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 April 20, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors), Richard Starkings (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: The Night of Owls begins with a furious attack on Wayne Manor. The Review: The Court of Owls that Snyder and Capullo introduced during the last story arc was [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman #8 review, Fco Plascencia, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 3, 2012 by dfstell
By: Richard Starkings (writer & letters) & Axel Medellin (art) The Story: The “Big Bad” is revealed and it’s not who I expected. Review: Before we get into the Spoiler-filled discussion of the events in this issue (beginning in Paragraph 3), let’s take a second to give some credit to Richard Starkings who keeps this title very [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Dean Stell, Elephantmen, Elephantmen #38, Elephantmen #38 review, Image, review, Richard Starkings | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 22, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: After defeating the Talon (or at least a Talon), both Batman and the Court of Owls retreat to their lairs to make plans. A Few Things: 1. This book/team is [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #7, Batman #7 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO, Greg Capullo, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 4 Comments »
Posted on February 29, 2012 by dfstell
By: David Hine (story/script), Shaky Kane (story/art), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters) & J.G. Rochell (design) The Story: It’s open mic night and people are allowed to get up there and tell their sordid tales of horror. Review: “Good, but not as electric as the original series because I can’t figure out the story yet.” That’s [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #2, Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #2 review, David Hine, Dean Stell, Disinterred, Image, J.G. Roshell, Jimmy Betancourt, review, Richard Starkings, Shaky Kane, The Bulletpr | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 16, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO (colors), Richard Starkings (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Harvey Richards (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) Four Things: 1. This is a real tour de force artistically. – Man, it’s hard to even know where to start gushing about the art in this issue. Every page [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #6, Batman #6 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO, Greg Capullo, Harvey Richards, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 7 Comments »
Posted on January 30, 2012 by dfstell
By: David Hine (story/writer), Shaky Kane (story/art), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (lettering) and JG Roshell (design) The Story: Not exactly sure, but we get an origin for the Shield of Justice character. Four Things: 1. Just glad to have Bulletproof Coffin back! - The first 6-issue run of Bulletproof Coffin that ended in January 2011 [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Bulletproof Coffin, Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #1, Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #1 review, David Hine, Dean Stell, Disinterred, Image, JG Roshell, Jimmy Batancourt, review, Richard Starkings, Shaky Kane | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 20, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO (colors), Richard Starkings (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Harvey Richards (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: It’s a complete mind-bender as the Court of Owls has Batman trapped in a maze. Or do they?? Three Things: 1. Interesting mechanic with the twisting [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #5, Batman #5 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO, Greg Capullo, Harvey Richards, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 22 Comments »
Posted on December 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Harvey Richards (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: Bruce keeps digging at the Court of Owls mystery, but is everything what it appears to be? Five Things: 1. This is a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman #4, Batman #4 review, Greg Capullo, Harvey Richards, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 5 Comments »
Posted on November 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Harvey Richards (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: Batman investigates a secret society within Gotham. Five Things: 1. Really awesome art. The Capullo/Glapion/FCO team is really something! They excel in all [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #3, Batman #3 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO, Greg Capullo, Harvey Richards, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 14 Comments »
Posted on October 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), Colors (FCO), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letteres), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Janelle Asselin (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: Batman has to deal with a new threat from the Court of Owls. Five Things: 1. Great art from Capullo/Glapion/FCO. Greg Capullo lays [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #2, Batman #2 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO, Greg Capullo, Janelle Asselin, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 8 Comments »
Posted on October 4, 2011 by dfstell
By: Richard Starkings (writer & lettering), Boo Cook & Axel Medellin (art), Gregory Wright, Cook & Medellin (colors) The Story: Untold tales of the circa 2239 war in Eurasia between the Elephantmen and the human survivors of the viral apocalypse. What’s good: There’s a lot of flexibility to add material to a back-story when the whole [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Boo Cook, Dean Stell, Elephantmen, Gregory Wright, Image, review, Richard Starkings | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 21, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Janelle Asselin (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Review: All the “in the know” comic fans had really high hopes for this issue because it is (a) written by Scott Snyder [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #1, Batman #1 review, Batman reboot, DC, Dean Stell, FCO Plasencia, Greg Capullo, Janelle Asselin, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 22 Comments »
Posted on September 4, 2011 by dfstell
War Toys II by: Richard Starkings (writer & letterer), Boo Cook (art), Gregory Wright, Cook & Axel Medellin (colors) Panya back-up by: Monifa Aldridge (writer) & Axel Medellin (art & colors) The Story: In the main story, we revisit the Elephantmen war in virus-ravaged Europe while in the back-up we learn more about the origin [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Boo Cook, Dean Stell, Elephantmen, Elephantmen #34, Elephantmen #34 review, Gregory Wright, Image, Monifa Aldridge, review, Richard Starkings | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 30, 2011 by SoldierHawk
Elephantman #34 PREVIEW story RICHARD STARKINGS art/cover BOO COOK Part One: GENERAL STONE TIGER The first of the two-part sequel to WAR TOYS: Yvette is alive, and artist BOO COOK (Judge Dredd, X-Factor) pits her against a new foe… with Hip Flask, Ebony Hide and Obadiah Horn caught in the middle! .
