currie, Victor Olazaba, and Mark Pennington (inks), Paul Mounts (colors) The Story: The Marquis of Death, Dr. Doom’s master, continues his assault on Doom and takes the first steps to destroying the entire universe. Through the battle, we learn about Doom’s dreams and aspirations, his psychology,  and what [...]

Wolverine #72 (Old Man Logan Chapter 7) – Review

By Mark Millar (Writer), Steve McNiven (Penciler), Dexter Vines & Jay Leisten (Inkers), and Morry Hollowell w/ Nathan Fairbairn & Paul Mounts (Colorists) Some Thoughts Before The Review: “Old Man Logan” is definitely going to go down as one of the most memorable Wolverine stories ever told. The concepts, the characters, and the crazy action [...]

Kick-Ass #6 – Review

By Mark Millar (Writer), John Romita Jr. (Art), Tom Palmer (Inks), and Dean White (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’ve enjoyed the hell out of Kick-Ass so far. The concept is rock solid, the characters are engaging, and the situations that drive the story forward successfully straddle the line between gloriously over-the-top and uncomfortably [...]

Wolverine #70 (Old Man Logan) – Review

By Mark Millar (Writer), Steve McNiven (Pencils), Dexter Vines & Mark Morales (Inks), and Morry Hollowell & Justin Ponsor (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Simply put, Wolverine #70 is,  in many ways, a make or break point for the entire “Old Man Logan” arc. While I’ve enjoyed the slow burn storytelling, the unique setting, [...]

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