Mera « Weekly Comic Book Review

Aquaman #9 – Review

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (story), Ivan Reis (pencils), Joe Prado, Oclair Albert, Andy Lanning (inks), Rod Reis (colors) The Story: All those years of PTSD therapy, undone by one super-villain attack. The Review: As I read through this issue, it struck me that I haven’t been giving Johns enough credit for what he’s been doing on [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Andy Lanning, Aquaman, Aquaman #9, Aquaman #9 review, Arthur Curry, Black Manta, DC, DC Comics, Dr. Shin, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, Oclair Albert, rod reis, the Others | 1 Comment »

Aquaman #8 – Review

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (story), Ivan Reis (art), Joe Prado (inks), Rod Reis (colors) The Story: It’d be a good idea to get the old gang back together while there’s still a gang. The Review: Like a lot of his fellow Justice Leaguers, Aquaman has always struggled with figuring out who he is and where he [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #8, Aquaman #8 review, Arthur Curry, Atlantis, Black Manta, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Kahina the Seer, Mera, rod reis, Stephen Shin, the Others, Ya'wana | 1 Comment »

Aquaman #7 – Review

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (penciller), Joe Prado (inker), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: So tell me, Aquaman—was your ex-superteam as good as the one you have now? The Review: Aquaman has been around for a long time, yet the point of this series is really about revitalizing him in the public eye again. [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #7, Aquaman #7 review, Arthur Curry, Atlantis, Black Manta, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis, Stephen Shin, the Others | 2 Comments »

Aquaman #6 – Review

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (breakdowns), Joe Prado (artist), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: See, Mera, this is where a little concept called a shopping list would come in handy. The Review: I don’t know about other reviewers, but I like to throw around the words “cliché,” “predictable,” “trope,” “formula,” and “archetype” like time’s [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #6, Aquaman #6 review, Arthur Curry, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis | Leave a Comment »

Aquaman #5 – Review

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (penciller), Joe Prado & Eber Ferreira (inkers), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: Hey, Aquaman—talk about a fish out of water, huh? …Please don’t kill me. The Review: As a longtime reader of Johns’ work, I’m always amazed at the difference in effect his stories have depending on whether you [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #5, Aquaman #5 review, Arthur Curry, Atlantis, DC, DC Comics, Eber Ferreira, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis | 2 Comments »

Aquaman #4 – Review

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (penciller), Joe Prado & Eber Ferreira (inkers), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: Hey, Trench—your mama’s so fat, she cuts herself and calls it rare! Booyah. The Review: As relatively civilized beings, we impose some standards of morality upon ourselves, one we in our lily-handed society can easily adhere to. [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #4, Aquaman #4 review, Arthur Curry, Atlantis, DC, DC Comics, Eber Ferreira, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis, Trench | 1 Comment »

Aquaman #3 – Review

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (penciller), Joe Prado (inker), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: These guys would make one heck of a ninth-grade biology dissection project. The Review: Johns gets a lot of attention and devotion because he not only brings such genuine enthusiasm to the job, he also injects enormous heart into the [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #3, Aquaman #3 review, Arthur Curry, DC, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis, Trench | 2 Comments »

Aquaman #2 – Review

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (penciller), Joe Prado (inker), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: Just don’t expect Aquaman to break out into a verse of “Candle on the Water.” The Review: Last issue tackled the merits of Aquaman as superhero right on the head by having him addressed as a joke at every opportunity [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #2, Aquaman #2 review, Arthur Curry, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis, Trench | 1 Comment »

Aquaman #1 – Review

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (penciller), Joe Prado (inker), Rod Reis (colorist) The Story: He does more than just talk to fish—he’s pretty good buddies with dolphins, too. The Review: I’m an Aquaman fan. There—I said it. Let the jokes fly. But seriously, all funny business aside, the concept of his character has a [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquaman #1, Aquaman #1 review, Arthur Curry, DC, DC Comics, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, rod reis | 8 Comments »

Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #3 – Review

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Tony Bedard (writer), Vicente Cifuentes (artist), Diana Egea (inker), Kyle Ritter (colorist) The Story: I know I killed your wife, but do you have to act like such a jerk? The Review: We’ve known for a while now that Prince Orm of Atlantis and Penthesilea of the Amazons have worked together since day one [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Amazons, Aquaman, Atlantis, DC, DC Comics, Diana Egea, Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #3, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #3 review, Geo-Force, Kyle Ritter, Mera, Ocean Master, Orm, Penthesilea, Tony Bedard, Vicente Cifuentes, Wonder Woman | 1 Comment »

Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #2 – Review

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Tony Bedard (writer), Vicente Cifuentes (artist), Diana Egea (inker), Kyle Ritter (colorist) The Story: Think Little Mermaid, but with a lot more drama and stabbing. The Review: In almost every kind of traditional storytelling, a strong narrator is essential to detailing a scene and giving us insight into the characters’ minds. In a visual [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Arthur Curry, DC, DC Comics, Diana Egea, Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #2, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #2 review, Kyle Ritter, Mera, Ocean Master, Prince Orm, Princess Diana, Siren, Terra, Tony Bedard, Vicente Cifuentes, Wonder Woman | Leave a Comment »

Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #1 – Review

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Tony Bedard (writer), Ardian Syaf (penciller), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Kyle Ritter (colorist) The Story: If this deal doesn’t go through, we’re sunk. The Review: In my mind, there are actually few truly bad writers in the comics biz—just writers who do certain things well and other things not so well. Certainly you have your [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Ardian Syaf, Arthur Curry, DC, DC Comics, Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #1, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #1 review, Geo-Force, Kyle Ritter, Mera, Ocean Master, Orm, Tony Bedard, Vicente Cifuentes | 2 Comments »

Young Justice Episode 8 – Review

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Kevin Hopps (writer) The Story: They say lost Atlantis holds many secrets. No one says anything about Starros. The Review: When the producers of Young Justice let on their show takes place on a parallel Earth, they opened up literally a whole new world of story possibilities. They have the double-benefit of using DC [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alfred, Aquagirl, Aqualad, Aquaman, Artemis, Arthur Curry, Atlantis, Barry Allen, Batman, Black Manta, Bruce Greenwood, Bruce Wayne, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, Garth, Iris Allen, Jay Garrick, Kaldur, Kaldur'ahm, Kevin Hopps, Kid Flash, M'gann M'orzz, Megan Morse, Mera, Miss Martian, Orin, Orm, Red tornado, Robin, Superboy, The Flash, Tula, Vulko, Wally West, Young Justice, Young Justice episode 8, Young Justice episode 8 review | 5 Comments »

Brightest Day #20 – Review

Posted on February 17, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis and Joe Prado (artist), Julio Ferreira, Oclair Albert, Norm Rapmund, Marlo Alquiza, Andy Owens (inkers) The Story: It’s Aquaman and company against Black Manta and a school of water-breathing killers. Problem is, Aquaman has got his hand full just holding on to his baggage. What’s [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Andy Owens, Aqualad, Aquaman, Aquawar, Ardian Syaf, Black Manta, Blackest Night, Brightest Day #20, Brightest Day #20 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Julio Ferreira, Marlo Alquiza, Mera, Norm Rapmund, Oclair Albert, Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi, review, Reviews, Scott Clark, Siren, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »

Brightest Day #19 – Review

Posted on February 3, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Oclair Albert, Rob Hunter (artists), Peter Steigerwald (colorist) The Story: On one front, Boston Brand, all duded up as Deadman, deals with the white ring that has just greased Hawkman and Hawkgirl. One another front, Aquaman and Aqualad race against time to contain [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aquaman, Aquawar, Black Manta, Blackest Night, Boston Brand, Brightest Day, Brightest Day #19, Brightest Day #19 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC, DC Comics, Deadman, DS Arsenault, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, Oclair Albert, Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi, Peter Steigerwald, review, Reviews, Rob Hunter, Siren, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »

