Posted on May 19, 2012 by paladinking
by Mark Waid (writer), Khoi Pham (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Javier Rodriguez (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Matt fights for his life against Megacrime, still holding onto the Omega Drive The Review: You’ve got to feel for Khoi Pham. Daredevil has had some really, really great artists work on it (Marcos Martin, Paolo [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Agence Byzantine, AIM, Alex Evans, Avengers, Black Spectre, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daredevil, Daredevil 13, Daredevil 13 review, Foggy Nelson, Hydra, Khoi Pham, Kirsten McDuffie, Latveria, Mark Waid, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Murdock, megacrime, New Avengers, Omega Drive, Secret Empire, Spider-Man, Times Square, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 4, 2012 by paladinking
By: Mark Waid (writer), Chris Samnee (art), Javier Rodriguez (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Matt and Kirsten go on a date which leads to Matt telling a tale from he and Foggy’s days at Columbia Law. The Review: This issue is really yet another effort by Mark Waid to expand the variety of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Black Spectre, Chris Samnee, Columbia, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daredevil, Daredevil 12, Daredevil 12 review, Foggy Nelson, Kirsten McDuffie, Man Without Fear, Mark Waid, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Murdock, megacrime, Omega Drive, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 28, 2012 by paladinking
By: Mark Waid (writer), Marco Checchetto (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Daredevil tries to recapture the Omega Drive from Cole (Alves?). The Review: The Omega Effect has been a really nice little crossover. It’s small, contained, and went across titles that worked well with each other. If you enjoyed the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: AIM, Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daredevil, Daredevil #11, Fantastic Four, Frank Castle, Hydra, Marco Checchetto, Mark Waid, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Murdock, megacrime, Omega Drive, Omega Effect, Peter Parker, Punisher, Rachel Alves, Rachel Cole, Spider-Man, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 3, 2012 by paladinking
by Mark Waid (writer), Paolo Rivera (pencils), Joe Rivera (inks), Javier Rodriguez (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Daredevil cuts Mole Man’s twisted romance short. The Review: This issue is a key example of why I enjoy Mark Waid’s take on Daredevil and why it’s been so critically beloved in general. It features Matt [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Black Cat, Black Spectre, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daredevil, Daredevil #10, Daredevil 10 review, Felicia Hardy, Foggy Nelson, Jack Murdock, Mark Waid, Marvel Big Shots, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Murdock, Mole Man, Moloids, Omega Effect, Paolo Rivera, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 13, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Emma Rios (art), Javier Rodriguez (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spidey teams up with Daredeveil and Black Cat. Four Things: 1. Black Cat always makes the story better. – There’s no better way to start a heated comment thread than to suggest [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #677, Amazing Spider-Man #677 review, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Emma Rios, Javier Rodriguez, Joe Caramagna, Mark Waid, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker | 5 Comments »
Posted on December 22, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Mark Waid (writer), Paolo Rivera (penciller), Joe Rivera (inker), Javier Rodriguez (color artist) The Story: It’s Christmas and Matt is struggling to turn a corner in his life, away from the tortured, guilt-ridden man he has been for so long. A group of kids he is mentoring gives him a kick in the pants. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: blind, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, Comics, Daredevil #7, Daredevil #7 review, DS Arsenault, Javier Rodriguez, Joe Rivera, Mark Waid, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Matt Murdoch, Paolo Rivera, review, Reviews, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 1, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Marcos Martin (art), Muntsa Vicente (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Daredevil has to beat The Bruiser to help some innocents who know too much. Five Things: 1. Fun, street-level story. This is the kind of situation that I usually want to see [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Daredevil #6, Daredevil #6 review, Ellie Pyle, Joe Caramagna, Marcos Martin, Mark Waid, Muntsa Vicente, Stephen Wacker | 6 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer/creator), Diego Barreto & Damian Couceiro (art), Zac Atkinson & Archie Van Buren (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Shannon Watters (associate editor) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Cary/Survivor may have a plan to power up to yet another level, Plutonian and Bette Noir get reacquainted & the surviving human government’s do something. [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Archie Van Buren, Boom!, Damian Couceiro, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #30, Irredeemable #30 review, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, review, Shannon Watters, Zac Atkinson | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 28, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Marcio Takara (art), Nolan Woodard (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Shannon