Posted on August 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Vicente Cifuentes (artist), Diana Egea (inker), Kyle Ritter (colorist) The Story: I know I killed your wife, but do you have to act like such a jerk? The Review: We’ve known for a while now that Prince Orm of Atlantis and Penthesilea of the Amazons have worked together since day one [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Amazons, Aquaman, Atlantis, DC, DC Comics, Diana Egea, Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #3, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #3 review, Geo-Force, Kyle Ritter, Mera, Ocean Master, Orm, Penthesilea, Tony Bedard, Vicente Cifuentes, Wonder Woman | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Daniel HDR (penciller), Keith Champagne (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: Love hurts…love scars…love wounds…and mars… The Review: Boy, nothing quite like romantic squabbles to make for cheap yet reliable drama, huh? A dose of it in can definitely spice up your fiction from time to time, though some people can [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Daniel HDR, DC, DC Comics, GLC, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps #62, Green Lantern Corps #62 review, Keith Champagne, Kyle Rayner, Miri, Nei Ruffino, Soranik Natu, Star Sapphire, Tomar-Tu, Tony Bedard | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Daniel HDR (penciller), Keith Champagne (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: I don’t care where this gig leads, but I’m keeping the ring. The Review: In the course of a splashy, eventful storyline, writers will throw in every twist in the book to keep up the momentum, and then neglect to [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Daniel HDR, DC, DC Comics, GLC, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps #61, Green Lantern Corps #61 review, John Stewart, Keith Champagne, Nei Ruffino, Tony Bedard, War of the Green Lanterns | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Vicente Cifuentes (artist), Diana Egea (inker), Kyle Ritter (colorist) The Story: Think Little Mermaid, but with a lot more drama and stabbing. The Review: In almost every kind of traditional storytelling, a strong narrator is essential to detailing a scene and giving us insight into the characters’ minds. In a visual [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Arthur Curry, DC, DC Comics, Diana Egea, Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #2, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #2 review, Kyle Ritter, Mera, Ocean Master, Prince Orm, Princess Diana, Siren, Terra, Tony Bedard, Vicente Cifuentes, Wonder Woman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Ardian Syaf (penciller), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Kyle Ritter (colorist) The Story: If this deal doesn’t go through, we’re sunk. The Review: In my mind, there are actually few truly bad writers in the comics biz—just writers who do certain things well and other things not so well. Certainly you have your [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aquaman, Ardian Syaf, Arthur Curry, DC, DC Comics, Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #1, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #1 review, Geo-Force, Kyle Ritter, Mera, Ocean Master, Orm, Tony Bedard, Vicente Cifuentes | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Tyler Kirkham (penciller), Batt (inker), Rod Reis & Nei Ruffino (colorists) The Story: That’s it—I’m finishing this, Death Star in Star Wars: A New Hope style! The Review: In my review of #58 of this title, I mentioned Bedard can usually be relied upon to write just about one character credibly, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batt, Blue Lantern, Blue Lanterns, DC, DC Comics, GLC, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps #60, Green Lantern Corps #60 review, Indigo Lantern, Indigo Lanterns, Indigo Tribe, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Mogo, Nei Ruffino, rod reis, Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham, War of the Green Lanterns | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Claude St. Aubin (penciller), Robert Campanella (inker), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: You’re not the boss of us anymore, Starro! We’re taking back our streets! The Review: It’s been a strange, not-so-long journey for DC’s non-Green Lantern-related space opera. Having started with a fairly high-stakes mission rebelling against the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adam Strange, Blackfire, Brainiac 2, Brainiac 3, Claude St. Aubin, DC, DC Comics, L.E.G.I.O.N., Lobo, Lyrl Dox, R.E.B.E.L.S., R.E.B.E.L.S. #28, R.E.B.E.L.S. #28 review, Rich and T, Robert Campanella, Smite, Starfire, Starro, Starro the Conqueror, Tony Bedard, Vril Dox | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Tyler Kirkham (penciller), Batt (inker), Nei Ruffino & Rob Reis (colorists) The Story: Things are getting crazy at the GLC—maybe it’s time for a job transfer? The Review: The Green Lantern universe has really expanded its mythology in the last few years, with the pinnacle undoubtedly being the creation of six [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batt, Blue Lantern, Blue Lanterns, DC, DC Comics, Ganthet, GLC, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps #59, Green Lantern Corps #59 review, Guy Gardner, Hal Jordan, Indigo Lanterns, Indigo Tribe, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Mogo, Nei Ruffino, Red Lantern, Red Lanterns, Rob Reis, Sinestro Corps, Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham, War of the Green Lanterns | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Claude St. Aubin (penciller), Scott Hana (inker), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: Prepare to be sucker-punched—and by sucker-punch I mean getting a telepathic starfish in your face. The Review: A big cast can be a handful to write, but their usefulness to fiction is invaluable. The more well-developed characters [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adam Strange, Blackfire, Brainiac 2, Brainiac 3, Captain Comet, Claude St. Aubin, DC, DC Comics, Komand'r, Koriand'r, L.E.G.I.O.N., Lobo, Lyrl Dox, Princess Koriand'r, Queen Komand'r, R.E.B.E.L.S., R.E.B.E.L.S. #27, R.E.B.E.L.S. #27 review, Rann, Rich & Tanya Horie, Scott Hana, Smite, Starfire, Starro, Starro the Conqueror, Tony Bedard, Vril Dox | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Tyler Kirkham (penciller), Batt with Rob Hunter (inkers), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: What do Ganthet and Aquaman have in common? On the one hand… The Review: Sometimes you’ll hear in these reviews that so-and-so’s dialogue sounds “forced” or “unnatural,” and you may wonder exactly what we mean. Well, I can [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batt, DC Comics, Ganthet, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps #58, Green Lantern Corps #58 review, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Nei Ruffino, Parallax, Rob Hunter, Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham, War of the Green Lanterns | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Daniel HDR & Claude St. Aubin (pencillers), Scott Hana (inker), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: Place your bets, folks—who’ll destroy the system first: a Starro invasion, or a rampage of Lobo clones? The Review: By now, you should know the drill: with this title’s cancellation imminent, a step back [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Blackfire, Brainiac 2, Claud St. Aubin, Daniel HDR, DC Comics, Komand'r, Lobo, Queen Komand'r, R.E.B.E.L.S., R.E.B.E.L.S. #26, R.E.B.E.L.S. #26 review, Rich and Tanya Horie, Scott Hana, Smite, Starro, Starro the Conquerer, Tony Bedard, Vril Dox | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Claude St. Aubin (penciller), Scott Hanna (inker), Rich and Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: The return of Starro the Conquerer! Or, more technically, the return of the return of Starro the Conquerer! By the way, it’s raining Czarnians. The Review: There are generally two kinds of villains: your garden-variety, day-to-day thugs [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adam Strange, Brainiac, Brainiac 2, Captain Comet, Claude St. Aubin, Czarnian, DC Comics, Lobo, R.E.B.E.L.S., R.E.B.E.L.S. #25, R.E.B.E.L.S. #25 review, Rich and Tanya Horie, Scott Hana, Smite, Starfire, Starro, Starro the Conquerer, Storm-Daughter, Tony Bedard, Vril Dox | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Tyler Kirkham (penciller), Batt w/Rob Hunter (inkers), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: The showdown between the Sinestro Corps and the Qwardians commences, with the Green Lanterns caught in the middle. One rule: no rings. The Review: Considering the enormous scale of the Green Lantern universe, it makes sense to deliver a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batt, DC Comics, Ganthet, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps #56, Green Lantern Corps #56 review, Hannu, Kyle Raynor, Natu, Nei Ruffino, Qward, Qwardians, Rob Hunter, Sinestro, Sinestro Corps, The Weaponer, Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham, Yellow Lantern | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Claude St. Aubin (penciller), Scott Hana (inker), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: With a bout of peace at last, our R.E.B.E.L.S. finally have some time to work on their romantic entanglements. These are…the days of their lives… The Review: With the last issue focused mainly on the Vega sector’s [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adam Strange, Blackfire, Brainiac, Brainiac 2, Captain Comet, Claude St. Aubin, DC Comics, Lobo, R.E.B.E.L.S., R.E.B.E.L.S. #24, R.E.B.E.L.S. #24 review, Rich & Tanya Horie, Scott Hana, Starfire, Starro, Starro the Conqueror, Tony Bedard, Vril Dox | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 22, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Tyler Kirkman (artist), Batt (inker), Nei Ruffino (colors) The Story: The Weaponer, Part Three: The Weaponer of Qward makes cornmeal out of five Green Lanterns. Also, Ganthet pukes up Atrocitus blood, sparking a secret revelation! What’s Good: Visually, Kirkman and Batt have really hit their stride. I loved the art in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Atrocitus, Batt, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Ganthet, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps #55, Green Lantern Corps #55 review, Guy Garnder, Nei Ruffino, Reviews, Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham, Weaponer of Quard, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2010 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Claude St. Aubin (penciller), Scott Hanna (inker), Rich & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: John Stewart, along with the Vega rookies, arrive on Rann as a delegation from the Green Lantern Corps to make nice with the R.E.B.E.L.S. But with Vril Dox scheming on how to turn the photo op into [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Blackfire, Brainiac, Captain Comet, Claude St. Aubin, DC Comics, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, R.E.B.E.L.S., R.E.B.E.L.S. #23, R.E.B.E.L.S. #23 review, Starfire, Starro the Conqueror, Tony Bedard, Vril Dox | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 20, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Tyler Kirkham (penciller), Batt (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: The Weaponer, Part One: The story opens on a flashback of the Weaponer of Qward, building Sinestro his yellow ring as well as holding his secrets. Fast forward to today, where Kyle is on Korugar, trying to help with general problems, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batt, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, GLC 53, GLC 53 review, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corp #53, Green Lantern Corp #53 review, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps #53, GREEN LANTERN CORPS #53 review, Kyle Rayner, Qward, Reviews, Sinestro, Soranik Natu, The Weaponer, Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham, Weekly Comic Book Review, White Lantern | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 22, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Ardian Syaf (artist), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Randy Mayor with Gabe Eltaeb (colorists) The Story: Boodikka, the dying Alpha-Lantern, narrates the end of the Revolt of the Alpha-Lanterns arc. Green Lanterns Ganthet, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart, Hannu and Soranik are in deep trouble against Cyborg-Superman and the army of Alpha-Lanterns on Grenda. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alpha Lanterns, Ardian Syaf, Boodikka, Brightest Day, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, Cyborg-Superman, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Gabe Eltaeb, Ganthet, GLC #52, GLC #52 review, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps #52, Green Lantern Corps #52 review, Hannu, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Randy Mayor, Reviews, Revolt of the Alpha Lanterns, Soranik, Tony Bedard, Vicente Cifuentes, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 27, 2010 by dfstell
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Andres Guinaldo (pencils), Lorenzo Ruggiero (inks), JD Smith (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Will Catwoman & Harley be able to save Gotham from Poison Ivy and her new alien-plantman boyfriend? What’s good: These are exactly the types of stories I like to see from a title like GCS. Neat, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Andres Guinaldo, Comic Book Reviews, DC, Dean Stell, Gotham City Sirens, Gotham City Sirens #15, Gotham City Sirens #15 review, JD Smith, Lorenzo Ruggiero, review, Steve Wands, Tony Bedard, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 18, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Ardian Syaf (artist), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Randy Mayor (colorist) The Story: Revolt of the Alpha-Lanterns, Part Four: Cyborg-Superman-Psycho-Alpha-Lantern-Cult-Leader has Ganthet and “motivates” him to find out how to turn Alpha Lanterns back into real people. Our three intrepid Green Lanterns are still crawling through the remarkably clean