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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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FF #5 – Review

Posted on July 1, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Barry Kitson (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The siege on Old Atlantis comes to a head as Sue comes to learn what Reed’s been keeping from her. What’s Good: With Old Atlantis under siege, Hickman gives us an issue that is both epic and desperate. Seeing [...]

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Venom #4 – Review

Posted on June 29, 2011 by paladinking

by Rick Remender (writer), Tony Moore (pencils), Danny Miki (inks), John Rauch (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: It’s Venom vs. Spider-Man in the race to save Betty Brant. What’s Good: Hurray, Tony Moore is back. Tom Fowler is a solid enough artist, but there really isn’t any replacing Moore’s likable, characterful, and slightly [...]

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Avengers #14 – Review

Posted on June 16, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: “The Red Hulk…proved himself an Avenger.” The Review: As far as issue structure goes, this is a bit of a weird one. We start out with the same talking heads format that found such [...]

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New Avengers #13 – Review

Posted on June 9, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato & Howard Chaykin (artists), Rain Beredo & Edgar Delgado (colorists), and Joe Caramagna (letterer) The Story: “Captain, my captain. Well done, Miss Hand.” The Review: New Avengers #13 is a frustrating issue. Thankfully, it’s frustrating because it’s a good issue, but it’s good in an irritating way that [...]

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Fear Itself: Spider-Man #2 – Review

Posted on June 9, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Yost (writer), Mike McKone (art), Jeromy Cox (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (editor) The Story: Spider-Man tries to help in a NYC gripped by fear. What’s Good: After reviewing the first issue of this event tie-in, I think I said that I was out. Silly rabbit! I’m [...]

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Venom #3 – Review

Posted on May 28, 2011 by paladinking

by Rick Remender (writer), Tom Fowler (artist), John Rauch (colorist), and Joe Caramagna (letterer) The Story: Trying to stick it out to halt the shipment of Antarctic vibranium, Flash starts losing control of the symbiote. The Review: I had a really strong sense of foreboding when I saw that Tony Moore didn’t draw this book. [...]

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FF #4 – Review

Posted on May 26, 2011 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Barry Kitson (artist), Paul Mounts (colorist), and Clayton Cowles (letterer) The Story: The Doom conference on Reeds continues as Sue, Alex Power, and Spider-Man raise to stop a civil war erupting in Old Atlantis. The Review: A single good concept can go a long way in carry a comic. In this [...]

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Avengers #13 – Review

Posted on May 18, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (script), Chris Bachalo (art & colors), Tim Townsend, Jaime Mendoza, Al Vey, & Wayne Faucher (inks), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The Avengers recount the early days of Fear Itself. The Review: This is a very difficult issue to review. Quite frankly, if you don’t like Brian Bendis, particularly Bendis [...]

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Fear Itself: Spider-Man #1 – Review

Posted on May 5, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Yost (writer), Mike McKone (artist), Jeromy Cox (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Ellie Pyle (assistant editor) & Stephen Wacker (senior editor) The Story: As fear grips NYC, Spider-Man tries to maintain order. What’s Good: In Fear Itself #2, we saw how “fear” is sweeping the globe and causing mass pandemonium. Even though I can tell [...]

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Venom #2 – Review

Posted on April 27, 2011 by paladinking

by Rick Remender (writer), Tony Moore (pencils), Crimelab! Studios (inks), John Rauch (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Flash fights for his life as he finds himself hunted by Kraven in the Savage Land. The Review: It seems that a lot series put out fantastic, promising first issues and then fail to deliver after [...]

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New Avengers #11 – Review

Posted on April 14, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writing), Mike Deodato & Howard Chaykin (art), Rain Beredo & Edgar Delgado (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Doctors try to save Mockingbird while in the past, Nick and friends raid a Red Skull base. The Review: New Avengers #11 is a very frustrating issue to review. On the one [...]

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