Posted on August 29, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J. Michael Straczynski & Phil Hester (writers), Don Kramer & Lee Garbett (pencils), Drew Geraci, Robin Riggs & Trevor Scott (inks), Pete Pantazis (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Diana finally learns the secret of Nemisis, and faces one final battle with the darkness inside herself. The Review: It’s a shame that most of [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: By J. Michael Straczynski, Don Kramer, Drew Geraci, Lee Garbett, Pete Pantazis, Phil Hester, Robin Riggs, Travis Lanham, Trevor Scott, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #614 review, Wonder Woman Odyssey | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 31, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J. Michael Straczynski & Phil Hester (writers), Don Kramer & Travis Moore (pencils), Wayne Faucher, Walden Wong & Drew Geraci( inks), Pete Pantazis (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: In a long bout of desperately needed exposition and explanation, Diana finally learns the details of, and the motivation behind, the Nemesis’s plans for [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Don Kramer, Drew Geraci, J. Michael Straczynski, Pete Pantazis, Phil Hester, SoldierHawk, Travis Lanham, Travis Moore, Walden Wong, Wayne Faucher, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #613 review, Wonder Woman Odyssey | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 3, 2011 by SoldierHawk
J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Don Kramer & Eduardo Pansica (pencils), Wayne Faucher & Eber Ferreira (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: The Morrigan make the final push to force Diana to become one of them. Not everyone survives the battle, and as her friends begin to fall all around [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Don Kramer, Eber Ferreira, Eduardo Pansica, J. Michael Straczynski, Phil Hester, Travis Lanham, Wayne Faucher, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #611 review, Wonder Woman Odyssey | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 29, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Eduardo Pansica (pencils), Wayne Faucher and Eber Ferreira (inks), Pete Pantazis (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Wonder Woman begins to live up to her name as she (finally!) discovers the source of the temporal disturbance affecting her future, and finds a way to begin to fight [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Eber Ferreira, Eduardo Pansica, J. Michael Straczynski, Pete Pantazis, Phil Hester, Travis Lanham, Wayne Faucher, weekly comics book review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #610 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 31, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Don Kramer (pencils), Sean Parsons and Wayne Faucher (inks), Alex Sinclair with Pete Pantazis (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Of all the people in the world, Dr. Psycho–longtime Wonder Woman nemesis–pulls Diana in a sort of limbo between life and death. There, it is revealed that [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Comic Book Reviews, Don Kramer, J. Michael Straczynski, Pete Pantazis, Phil Hester, Sean Parsons, Travis Lanham, Wayne Faucher, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #609, Wonder Woman #609 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 9, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Geraldo Borges (pencils), Marlo Alquiza (inks), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Diana is forced to take on Cheetah and the other fallen Amazonians in a brutal, bloody battle that the princess does not get the better end of. Fortunately, although the terrible trio manage to destroy most [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Geraldo Borges, J. Michael Straczynski, Marlo Alquiza, Phil Hester, Travis Lanham, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #608 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 8, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Scripts by Kevin Smith, Breakdowns by Phil Hester, Art by Jonathan Lau, Colors by Ivan Nunes Green Hornet Vol 1., Sins of the Father, left off with Brit deciding to take his father’s mantle. It was really only the halfway point for what Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet movie would have been. Wearing O’ the Green [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Green Hornet, Green Hornet Vol 2: Wearing O' the Green, Ivan Nunes, Jonathan Lau, Kevin Smith, Michel Gondry, Phil Hester, Seth Rogen, The Green Hornet movie | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 19, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Don Kramer with Eduardo Pansica (pencils), Andy Owens, Sean Parsons and Eber Ferreira (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Diana–who, I can’t help pointing out, has actually started acting like Diana for a change of pace–and two of her closest Amazon guardians descend [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Andy Owens, Don Kramer, Eber Ferreira, Eduardo Pansica, J. Michael Straczynski, Phil Hester, Sean Parsons, Travis Lanham, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #607, Wonder Woman #607 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 27, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Eduardo Pansica (pencils), Jay Leisten, Marlo Alquiza, Wayne Faucher and Eber Ferreira (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Diana and her friends are assaulted by mystical creatures determined to destroy them, and are forced out of their safe house after a tragedy. Things [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Eber Ferreir, Eduardo Pansica, J. Michael Straczynski, Jay Leisten, Marlo Alquiza, Phil Hester, Wayne Faucher, weekly comic book reviews, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #606, Wonder Woman #606 review | 6 Comments »
