Posted on December 28, 2011 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writing), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Frank finds himself locked in a battle to the death with Elektra. The Review: If there’s one this issue shows, and really that goes for the rest of this series as well, it’s that Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Elektra, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Marvel Universe, Matt Hollingsworth, New York City, NYC, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, PunisherMAX 20, PunisherMAX Homeless, Steve Dillon, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilson Fisk | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 18, 2011 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The mob makes young Frank Castle an offer he can’t refuse, but Nick Fury has other ideas. What’s Good: There’s a scene this month that sees Frank and his wife, separated by a closed door, with Frank’s wife screaming [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Marvel Universe, Matt Hollingsworth, Nick Fury, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, PunisherMAX #15, Punishermax #15 review, Steve Dillon, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilson Fisk | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 16, 2011 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (script), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Stuck in a cell, Frank contemplates his past life with his wife and kids, realizing that family life and prison life might not be so far apart. The Review: Since coming back from its hiatus, Jason Aaron and Steve [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bullseye, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Marvel Universe, Matt Hollingsworth, prison drama, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, PunisherMAX #13, PunisherMAX #13 review, Steve Dillon, US Marines, Vietnam War, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 16, 2011 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Locked in a prison infirmary and unable to defend himself as enemies surround him, Frank recalls a chance encounter back in Vietnam. The Review: That’s two for two. Last month, I ranted and raved about just how awesome this [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Marvel Universe, Matt Hollingsworth, prison drama, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermarx #12, Punishermarx #12 review, Punishermax, PunisherMAX #12, Steve Dillon, Vietnam War, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 10, 2011 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: At long last, Frank and Bullseye go one on one in a fight to the death. The Review: I’ve read a lot of people, including other reviewers, really taking this series to task and frankly, I just don’t get [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bullseye, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Marvel Universe, Matt Hollingsworth, NYPD, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, PunisherMAX #11, PunisherMax #11 review, Steve Dillon, Times Square, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilson Fisk | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 14, 2011 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Frank reaches new levels, now working with chemical weapons, while Bullseye finally reaches an epiphany. The Review: After finishing this comic, I was completely shocked to discover that we’ve not seen an issue of PunisherMAX since July. I knew [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Bullseye, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Matt Hollingsworth, New York, New York City, NYC, NYPD, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punisher MAX #10, Punishermax, Punishermax #10 review, Steve Dillon, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilson Fisk | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Punisher comes face to face with Bullseye, who wants to see Frank in action. What’s Good: This issue only cemented the fact that Jason Aaron’s Bullseye is my favourite take on the character in recent memory. He’s simply [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bullseye, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Matt Hollingsworth, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, PunisherMax #9, Punishermax #9 review, Steve Dillon, The Punisher, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilson Fisk | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 12, 2010 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Bullseye attempts to relive the origin of the Punisher, Frank interrogates Fisk’s dirty cop, and the Kingpin has marital issues. What’s Good: I think it’s become something of a concern among many readers how little the Punisher is actually [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bullseye, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dulohery, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Matt Hollingsworth, New York, New York City, NYC, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, Punishermax #8, Queens, Steve Dillon, The Punisher, Weekly Comic Book Review, William Bayer, Wilson Fisk | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2010 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Bullseye tries to become the man he’s hunting as he tightens the noose on Frank. What’s Good: Jason Aaron really dives in head first this month in creating