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Venom #18 – Review

Posted on May 21, 2012 by paladinking

By: Rick Remender & Cullen Bunn (writers), Lan Medina (pencils), Nelson Decastro (inks), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Flash races to get to Betty before Jack and the Savage Six. The Review: With co-writer in tow, it’s another solid outing for Venom. Aside from the brief Circle of Six crossover, it’s [...]

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Daredevil #13 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2012 by paladinking

by Mark Waid (writer), Khoi Pham (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Javier Rodriguez (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Matt fights for his life against Megacrime, still holding onto the Omega Drive The Review: You’ve got to feel for Khoi Pham. Daredevil has had some really, really great artists work on it (Marcos Martin, Paolo [...]

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Venom #17 – Review

Posted on May 7, 2012 by paladinking

By: Rick Remender & Cullen Bunn (writers), Kev Walker (pencils), Terry Pallot (inks), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Flash attempts to kill Crime-Master to extricate himself from his situation once and for all. The Review: The first thing to address with this issue are the two big additions to the creative [...]

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Daredevil #12 – Review

Posted on May 4, 2012 by paladinking

By: Mark Waid (writer), Chris Samnee (art), Javier Rodriguez (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Matt and Kirsten go on a date which leads to Matt telling a tale from he and Foggy’s days at Columbia Law. The Review: This issue is really yet another effort by Mark Waid to expand the variety of [...]

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FF #17 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2012 by paladinking

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Nick Dragotta (art), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Can Peter Parker possibly survive the sheer, mind-imploding aggravation of having Johnny Storm for a room-mate? The Review: Jonathan Hickman is among my favourite writers, but he wouldn’t exactly be my first choice to write a sitcom, much as [...]

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Daredevil #11 – Review

Posted on April 28, 2012 by paladinking

By: Mark Waid (writer), Marco Checchetto (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Daredevil tries to recapture the Omega Drive from Cole (Alves?). The Review: The Omega Effect has been a really nice little crossover. It’s small, contained, and went across titles that worked well with each other. If you enjoyed the [...]

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FF #16 – Review

Posted on April 1, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Nick Dragotta & Steve Epting (art), Chris Sotomayor & Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The Future Foundation pick up the pieces in a ruined NYC….and what exactly happened to Doom when the Bridge closed, anyway? The Review: I’ve ragged on FF now and then since the return [...]

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New Avengers #23 – Review

Posted on March 28, 2012 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato & Will Conrad (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Norman’s latest Dark Avengers get their come-uppance. The Review: There’s really not much to this comic, which I suppose means that it can’t be any worse than strictly mediocre though converse, that it also means [...]

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Carnage, USA #4 – Review

Posted on March 21, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Zeb Wells (writers), Clayton Crain (artist) The Story: Carnage deals with his Oedipal complex. The Review: What a waste. This miniseries showed quite a bit of promise back in its first issue. The premise of Carnage taking over a whole town is genuinely creative. Cletus Kasady, as written by Zeb Wells, is skin-crawlingly creepy. [...]

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Fantastic Four #604 – Review

Posted on March 18, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Steve Epting (pencils), Rick Magyar (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Future Franklin versus three Mad Celestials in the conclusion to Jonathan Hickman’s three year long story. The Review: Is it actually possible that Saga #1 may not be the very best issue to come out this [...]

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New Avengers #22 – Review

Posted on March 3, 2012 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Double and triple crosses aplenty as the New Avengers find themselves wanted by the government. The Review: In many respects, despite sharing a story-arc, New Avengers’ issue this week is opposite to Avengers’ issue and, as a result, while the [...]

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Scarlet Spider #2 -Review

Posted on February 11, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Chris Yost (writer), Ryan Stegman (pencils) Mike Babinski (inks), Marte Gracia (colors) The Story: Scarlet Spider punches the bad guy, saves the girl, and finally gets an origin that makes sense. What’s Good: It’s fun to watch Kaine argue with himself about his actions. Sure, we know that he’s going to be a hero, [...]

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Venom #12 – Review

Posted on January 24, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Rick Remender (writer), Lan Medina Nelson DeCastro (artists), Marte Gracia (colors) The Story: What happens in Vegas…could get all your loved-ones killed. The Good: I have a confession to make: this is the issue of Venom I have been waiting for. Don’t get me wrong, I love what Rick Remender has done to rehabilitate [...]

