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Journey Into Mystery #622 – Review

Posted on April 13, 2011 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Dougie Braithwaite (pencils), Ulises Arreola (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Loki goes on a quest to discover the secret behind his elder self’s demise. The Review: This is quite possibly the best work of Kieron Gillen’s career, or at the very least, it’s among that work. Regardless, this [...]

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Thor #618 – Review

Posted on December 12, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Asgard finds itself beseiged by World Tree refugees. What’s Good: Epic. That’s a pretty apt description of Fraction’s story thus far, and this issue only cements that. With refugees coming in from all over the World Tree, there’s a [...]

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Thor #617 – Review

Posted on November 14, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Thor awakens the resurrected Loki and Dr. Eric Solvang finally finds someone to listen to him as Uthana Thoth continues to expand his dominion. What’s Good: In all honesty, if you’ve liked Matt Fraction’s first two issues of Thor, [...]

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Thor #615 – Review

Posted on September 23, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: A new age for Thor and Asgard begins, as an ominous threat fills Asgard’s void and rages across the metaverse. What’s Good: Thor fans can breathe a sigh of relief; Matt Fraction arrives and his first issue is a [...]

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Thor #613 – Review

Posted on August 26, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Rich Elson (pencils & inks), Jim Charalampidis (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor journeys across hell on his quest for Eir-Gram while Tyr tries to hold the line. What’s Good: In this issue, Kieron Gillen’s latest story-arc really feels like it’s come together into something really special. There’s a [...]

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Thor #612 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Doug Braithwaite (pencils), John Rauch & Andy Troy (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor and Tyr rush to the rescue as the Disir lay siege to Hela. What’s Good: In heading to hell to battle zombie valkyrie, Kieron Gillen’s Thor has managed to regain its identity, distancing itself from [...]

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Thor #611 – Review

Posted on July 2, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Rich Elson (art), Andy Troy (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: The souls of the Asgardians who fell during Siege come under attack in Hel. What’s Good: It sure feels good to see a good old fashioned Thor story, rife with occult baddies, Hela, and trademark Norse heroism. The last [...]

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Thor #610 – Review

Posted on May 30, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Doug Braithwaite (art), Andy Troy, Doug Braithwaite, & Paul Mounts (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: The heroes of Asgard come to grips with Siege’s aftermath, while Thor concludes his unfinished business with his clone. What’s Good: This issue of Thor does what needs to be done in positioning the [...]

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Siege #4 – Review

Posted on May 13, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The battle with the Void concludes, leading to the dawning of a new chapter for the Marvel Universe. Oh, and two major characters die. What’s Good: The majority of this book is one gigantic fight [...]

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Dark Avengers #16 – Review

Posted on May 13, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The aftermath of Siege is explored and the fates of the Dark Avengers cast are glimpsed. What’s No So Good: Yes, I am reversing our usual review format, but why I’m doing so will soon be abundantly clear. The first half [...]

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Thor #609 – Review

Posted on May 1, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Billy Tan, Batt, & Rich Elson (art), Christina Strain & June Chung (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Loki faces the consequences, Kelda stands and fights, and Volstagg picks himself up. What’s Good: With Thor not being present this month, several supporting characters pick up the slack. Kelda, a character [...]

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New Avengers #64 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike McKone (art), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The Hood regroups and Loki makes a shocking move to help combat the unleashed Sentry. What’s Good: It’s been a long time since I actually, genuinely cared about the Hood and what the future holds for him. That [...]

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Thor #608 – Review

Posted on March 26, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Guillen (writer), Billy Tan, Batt, & Rich Elson (art), Christina Strain & Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Siege continues as Tyr defends Asgard from the Hood and Volstagg tangles with Thor’s clone. What’s Good: Volstagg is really a formula that never fails at this point. He’s always a great mix of [...]

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New Avengers #63 – Review

Posted on March 25, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike McKone (art), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The motivations of Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Ronin, and Mockingbird are explored in the days leading up to Siege. What’s Good: This is probably the best issue of New Avengers to come around in some time, and it’s [...]

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Dark Avengers #14 – Review

Posted on February 19, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Victoria Hand deals with dissension in the ranks and the Void makes his presence known. What’s Good: This issue is a solid issue largely because it’s based entirely on perhaps the two best things to come out of Dark [...]

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New Avengers #61 – Review

Posted on January 30, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Daniel Acuna (art & colors), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The Avengers find themselves embattled against the Hood’s newly Norm stone-powered goons. What’s Good: This issue is essentially divided into two separate, but parallel stories as the two Captain [...]

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Thor #606 – Review

Posted on January 30, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Guillen (writer), Billy Tan (pencils & inks), Batt (inks), John Raunch & Paul Mounts (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor battles the Doom-controlled Destroyer and Balder ventures into the Latverian dictator’s secret lab. What’s Good: Guillen has done such a fantastic job in writing a comic so seamlessly linked to Straczynski’s [...]

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Dark Avengers #13 – Review

Posted on January 22, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The rather unpleasant back-story of the Sentry is revealed and reviewed. What’s Good: Character-driven issues always bring a particular set of strengths. They’re usually a bit of a denser read, and Dark Avengers #13 certainly reflects this trend. [...]

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Siege #1 – Review

Posted on January 7, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Norman Osborn finds his reason to begin his assault on Asgard. What’s Good: This is some really impressive, massive work by Coipel and Martin. The art here is gorgeous and some of the best stuff I’ve [...]

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Thor #605 – Review

Posted on December 25, 2009 by paladinking

by Kieron Guillen (writer), Billy Tan (pencils), Batt (inks), Christina Strain, Emily Warren, & Paul Mounts (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor confronts Doom, only to discover the Latverian dictator’s pet project. What’s Good: Billy Tan is putting out the work of his life on this comic. I’ve never really been a big [...]

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Dark Avengers #12 – Review

Posted on December 18, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato & Greg Horn (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Victoria Hand tries to negotiate with Molecule Man. What’s Good: Much of what made last month’s issue good is furthered this month. Molecule Man in particular continues to be written well by Bendis. He’s a [...]

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Thor #604 – Review

Posted on December 4, 2009 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Billy Tan (pencils), Batt (inks), Christina Strain (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Balder begins his war with Doom, as the Latverian dictator’s experiments stand revealed. What’s Good: Gillen and Tan have a very unenviable task in following one of the greatest Thor runs of all time. Thankfully, Gillen tries [...]

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Siege: The Cabal #1 – Review

Posted on December 3, 2009 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Michael Lark (pencils), Stefano Gaudiano (inks), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Cabal implodes and lines are drawn. What’s Good: The issue’s strongest point is its characterization. Dr. Doom is written well by Bendis. He’s the same absurd bad guy who insists on referring to himself in the third [...]

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Thor: Defining Moments Review

Posted on November 27, 2009 by paladinking

by J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Marko Djurdjevic (pencils & inks), Danny Miki & Allen Martinez (inks), Christina Strain (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Bill’s final fate is determined while Sif and the Warriors Three battle the doombots. What’s Good: If you approach this book as just another 22-page issue of JMS’ run on [...]

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