his own unique, MAX version of Bullseye and the character truly [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bullseye, Comic Book Review, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dr. William Bayer, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, Punishermax #7, Punishermax #7 review, Steve Dillon, The Punisher, Weekly Comic Book Review, William Bayer, Wilson Fisk | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 19, 2010 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: We’re introduced to the Marvel MAX version of Bullseye, as he begins his hunt for Frank Castle. What’s Good: This issue sees Jason Aaron’s continuity-free take on Bullseye and overall, it’s successful. Aaron has a good handle on the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bullseye, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dr. Bayer, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, Punishermax #6 review, Punishermax 6, Steve Dillon, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilson Fisk | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 12, 2010 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Punisher and the Mennonite’s battle comes to its brutal end while Fisk and Rigoletto lock horns. What’s Good: This may very well be the best issue of Jason Aaron’s Punishermax series thus far. It gives you everything you [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bullseye, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Mennonite, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, Punishermax 5, Punsihermax #5, Punsihermax #5 review, Rigoletto, Steve Dillon, The Punisher, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilson Fisk | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 15, 2010 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Punisher goes head to head with the Mennonite and the Kingpin finally makes his move. What’s Good: This book really has that R-rated action movie feel that’s pretty integral to a comic like Punishermax. While the issue never [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Mennonite, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, Punishermax #4, Punishermax #4 review, Rigoletto, Scalped, Steve Dillon, The Punisher, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilson Fisk | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 15, 2010 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Wilson Fisk goes out to silence the one person who’s onto him, before finally going one on one with Frank Castle. What’s Good: Three issues in, and this month is, more than anything, Aaron and Dillon testing the limits [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Mamma Cesare, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, Punishermax #3, Punishermax #3 re view, Punishermax 3 review, Rigoletto, Steve Dillon, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilson Fisk | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2009 by paladinking
by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Wilson Fisk’s history is delved into as Operation: Kingpin is put into action. What’s Good: While last month was a declaration of Garth Ennis, this month makes clear that Jason Aaron is interested in more than just emulation, as [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Frank Castle, Jason Aaron, Kingpin, Mafia, Marvel, Marvel MAX, MAX, Punisher, Punisher Max, Punishermax, Punishermax #2 review, Punishermax 2, Rigoletto, Steve Dillon, The Punisher, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilson Fisk | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 6, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Robert Kirkman (Writer), Cory Walker (Art), and Val Staples (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: While I’ve enjoyed Robert Kirkman’s Destroyer mini-series quite a bit, I’ve just about had my fill. That said, I’m still looking forward to seeing how Kirkman wraps things up. The Story: Keene fights for his life, literally, when he [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Cory Walker, Destroyer #5 Review, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Robert Kirkman, Val Staples, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 3, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By David Lapham (Writer), Koi Turnbull (Pencils), Scott Hanna w/ Mark Pennington (Inks), Juan Doe (Art on pgs. 11-23), and C. Garcia (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I really hope Mr. Terror has a future sooner rather than later. David Lapham has done great things with Terror during the Apocalypse Soon mini-series, so it’d [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Apocalypse soon, C. Garcia, Comic Book Reviews, David Lapham, Juan Doe, Koi Turnbull, Kyle Posluszny, Mark Pennington, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Scott Hanna, Terror Inc., Terror Inc. Apocalypse Soon #4 Review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 6, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Robert Kirkman (Writer), Cory Walker (Art), and Val Staples (Colors) The Story: Destroyer and Turret attack a Horde base where they fight Krakoom. Blood is shed and Destroyer dwells on what might be his greatest mistake. What’s Good: Robert Kirkman tosses in some effective character moments, but there’s no denying that Destroyer #4 is [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Cory Walker, Destroyer, Destroyer #4 Review, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Robert