Posted on May 26, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Stefano Caselli (art), Frank Martin, Jr. (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: The plot twists always hit in the penultimate act. Review (with SPOILERS): Pretty hot issue guys! Honestly, I thought the first couple of issues of this Spidey-event were a little tepid. Things seemed [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man #686 review, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Ellie Pyle, Frank Martin Jr., Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Stefano Caselli, Stephen Wacker | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 24, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (creators), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Yuko Shimizu (covers), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: How are people reacting to Tommy Taylor down under? Review (with minor SPOILERS): If you were looking for The Unwritten to return to the regularly scheduled story with a BANG, you [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, Shelly Bond, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #37, The Unwritten #37 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Yuko Shimizu | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 21, 2012 by dfstell
By: Nathan Edmondson (writer), Nic Klein (art/colors) & Jeff Powell (letters) The Story: An assassin on the run. Recap/Review: Dancer #1 is a very promising start to a series. There’s nothing too unique about the story itself. We’ve all seen this “man alone” story where a spy/soldier/assassin is being hunted by the company/army/government that used to employ [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dancer, Dean Stell, Image, Jeff Powell, Nathan Edmondson, Nic Klein, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 19, 2012 by dfstell
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Ryan Kelly (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Are alien abductions real? Review/Recap: So, this is the issue where Cornell starts to fiddle with the idea of whether alien abductions are real or whether something else is going on. The whole issue recalls some [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: alien abduction, aliens, Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Mark Doyle, Paul Cornell, review, Ryan Kelly, Sal Cipriano, Saucer Country, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) Review (with SPOILERS): Things just aren’t going to end well for our characters, are they? The lesson of Scalped seems to be: you reap what you sow. Most of the characters in this series have [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Scalped #58 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 15, 2012 by dfstell
By: Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Avon Oeming (writing and art), Nick Filardi (colors) and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Two sisters deal with typical young kid problems while also coming to grips with their newly acquired superpowers. Recap/Review: The first thing to keep in mind is that Takio is not necessarily a comic for “us”. By [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Eliopoulos, Dean Stell, Icon, Marvel, Michael Avon Oeming, Nick Filardi, review, Takio | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 12, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Fall of the House of Wayne Back-up: Snyder & James Tynion IV (writers), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Patrick Brosseau (letters), Kubert & Marts (editors) The [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #9, Batman #9 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO Plasencia, Greg Capullo, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 5 Comments »
Posted on May 10, 2012 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Rick and his scouting party return to Arlington with news of the Bigger World. Recap/Review (with SPOILERS): As was the case last month, The Walking Dead shows how much better it works when the reader can see [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 5, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (story & art), Jose Villarrubia (colors), Carlos M. Mangual (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistent editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: After the events in the dam, our motley gang heads back out onto the road. Recap/Review (with SPOILERS): Whoa! Format change on the comic! Lemire decided to go with a landscape view for [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Mark Doyle, review, Sweet Tooth, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 4, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (art), Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: The classic “middle issue” where the action transitions from the set-up (i.e. is Doc Ock possibly trying to stop global warming) to the big finale. Recap/Review (with mild SPOILERS): This was [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 1, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer), Leinil Yu (artist), Nacho Vigalondo (co-plotter), Gerry Alanguilan (inker), Clayton Cowles (letters) and Sunny Gho (colors) The Story: The super-villains get the team together to pull a big heist. Recap/Review (with minor SPOILERS): This comic is pretty entertaining while also a good example of how “there are no new stories.” You could look at this [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Clayton Cowles, Dean Stell, Gerry Alanguilan, Icon, Leinil Yu, Mark Millar, Marvel, Nacho Vigalondo, review, Sunny Gho, Super Crooks | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2012 by dfstell
By: George R.R. Martin (story), Daniel Abraham (adaptation), Tommy Patterson (art), Marshall Dillon (letters) & Ivan Nunes (colors) The Story: About midway through the first novel we find the Imp hanging out with the Night Watch and Ned Stark in King’s Landing. Quick Review: Now that the second season of HBO’s excellent Game of Thrones TV show [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment | Tagged: Daniel Abraham, Dean Stell, Dynamite, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Ivan Nunes, Marshall Dillon, review, Tommy Patterson | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 30, 2012 by dfstell
By: Alex Link (plot/script), Riley Rossmo (plot/art) & Kelly Tindall (letters) The Story: Trapped in the forest during an apocalypse, Chuck tries to make his way home. Recap/Review: Good and bad with this comic. Let’s be in a good mood and talk about the good stuff first, eh? The general premise for this comic is interesting: man is [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Alex Link, Dean Stell, Image, Kelly Tindall, Rebel Blood, review, Riley Rossmo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 28, 2012 by dfstell
