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Supergirl #8 – Review

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (story), George Pérez (art), Bob Wiacek (inks), Paul Mounts (colors) The Story: Unnecessary bangles, beanie hats—you’re really on Earth now, Supergirl. The Review: No matter how much anyone emphasizes the Super-family’s non-human origins or background, the fact remains that they are heroes of Earth, not of Krypton, Kandor, Argos, [...]

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Fantastic Four #604 – Review

Posted on March 18, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Steve Epting (pencils), Rick Magyar (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Future Franklin versus three Mad Celestials in the conclusion to Jonathan Hickman’s three year long story. The Review: Is it actually possible that Saga #1 may not be the very best issue to come out this [...]

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Fantastic Four #601 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writing), Steve Epting (pencils), Rick Magyar & Mark Pennington (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Johnny brings the cavalry. The Review: This past summer, Marvel and DC both put out company-wide events that were pretty underwhelming. Truth be told, however, I haven’t really, really enjoyed an event from Marvel [...]

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Fantastic Four #600 – Review

Posted on November 24, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Steve Epting, Rick Magyar, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ming Doyle, Leinil Francis Yu & Farel Dalrymple (line art), Paul Mounts, Andy Troy, Jordie Bellaire, Javier Tartaglia & Jose Villarrubia (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters), Lauren Sankovitch & Tom Brevoort (editor) The Story: Marvel gives their first family a 100-page, $7.99 extravaganza featuring lots [...]

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Supergirl #3 – Review

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar & Bill Reinhold (artists), Paul Mounts (colorist) The Story: Supergirl gets her first taste of Earthling villainy—and it’s bitter stuff. The Review: One thing that always struck me as odd about Supergirl in previous incarnations was her seemingly seamless transition into Earth—specifically American—culture. The last iteration [...]

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Avengers #17 – Review

Posted on September 23, 2011 by dfstell

By: Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita, Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), Cory Petit (letters), Lauren Sankovitch (associate editor) & Tom Brevoort (editor) The Story: During Fear Itself, the Avengers battle Skade in the wreckage of Avenger’s Tower. What’s Good: What I’m liking best about these Avenger’s Fear Itself issues is how [...]

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FF #4 – Review

Posted on May 26, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Barry Kitson (artist), Paul Mounts (colorist), and Clayton Cowles (letterer) The Story: The Doom conference on Reeds continues as Sue, Alex Power, and Spider-Man raise to stop a civil war erupting in Old Atlantis. The Review: A single good concept can go a long way in carry a comic. In this [...]

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Uncanny X-Force #10 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2011 by paladinking

by Rick Remender (script), Billy Tan & Rich Elson (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Archangel races to cover things up as a reporter gets footage of his killing a guard, but his actions lead X-Force to believe that Warren is no longer in control. The Review: When you first open [...]

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Action Comics #900 – Review

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Lex Luthor is about to bring fun, love, and joy to all the people of the universe—the crazy part is I am being totally serious right now. The Review: Say what you like about Superman: he can be overly naïve, overbearingly preachy, arguably antiquated, and [...]

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Incredible Hulks #618 – Review

Posted on December 12, 2010 by dfstell

By: Greg Pak (writer), Paul Pelletier (pencils), Danny Miki (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), Simon Bowland (letters) & Mark Paniccia (editor) A-Bomb back-up by: Jeff Parker (writer), Yacine Elghorri (art), Bowland (letters) & Jordan White (editor) The Story: The Hulk family is sucked into the Chaos War. What’s Good: Kudos to Pak and editor Paniccia to [...]

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Fantastic Four #584 – Review

Posted on October 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Steve Epting (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Ben takes the Future Foundation’s potion and, along with Johnny, enjoys the first day of his week as a normal guy. What’s Good: Amidst all his huge ideas, it’s easy to forget that Jonathan Hickman is just as good [...]

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Captain America #610 – Review

Posted on October 1, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice (pencils), Rich Magyar with Butch Guice (inks), Dean White with Frank Martin and Paul Mounts (colors), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters and production) The Story: Zemo subjects Bucky to several nasty blasts from the past as the pair have their final confrontation. What’s Good: For as much as I disliked [...]

