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Uncanny X-Men #159 – Flash back review

Posted on July 27, 2010 by dfstell

By: Chris Claremont (writer), Bill Sienkiewicz (pencils), Bob Wiacek (inks), Glynis Wein (colors) & Tom Orzechowski (letters) The Story: Dracula wants Storm for his bride… Flash Back Review: As any comic fan knows, the X-Men are currently having a bit of a problem with vampires.  I’ve seen a lot of moaning on message boards about [...]

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Uncanny X-Men: First Class #8

Posted on February 10, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Scott Gray (writer), Fernando Blanco (artist), Jordan D. White (editor) The Story: An apparent suicide has occurred at Cassidy Keep and Banshee brings Nightcrawler, Colossus and Wolverine along to solve the mystery. What’s Good: There is almost no story you can tell in the early Uncanny X-Men era (let’s say before the death of [...]

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Seige #2 – Review

Posted on February 3, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (penciller), Mark Morales (inker), Laura Martin (colorist) The Story: Osborn has managed to start his war with Asgard pretty well. He’s got Thor down, the Asgardians are on the ropes and things look good, until Ares clues in that Osborn wasn’t entirely truthful. Divine blood is thicker than [...]

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Ms. Marvel #49 – Review

Posted on January 27, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Brian Reed (writer), Sana Takeda (artist) The Story: Ms. Marvel is on the trail of Mystique and she’s pounding the crap out of a flunky to catch her prey. In the meantime, Captain Marvel is going through some really messed up moments and does more than a little violence to his own church and [...]

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Cable #22 – Review

Posted on January 10, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Duane Swierczynski (writer), Gabriel Guzman (artist), Thomas Mason (colors), Axel Alonso (editor) The Story: Homecoming, Part 2: This issue is part of the build-up to the X-Men: Second Coming event. Seventeen-year-old Hope has decided it is time to join to X-Men in the present. Cable’s time gizmo isn’t very precise. It keeps landing on [...]

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Fall of Hulks Gamma #1 – Review

Posted on December 29, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Jeph Loeb (writer), John Romita Jr. (penciller), Klaus Janson (inker) The Story: Apparently, General “Thunderbolt” Ross has been killed by the Red Hulk. Unanswered questions keep Doc Samson, Captain America and the Intelligencia guessing. In the meantime, Ross’s funeral must be held. What’s Good: On the writing, Loeb did some nice character work with [...]

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X-Men Legacy #229 – Review

Posted on November 18, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Mike Carey (writer), Daniel Acuña (artist), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor), Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Rogue has entered Emplate’s dimension using the astral projection power of Trance to search for Bling!.  She found her, but also got discovered and is now running from astral monsters.  In the meantime, her teammates are trying to bail [...]

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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #4 – Review

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Ray Hilario

By Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), David Lafuente (Pencils), Justin Ponsor (Colorist) The Story: Following the drama of Johnny Storm moving in, and the shouting-contest with MJ, Spider-Man finally faces bigger challenges this month. The mysterious hooded vigilante (aka the Shroud) serves up his/ her brand of justice once again, while saving MJ. Meanwhile, Mysterio strikes, [...]

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Daredevil #501 – Review

Posted on October 9, 2009 by rsg8101

By Andy Diggle (writer) Roberto De La Torre (art) Matt Hollinsworth (colors) The Story: A new era in Daredevil is launched as Matt Murdock begins life anew as leader of the ninja death cult The Hand as his friends try figure out if he is behind the murder a rogue judge and two dirty cops. What’s [...]

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Amazing Spider-Man #608 – Review

Posted on October 7, 2009 by rsg8101

By Marc Guggenheim (writer), Marco Checchetto, Luke Ross, Rick Magyar (art), and Fabio D’Auria (colors) The Story: The aftermath of the Clone Saga continues to haunt Peter as a deadly enemy of Ben Reiley’s, attacks Peter and his family. We learn more of the life of Ben Reiley and the circumstances of his enemy’s origin [...]

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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #3 – Review

Posted on October 7, 2009 by rsg8101

By Brian Bendis (writer), David Lafuente (art), and Justin Posner (colorist) The Story: Mysterio makes his move against NYC while Peter and MJ air-out their anger against one another. Plus, Johnny Storm establishes his permanence in Peter’s daily life. What’s Good: Those of you who like the “Bendis banter” will like the lengthy dialogue that [...]

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Hulk #15 – Review

Posted on October 5, 2009 by rsg8101

By Jeph Loeb (writer), Ian Churchill (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks) Peter Steigerwald and Aspen (colors) The Story: Rulk and his team Code Red, which consists of Punisher, Deadpool, Tundra, Crimson Dynamo, and Electra, Face off against X-Force. Somehow, this battle leads to the creation and introduction of She-Rulk. What’s Good: This series has greatly improved [...]

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Thor #603 – Review

Posted on September 30, 2009 by rsg8101

By J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Marko Djurdjevic (pencils), Dany Mik (inks) Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic with Lauran Martin (colors) The Story: Thor is in deep trouble as he and Sif try to get acclimated to their new lives together while Loki and Doom plot all-out evil and destruction. William has his first heroic adventure that ends [...]

