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Invincible Iron Man #501 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: A dying Doctor Octopus makes Tony an offer, or rather a demand, that he cannot refuse. The Review: Tony Stark versus Doctor Octopus?  What the hell? That was my initial reaction while reading this issue,  having come in expecting [...]

Avengers #10 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), and Dean White (colors) The Story: The Avengers check to make sure that Xavier and Namor’s infinity gems are safe. The Review: Avengers #10 is, unfortunately, something of a stumbling block for the series after a couple of solid outings. The main culprit [...]

Iron Man 2.0 #1 – Review

by Nick Spencer (writer), Barry Kitson & Carmine di Giandomenico (art), Kano (art & colors), Matt Wilson (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: James Rhodes takes on a new assignment, one that challenges the limits of War Machine, as he is faced with a man who no longer exists. The Review: It’s a rare [...]

Invincible Iron Man #500.1 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larocca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony attends a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, where he retells his history and his struggles. What’s Good: This is one incredibly well-written comic.  Given that there are a lot of words on the page, as it’s basically one giant [...]

Avengers #9 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) & John Romita Jr. (artist) The Story: The Illuminati are caught in the act and the Hood comes back more dangerous than ever. What’s Good: Already, I’m enjoying this second arc quite a bit more than its predecessor.  The title feels less hamstrung in its storytelling thanks to the lack [...]

Invincible Iron Man #500 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca, Frank D’Armata, Nathan Fox, Javier Rodriguez, Carmine Di Giandomenico, & Matthew Wilson (art & colors), Kano (art), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony enlists the aid of former employee Peter Parker to help remember, and stop, a weapon he forgot he invented.  Meanwhile, we also get a glimpse [...]

Thor #619 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Odin is greeted by a returned Loki and we learn some interesting facts about the World Tree courtesy of old One Eye before Balder and Tyr go on the attack. What’s Good: I’ve been going on and on about [...]

Avengers #8 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White & Paul Mounts (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Illuminati re-unite to discuss the recent infinity gem troubles. What’s Good: It’s another solid issue of Avengers as this title continues to improve.  More than anything, Avengers #8 further solidifies [...]

Invincible Iron Man #33 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony takes the Resilient on a test drive as he tries to escape Detroit Steel and his horde of drones. What’s Good: I realize that a lot of people have complained regarding the pace of this arc.  While I [...]

Thor #618 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Asgard finds itself beseiged by World Tree refugees. What’s Good: Epic.  That’s a pretty apt description of Fraction’s story thus far, and this issue only cements that.  With refugees coming in from all over the World Tree, there’s a [...]

Avengers #7 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: There’s somebody trying to collect infinity gems, and that can’t be good… What’s Good: After all the time-traveling hijinks, the is actually a really comforting issue of the Avengers if only because it feels [...]

Thor #617 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Thor awakens the resurrected Loki and Dr. Eric Solvang finally finds someone to listen to him as Uthana Thoth continues to expand his dominion. What’s Good: In all honesty, if you’ve liked Matt Fraction’s first two issues of Thor, [...]

Avengers #6 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson & Tom Palmer (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers try to reach an agreement with Ultron to stop Kang’s breaking the timestream. What’s Good: This issue really goes out of its way to establish the Avengers as the [...]

Carnage #1 – Review

By: Zeb Wells (writer), Clayton Crain (art) & Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Carnage is back!  Oh wait, no, that is in the next issue. What’s Good: There are some fun parts to this story that basically amounts to a Spider-Man/Iron Man team-up.  Despite the title, these two classic heroes are not doing battle with [...]

Avengers #5 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson & Tom Palmer (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers discover the truth behind the breaking of the time-stream and come up with a gameplan. What’s Good: The new main Avengers title continues to deliver its brand of old-school, [...]

Avengers #4 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: In the future, the Avengers encounter the Next Avengers and their masters while in the present, the remaining Avengers meet an unlikely ally and struggle against total chaos. What’s Good: This issue is basically [...]

Avengers #3 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers battle Apocalypse and his horsemen as the broken timestream causes mayhem. What’s Good: After complaining about the mediocrity of this title for the last two months, I admit that I was fully [...]

Avengers #2 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Dean White (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: The Avengers attempt to build a time machine with disastrous result and Wonder Man decides that it’s time for action. What’s Good: This issue is a definite improvement.  Unlike last month’s unfortunate misstep, this [...]

Invincible Iron Man #27 – Review

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Tony Stark continues the somewhat boring rebuilding of his commercial empire, Pepper Potts wants her repulsor disc back and terrorists strike in Tokyo. What’s Good: I’m enjoying the growth of Pepper and her desire to have the repulsor disc [...]

Siege #4 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The battle with the Void concludes, leading to the dawning of a new chapter for the Marvel Universe.  Oh, and two major characters die. What’s Good: The majority of this book is one gigantic fight [...]

Invincible Iron Man #25 – Review

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Laying low by the erasure of his last several years of memories AND the complete destruction of his company and fortune, Tony Stark starts to rebuild his life and his business. What’s Good: A lot of bang for the [...]

Invincible Iron Man #22 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Ghost makes his move and the gang brings in some outside help. What’s Good: Stark Disassembled continues not to disappoint. For the second month in a row, the scenes in Tony’s mind have improved.  Tony’s new surroundings make him [...]

Siege #1 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Norman Osborn finds his reason to begin his assault on Asgard. What’s Good: This is some really impressive, massive work by Coipel and Martin.  The art here is gorgeous and some of the best stuff I’ve [...]

The Best & Worst of ‘09

FORWARD Welcome to WCBR’s year end comic book industry report card. In essence, this report card is a list of offerings we’ve enjoyed and disliked for the entire year 2009. There was definitely a lot of debate over each editor’s pick, and in the end we just decided to let everyone have their say. Let [...]

Invincible Iron Man #21 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The surgery to restore Tony Stark takes place. What’s Good: The strange desert scenes within Tony’s mind were my high point in this month’s issue.  Last issue, I found these scenes a little too weird and obscure, but this [...]

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