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PunisherMAX #20 – Review

Posted on December 28, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writing), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Frank finds himself locked in a battle to the death with Elektra. The Review:  If there’s one this issue shows, and really that goes for the rest of this series as well, it’s that Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon [...]

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PunisherMAX #15 – Review

Posted on July 18, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The mob makes young Frank Castle an offer he can’t refuse, but Nick Fury has other ideas. What’s Good:  There’s a scene this month that sees Frank and his wife, separated by a closed door, with Frank’s wife screaming [...]

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Scalped #50 – Review

Posted on July 4, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art & letters), Giulia Brusco (colors), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) Pin-ups contributed by: Tim Truman, Jill Thompson, Jordi Bernet, Denys Cowan, Dean Haspiel, Brendan McCarthy & Steve Dillon The Story: It’s an anniversary issue, so we take a break from our regularly scheduled story to [...]

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PunisherMAX #13 – Review

Posted on May 16, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (script), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Stuck in a cell, Frank contemplates his past life with his wife and kids, realizing that family life and prison life might not be so far apart. The Review:  Since coming back from its hiatus, Jason Aaron and Steve [...]

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PunisherMAX #12 – Review

Posted on April 16, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Locked in a prison infirmary and unable to defend himself as enemies surround him, Frank recalls a chance encounter back in Vietnam. The Review: That’s two for two.  Last month, I ranted and raved about just how awesome this [...]

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PunisherMAX #11 – Review

Posted on March 10, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: At long last, Frank and Bullseye go one on one in a fight to the death. The Review: I’ve read a lot of people, including other reviewers, really taking this series to task and frankly, I just don’t get [...]

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PunisherMAX #10 – Review

Posted on February 14, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Frank reaches new levels, now working with chemical weapons, while Bullseye finally reaches an epiphany. The Review: After finishing this comic, I was completely shocked to discover that we’ve not seen an issue of PunisherMAX since July.  I knew [...]

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Punishermax #9 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Punisher comes face to face with Bullseye, who wants to see Frank in action. What’s Good: This issue only cemented the fact that Jason Aaron’s Bullseye is my favourite take on the character in recent memory.  He’s simply [...]

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Punishermax #8 – Review

Posted on June 12, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Bullseye attempts to relive the origin of the Punisher, Frank interrogates Fisk’s dirty cop, and the Kingpin has marital issues. What’s Good: I think it’s become something of a concern among many readers how little the Punisher is actually [...]

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Punishermax #7 – Review

Posted on May 17, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Bullseye tries to become the man he’s hunting as he tightens the noose on Frank. What’s Good: Jason Aaron really dives in head first this month in creating his own unique, MAX version of Bullseye and the character truly [...]

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Punishermax #6 – Review

Posted on April 19, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: We’re introduced to the Marvel MAX version of Bullseye, as he begins his hunt for Frank Castle. What’s Good: This issue sees Jason Aaron’s continuity-free take on Bullseye and overall, it’s successful.  Aaron has a good handle on the [...]

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Punishermax #5 – Review

Posted on March 12, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Punisher and the Mennonite’s battle comes to its brutal end while Fisk and Rigoletto lock horns. What’s Good: This may very well be the best issue of Jason Aaron’s Punishermax series thus far.  It gives you everything you [...]

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Punishermax #4 – Review

Posted on February 15, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Punisher goes head to head with the Mennonite and the Kingpin finally makes his move. What’s Good: This book really has that R-rated action movie feel that’s pretty integral to a comic like Punishermax.  While the issue never [...]

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Punishermax #3 – Review

Posted on January 15, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Wilson Fisk goes out to silence the one person who’s onto him, before finally going one on one with Frank Castle. What’s Good: Three issues in, and this month is, more than anything, Aaron and Dillon testing the limits [...]

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Punishermax #2 – Review

Posted on December 14, 2009 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Wilson Fisk’s history is delved into as Operation: Kingpin is put into action. What’s Good: While last month was a declaration of Garth Ennis, this month makes clear that Jason Aaron is interested in more than just emulation, as [...]

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Dark X-Men #1 – Review

Posted on November 13, 2009 by joelopez101

by Paul Cornell & Duane Swierczynski (writers), Leonard Kirk & Steve Dillon (art) The Story: From the ashes of this summer’s Avengers/X-Men Utopia extravaganza,  Norman Osborn’s own Dark X-Men rise.  The government-sanctioned team of mutant ne’er-do-wells are called to investigate a strange occurrence in California that leads to the resurrection of Nate Grey, X-Man! What’s [...]

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Punishermax #1 – Review

Posted on November 13, 2009 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: In a final desperate bid to stay alive, the mob creates a final scheme to kill the Punisher – Operation Kingpin. What’s Good: How much do you like Garth Ennis?  Your answer will largely determine how much you like [...]

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The Rest of the Stack for the Week of 11-4-09

Posted on November 10, 2009 by pozzyfreak

Deadpool Team-Up #899 By Fred Van Lente (Writer) and Dalibor Talajic (Art) The Story: Deadpool and Hercules, both plagued by nightmares, find themselves trapped in a strange labyrinth created by villains Nightmare and Arcade. The Good And The Bad: The first issue of Deadpool’s new series delivers everything I want from a comic featuring a [...]

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Rob G’s Top Ten Number #1′s

Posted on July 28, 2009 by rsg8101

The following list is my picks for the best first issues, based on comics that have been released during by tenure as a hobbyist, i.e the past twenty years. They are from series that were or are ongoing series, not minis. The only factor in choosing these books was simple: Greatness. 1. Y The Last [...]

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Punisher: War Zone #5 – Review

Posted on January 21, 2009 by shadowvenom

Garth Ennis (writer), Steve Dillon (pencils), Matt Hollingsworth (colors) The Story: Shot to hell, and on the run from Elite 2, The Punisher makes a stop to patch himself up. Unfortunately the location of the stop lands him right into the cross-hairs of a mob hit-squad. What’s Good: After the weirdness of the Ma-Bots, the [...]

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Punisher War Zone #4 – Review

Posted on January 8, 2009 by shadowvenom

Garth Ennis (writer), Steve Dillon (pencils), Matt Hollingsworth (colors) The Story: The Punisher takes a drugged Charlie Schitti around town, as he searches for the truth about Ma Gnucci What’s Good: Issue three threw me for a bit of a loop. Not that I’d expect a Punisher story to be completely grounded in reality, but [...]

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Punisher War Zone #2 – Review

Posted on December 24, 2008 by shadowvenom

Garth Ennis (writer), Steve Dillon (pencils), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), VC’s Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Several years ago The Punisher’s war on crime brought him head to head with the Gnucci family. The result was the now classic Punisher tale: Welcome Back Frank. War Zone is the direct sequel to Welcome Back Frank and a [...]

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