Watters The Story: Max Damage finishes his building project and faces a old-time enemy. What’s Good: SPOILER WARNING… Plutonian finally shows up at the ending of this issue. It’s taken a long time for us to get to [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom!, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Incorruptible, Incorruptible #22, Incorruptible #22 review, Marcio Takara, Mark Waid, Nolan Woodard, review, Shannon Watters | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Eduardo Barreto & Diego Barreto (art), Zac Atkinson (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Shannon Watters (assistant editor) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Plutonian is back on Earth and the heroes and nations thereof have to rally to its defense. What’s Good: As much as I enjoyed the 5-6 issue stint where [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom!, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Eduardo Barreto, Irredeemable, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, review, Shannon Watters, Zac Atkinson | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 25, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer/creator), Marcio Takara (artist), Nolan Woodard (colorist), Ed Dukeshire (letterer) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Urban planning continues in Coalville. Max is building something and a new villain shows up. Review: This comic is well-written and pleasant to read, but it just lacks that zap that makes Irredeemable (its sister-title) a [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom! Studios, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Incorruptible, Incorruptible #21, Incorruptible #21 review, Marcio Takara, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Nolan Woodard, review | 5 Comments »
Posted on August 21, 2011 by paladinking
by Mark Waid (writer), Paolo Rivera (pencils), Joe Rivera (inks), Javier Rodriguez (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Matt discovers that there’s a lot more weirdness behind Ahmed Jobrani’s case than expected, but first he has to dodge the big, red, white, and blue shield aimed squarely at his head. What’s Good: After last [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daredevil, Daredevil #2, Daredevil #2 review, Foggy Nelson, Klaw, Man Without Fear, Mark Waid, Marvel Big Shots, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Murdock, Paolo Rivera, Shadowland, Steve Rogers, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer/creator), Peter Krause (artist), Zac Atkinson & Nolan Woodard (colorists), Ed Dukeshire (letterer) & Matt Gagnon The Story: Plutonian is back on Earth. That means bad things are gonna happen. What’s Good: He’s back! And it was pretty powerful to get a reminder of what an insanely evil badass Plutonian is. This series [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom! Studios, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #28, Irredeemable #28 review, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Nolan Woodard, Peter Krause, review, Zac Atkinson | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 20, 2011 by paladinking
by Mark Waid (writer), Paolo Rivera (pencils), Marcos Martin (art), Joe Rivera (inks), Javier Rodriguez and Muntsa Vicente (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Daredevil crashes a wedding to stop a kidnapping but finds that returning to his job as a lawyer isn’t quite as easy as he’d hoped. What’s Good: After Shadowland, Andy [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daredevil, Daredevil #1 review, Daredevil 1, Foggy Nelson, Hell's Kitchen, Marcos Martin, Mark Waid, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Murdock, New York City, NYC, Paolo Rivera, the Spot, Weekly Comic Book Review | 5 Comments »
Posted on July 6, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer/creator), Peter Krause & Diego Barreto (art), Zac Atkinson (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Will Plutonian and his merry band of super-criminals escape from the galactic insane asylum? The Non-Spoiler Upshot: This is very much an event-driven issue, so while I’ll get into specifics in the sections [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom! Studios, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #27, Irredeemable #27 review, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Peter Krause, review, Zac Atkinson | 4 Comments »
Posted on June 29, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer & creator), Marcio Takara (art), Nolan Woodard (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Shannon Watters (assistant editor) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Max Damage continues trying to clean up Coalville, but it’s difficult with all the super-villains seemingly finding haven there. What’s Good: Okay, this is more like it. I’d been a [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom!, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Incorruptible, Incorruptible #19, Incorruptible #19 review, Marcio Takara, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Nolan Woodard, review, Shannon Watters | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 21, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Mark Waid, Penciled by Jorge Molina Story: An updating/retelling of Captain America’s origins that has his being unfrozen during Obama’s administration—and trying to return to the past to save Bucky. The Writing: Fantastic. This miniseries came out along with a dozen other Cap miniseries and got a little lost in the wash, which [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Captain America, Captain America: Man Out Of Time, Captain America: Man Out Of Time HC, Captain America: Man Out Of Time HC review, Jorge Molina, Mark Waid | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 1, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Peter Krause & Diego Barreto (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Same as it’s been for the last few months: Plutonian trying to escape from his galactic insane asylum. Also, the Plutonian is into cutting. What’s Good: This issue was a nice return to [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Andrew Dalhouse, Boom! Studios, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #26, Irredeemable #26 review, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Peter Krause | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 25, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer & creator), Marcio Takara (art), Nolan Woodard (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters), Shannon Watters (assistant editor) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Max Damage tries to help Coalville rebuild from the damage inflicted by Plutonian’s rampage, but not everyone is so eager for this to happen. What’s Good: The supporting characters in [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom! Studios, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Incorruptible, Incorruptible #18, Incorruptible #18 review, Marcio Takara, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Nolan Woodard, review, Shannon Watters | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 4, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Peter Krause & Diego Barreto (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Ever wonder how the Plutonian’s powers really work? Or how a villain with psychic powers flirts with women in a bar? Well, in this issue you find out. What’s Good: This issue is [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Andrew Dalhouse, Boom!, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #25, Irredeemable #25 review, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Peter Krause, review | 8 Comments »
Posted on April 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Peter Krause & Diego Barreto (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: The Plutonian starts busting out of prison & we learn some interesting things about Quibit. What’s Good: Irredeemable is really back to being one of the better comics on the stands. A true [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Andrew Dalhouse, Boom!, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #24, Irredeemable #24 review, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Peter Krause, review | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 26, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By Mark Waid (writer), Jorge Molina (pencils), Karl Kesel (inks), Frank D’Armata (colors), VC’s Joe Sabino (letters and production) The Story: Cap struggles with finding himself back “home” in the 40s…but without his comrades and without a war to fight. And with Kang still on the loose, he must also find a way to warn [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Captain America Man Out of Time #5 review, Captain America: Man Out Of Time, Captain America: Man Out of Time #5, Frank D'Armata, Jorge Molina, Karl Kesel, Mark Waid, VC's Joe Sabino, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Peter Krause & Diego Barreto (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: The Plutonian is in a weird place and drama swirls back on Earth. What’s Good: What makes Irredeemable a special and important comic book is when it does stuff that you just wouldn’t [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Andrew Dalhouse, Boom! Studios, Dean Stell, Diego Barreto, Ed Dukeshire, Irredeemable, Irredeemable #23, Irredeemable #23 review, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Peter Krause, review | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 23, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mark Waid (writer), Marcio Takara (art), Nolan Woodard (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) & Matt Gagnon (editor) The Story: Max Damage battles the Paradigm OR No body is going to tell Hardcase what to do! What’s Good: This is very much a transitional issue as Max Damage completes his journey from villain to anti-hero (who [...]
Filed under: Boom! Studios | Tagged: Boom! Studios, Dean Stell, Ed Dukeshire, Incorruptible, Incorruptible #15, Incorruptible #15 review, Marcio Takara, Mark Waid, Matt Gagnon, Nolan Woodard, review | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 22, 2011 by dfstell
Some weeks it is just insane how many comics get published. Despite the intrepid efforts of our writing staff here at WCBR, we simply can’t do a full review of every comic. Thus, we bring you the quick-hit reviews where we say a few words about some comics that were pretty darn good and some [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Grecian, Andrew Dalhouse, Andy Diggle, Brett Booth, Captain America, Daredevil Reborn, Davide Gianfelice, DC, Deadpool, Dean Stell, Dynamite, Esad Ribic, Generation Hope, Generation Hope #4, Generation Hope #4 review, Greg Pak, Image, James Robinson, Jubilee, Justice League of America, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #54, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #54 review, Kathryn Immonen, Kieron Gillen, Mark Waid, Marvel, Norm Rapmund, Phil Noto, Proof Endangered, Proof Endangered #3, Proof Endangered #3 review, Quick Hit Reviews, review, Rick Remender, Riley Rossmo, Silver Surfer, Silver Surfer #1, Silver Surfer #1 review, SoldierHawk, Stephen Segovia, Troy Hickman, Twilight Guardian, Twilight Guardian #2, Twilight Guardian #2 review, Uncanny X-Force, Vampirella, Venom, Victor Olazaba, What If? Venom/Deadpool #1, Wil Quintana, Wolverine, wolverine and jubilee #2, wolverine and jubilee #2 review | Leave a Comment »