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Fantastic Four #583 – Review

Posted on September 25, 2010 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Steve Epting (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: While the FF do battle in the Neutral Zone, Val strikes a deal with Victor von Doom after discovering some of her father’s secrets. What’s Good: This month sees the start of a new story-arc and Steve Epting taking [...]

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Fantastic Four #582 – Review

Posted on August 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Neil Edwards (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: The Great Hunt concludes and the older Val and Franklin try to save/create reality and the future. What’s Good: One of the things that I love about comics, or serial publications in general, is that now [...]

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Captain America #609 – Review

Posted on August 27, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Butch Guice (pencils), Rick Magyar, Andrew Hennessey and Butch Guise (inks), Paul Mounts (colors) and VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Bucky receives a very personal message from Zemo, and immediately runs off to go find and subdue the villain. Steve Rogers, Black Widow and Falcon set out to find him, [...]

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Fantastic Four #581 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Neil Edwards (pencils), Paul Neary (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Young sophomores Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, and Victor von Doom look to help Nathaniel Richards in a battle with…. himself? What’s Good: This is without a doubt the best issue of Hickman’s Fantastic Four since his [...]

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Deadpool: Wade Wilson’s War #2 – Review

Posted on July 6, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Duane Swierczynksi (writer), Jason Pearson (art), Paul Mounts (colors), VC’s Clayton Cowles (letters and production) The Story: Deadpool continues his testimony before the Senate committee, explaining (his version) of his origin and the details of his first mission as a covert operative. Meanwhile, the people behind the Weapon X program that created Deadpool scramble [...]

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Wonder Woman #600 – Review

Posted on July 4, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Gail Simone (writer), George Perez (pencils), Scott Koblish (inks), Amanda Conner (writer and artist), Paul Mounts (colors), Louise Simonson (writer), Eduardo Pansica (pencils), Bob Wiacek (ink), Geoff Johns (writer), Scott Kolins (art), Michael Atiyeh (colors), and J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Don Kramer (pencils), Michael Babinski (inks) The Stories: Gail Simone (yay!) gives us a [...]

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Deadpool: Wade Wilson’s War #1 – Review

Posted on June 13, 2010 by SoldierHawk

By Duane Swierczynski (writer), Jason Pearson (artist), Paul Mounts (colors) VC’s Clayton Cowles (letters and production) The Story: Deadpool (outside of the normal Marvel Universe continuity) testifies before a Senate hearing about a secret black-ops mission he participated in 25 years ago. This goes about as well as you’d expect. What’s Good: Well, this is [...]

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Fantastic Four #579 – Review

Posted on May 30, 2010 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Neil Edwards (pencils), Andrew Currie (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Tired of self-limitation among the scientific community, Reed looks to prepare the next generation of thinkers. What’s Good: This is one of those issues of Fantastic Four that demonstrates why the title is perfect for Hickman, [...]

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Power Girl #7 – Review

Posted on December 16, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti (writers), Amanda Conner (art), Paul Mounts (colors) The Story: The women of the Planet Valeron, ruled by Vartox the Hyper-Man, are all rendered sterile by the contraception bomb. Vartox goes off to find the perfect mate to ensure that his species continues. He picks Power Girl. What’s Good: Do [...]

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Vengeance Of The Moon Knight #3 – Review

Posted on November 12, 2009 by joelopez101

by Greg Hurwitz (writer), Jerome Opena (art), Paul Mounts (colors) The Story: New York City continues to welcome the return of a kinder, gentler Moon Knight to its crime-fighting fraternity, while the vigilante reconnects with sometime lover, Marlene. Meanwhile, archenemy Bushman is brought back from beyond the grave by The Hood in order to strike [...]

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Captain America: Reborn #4 – Review

Posted on November 5, 2009 by paladinking

by Ed Brubaker (writer), Bryan Hitch & Butch Guice (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Welcome back Steve Rogers….maybe? Sort of? What’s Good: Over the course of my reviews of Reborn, I’ve repeatedly stated that the comic is better the more it focuses on Rogers, as I’ve thus far found most [...]

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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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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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