Brightest Day #10 – Review

Posted on September 15, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Scott Clark, Joe Prado, (artists), Oclair Albert, David Beaty (inkers) The Story: A Change is Gonna Come: Professor Stein gets to the bottom of the secret of the Firestorm matrix, but is he too late? And Aquaman and Black Manta and Mera’s sister are all [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aqualad, Aquaman, Black Manta, Brightest Day, Brightest Day #10, Brightest Day #10 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, David Beaty, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Firestorm, Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, Oclair Albert, Peter J. Tomasi, Reviews, Scott Clark, the new aqualad, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »

Brightest Day #7 – Review

Posted on August 5, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, Joe Prado (artists), Vicente Cifuentes, David Beaty, Mark Irwin (inkers) The Story: The Secret of Life: Okay! Chesseburgers are done! It’s time for the White Lantern to give out class assignments to all twelve resurrectees. What’s Good: The rubber [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aquaman, Ardian Syaf, Blackest Night, Boston Brand, Brightest Day, Brightest Day #7, Brightest Day #7 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, David Beaty, DC Comics, Deadman, DS Arsenault, Firestorm, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hawk and Dove, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Hawkworld, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mark Irwin, Martian Manhunter, Mera, Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi, Reviews, Scott Clark, Vicente Cifuentes, Weekly Comic Book Review, White Lantern | 3 Comments »

Brightest Day #5 – Review

Posted on July 7, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Aridan Syaf and Joe Prado (artists), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Peter Steigerwald (colorist) The Story: Aquaman and Mera are dealing with a BP-level oil rig disaster, but run into something really big from Mera’s past. Boston Brand is considering raising someone from the dead. He’s got [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aquaman, Ardian Syaf, Blackest Night, Boston Brand, Brightest Day, Brightest Day #5, Brightest Day #5 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Dove, DS Arsenault, Firestorm, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hawk, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Hawkworld, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Martian Manhunter, Mera, Peter J. Tomasi, Peter Steigerwald, Reviews, Vicente Cifuentes, Weekly Comic Book Review, White Lantern | 3 Comments »

Brightest Day #3 – Review

Posted on June 4, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark and Joe Prado (artists), Vicente Cifuentes, David Beaty and Mark Irwin (inkers) Happy Memorial Day to all our American readers! Your brothers to the north are hard at work, but our LCSs are open! The Story: Step right up! [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Anti-Monitor, Aquaman, Ardian Syaf, Arthur Currie, Black Lantern, Blackest Night, Boston Brand, Brightest Day #3, Brightest Day #3 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Comics, David Beaty, DC, DC Comics, Deadman, DS Arsenault, Firestorm, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hath-Set, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Luke Cage, Mark Irwin, Martian Manhunter, Mera, Oclair Albert, Pat Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi, Reviews, Scott Clark, Vicente Cifuentes, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, White Lantern | 2 Comments »

Green Lantern #54 – Review

Posted on May 26, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (artist), Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen, Keith Champagne, Doug Mahnke (inkers), Randy Mayor and Gabe Eltaeb (colorists) The Story: The New Guardians, Chapter Two: Brightest Day creeps out of its shell. Atrocitus is on Earth, searching. Behind the scenes, an old force is assembling the entities for each color of [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aquaman, Atrocitus, Brightest Day, Carol Ferris, Christian Alamy, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Daxam, DC, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, DS Arsenault, Gabe Eltaeb, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #54, Green Lantern #54 review, Hal Jordan, Keith Champagne, Larfleeze, Mera, New Guardians, Parallax, Randy Mayor, Sinestro, Sodam Yat, Star Sapphire, Tom Nguyen, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »