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Spider-Man: The Clone Saga #1 – Review

Posted on September 30, 2009 by rsg8101

By Tom Defalco and Howard Mackie (writers) Todd Nauck (pencils) Victor Olazaba (inks), and Javier Tartaglia (colors) The Story: As Aunt May lies in critical condition on a hospital bed, Peter is confronted by his clone, Ben Reiley, as a mysterious villain strikes against the duo. Meanwhile, Mary Jane learns she has a condition that [...]

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Invincible Iron Man # 18 – Review

Posted on September 16, 2009 by rsg8101

By Matt Fraction (writer) Salvador Larocca (pencils, inks), and Frank D’Armata (colors) The Story: Tony Stark’s number is just about up as he takes a last ditch effort to save his body by utilizing the first armor he ever built. However, his mind is past saving as he makes one final move while Norman goes [...]

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Amazing Spider-Man #603 – Review

Posted on August 19, 2009 by rsg8101

By Fred Van Lente (writer), Robert Atkins (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Jeremy Cox (colors) The Story: The Chameleon fully adopts Peter’s identity and attempts to use it as an instrument of mass destruction as he overturns Peter’s life and the lives of those he holds dear. What’s Good: This comic is easily my sleeper surprise [...]

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The Marvels Project #1 – Review

Posted on August 12, 2009 by rsg8101

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Steve Epting (art), and Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: The dawn of the Marvel superhero slowly breaks across the world as Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting take us back to the depression era, where the first heroes appear. We focus on three heroes: the Human Torch, Namor, and the Angel; from [...]

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War Of Kings #6 – Review

Posted on August 11, 2009 by rsg8101

By Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (writers), Paul Pelletier (pencils), Rick Magyar and Andrew Hennessy (inkers) and Wil Quintana (colors) The Story: The final battle between Blackbolt and Vulcan explodes in deep space with irreversible consequences to both these characters and the entire galaxy. The War of the Kings concludes, but the cosmic event has [...]

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Amazing Spider-Man #601 – Review

Posted on August 10, 2009 by rsg8101

By Mark Waid (writer), Mario Alberti (pencils, inks), Andres Mossa (colors) The Story: It’s the morning after M.J.’s return and Aunt May’s wedding bash, as Peter wakes up from a hangover with the woman he least expected to be having breakfast with. As per Peter’s usual straight-edge ethical self, he has a mini-meltdown over his illicit [...]

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Fantastic Four # 569 – Review

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. [...]

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Ultimatum # 5 – Review

Posted on July 31, 2009 by rsg8101

By Jeph Loeb (writer), David Finch (pencils) Danny Miki (inks), Peter Steigerwald (colors) The Story: The last chapter in the Ultimatum saga concludes with the deconstruction, rather than destruction,  of the entire Marvel Ultimate Universe. Magneto faces off against Wolverine and the rest of the heroes as they confront him for the untold mass destruction [...]

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Amazing Spider-Man #600 – Review

Posted on July 22, 2009 by rsg8101

By Dan Slott, Joe Kelly, Mark Waid, Zeb Well, Stan Lee, Bob Gale (writers) John Romina Jr, Marcos Martin, Mario Alberti, Derec Donavan, Max Fiu mara, Coleen Doran, Klaus Jansen (art) The Story: It’s the comic book event of the decade as Aunt May gets married to JJ Sr.! Well, not really, but they finally [...]

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Amazing Spider-Man #599 – Review

Posted on July 17, 2009 by rsg8101

By Joe Kelly (writer), Stephen Segovia, Marco Checcheto, Paulo Siqeira and Amilton Santos (pencils, inks) Cris Chuckry and Jeremy Cox (colors) The Story: Joe Kelly’s American Son arc concludes with the final showdown between Norman and Harry Osborn, as Spidey tries to recover from injuries sustained while he was tortured by the Dark Avengers. What’s [...]

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Captain America: Reborn #1- Review

Posted on July 2, 2009 by rsg8101

By Ed Brubaker (writer)Bryan Hitch (pencils) Butch Guice (inks) Paul Mounts (colors) The Story: Bucky and Widow raid a H.A.M.M.E.R. carrier searching for the remains of Zola and the Red Skull’s lab to find evidence that will shed light on Steve Roger’s status. Is he alive or not? Meanwhile, Sharon Carter, the Vision, and the [...]

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Astonishing X-Men # 30 – Review

Posted on June 29, 2009 by rsg8101

By Warren Ellis (writer) Simone Bianchi (pencils) Simone Bianchi and Andrea Silvestri (inks) Simone Bianchi, Morry Hollowell, and Simone Peruzzi (colors) The Story: Good ‘ol death legs, a.k.a. Forge, makes his final move against the Astonishing X-Men as Ellis’s and Bianchi’s Ghost Boxes arc comes to an end. After tracking Forge down to Wundagore Mountain, the X-men [...]

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