Posted on December 23, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Don Kramer, Eduardo Panasica and Daniel HDR (pencils), Jay Leisten, Marlo Alquiza, Wayne Faucher and Eber Ferreira (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: An interlude, as Diana returns home to relax, recover, and engage in some exposition and–amazingly–character development as well. The short [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Daniel HDR, Don Kramer, Eber Ferreira, Eduardo Panasica, J. Michael Straczynski, Jay Leisten, Marlo Alquiza, Phil Hester, Travis Lanham, Wayne Faucher, Weekly Comic Book Reivew, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #605 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 5, 2010 by Roman Colombo
Scripts by Kevin Smith; Breakdowns by Phil Hester; art by Jonathan Lau, colors by Ivan Nunes; and covers by Alex Ross. Once upon a time, Kevin Smith was going to make a Green Hornet movie. That’s right. The man who brought you Cop Out and Jersey Girl was going to bring new life to a [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Alex Ross, Green Hornet, Green Hornet Vol 1, Green Hornet Vol 1: Sins of the Father, Green Hornet Vol 1: Sins of the Father HC, Green Hornet Vol 1: Sins of the Father review, Ivan Nunes, Jonathan Lau, Kevin Smith, Michael Gondry, Phil Hester, Roman Colombo, Seth Rogen | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 5, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Phil Hester (Writer & Artist), Andre Parks (Inks), and Sakti Yuwono, Arif Prianto, and Admira Wijaya of IFS (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The last issue of The Darkness brought the familiar “team building” storyline to the series. And you know what? It worked really well. I look forward to seeing Jackie’s team [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Admira Wijaya, Andre Parks, Arif Prianto, Comic Book Reviews, IFS, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Kyle Posluszny, Phil Hester, Sakti Yuwono, Swamp Monster Bog, The Darkness, The Darkness #80, The Darkness #80 Review, Top Cow, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Witchblade | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 17, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Phil Hester (Writer), Jorge Lucas (Art), and Felix Serrano (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I was casually flipping through The Darkness #79 when, all of a sudden, I yelled… “Triple-H!?” The Story: Jackie’s got a new team to work with… What’s Good: Phil Hester sticks to a very familiar “team-gathering” formula with The [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Felix Seranno, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Jorge Lucas, Kyle Posluszny, Phil Hester, The Darkness, The Darkness #79 Review, Top Cow, Top Cow Comics, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Witchblade | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 12, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Phil Hester (Writer), Nelson Blake II (Pencils), Ryan Winn (Inks), and Arif Prianto of IFS (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’m glad that it looks like Phil Hester is about to get The Darkness back on track. While I’ve enjoyed the re-launch of The Darkness quite a bit, there’s no denying that something [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Arif Prianto, Comic Book Review, Comic Book Reviews, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Kyle Posluszny, Nelson Blake II, Phil Hester, Ryan Winn, Sovereign, The Darkness, The Darkness #78 Review, Top Cow, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Witchblade | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 22, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Phil Hester (writer), Carlos Paul, Manny Clark, Jean Dias (artist), Debora Carita (colorist) The Story: The story opens with flashbacks of Masquerade’s past to bring us up to speed. We rewind first to Masquerade in the psychological fugue in the Urn, and watch as her force of will and personality keep her together for [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Carlos Paul, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, Debora Carita, DS Arsenault, Dynamite Entertainment, Jean Dias, Manny Clark, Masquerade, Masquerade #4, Masquerade #4 Review, Phil Hester, Project Superpowers, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 30, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Phil Hester (Writer), Michael Broussard (Pencils), Ryan Winn (Inks), and Arif Prianto (Colors) The Story: Jackie fights the lady with the red ribbon’s guardian and comes to learn the secret of the curse… and of his break with the Darkness. What’s Good: The battle between Jackie and the sand guardian feels adequately epic thanks [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Arif Prianto, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Kyle Posluszny, Michael Broussard, Phil Hester, Ryan Winn, The Darkness, The Darkness #77 Review, Top Cow, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Witchblade | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 26, 2009 by pozzyfreak
By Phil Hester (Writer), Michael Broussard (Pencils), Ryan Winn (Inks), and Benny Fuentes (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I bailed on the third volume of The Darkness following the end of the first story arc. And to be honest, I’m not entirely sure why. Maybe it was the different art team or perhaps it [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Action, Ben Berger, Benny Fuentes, Comic Commentary, Comics, Curse, Darkness, Discussion, Forum, Graphic Novels, hell, Image Comics, Issues, Jackie Estacado, Kyle Posluszny, Michael Broussard, omnibus, Phil Hester, Raymond Hilario, Reviews, Rob G., Ryan Winn, Sovereign, The Darkness #76, Tony Rakittke, Top Cow, Violence, WCBR, Wednesday Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Witchblade | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2008 by pozzyfreak
