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The Mighty Thor #14 – Review

Posted on May 26, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pepe Larraz (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor finds himself trapped in his own nightmare, while Enchantress takes more pounds of flesh from Donald Blake than he expected. The Review: It’s always an annoying situation when you get issues like this that are divided into two [...]

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The Invincible Iron Man #517 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Stane goes poking around his own body, Spymaster wreaks office havoc, Tony removes the Extremis Armour, and “Detroit Steel” gets creepy. The Review: Matt Fraction gets a lot of slack for the decompression present in a lot of his [...]

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The Invincible Iron Man #516 – Review

Posted on May 4, 2012 by paladinking

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Hammer makes being Iron Man impossible; Stane finds himself trapped with his back against the wall; the mole within Stark Resilient is revealed. The Review: The sudden resurgence of Matt Fraction’s Invincible Iron Man after Fear Itself has been [...]

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The Defenders #6 – Review

Posted on May 4, 2012 by paladinking

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Victor Ibanez (art), Tom Palmer & Terry Pallot (finishes), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Delving into ancient secrets, Danny and the Surfer discover a connection between the Concordance Engines and the Prince of Orphans, as well as an old, forgotten team of superheroes – the awesomely named [...]

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Mighty Thor #13 – Review

Posted on April 25, 2012 by paladinking

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Pepe Larraz (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor enters a vault containing an ancient evil while Donald Blake tries to make a deal with the devil (NOT Mephisto). The Review: After last month’s incredibly hollow conclusion, I said I probably wouldn’t be around for issue 13. [...]

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Mighty Thor #12 – Review

Posted on April 2, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Giuseppe Camuncoli (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) The Story: With Asgard under siege, Thor battles his imposter while Freyja steps down to challenge Karnilla. The Review: This issue reminded quite a bit of Fear Itself’s failings. There were a lot of really big things that occurred in this issue, a lot of [...]

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Avengers vs. X-Men #1 – Advanced Review

Posted on March 29, 2012 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The signs are made apparent – the Phoenix Force is coming to Earth. But for some, that may not be a bad thing… The Review: Based on this first issue, Avengers vs. X-Men delivers [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #514 – Review

Posted on March 24, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: As the Mandarin’s circle tightens around Tony, Hammer and General Babbage give Tony an offer he can’t refuse. Hint: it really sucks. The Review: Invincible Iron Man, post-Fear Itself, has experienced a renaissance and it has not been this [...]

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The Defenders #4 – Review

Posted on March 10, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Michael Lark (penciler), Stefano Guadino with Brian Thies (inker), Matt Hollingsworth (colorist) The Story: In honor of Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance, a Nicolas Cage quote: “The problem with dating dream girls is that they have a tendency to become real.” The Review: I am stunned; the turnaround in this [...]

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Captain America #8 – Review

Posted on February 12, 2012 by DS Arsenault

By: Ed Brubaker (writer), Alan Davis (penciler), Mark Farmer (inker), Laura Martin (colorist) The Story: Powerless, Part 3: Cap and Sharon manage to eke out a victory in a tough fight with the Serpent Squad only for Cap to lose his powers once again. Why? Who’s behind this? Sharon has one theory and the investigation [...]

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Defenders #3 – Review

Posted on February 8, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Terry Dodson (penciler), Rachel Dodson (inker), Sonia Oback (colorist) The Story: The Defenders prove their incompetence. The Review: I’m not sure what just happened. I enjoyed The Defenders #1, and while I wasn’t particularly impressed with #2, I still thought the series was on good footing. But after reading The Defenders [...]

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The Mighty Thor #10 – Review

Posted on February 2, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Heimdall has suspicions about Tanarus, Surfer and Loki try to figure out what to do with Mjolnir, and Thor makes his bid for freedom. The Review: Last month, I touched upon how Matt Fraction is playing a dangerous game [...]

