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X-Men #3 – Review

Posted on September 10, 2010 by dfstell

By: Victor Gischler (writer), Paco Medina (pencils), Juan Vlasco (inks), Marte Gracia (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Dracula comes back and another mutant falls to the vampires. What’s Good: After the last issue, I was a little hard on some logical inconsistencies in the story (really??? you think it’s a good idea to [...]

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X-Men #2 – Review

Posted on August 13, 2010 by dfstell

By: Victor Gischler (writer), Paco Medina (pencils), Jan Vlasco (inks), Marte Gracia (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: The war between the vampires and the mutants is joined in full. What’s Good: If you’re willing to suspend disbelief and logical thinking (more on this below), the plan that the X-Men come up with to [...]

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iZombie #4 – Review

Posted on August 8, 2010 by paladinking

by Chris Roberson (writer), Mike Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Gwen gets to know Amon, who explains the existence of monsters, while Horatio fights Claire the vampire. What’s Good: After three issues of relaxed storytelling, it’s nice to see iZombie really lay down some big ideas. Readers impatient with [...]

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iZombie #3 – Review

Posted on July 11, 2010 by paladinking

by Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: The hunters continue their vampire-chase with Horatio meeting Gwen in the process, someone discovers Scott’s secret, and Gwen meets the mummy. What’s Good: Without a doubt, the best thing about iZombie, this issue included, is Michael Allred’s art. It [...]

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American Vampire #4 – Review

Posted on June 26, 2010 by dfstell

By: Scott Snyder & Stephen King (writers), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Pearl, the new American Vampire, finds a potential ally in her fight against the Euro-vamps. And, in the past, we continue to follow Skinner Sweet and learn a little more about the weaknesses of American Vampires. [...]

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iZombie #2 – Review

Posted on June 5, 2010 by paladinking

by Chris Roberson (writer), Mike Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Gwen closes in on the murderer while one of the vampire paintballers gets a little too murderous. What’s Good: This is a big improvement from last month’s issue that assuages most of my concerns regarding this series. One of [...]

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Hellboy in Mexico (Or, A Drunken Blur) – Review

Posted on May 7, 2010 by paladinking

by Mike Mignola (writer), Richard Corben (art), Dave Stewart (colors), and Clem Robins The Story: Hellboy teams up with a trio of luchadores to fight vampires in 1950s Mexico. What’s Good: Believe me when I say that Mignola definitely delivers on the insanity of that hook I typed out above. With all the big powers [...]

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American Vampire #2 – Review

Posted on April 25, 2010 by dfstell

By: Scott Snyder & Stephen King (writers), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Fresh vampires are being “born” in America and they’re “new and improved” compared to the classic models. What’s Good: Rafael Albuquerque! Goodness, goodness what nice art! After I read this, I actually started poking around online [...]

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Captain Britain & MI:13 #13 – Review

Posted on May 15, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Paul Cornell (Writer), Ardian Syaf w/Leonard Kirk (Pencils), Craig Yeung w/Jay Leisten (Inks), and Brian Reber (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Paul Cornell’s Captain Britain and MI:13 series is crazy; crazy in a way that’s entertaining, fun, and downright satisfying. It’s easily one of the most underappreciated books Marvel puts out. The Story: [...]

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Captain Britain And MI:13 #12 – Review

Posted on April 11, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Paul Cornell (Writer), Leonard Kirk (Pencils), Jay Leisten (Inks), and Brian Reber (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: A story about Dracula attempting to take over Great Britain could easily come across as silly unless the tension and drama manages to set the tone both early and often. Fortunately, Paul Cornell is aware of [...]

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Spooks #4 – Review

Posted on May 15, 2008 by pozzyfreak

Ryan Schifrin, Larry Hama (Writers), R.A. Salvatore, Geno Salvatore, Ryan Schifrin (Story), Adam Archer, and Jonny Rench (Art) The final part of the Spooks mini-series serves as both an end and a beginning. It’s an end in that this supernatural story concludes with an action-packed, satisfying conclusion. On the other hand, it’s a beginning in [...]

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Cemetery Blues #1 – Review

Posted on January 29, 2008 by mulderwastaken

By: Ryan Rubio & Thomas Boatwright (Story), Ryan Rubio (Script), Thomas Boatwright (Pencils) It’s so gratifying to discover great new artists in the comic book scene. I don’t often pick up independent or black & white comics, but this one grabbed my attention. The story is about two wacky and fearless monster hunters in England [...]

Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Image Comics, Independent, Ridley & Falstaff, Ryan Rubio, Thomas Boatwright, vampires | 1 Comment »

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