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Secret Avengers #27 – Review

Posted on May 26, 2012 by paladinking

by Rick Remender (writer), Renato Guedes (art), Bettie Breitweiser & Matthew Wilson (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Mar-Vell, Noh-Varr, and Ms. Marvel deliver a beatdown on a Hala gone mad. The Review: This is an issue where in many respects, the script plays second-fiddle to the art. Much as was the case last [...]

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The Invincible Iron Man #517 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Stane goes poking around his own body, Spymaster wreaks office havoc, Tony removes the Extremis Armour, and “Detroit Steel” gets creepy. The Review: Matt Fraction gets a lot of slack for the decompression present in a lot of his [...]

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The Avengers #26 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2012 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Walter Simonson (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Jason Keith (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Cap sends Thor and a team of Avengers to space on a suicide mission to head off the Phoenix. However, all is not what it seems for Noh-Varr. The Review: Let’s be clear here: the [...]

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Secret Avengers #26 – Review

Posted on April 26, 2012 by paladinking

By: Rick Remender (writer), Renato Guedes (art), Bettie Breitweiser & Matthew Wilson (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: A special team of Avengers head off into space in a desperate attempt to contain the Phoenix before it reaches Earth. The Review: It’s hard not to be skeptical going into this issue of Secret Avengers: [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #514 – Review

Posted on March 24, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: As the Mandarin’s circle tightens around Tony, Hammer and General Babbage give Tony an offer he can’t refuse. Hint: it really sucks. The Review: Invincible Iron Man, post-Fear Itself, has experienced a renaissance and it has not been this [...]

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X-Men #22 – Review

Posted on December 10, 2011 by dfstell

By: Victor Gischler (writer), Will Conrad & Steve Kurth (pencils), Conrad & Jay Leisten (inkers), Chris Sotomayor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: A team of X-Men plus War Machine try to stop a Balkan leader from siccing a bunch of Sentinels [...]

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X-Men #21 – Review

Posted on November 16, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Victor Gischler (writer), Will Conrad (artist), Chris Sotomayor (colorist) The Story: Storm and Colossus sort out their differences with War Machine, as circumstances shift. There is stuff afoot in Puternicstan. But, will they be able to save Domino? The Review: I don’t recall having seen Will Conrad’s work before, but I love it. His [...]

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Iron Man 2.0 #5 – Review

Posted on May 30, 2011 by paladinking

by Nick Spencer (writer), Ariel Olivetti (artist), and Joe Caramagna (letterer) The Story: Iron Fist, War Machine, and the Immortal Weapons are summoned to the Eighth City, where another hammer has fallen. The Review: Is there any Marvel title suffering more of an identity crisis? After last month’s debacle, an out-of-nowhere Fear Itself tie-in only [...]

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Secret Avengers #13 – Review

Posted on May 27, 2011 by paladinking

by Nick Spencer (writer), Scot Eaton (penciller), Jaime Mendoza & Rick Ketcham (inkers), Frank D’Armata (colorist), and Dave Lanphear (letterer) The Story: Beast infiltrates congress in the midst of the blitzkrieg as he attempts to rescue an old friend. The Review: Event tie-in issues are often a rough job. It’s always a struggle for the [...]

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Iron Man 2.0 #3 – Review

Posted on April 17, 2011 by paladinking

by Nick Spencer (writer), Barry Kitson & Carmine Di Giandomenico (art), Kano (art & colors), Matthew Wilson & Frank Martin (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: As the mystery deepens, Rhodey gets a very special present from Tony Stark. The Review: After a fantastic first issue, it seems that Iron Man 2.0 continues to [...]

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Iron Man 2.0 #2 – Review

Posted on March 19, 2011 by paladinking

by Nick Spencer (writer), Barry Kitson, Kano, & Carmine Di Giandomenico (art), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Rhodey tries to enlist the help of an old friend and ends up finding himself in some very deep trouble. The Review: Iron Man 2.0 is, in some ways, a frustrating issue. Take for [...]

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Secret Avengers #10 – Review

Posted on February 26, 2011 by paladinking

by Ed Brubaker (writer), Mike Deodato & Will Conrad (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Dave Lanphear (letters) The Story: Steve Rogers and his Secret Avengers rush to save Shiang-Chi and halt Zheng Zu’s plans for resurrection. The Review: Secret Avengers #10 is one of those difficult issues to review in that while it does nothing [...]

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Iron Man 2.0 #1 – Review

Posted on February 23, 2011 by paladinking

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 [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #500.1 – Review

Posted on February 3, 2011 by paladinking

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 [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #500 – Review

Posted on January 22, 2011 by paladinking

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 [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #33 – Review

Posted on December 24, 2010 by paladinking

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 [...]

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Secret Avengers #4 – Review

Posted on August 18, 2010 by tonyrak

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Mike Deodato (artist), Rain Beredo (colorist) The Story: In the conclusion to “Secret Histories”, Commander Rogers hijacks the Nova Force in order to take out Richard Ryder, while Sharon Carter and Ant-Man make a disturbing discovery about one of the Shadow Council’s agents. The Good: To its credit, this issue of [...]

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Secret Avengers #3 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by tonyrak

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Mike Deodato (artist), Rain Beredo (colorist) The Story: The Secret Avengers and Archon fight valiantly to oppose a possessed Nova, while Ant-Man spies the machinations of the Shadow Council. The Good: Uhhhhhh, God, I don’t even know. I mean, there wasn’t anything glaringly wrong with this issue, but I didn’t think [...]

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Secret Avengers #2 – Review

Posted on July 4, 2010 by tonyrak

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Mike Deodato and Will Conrad (artists), Rain Beredo (colorist) The Story: The Secret Avengers search Mars for Nova and answers as to why Roxxon Corporation was in possession of a Serpent Crown. The Good: Brubaker has done a rare, wonderful thing with this book: he’s taken everything we’ve come to expect [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #27 – Review

Posted on June 10, 2010 by dfstell

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 [...]

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Secret Avengers #1 – Review

Posted on May 27, 2010 by tonyrak

By Ed Brubaker (writer), Mike Deodato (artist), Rain Beredo (colorist) “Our world is out of control… But the things I worry about most are the threats we don’t know about.” As the Marvel Universe breaks free from the dark reign of Norman Osborn to bask in the light of a new age, Steve Rogers has [...]

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Iron Man 2 – Movie Review

Posted on May 10, 2010 by SoldierHawk

Iron Man 2 is a great movie. Let’s get that out of the way right now. If that’s all you were waiting to hear, there it is: it’s well worth the price of admission, as it provides you a very solid couple hours’ of entertainment. Robert Downey, Jr. is still a fantastic Tony Stark, the [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #22 – Review

Posted on January 14, 2010 by paladinking

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 [...]

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New Iron Man 2 Trailer

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Ray Hilario

Gotta give props to Heat Vision for posting this one… Click on Whiplash below.

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Iron Man 2 Poster Revealed

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Ray Hilario

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