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Boo Cook, Elephantman, Elephantman #34 preview, Richard Starkings, weekly+comic+book+review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Richard Starkings (writer) & Shaky Kane (artist) The Story: Starkings and Kane bring us an Elephantmen-themed take on Pygmalion. What’s Good: I had totally forgotten that Shaky Kane was providing guest art on this issue. True, Kane’s guest-art role been teased in the backs of various Image publications for the last couple months, but [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Elephantmen, Elephantmen #33, Elephantmen #33 review, Image, review, Richard Starkings, Shaky Kane | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Richard Starkings (writer & letters) & Axel Medellin (art & colors) The Story: In a semi-break from the on-going Elephantmen story, Starkings and Medellin pay homage to Conan! The Review: I put down this issue of Elephantmen after reading it and one word summed it up: Professional. The story is the kind of homage [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Dean Stell, Elephantmen, Elephantmen #32, Elephantmen #32 review, Image, review, Richard Starkings | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2011 by dfstell
By: Richard Starkings (writer), Axel Medellin (art) The Story: A resetting of the Elephantmen universe makes for a strong jumping on point for new readers. What’s Good: This issue is part recap and part new story. When you put this issue together with last month’s one-shot Man and Elephantman (which could have been #30.5), we [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Dean Stell, Elephantmen, Elephantmen #31, Elephantmen #31 review, Image, review, Richard Starkings | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 5, 2011 by dfstell
What a strong week for comics! Almost everything last week was at least “pretty good” and that makes us happy at WCBR. Even though we’ll do out duty and tell you when a comic SUCKS, we don’t take any pleasure in doing so and it’s a LOT more fun to talk about what was good. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alex Evans, Alex Maleev, Axel Medellin, Black Panther, Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #516, Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #516 review, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Captain America #616, Captain America #616 review, Daniel Acuna, David Liss, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, ELEPHANTMEN: MAN AND ELEPHANTMAN #1, ELEPHANTMEN: MAN AND ELEPHANTMAN #1 review, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors, Halcyon, Halcyon #4, Halcyon #4 review, Jason Aaron, Jefte Palo, Man and Elephantman, Marc Guggenheim, matthew southworth, Paul Tobin, Proof Endangered, Punisher in the Blood, PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD #5 review, PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD 5, Quick Hit Reviews, Richard Starkings, Rick Remender, Riley Rossmo, Ryan Bodenheim, Scarlet, Scarlet #5, Scarlet #5 review, Spider-Girl, Spider-Girl #5, Spider-Girl #5 review, Tara Butters, Wolverine | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 15, 2011 by dfstell
By: Richard Starkings (writer), Axel Medellin (art), Gregory Wright & Medellin (colors) & Comicraft (letters) The Story: Hip Flask finally finds some love. What’s Good: This was the best issue of Elephantmen (for me) in a long time. This title is at its best when it is almost a slice-of-life story that follows these tragic [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Comicraft, Dean Stell, Elephantmen, Elephantmen #30, Elephantmen #30 review, Gregory Wright, Image, review, Richard Starkings | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 19, 2011 by dfstell
By: Ian Churchill (writer/art/colors), Alex Sollazzo (colors), Richard Starkings, Jimmy Betancourt & JG Roshell (lettering & design) The Story: Marineman’s origin and the Big-Bad are both revealed. What’s Good: Beautiful comic. The coloring, art and design of this issue are top-notch and are like nothing else on my pretty long pull list. If you’re into [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Alex Sollazzo, Dean Stell, Ian Churchill, Image, JG Roshell, Jimmy Betancourt, Marineman, Marineman #3, Marineman #3 review, review, Richard Starkings | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Ian Churchill (writer, art, colors), Alex Sollazzo (colors), Richard Starkings, Jimmy Betancourt & JG Roshell (lettering & design) The Story: A big revelation about Steve Ocean (a.k.a. Marineman)! Surprise…he isn’t just a dude who likes the water. What’s Good: Everything that was great about issue #1 is still present here. The biggest thing that [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Alex Sollazzo, Dean Stell, Ian Churchill, Image, JG Roshell, Jimmy Betancourt, Marineman, Marineman #2, Marineman #2 review, review, Richard Starkings | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 4, 2011 by dfstell
We at WCBR all get more comics that we could possibly review in full every week. Rather than let them go unmentioned, we run though the remainder of our pile here. Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #4 – This time hopping series continues and puts Logan and Spidey in yet another awesome situation: Logan is thrust [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Adam Kubert, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #4, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #4 review, ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS, Axel Medellin, Dean Stell, Echoes, Echoes #1, Echoes #1 review, Ed Brubaker, Elephantmen, Emma Rios, Incognito: Bad Influences, Incognito: Bad Influences #2, Incognito: Bad Influences #2 review, Jason Aaron, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Kaare Andrews, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Marian Churchland, Marjorie Liu, Osborn, Rahsan Ekedal, review, Richard Starkings, Sean Phillips, Val Staples, Warren Ellis, X-23, X-23 #4, X-23 #4 review | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 4, 2011 by dfstell
By: David Hine (story/script), Shaky Kane (story/art), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters) & JG Roshell (production) The Story: Bulletproof Coffin comes to an end. Will Steven find The Creators and save the world? Or will the sinister G-Men thwart him? What’s Good: What an awesome comic! This series started out with an interesting concept: [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: David Hine, Dean Stell, Image, JG Roshell, Jimmy Betancourt, review, Richard Starkings, Shaky Kane, The Bulletproof Coffin, THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN #6, THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN #6 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 7, 2010 by dfstell
By: Ian Churchill (writer, art & colors), Nicolas Chapuis (colors), Richard Starkings, Jimmy Betancourt & JG Roshell (letters & design) The Story: We are introduced to Steve Ocean a.k.a., Marineman. What’s Good: What a bright shiny and upbeat comic book this was! This story is virtually all introduction, but the main character (Steve Ocean) and [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Ian Churchill, Image, JG Roshell, Jimmy Betancourt, Marineman, Marineman #1, Marineman #1 review, Nicolas Chapuis, review, Richard Starkings | Leave a Comment »
