Posted on May 23, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Parker (story), Declan Shalvey (art), Frank Martin Jr. (colors) The Story: Centurius discovers the secrets of hair growth, to Fixer’s benefit. The Review: Time-traveling is a messy business, not just within a story, but for storytelling purposes in general. As much fun as all that period-hopping can be, they usually tend to implode [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Atlas, Baron Zemo, Boomerang, Centurius, Citizen V, Declan Shalvey, Fixer, Frank Martin Jr., ghost, Jeff Parker, Mach-1, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Moonstone, Mr. Hyde, Satana, Techno, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #174, Thunderbolts #174 review, Troll | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 23, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Parker (story), Declan Shalvey (art), Frank Martin Jr. (colors) The Story: Fixer takes self-loathing to a whole new level. The Review: There are two common paradoxes that nearly always pop up in these time-travel stories. In one situation, the future folks seemingly alter the past, only to realize their alterations were necessary anyway. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Atlas, Baron Zemo, Boomerang, Centurion, Citizen V, Declan Shalvey, Fixer, Frank Martin Jr., Jeff Parker, Karla Sofen, Mach-1, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Melissa Joan Gold, Meteorite, Moonstone, Mr. Hyde, Satana, Songbird, Techno, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #173, Thunderbolts #173 review, Troll | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 9, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Declan Shalvey (artist), Chris Sotomayor & Jordie Bellaire (colorists) The Story: The T-bolts get the opportunity to beat some sense into their younger selves. The Review: Perhaps way, way back in the sixties, the premise of heroes fighting other heroes was a novel, engaging idea on its face, but now, it [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Atlas, Boomerang, Centurion, Chris Sotomayor, Citizen V, Declan Shalvey, Fixer, ghost, Jeff Parker, Jordie Bellaire, Karla Sofen, Mach-1, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Melissa Joan Gold, Meteorite, Moonstone, Mr. Hyde, Satana, Songbird, Techno, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #172, Thunderbolts #172 review, Troll | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 25, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (penciller), Terry Pallot (inker), Frank Martin Jr. (colorist) The Story: It’s safe to say in this situation, Songbird, you let him get into your head. The Review: I hate to admit it, but my tendency to read and favor DC comics often keeps me in the dark when it [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Doctor Dorcas, Frank Martin Jr., Jeff Parker, Kev Walker, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Songbird, Terry Pallot, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #171, Thunderbolts #171 review | 5 Comments »
Posted on February 19, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (penciller), Terry Pallot (inker), Frank Martin Jr. (colorist) The Story: Who let the trolls out—who! Who, who, who who! The Review: Some titles focus on doing one kind of story really well, and that’s fine. If you have the right talent and affinity, you can find an infinite source [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Black Knight, Boomerang, Camelot, Centurion, Fixer, Frank Martin Jr., ghost, Jeff Parker, Kev Walker, King Arthur, Lancelot, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Merlin, Moonstone, Mr. Hyde, Satana, Terry Pallot, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #170, Thunderbolts #170 review, Troll | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 24, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Wacker (penciller), Terry Pallot (inker), Frank Martin Jr. (colorist) The Story: The Thunderbolts arrive in Camelot to prove that chivalry is, in fact, dead. The Review: While liking a character (or characters) isn’t always necessary for a piece of fiction’s success, it sure does help. If you can at least [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Boomerang, Camelot, Centurius, Fixer, Frank Martin, Jeff Parker, Kev Wacker, King Arthur, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Merlin, Moonstone, Mr. Hyde, Satana, Terry Pallot, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #169, Thunderbolts #169 review, Troll | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 11, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Matthew Southworth (artist), Frank Martin, Jr. (colorist) The Story: As it turns out, this particular man does have a name. The Review: I spread a lot of DC love around here, and I think it’s time Marvel gets some of that as well. Now, DC has given a lot of big [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Frank Martin, ghost, Jeff Parker, Luke Cage, Mach V, Marvel, Marvel Comics, matthew southworth, Mr. Fear, Songbird, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #168, Thunderbolts #168 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Declan Shalvey (artist), Frank Martin (colorist) The Story: What a waste of a perfectly good prostitute. The Review: Ever since both Herc and S.H.I.E.L.D. dropped off my radar, I’ve been scoping around for other Marvel titles to check out and cover. A couple of you made suggestions, which I appreciate, but [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Boomerang, Brunnhilde, Centurius, Declan Shalvey, Fixer, Frank Martin, ghost, Jack the Ripper, Jeff Parker, Luke Cage, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Moonstone, Mr. Hyde, Satana, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #167, Thunderbolts #167 revew, Troll, Valkyrie | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Adam Glass, Art by Federico Dallocchio and Andrei Bressan, Colors by Val Staples The Story: Suicide Squad is dropped into…some stadium (they forgot to give us the name in this issue and I’m too lazy to go back to the last one to figure it out) and are instructed to kill everyone inside [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Adam Glass, Andrei Bressan, DCnU, Deadshot, El Diablo, Fantastic Four, Federico Dallocchio, Harley Quinn, King Shark, New DC 52, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad #2, Suicide Squad #2 review, The New 52, Thunderbolts | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (pencils), Terry Pallot (inks), Fabio D’Auria & Frank Martin (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: A team of Thunderbolts, trapped in WWII, fights Nazis alongside the Invaders. Review: It’s all good with this comic right now. I’ve never had a huge affinity for most Golden [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Dean Stell, fabio d'auria, Frank Martin, Invaders, Jeff Parker, Joe Caramagna, Kev Walker, Marvel, review, Terry Pallot, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #164, Thunderbolts #164 review, Tom Brennan, WWII | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 26, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Declan Shalvey (art), Frank Martin, Jr. (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: Luke Cage’s remaining Thunderbolts try to track down the escaped members of the team. Review: Even though this is one of the dreaded Point One issues from Marvel, it quite well. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Declan Shalvey, Frank Martin, Jeff Parker, Jr., Marvel, Rachel Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #163.1, Thunderbolts #163.1 review, Tom Brennan | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 11, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Frank Martin, Jr. (colorist), Joe Caramagna (letterer), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: The Underbolts have escaped. Now what? What’s Good: This series continues discovering ways to keep it fresh. Jeff Parker and company have found a nice way to run this comic by [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Frank Martin, Jeff Parker, Joe Caramagna, Jr., Kev Walker, Marvel, Rachel Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #163, Thunderbolts #163 review, Tom Brennan | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 21, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Valentine de Landro & Matthew Southworth (artists), Frank Martin & Fabio D’Auria (colorists), Albert Deschesne (letterer), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: Betrayal is in the air as the Thunderbolts battle aquatic mutants that are boiling out of Lake Michigan. What’s Good: Jeff Parker has a really [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Jeff Parker, matthew southworth, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #162, Thunderbolts #162 review, Valentine de Landro | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 6, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Declan Shalvey (artist), Frank Martin, Jr. & Fabio D’Auria (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: The Fear Itself version of Juggernaut seems to have gotten away from, but there is no rest for the wicked. What’s Good: As with Hulk #38 (also out [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Albert Deschesne, Dean Stel, Declan Shalvey, fabio d'auria, Frank Martin, Jeff Parker, Jr., Marvel, Rachel Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #161, Thunderbolts #161 review, Tom Brennan | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Declan Shalvey (art), Frank Martin, Jr. (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: Juggernaut has escaped the Raft and has one of those Fear Itself hammers. You’d kinda expect his Thunderbolts teammates to try to bring him back, right? What’s Good: I know that [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Albert Deschesne, Dean Stell, Declan Shalvey, Frank Martin, Jeff Parker, Jr., Marvel, Rache Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #160, Thunderbolts #160 review, Tom Brennan | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 23, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Declan Shalvey (art), Frank Martin (colors) & Albert Deschesne (letters) Moonstone story by: Joe Caramagna (writer), Valentine de Landro (art), Chris Sotomayor (colors) & Deschesne (letters) Ghost/John Walker story by: Jen Van Meter (writer), Eric Canete (art), Fabio D’Auria (colors) & Dave Sharpe (letters) Crossbones story by: Frank Tieri (writer), Matthew [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Albert Deschesne, Chris Sotomayor, Dave Sharpe, Dean Stell, Declan Shalvey, Eric Canete, fabio d'auria, Frank Martin, Frank Tieri, Jeff Parker, Jen van Meter, Joe Carmagna, Marvel, matthew southworth, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #159, Thunderbolts #159 review, Valentine de Landro | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (art), Frank Martin, Jr. (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: Fear Itself comes to the Thunderbolts. What’s Good: Well, it makes more sense why Juggernaut got booted off the team a few issues ago, huh? I have to hand it to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Albert Deschesne, Dean Stell, Frank Martin, Jeff Parker, Jr., Kev Walker, Marvel, Rachel Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #158, Thunderbolts #158 review, Tom Brennan | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker & Declan Shalvey (pencils), Jason Gorder & Shalvey (inks), Frank Martin, Fabio D’Auria & Simpson (colors), Albert Deschesne (letterer), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: The Thunderbolts battle mystical Nazis in Germany with their new (and questionably loyal) team member – Satana – while the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Albert Deschesne, Declan Shalvey, fabio d'auria, Frank Martin, Jason Gorder, Jeff Parker, Kev Walker, Marvel, Rachel Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #157, Thunderbolts #157 review, Tom Brennan | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 4, 2011 by paladinking