By Phil Hester (Writer), Michael Avon Oeming (Artist), and Val Staples (Colorist) The Story: A one-and-done comic set sometime long ago in The Darkness universe, Lodbrok’s Hand is a cautionary story about a man’s (good-intentioned) strive for power and the cost that it carries. Lodbrok, his sister, and some others are the few that remain [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Broken Trinity, Darkness Reviews, Forbidden Horn, Grimur, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Lodbrok's Hand Reviews, Mice Templar, Michael Avon Oeming, Phil Hester, The Black Captain, The Darkness, The Darkness: Lodbrok's Hand, Top Cow, Top Cow Comics, Val Staples, Witchblade | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 18, 2008 by pozzyfreak
By Phil Hester (Writer), Michael Broussard (Pencils), Ryan Winn (Inks), and Sheldon Mitchell (Colors) The Story: After embracing the Darkness in order to survive being blown to bits, Jackie Estacado faces off against his child, a being borne of nothing but pure Darkness. It is a battle of revenge-fueled rage versus primal, ancient evil as [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Action, Epic, Fight, Gore, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Michael Broussard, Phil Hester, Ryan Winn, Sheldon Mitchell, The Darkness, The Darkness #6 Review, Top Cow, Violence | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 22, 2008 by pozzyfreak
By Ron Marz (Writer), Stjepan Sejic (Art), and Phil Hester (Art) First, a quick note. Now that I’ve read the first two chapters of Top Cow’s Broken Trinity crossover, I find myself absolutely baffled as to why the story is being limited to three main books and two tie-ins (one of which is a prequel [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Angelus, Artifacts, Broken Trinity #2, Crossover, Darkness, Epic, event, Image, Image Comics, Phil Hester, Ron Marz, Stjepan Sejic, Top Cow, Witchblade | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 15, 2008 by pozzyfreak
By Phil Hester (Writer), Michael Broussard (Pencils), Ryan Winn (Inks), and Sheldon Mitchell (Colors) I am generally not a fan of shock-value, but the latest issue of the Darkness shows how it can be correctly delivered in service to a compelling story. All things come to a head this month as Jackie and his “team” [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Elle, Image, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Michael Broussard, Phil Hester, Reviews, Ryan Winn, Sheldon Mitchell, The Darkness #5, Top Cow | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 19, 2008 by pozzyfreak
Phil Hester (Writer), Jorge Lucas (Art), and Lee Loughridge (Colors) I’ve always felt that The Darkness works best when it brings Jackie Estacado’s moral code into the equation and that is exactly what the bulk of this Broken Trinity prequel does. Jackie goes on the warpath when he finds out from The Butcher that some [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Angelus, Broken Trinity, Broken Trinity: The Darkness, Image, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Jorge Lucas, Lee Loughridge, Phil Hester, Reviews, The Butcher, The Darkness, tie-in, Top Cow, Witchblade | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 23, 2008 by pozzyfreak
Ron Marz, (Writer) Stjepan Sejic, and Phil Hester (Art) As I have come to learn since becoming a comic book critic, the first part of an event or a new creative run is tough to review. It must hook the reader in some way while at the same time going through the (possibly boring or [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Angelus, Battle, Broken Trinity #1, Celestine, Danielle Baptiste, event, Gleason, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Phil Hester, Reviews, Ron Marz, Sara Pezzini, Stjepan Sejic, supernatural, The Darkness, Top Cow, Vikings, Witchblade | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 1, 2008 by pozzyfreak
By Phil Hester (Writer), Michael Broussard (Pencils), Ryan Winn (Inks), and Matt Milla (Colors) Since the third volume of The Darkness began earlier this year, I have been consistently entertained by Jackie Estacado and his rule over the people of Sierra Munoz thanks to the production of a Darkness spawned drug. Phil Hester has done [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Darklings, Darkness, Ellle, Image, Image Comics, Jackie Estacado, Marisol Yanez, Matt Milla, Michael Broussard, Phil Hester, Ryan Winn, The Darkness #4, Top Cow | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 23, 2008 by pozzyfreak
Ron Marz, Phil Hester, (Writers) Stjepan Sejic, Lee Moder, Ryan Sook, (Artists) Larry Molinar, and Dave McCaig (Colors) The Top Cow event known as First Born was one of the more exciting events in recent memory. A classic story of good and evil that was really cast in all shades of gray, First Born impressed [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Darklings, Dave McCaig, First Born, First Born: Aftermath, First Born: Aftermath #1, Image Comics, Larry Molinar, Lee Moder, Magdalena, Phil Hester, Reviews, Ron Marz, Ryan Sook, Stjepan Sejic, The Darkness, Top Cow, Witchblade | Leave a Comment »
The Darkness #76 – Review
By Phil Hester (Writer), Michael Broussard (Pencils), Ryan Winn (Inks), and Benny Fuentes (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I bailed on the third volume of The Darkness following the end of the first story arc. And to be honest, I’m not entirely sure why. Maybe it was the different art team or perhaps it [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Top Cow | Tagged: Action, Ben Berger, Benny Fuentes, Comic Commentary, Comics, Curse, Darkness, Discussion, Forum, Graphic Novels, hell, Image Comics, Issues, Jackie Estacado, Kyle Posluszny, Michael Broussard, omnibus, Phil Hester, Raymond Hilario, Reviews, Rob G., Ryan Winn, Sovereign, The Darkness #76, Tony Rakittke, Top Cow, Violence, WCBR, Wednesday Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Witchblade | Leave a Comment »