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 | Leave a 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 »
Posted on November 23, 2010 by dfstell
My pull list is way, way too long and every week there are a few titles that don’t get the full review treatment by me or my colleagues here at WCBR, but they still deserve a mention of some sort… Thunderbolts #150 – Sheesh! Is Jeff Parker on a can’t miss string right now, or [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, IDW, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Elepahntmen #28, Elephantmen, Jamal Igle, Jeff Parker, Kev Walker, Leinil Francis Yu, Mark Millar, Phoenix without Ashes, Phoenix Without Ashes #4, Richard Starkings, Sterling Gates, Supergirl, Supergirl #58, Superior, Superior #2, Superior #2 review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #150, Thunderbolts #150 review, X-23, X-23 #3 | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 1, 2010 by dfstell
By: David Hine (story/script), Shaky Kane (story/art) & Richard Starkings (letters) The Story: The story starts to swirl toward a conclusion as Steve Norman is pursued by the ominous Shadow Men. What’s Good: The only weak link for The Bulletproof Coffin thus far has been that it was unclear whether there was any sort of [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, David Hine, Dean Stell, Image, review, Richard Starkings, Shaky Kane, The Bulletproof Coffin, The Bulletproof Coffin #5, The Bulletproof Coffin #5 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 5, 2010 by dfstell
By: David Hine (writer), Wayne Nichols (art), Feigian Chong (colors) & Richard Starkings (letters) The Story: What starts as a prototypical noir-themed, PI story takes a supernatural twist towards the end. What’s Good: This comic starts out by strongly establishing its noir chops: sexy femme fatale calling in to report her lover’s dead body. Then [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, David Hine, Dean Stell, Feigian Chong, noir, Radical, review, Richard Starkings, Ryder on the Storm, Ryder On The Storm #1, Ryder On The Storm #1 review, Wayne Nichols, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 28, 2010 by dfstell
By: Richard Starkings (writer), Axel Medellin (art) & Gregory Wright (colors) The Story: Someone is interested in reactivating the Elephantmen. What’s Good: Elephantmen is always a very pretty comic book, but it has had a bit of a revolving door on art duties for the last 12 issues or so, so it very nice that [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Axel Medellin, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Elephantmen, Elephantmen #27, Elephantmen #27 review, Gregory Wright, Image, review, Richard Starkings, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 19, 2010 by dfstell
By: David Hine (story/script), Shaky Kane (story/art) & Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters) The Story: Steve Nayman starts to wonder which reality is “real”: The one where he is the Coffin Fly or the one with his day-to-day existence. What’s Good: The weirdness continues in this month’s Bulletproof Coffin, but what is nice is [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, David Hine, Dean Stell, Image, review, Richard Starkings, Shaky Kane, The Bulletproof Coffin, The Bulletproof Coffin #4, The Bulletproof Coffin #4 revuew, The Bulletproof Coffin 4 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