by Matt Fraction (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Worthy are chosen and the world breaks into chaos. The Review: You know, it bodes well for an event when the second issue builds upon the first and is, in fact, possibly even better. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Absorbing Man, Alex Evans, Avengers, Betty Ross, Bruce Banner, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fear Itself, Fear Itself #2, Fear Itself #2 review, Hulk, Juggernaut, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Odin, Red She-Hulk, Sin, Steve Rogers, Stuart Immonen, The Raft, the Serpent, the Worthy, Thor, Thunderbolts, Titania, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (pencils), Jason Gorder & Walker (inks), Frank Martin & Fabio D’Auria (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: While the Thunderbolts head out on a dangerous mission with their new magic user, Songbird tries to recruit a B-team of “Underbolts” from the [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Albert Deschesne, Dean Stell, fabio d'auria, Frank Martin, Jason Gorder, Jeff Parker, Kev Walker, Marvel, Rachel Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #156, Thunderbolts #156 review, Tom Brennan | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (art), Jason Gorder (some inks), Frank Martin (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: The Thunderbolts need a magical member and recruit Dr. Strange to help find someone with a checkered enough past to be a true Thunderbolt. What’s Good: Jeff Parker’s [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Albert Deschesne, Dean Stell, Frank Martin, Jason Gorder, Jeff Parker, Kev Walker, Marvel, Rachel Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #155, Thunderbolts #155 review, Tom Brennan | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Declan Shalvey (art), Frank Martin (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters), Rachel Pinnelas (assistant editor) & Tom Brennan & Bill Rosemann (editors) The Story: A done-in-one story focusing on Man Thing. What’s Good: When the “new” Thunderbolts were announced last summer, none of the members was a huge surprise except for Man-Thing. Huh, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Albert Deschesne, Bill Rosemann, Dean Stell, Declan Shalvey, Frank Martin, Jeff Parker, Marvel, Rachel Pinnelas, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #154, Thunderbolts #154 review, Tom Brennan | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 22, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Andy Diggle, Pencils by Billy Tan Be Aware! Spoilers may lurk within! Marvel wasted no time in getting this one on the shelves (in fact, they’re getting even more aggressive with releasing their hardcovers) and I’m kind of glad for that, as I was looking forward to reading this as one collected piece. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Alex Maleev, Andy Diggle, Billy Tan, Brian Michael Bendis, Daredevil, Ed Brubaker, Ghost Rider, Iron Fist, Joe Quesada, Kevin Smith, Power Man, Shadowland, Shadowland hard cover, Thunderbolts | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 17, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Parker (writer), Kev Walker (pencils), Jason Gorder (inks), Frank Martin (colors), Albert Deschesne (letters) & Tom Brennan (editor) The Story: The Thunderbolts wrap up their battle with the Scorched Earth dino-monsters and an evil Hyperion. What’s Good: It never ceases to amaze me how much exciting stuff Jeff Parker can cram into one [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Albert Deschesne, Dean Stell, Frank Martin, Jason Gorder, Marvel, review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #153, Thunderbolts #153 review, Tom Brennan | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 1, 2011 by dfstell
Got-dang! There were a lot of comics that came out last week! Even with all the reviewers at WCBR burning the midnight oil, it’s not always possible to get a full review up on everything when Marvel decides to release all of their Avengers and X-books in one week. Sheesh! But, still, we endure…. Uncanny [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: Alex Evans, Alex Grecian, Bill Willingham, Chaos War, Chaos War: X-Men #2, Chaos War: X-Men #2 review, Chris Claremont, Chris Yost, Craig Kyle, Dean Stell, Ed Brubaker, Fables, Fables #101, Fables #101 review, Greg Land, Image, Jeff Parker, Jim Zubkavich, Kev Walker, Kieron Gillen, Magneto #1, Magneto #1 review, Marjorie Liu, Marvel, Matt Fraction, Mike Deodato Jr., New Mutants, New Mutants #21, New Mutants #21 review, Proof Endangered, Proof: Endangered #2, Proof: Endangered #2 review, Punisher: In the Blood #3, Punisher: In the Blood #3 review, review, Riley Rossmo, Secret Avengers, Secret Avengers #9, Secret Avengers #9 review, Skullkickers, Skullkickers #5, Skullkickers #5 review, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts #152, Thunderbolts #152 review, Twilight Guardian, Twilight Guardian #1, Twilight Guardian #1 review, Ultimate Avengers 3 #6, Ultimate Avengers 3 #6 review, Ultimate Doom #2, Ultimate Doom #2 review, Ultimate Spider-Man #152, Ultimate Spider-Man #152 review, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #532, Uncanny X-Men #532 review, Vertigo, Will Conrad, X-23, X-Men: To Serve and Protect, X-Men: To Serve and Protect #3, X-Men: To Serve and Protect #3 review, Zeb Wells | 8 Comments »
