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X-Men #22 – Review

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 [...]

X-Men #21 – Review

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 [...]

Iron Man 2.0 #5 – Review

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 [...]

Secret Avengers #13 – Review

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 [...]

Iron Man 2.0 #3 – Review

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 [...]

Iron Man 2.0 #2 – Review

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 [...]

Secret Avengers #10 – Review

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Secret Avengers #4 – Review

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 [...]

Secret Avengers #3 – Review

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 [...]

Secret Avengers #2 – Review

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 [...]

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 [...]

Secret Avengers #1 – Review

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 [...]

Iron Man 2 – Movie Review

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 [...]

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 [...]

New Iron Man 2 Trailer

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

Iron Man 2 Poster Revealed

Dark Reign: New Nation #1 – Review

Some Thoughts Before The Review: What it all comes down to regarding Dark Reign: New Nation is whether or not you feel comfortable plunking down about four bucks for what amounts to a handful of extended previews — some of which you already may have seen a bit of in last week’s Dark Reign one-shot [...]

Secret Invasion: Dark Reign #1 – Review

By Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Alex Maleev (artist), Dean White (colorist) In the prequel chapter to this winter’s “Dark Reign” storyline, Norman Osborn, having inexplicably been given control over the country’s superhero Initiative program and all that encompasses, convenes a meeting of high-ranking villains and rogues and offers them a quid pro quo: if they [...]

Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D #35 – Review

By Christos. N Gage (writer) Sean Chen (artist) Sandu Florea (inker) Jay David Ramos (colourist) VC’s Joe Caramagna (letterer) Adi Granov (cover art) The story: Part two of War Machine: Weapon of S.H.I.E.L.D wraps up Rhodey’s involvement in Secret Invasion and leads us neatly into his upcoming monthly title. After highjacking Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D [...]

Iron Man: Director of SHIELD #33 – Review

By Christos N. Gage (Writer), Sean Chen (Penciler), Sandu Florea (Inker), and Jay David Ramos (Colors) I confess I haven’t read any comics with War Machine in them since… well, since before James Rhodes was War Machine. I mean, the guy is pretty much by definition a second-rate Iron Man, right? So why waste time and money? Well, this issue [...]

Ultimate Iron-Man II #1 (of 4) – Review

By Orson Scott Card (writer), Pasqual Ferry (artist), Dean White (colorist) VC’s Cory Petit (letterer) This sequel to Ultimate Iron Man takes place right after the events of Volume 1. But don’t let the sequel status throw you off. Even though one may think it’s unaccessible to new readers, the first page synopsis does a [...]

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