Kirkman, Val Staples, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 28, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By David Lapham (Writer), Koi Turnbull & Xurxo G. Penalta (Art), Scott Hanna & Tom Palmer (Inks), and Sotocolor’s C. Garcia (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Thanks to David Lapham’s excellent character work, Terror Inc. Apocalypse Soon is one of the year’s best surprises. The Story: Terror and Mrs. Primo meet up with a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: C. Garcia, Comic Book Reviews, David Lapham, Koi Turnbull, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Scott Hanna, Sotocolor, Terror, Terror Inc. #3 Review, Terror Inc. Apocalypse Soon #3 Review, Tom Palmer, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Xurxo G. Penalta | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 23, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Robert Kirkman (Writer), Cory Walker (Artist), and Val Staples (Colors) The Story: Destroyer and Turret try to figure out how to find Scar, the mortal enemy of Destroyer that kidnapped Felecia. When Scar is finally found, all hell breaks loose as Destroyer fights to both save a life and get some revenge… What’s Good [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Cory Walker, Destroyer, Destroyer #3 Review, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel MAX, Robert Kirkman, Val Staples, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 23, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By David Lapham (Writer), Koi Turnbull (Pencils), Scott Hanna & Mark Pennington (Inks), and Sotocolor’s C. Garcia (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The character work in the first issue of Terror Inc. impressed me far more than the plots being developed. I hope things get more exciting and less predictable in the second issue [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Apocalypse soon, comic reviews, David Lapham, Koi Turnbull, Kyle Posluszny, Mark Pennington, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Mr. Terror, Scott Hanna, Sotocolor's C. Garcia, Terror, Terror Inc., Terror Inc. Apocalypse Soon #2 Review, terrorism, Typhoid Mary, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 9, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By David Lapham (Writer), Koi Turnbull (Pencils), Scott Hanna (Inks), and Edward Bola & Sotocolor’s C. Garcia (Colors) The Story: Mr. Terror is immortal, has a big armored left arm, looks like a zombie, and has the ability to attach new body parts (head, arm…you name it) from willing and unwilling donors as needed. He [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: C. Garcia, comic reviews, David Lapham, Edward Bola, Koi Turnbull, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Mr. Terror, Scott Hanna, Sotocolor, Terror Inc. #1 Review, Terror Inc. Apocalypse Soon #1 Review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 7, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Robert Kirkman (Writer), Cory Walker (Artist), and Val Staples (Colorist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Marvel’s MAX mini-series Destroyer uses a simple, yet effective formula. It takes a cool concept (dying hero wishes to take out as many baddies as he can to protect his loved ones before he goes) and brings it to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: comic reviews, Cory Walker, Destroyer, Destroyer #2 Review, Keene Marlow, Kyle Posluszny, Marvel Comics, Marvel MAX, Robert Kirkman, Val Staples, Violence, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 5, 2009 by rsg8101
By Robert Kirkman (writer) Cory Walker (art) Val Staples (color) The Story: In a remote pocket of the Marvel Universe exists The Destroyer, Stan Lee’s first creation, a hero with super strength and near-invulnerability. I say “near” invulnerability because The Destroyer, Keene Marlow, is actually a senior citizen with a heart condition that could claim [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: Cory Walker, Destroyer, Marvel, Marvel MAX, Robert Kirkman, The Destroyer, The Destroyer - Review, Val Staples, Weekly Comic Book Review, weekly comic book review destroyer review, weekly+comic+book+review | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 15, 2008 by pozzyfreak
By Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa (Story, Art, and Colors) I honestly wish I could say something along the lines of “Sky Doll has done it again” and leave it up to the reader to discover how great this comic is on his or her own. But, since that would be a disservice to those [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alessandro Barbucci, Aqua, Barbara Canepa, Controvery, Jehu, Marvel, Marvel MAX, Noa, Philosophy, religion, Reviews, Roy, satire, Sky-Doll #2, Soleil | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 5, 2008 by rtarturo
Richard Corben (writer, artist) This is the beginning of the second Haunt of Horror mini-series (the first featured the tales of Edgar Alan Poe) by Richard Corben for Marvel’s Max line. It’s an attractive package with a heavy cardstock cover and featuring some gorgeous black and white art (with gray wash-tones). The collection contains three [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, MAX, Reviews | Tagged: A Memory, cthulu, Dagon, H.P. Lovecraft, Haunt of Horros: Lovecraft #1, horror, Marvel MAX, Recognition, Richard Corben, Science Fiction, The Scar | Leave a Comment »