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Scarlet Spider #1 – Review

Posted on January 10, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Chris Yost (writer), Ryan Stegman (artist), Marte Gracia (colors) The Story: Marvel is going to feel pretty stupid when ripped-sleeved hoodies TOTALLY come back in 2012! The Review: Marvel is certainly wringing Spider-Man for everything he’s worth. Amazing, Spectacular, Ultimate, Avenging, and with guest appearances on Future Foundation and one of the Avengers teams [...]

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Carnage USA #2 – Review

Posted on January 10, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Zeb Wells (writer), Clayton Crain (artist) The Story: The calm before the storm. What’s Good: This miniseries is beginning to me remind of the nineties Spider-Man crossover Planet of the Symbiotes, or rather, what that event should have been. Planet, while mostly remembered as a failure today, actually had some decent ideas. All of [...]

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Fantastic Four #601 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writing), Steve Epting (pencils), Rick Magyar & Mark Pennington (inks), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Johnny brings the cavalry. The Review: This past summer, Marvel and DC both put out company-wide events that were pretty underwhelming. Truth be told, however, I haven’t really, really enjoyed an event from Marvel [...]

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Avengers #20 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writing), Daniel Acuna (art), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Norman Osborn confronts the Avengers as he and his allies prove to be a step ahead in their war on Cap and the gang. The Review: Well, it’s a hell of a lot better than the last issue of New Avengers. [...]

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Carnage U. S. A. #1 – Review

Posted on December 16, 2011 by jmiddle3

By: Zeb Wells (Writer), Clayton Crain (Artist) The Story: Slither with spandex. The Review: Carnage has never captured my imagination, to say the least. The concept of “Venom, but more violent” doesn’t leave you with a hell of a lot to go on. As a result, Carnage is often more of a caricature than a [...]

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New Avengers #19 – Review

Posted on December 15, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Norman Osborn explains the mission statement to his new Avengers and Victoria Hand plays her…hand? The Review: Every now and then, as a devoted comic reader, you find yourself reading something that’s just mind-numbingly stupid. New Avengers #19, [...]

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Venom #10 – Review

Posted on December 10, 2011 by jmiddle3

By: Rick Remender (writer), Len Medina (pencils), Nelson Decastro (inker), Marty Gracia (colorist) The Story: Flash attends his father’s funeral, and mourns his losses. What’s Good: I’m a big fan of Tony Moore, so when I heard that he would be doing the art for Venom, I started picking up the book basically to see [...]

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Fear Itself #5 – Review

Posted on August 12, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin & Milla Molinar (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Thor fights for his life against the Worthified Hulk and Thing, Cap grapples with Sin, and Tony Stark cuts a deal with Odin. What’s Good: Do you like big, explosive, set-piece action [...]

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New Avengers #15 – Review

Posted on August 12, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Squirrel Girl tries to prove her worth, as she runs through a New York City under attack to get to Luke and Jessica’s baby. What’s Good: When I read that this issue was going to be centred on [...]

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Amazing Spider-Man #666 – Review

Posted on July 27, 2011 by paladinking

by Dan Slott (writer), Stefano Caselli (art), Marte Gracia (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Life is good, and very busy, for Peter Parker, but unbeknownst to him, more and more people in New York City are gaining spider-powers. What’s Good: Apparently, Dan Slott and the rest of the crew in the Spider-office take [...]

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Avengers #15 – Review

Posted on July 20, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils & colors), Tim Townsend, Wayne Faucher, Jaime Mendoza, Victor Olazaba, and Mark Irwin (inks), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Steve Rogers sends a strike-team to Brazil to tackle the Worthy-fied Hulk, including a Spider-Woman still searching for her big moment of redemption. What’s Good: While I [...]

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New Avengers #14 – Review

Posted on July 13, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The New Avengers race to defend New York against Sin’s attack while Mockingbird tests her newly gained powers. What’s Good: When he puts his mind to it, Brian Bendis is capable of truly fantastic, intimate character-work, and that’s [...]

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