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New Avengers #19 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story:  Norman Osborn explains the mission statement to his new Avengers and Victoria Hand plays her…hand? The Review:  Every now and then, as a devoted comic reader, you find yourself reading something that’s just mind-numbingly stupid.  New Avengers #19, [...]

Fear Itself #5 – Review

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 [...]

New Avengers #15 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Squirrel Girl tries to prove her worth, as she runs through a New York City under attack to get to Luke and Jessica’s baby. What’s Good: When I read that this issue was going to be centred on [...]

New Avengers #14 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The New Avengers race to defend New York against Sin’s attack while Mockingbird tests her newly gained powers. What’s Good:  When he puts his mind to it, Brian Bendis is capable of truly fantastic, intimate character-work, and that’s [...]

Fear Itself #4 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Serpent shows a massive growth in power, and Thor returns to Midgard to make plans with some old friends. What’s Good:  While I’ve been fairly positive about Fear Itself thus far, I really did [...]

New Avengers #13 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato & Howard Chaykin (artists), Rain Beredo & Edgar Delgado (colorists), and Joe Caramagna (letterer) The Story: “Captain, my captain.  Well done, Miss Hand.” The Review:  New Avengers #13 is a frustrating issue.  Thankfully, it’s frustrating because it’s a good issue, but it’s good in an irritating way that [...]

New Avengers #12 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (script), Howard Chaykin & Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo & Edgar Delgado (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Nick Fury and friends race to stop the Red Skull while in the present, Mockingbird continues to fight for her life while Victoria Hand gets an offer she can’t refuse. The Review: [...]

New Avengers #11 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writing), Mike Deodato & Howard Chaykin (art), Rain Beredo & Edgar Delgado (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Doctors try to save Mockingbird while in the past, Nick and friends raid a Red Skull base. The Review: New Avengers #11 is a very frustrating issue to review.  On the one [...]

New Avengers #10 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato & Howard Chaykin (art), Rain Beredo & Edgar Delgado (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The Avengers continue the fight against Superia while in 1959, Nick and Dum Dum meet some new friends. The Review: Oh, Howard Chaykin.  What the hell happened this month?  There’s got to [...]

Avengers #10 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), and Dean White (colors) The Story: The Avengers check to make sure that Xavier and Namor’s infinity gems are safe. The Review: Avengers #10 is, unfortunately, something of a stumbling block for the series after a couple of solid outings. The main culprit [...]

Wolverine #5.1 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), Jefte Palo (art), Nathan Fairbairn (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Melita throws a surprise birthday party for Logan, but the guest of honor finds himself side-tracked by some grotesque bad guys. What’s Good: Wow, you could not get a comic with two more different halves.  On the one side, [...]

New Avengers #9 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Howard Chaykin & Mike Deodato (art), and Rain Beredo & Edgar Delgado (colors) The Story: The Avengers interrupt Superia’s plans in the present while, in the past, Nick Fury finds himself recruited into a certain initiative. What’s Good: I wish Howard Chaykin would draw more comics.  He handles the Nick [...]

New Avengers #8 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) and Daniel Acuna (artist) The Story: Luke Cage and Jessica Jones go out on a date.  Yeah, that’s not going to go uninterrupted. What’s Good: It’s always nice when a creator gets to work with characters that he/she knows like the back of his hand, and that’s what we get [...]

Avengers #9 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) & John Romita Jr. (artist) The Story: The Illuminati are caught in the act and the Hood comes back more dangerous than ever. What’s Good: Already, I’m enjoying this second arc quite a bit more than its predecessor.  The title feels less hamstrung in its storytelling thanks to the lack [...]

New Avengers #7 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis, Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The Avengers set their house in order and get a little help along the way. What’s Good: This is one of those issues that’ll serve as a litmus test for how much of a fan [...]

New Avengers #6 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin & Rain Beredo (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: A mystically roided up Wolverine takes on Agamotto for the fate of the universe. What’s Good: This arc has bothered in a way; Bendis seems so intent on convincing us of [...]

Daredevil #511 – Review

by Andy Diggle (writer), Roberto De La Torre (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Foggy seeks out Daredevil and Dakota attempts to rescue Becky. What’s Good: Last month’s Daredevil seemed to finally find itself, deciding to dedicate itself to the tribulations of Daredevil’s buddies Foggy and Dakota, characters who had been [...]

New Avengers #5 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Avengers learn who is behind the mystic attacks and devise a plan to challenge him/it. What’s Good: By this point, it should go without saying that I’m loving this as a Marvel mystic [...]

New Avengers #4 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Avengers beat demonic faces and Iron Fist confronts Dr. Strange. What’s Good: There’s a lot of action this month.  In fact, there’s a ton of action.  The great news is that that means [...]

New Avengers #3 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Avengers fight against the hordes of demons invading Earth while Iron Fist finds himself trapped in another realm. What’s Good: Of the new Avengers books, this continues to be the best of the [...]

Wolverine: Weapon X #15 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), Ron Garney (pencils), Jason Keith & Matt Milla (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Can a Deathlok find salvation? What’s Good: Without a doubt, the main Deathlok focused upon last month is the strongest point of this issue, as he takes center-stage yet again.  He makes for an unlikely protagonist, [...]

New Avengers #2 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin, Matt Milla, & Rain Beredo (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The New Avengers fight their unknown demonic adversaries in an effort to keep the Eye of Agamotto away from them. What Good: Despite all the demonic possession and punching, [...]

Wolverine: Weapon X #14 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), Ron Garney (pencils), Jason Keith & Matt Milla (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: We peek into the mind of the most successful Deathlok and his creation before Miranda and her commandos attempt to complete their desperate sabotage mission. What’s Good: Opening with an intense monologue and moving on to [...]

New Avengers #1 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Luke Cage (re)assembles his Avengers team and something very, very nasty possesses the former Sorcerer Supreme and it wants the Eye of Agamotto. What’s Good: Last month, I griped a little bit about Avengers [...]

Wolverine: Weapon X #13 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), Ron Garney (pencils), Jason Keith (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The New Avengers get involved as Cap and Logan confront the inventor of the Deathloks. What’s Good: Going into this issue, I was not overly thrilled with the idea of Aaron bringing in the New Avengers.  I liked his [...]

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