By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill (colors), Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors) The Story: Everyone is trying to get Orson and “save” the little girl they think he has kidnapped. Recap/Review: There are two things really impeding my enjoyment of this issue (and series). Sorry to say, they’re both art [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Clem Robbins, Dean Stell, Eduardo Risso, Mark Doyle, review, Spaceman, Trish Mulvihill, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Abnett (writer), I.N.J. Culbard (artist), Patricia Mulvihill (colors), Travis Lanham (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: The murder-mystery set in a zombie-infested Edwardian era London continues. Recap/Review (with minor SPOILERS): This was a challenging review to compose. I kept starting by saying that, “The New Deadwardians is different than typical [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dan Abnett, Dean Stell, I.N.J. Culbard, Mark Doyle, Patricia Mulvihill, review, The New Deadwardians, Travis Lanham, vampires, Vertigo, Will Dennis, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 24, 2012 by dfstell
By: Terry Moore (writer/artist) The Story: A friend comes back and some crazy stuff happens down at the graveyard. Recap/Review (with SPOILERS): This is was a slow-paced issue of Rachel Rising. You can either look at that as “not much happens” OR you can appreciate spending some extra time with the main cast of characters. So, let’s [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Abstract Studios, Dean Stell, Rachel Rising, review, Terry Moore | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 23, 2012 by dfstell
By: Brian Churilla (writer/artist), Ed Brisson (letters) The Story: More craziness with DB Cooper: Psychic CIA Agent Recap/Review (with minor SPOILERS): Trippy. That’s probably the best way to describe this comic. Now, this second issue doesn’t catch you off-guard quite the way that Issue #1 did…that issue was really something else. Still, the crazy just keeps flowing in [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Brian Churilla, Dean Stell, Ed Brisson, Oni Press, review, The Secret History of DB Cooper | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 23, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Nick Pitarra (artist), Rachelle Rosenberg (colors) & Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: The Manhattan Projects goes looking for some Nazi scientists. Recap/Review: Folks who enjoyed Hickman’s Pax Romana are going to enjoy this series a LOT. This issue perhaps doesn’t have quite the novelty of issue #1, but it still keeps that hard [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Image, Jonathan Hickman, Nick Pitarra, Rachelle Rosenberg, review, Rus Wooton, The Manhattan Projects | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 22, 2012 by dfstell
By: Brandon Graham (writer), Farel Dalrymple (art), Joseph Bergin, III (colors), Ed Brisson (letters) The Story: Will a new artist affect the magic of Prophet? Recap/Review (with mild SPOILERS): The first three issues of Prophet since the relaunch have been magical. But…we all know how touchy a thing success and momentum in comics can be, so it [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Brandon Grapham, Dean Stell, Ed Brisson, Farel Dalrymple, Image, Joseph Bergin III, Prophet, review | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 21, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Slott (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: After the smack-down that Spider-Man and the Avengers received from the Sinister Six, can anyone save the day? Recap/Review: The first few issues of this Ends of the Earth mini-event had [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Dan Slott, Dean Stell, Edgar Delgado, Ellie Pyle, Humberto Ramos, Joe Caramagna, Marvel, review, Stephen Wacker, Victor Olazaba | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 20, 2012 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: A finale to the Larger World story-arc hints at possible future conflicts. The Review (with SPOILERS): Yea!!! We have a direction for the story leading up to issue #100! That’s good and it’s in keeping with [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #96, The Walking Dead #96 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 18, 2012 by dfstell
By: Joe Casey (writer), Nathan Fox (artist), Ivan Plascencia (colors), Comicraft (letters) The Story: You thought that the guy in Haunt was a Catholic priest??? Review [with SPOILERS]: How funny was that? When this comic debuted, everyone made fun of how the protagonist in Haunt was a cigarette-smoking, prostitute-visiting Catholic priest. It just seemed a little too [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comicraft, Dean Stell, Haunt, Image, Ivan Plascencia, Joe Kelly, Nathan Fox, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 16, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (story/writer), Peter Gross (story/pencils), Rufus Dayglo (finishes), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Yuko Shimizu (cover), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Tinker and Pauly Bruckner get ringside seats for the end of the world. Review: This is a tricky issue. We’ve previously met Brooklyn tough-guy Pauly Bruckner who is [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, Rufus Dayglo, Shelly Bond, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #36, The Unwritten #36 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Yuko Shimizu | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 14, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mark Millar (writer), Matthew Vaughn (co-plotter), Dave Gibbons (art), Angus McKie (colors) The Story: A little, Kick-Ass-style deconstruction of the superspy genre? Review (with SPOILERS): Much like Kick-Ass asked the question, “What would really happen if people tried to be spandex-wearing superheroes?” Secret Service is having the same type of thought about the James Bond/superspy genre. That genre [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Angus McKie, Dave Gibbons, Dean Stell, Icon, Mark Millar, Marvel, Matthew Vaughn, review, The Secret Service, The Secret Service #1, The Secret Service #1 review | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 12, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Ryan Bodenheim (artist), Michael Garland (colors) & Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: Conspiracies, secrets, duplicity and some good, old-fashioned torture. Review: [SPOILER WARNING] This issue does precisely what a #1 issue needs to do: Compel you to buy the second issue! That’s no small challenge in this comic market where despite pathetic sales [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Image, Jonathan Hickman, Michael Garland, review, Rus Wooton, Ryan Bodenheim, Secret, Secret #1, Secret #1 review | Leave a Comment »