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Defenders #2 – Review

Posted on January 5, 2012 by jmiddle3

By Matt Fraction (writer), Terry & Rachel Dodson (artists), Sonia Oback (colorist) The Story: Dr. Strange gets a new nickname. The Review: In my review of The Defenders #1, I complimented Fraction’s use of that issue as a way to introduce the team rather than diving into a dense plot right away. It presented a [...]

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The Mighty Thor #9 – Review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writing), Pasqual Ferry & Pepe Larraz (art), Frank D’Armata, Frank Martin, & Wil Quintana (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Loki seeks the aid of Donald Blake and has a weird run-in with the Silver Surfer, Kelda begins to suspect the truth, and Asgardia begins the difficult task of governance. The [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #511 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony Stark comes clean to his employees before finding himself in a fight for his life against the Living Laser. The Review: After the underwhelming Fear Itself, it seems that Matt Fraction is fast replacing Bendis as the new [...]

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The Defenders #1 – 3 Reviews in 1

Posted on December 7, 2011 by jmiddle3

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Terry Dodson (penciller), Rachel Dodson (inker), Sonia Oback (colorist), John Denning & Jake Thomas (assistant editors), Alejandro Arbona (associate editor) The Story: “Hey Iron Fist! We’re getting the band back together… Wanna be our roadie?” The Review: You might have heard that Matt Fraction described this book as “the Avengers meets [...]

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The Mighty Thor #8 – Review

Posted on November 27, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Review: This is one of those comics that I hate reviewing. On the one hand, it’s a pretty good read. It doesn’t do anything wrong, and does quite a bit right, but in order to manage this, it’s a book [...]

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Point One #1 – Review

Posted on November 10, 2011 by dfstell

By: Various. (Seriously….it’s half the creative talent at Marvel) The Story: Marvel teases what is to come in 2012 in this 7-part, 64-page anthology-ish issue. Seven Things: 1. Behold the Watcher. This was the spine of the issue and it showed a couple of guys in spacesuits fiddling with The Watcher while he slept. And [...]

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The Mighty Thor #7 – Review

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Roman Colombo

The Story: The original showdown between Odin and the Serpent. The Good: Here’s the thing…there actually is good things to say about this issue. In fact, there’s a lot of good things to say about it. Fear Itself was a disaster. I don’t see many people arguing that point–the most that can be said is that it [...]

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Fear Itself #7 – Review

Posted on October 19, 2011 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger & Dexter Vines (inks), Laura Martin, Justin Ponsor & Matt Milla (colors), Chris Eliopoulos (letters), Lauren Sankovitch (assistant editor) & Tom Brevoort (editor) The Story: It all ends here with the Serpent taking on the Avengers. Five Things: 1. TGIO! Or Thank Goodness It’s Over! [...]

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Fear Itself #6 – Review

Posted on September 14, 2011 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), Chris Eliopoulos (letters), Lauren Sankovitch (assistant editor) & Tom Brevoort (editor) The Story: The finish line is in sight as the Avengers rally to take on the Serpent and his minions. What’s good: Well, at this point, we have to look [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #507 – Review

Posted on August 17, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony discovers unexpected problems while Pepper finds herself faced by both Sasha Hammer’s Hammer Corps and the Worthy-fied Grey Gargoyle. What’s Good: Pepper Potts to the rescue! Really, were it not for her, this would’ve been a pretty drab [...]

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Fear Itself #5 – Review

Posted on August 12, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin & Milla Molinar (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Thor fights for his life against the Worthified Hulk and Thing, Cap grapples with Sin, and Tony Stark cuts a deal with Odin. What’s Good: Do you like big, explosive, set-piece action [...]

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The Mighty Thor #4 – Review

Posted on July 30, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: The Asgardians go to war with Galactus, as the big purple guy takes on Odin in a battle of wills. Also, Volstagg takes on the slavering hordes of Broxton. What’s Good: If there’s one thing that [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #506 – Review

Posted on July 24, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony makes a deal with Odin that finds him playing Snow White. What’s Good: While I was fairly positive of it in my review in Fear Itself, I’ve become somewhat divided on Tony sacrificing his sobriety to Odin. On [...]

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