sewers of the robot [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alpha Lanterns, Ardian Syaf, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, Cyborg-Superman, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Ganthet, GLC #51, GLC #51 review, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps #51, Green Lantern Corps #51 review, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Randy Mayor, Republican serial villain, Reviews, Superman, Tony Bedard, Vicente Cifuentes, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 29, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Ardian Syaf (artist), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Randy Mayor w/ Carrie Strachan (colorists) The Story: Revolt of the Alpha-Lanterns, Part 3: Green Lanterns Kyle Rayner, Soranik Natu and Ganthet are fighting an entire planet full of Alpha-Lanterns. In the meantime, Cyborg Superman is doing some body work on John Stewart, which gives [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alpha Lanterns, Ardian Syaf, Blackest Night, Carrie Strachan, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, Cyborg-Superman, DC, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Flash Gordon, Ganthet, GLC #50, GLC #50 review, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps #50, Green Lantern Corps #50 review, Kyle Rayner, Ming the Merciless, Randy Mayor, Reviews, Revolt of the Alpha Lanterns, Superman, Tony Bedard, Vicente Cifuentes, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 28, 2010 by dfstell
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Andres Guinaldo (pencils), Lorenzo Ruggiero (inks), JD Smith & Tomeu Morey (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Poison Ivy’s new job has some nasty surprises that they didn’t fully explain during the interview process. What’s Good: This is exactly the type of story that I want from Gotham City Sirens. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Andres Guinaldo, Catwoman, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Dean Stell, Gotham City Sirens, Gotham City Sirens #14, Gotham City Sirens #14 review, Harley Quinn, JD Smith, Lorenzo Ruggiero, Poison Ivy, review, Steve Wands, Tomeu Morey, Tony Bedard, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 3, 2010 by dfstell
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Peter Nguyen & Andres Guinaldo (pencils), Jack Purcell & Raul Fernandez (inkers), Tony Avina (colors) and Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Catwoman and Harley Quinn finish their fight with Catwoman’s crazy sister who thinks that Catwoman has been possessed by a cat-demon. Only by killing the cat-demon can Selina be set [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Andres Guinaldo, Catwoman, DC Comics, Dean Stell, Gotham City Sirens, Gotham City Sirens #13, Gotham City Sirens #13 reviewGotham City Sirens 13, Gotham City Sirens #13 reviewGotham City Sirens 13 review, Harley Quinn, Jack Purcell, Peter Nguyen, Poison Ivy, Raul Fernandez, review, Steve Wands, Tony Avina, Tony Bedard | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 23, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Ardian Syaf (penciller), Vicente Cifuentes (inker) The Story: Revolt of the Alpha Lanterns, Part 2: On the robot planet Grenda, things go pretty bad for Jon Stewart investigating the weird behavior of the Alpha Lanterns. In the meantime, Green Lanterns Ganthet, Soro and Kyle Rayner head out to Grenda to see [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Brightest Day, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Ganthet, GLC #49, GLC #49 review, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps #49, Green Lantern Corps #49 Review, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Reviews, Revolt of the Alpha Lanterns, Science Fiction zombies, Tony Bedard, Vicente Cifuentes, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 30, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Tony Bedard (writer), Ardian Syaf (artist), Vicente Cifuentes (inker) The Story: After ominously meeting in secret with Atrocitus and Guy Gardner, Ganthet tells his fellow guardians that he resigns from being any color of guardian and that he will permanently assume the duties of the green lantern of sector zero. In the meantime, something….odd [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alpha Lanterns, Ardian Syaf, Atrocitus, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DC, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Emerald Dawn, Ganthet, George Pérez, GLC #48, GLC #48 Review, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps #48, Green Lantern Corps #48 Review, Guy Gardner, Jerry Ordway, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Reviews, Tony Bedard, Vicente Cifuentes, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