Brightest Day #2 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (writers), Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark and Joe Prado (artists), Vicente Cifuentes, Tom Nguyen, Rebecca Buchman, David Beaty and Patrick Gleason (inkers) The Story: The twelve resurrected are still trying to figure out why they’ve been brought back and what’s going on. Hawkman and Hawkgirl [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aquaman, Ardian Syaf, Black Lantern, Blackest Night, Boston Brand, Brightest Day, Brightest Day #2, Brightest Day #2 Review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, David Beaty, DC Comics, Deadman, DS Arsenault, Firestorm, Geoff Johns, Hal Jordan, Hath-Set, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Martian Manhunter, Mera, Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi, Rebecca Buchman, Reverse-Flash, Reviews, Scott Clark, Sinestro, Tom Nguyen, Vicente Cifuentes, Weekly Comic Book Review, weekly comic book reviews, White Lantern | Leave a Comment »

Brightest Day #0 – Review

Posted on April 17, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi (writers), Fernando Pasarin (penciller), Fernando Pasarin, John Dell, Cam Smith, Prentis Rollins, Dexter Vines and Art Thibert (inkers) The Story: In Blackest Night #8, Aquaman, the Reverse-Flash, Captain Boomerang, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Deadman and others (12 in all) were resurrected. They were resurrected for a reason. The mystery of Brightest [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aquaman, Art Thibert, Barry Allen, Blackest Night, Brightest Day #0, Brightest Day #0 review, Cam Smith, Captain Boomerang, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DC, DC Comics, Deadman, Dexter Vines, DS Arsenault, Fernando Pasarin, Firestorm, Flash, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Hawkman, Ivan Reis, J'ohn J'onzz, John Dell, Mera, Peter J. Tomasi, Prentis Rollins, Reviews, Sinestro, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 10 Comments »

Blackest Night #8 – Review

Posted on March 31, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (artist), Oclair Albert and Joe Prado (inkers), Alex Sinclair (colorist) Everything was good! Cover to cover. Art. Story. Lettering. Everything. The art team, already superb, took it up a notch. Long-lost lovers, white lanterns, silvered manifestations of life, hazy mists of power, and faces frozen in fear, joy, greed, [...]

Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Anti-Monitor, Aquaman, Atom, Batman, Blackest Night, Blackest Night #8, Blackest Night #8 review, Brightest Day, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Flash, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Indigo Tribe, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Mera, Oclair Albert, Reviews, Sinestro, Superman, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman | 6 Comments »

Blackest Night #7 – Review

Posted on February 27, 2010 by paladinking

by Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reis (pencils), Oclair Albert & Joe Prado (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors), and Nick J. Napolitano (letters) The Story: The nature of the white light of creation stands revealed. What’s Good: How high can a single cliffhanger ending raise the overall experience of an entire issue? That’s often a question I [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Atrocitus, Barry Allen, Black hand, Black Lantern, Blackest Night, Blackest Night #7, Blackest Night #7 review, Brightest Day, Carol Ferris, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, Ganthet, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Guardians, Hal Jordan, Indigo, Ivan Reis, Larfleeze, Lex Luthor, Mera, Oa, Ray Palmer, Saint Walker, Sayd, Scarecrow, Sinestro, The Atom, The Flash, Weekly Comic Book Review, White Lantern, white light, Wonder Woman | 4 Comments »

Green Lantern #51 – Review

Posted on February 19, 2010 by paladinking

by Geoff Johns (writer), Doug Mahnke (art), Randy Mayor (colors), and Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: Parallax returns to battle the Black Lantern Spectre. What’s Good: This is a really, really fun issue. A lot of this is thanks to the twists and turns that Johns provides with the emotional spectrum. One such twist, involving [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Atrocitus, Barry Allen, Black hand, Black Lanterns, Blackest Night, Blue Lanterns, Carol Ferris, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, Doug Mahnke, Ganthet, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Green Lantern #51 review, Green Lantern 51, Green Lantern Corps, Hal Jordan, Indigo Tribe, Larfleeze, Lex Luthor, Mera, Nekron, Orange Lantern, Parallax, Ray Palmer, Red Lantern, Sayd, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps, Spectre, Star Sapphire, The Atom, The Flash, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman | Leave a Comment »

Weekly Comic Book Review

Categories

Archives

Top 10 Most Read