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I, Vampire #1 – Review

by Joshua Hale Fialkov (writer), Andrea Sorrentino (art), Marcelo Maidlo (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters) The Review: Every once in a while, you read a comic that just has that indefinable, special “something” where everything just clicks.  This is one of those books and despite being semi-retired from WCBR, I had to come back for [...]

Secret Six #32 – Review

By Gail Simone (writer), Jim. Calafiore (artist), John Kalisz (colorist), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: The Six descend into Hell itself in order to reclaim the “get out of Hell free” card. Things do not go smoothly, as it turns out that Ragdoll, now a prince of hell (naturally) has the card, and has no [...]

Superman #709 – Review

By J. Michael Straczynski and Chris Robertson (writers), Eddy Barrows and Allan Goldman (pencils), J.P. Mayer and Julio Ferreira (inks), Rod Reis (colors), John J. Hill (letters) The Story: Superman is still down in the doldrums (yes, still. Only a few more issues to go, folks!), and Lois isn’t returning his calls. Fortunately, Flash shows [...]

Secret Six #29 – Review

By Gail Simone (writer), Marcos Marz (pencils), Luciana Delnegro (inks), Jason Wright (colors), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: The Six finish their dealings with the ever-tricky Lex Luthor, and Vandal and Scandal bring their part of the story to a resolution as well. Threats, deals, betrayals and ticking time bombs abound, and everyone goes out [...]

Wonder Woman #605 – Review

By J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester (writers), Don Kramer, Eduardo Panasica and Daniel HDR (pencils), Jay Leisten, Marlo Alquiza, Wayne Faucher and Eber Ferreira (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: An interlude, as Diana returns home to relax, recover, and engage in some exposition and–amazingly–character development as well. The short [...]

Superman #706 – Review

By G. Willow Wilson (writer), Amilcar Pinna (artist), Rod Reis (colors) and John J. Hill (letters) The Story: In a story that would have been almost passable, say, a decade or so ago, Daily Planet Editor-In-Chief Perry White discovers that *gasp* there’s a website making claims that the Planet bribes Superman for all the exclusives [...]

Birds of Prey #7 – Review

By Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (pencils), Vincente Cifuentes (inks), Nei Ruffino (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Bruce and Oracle have a discussion regarding the Birds and their future as a part of Batman Inc. (after some nifty ass-kicking of street thugs on both their parts.) Barbara also discusses the “death” of Oracle. [...]

Secret Six #26 – Review

By Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (art), Jason Wright (colors) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Bane’s Six confront the natives of the jungle-underworld dwelling Skartatians. They must also deal with the interference of Scandal’s team, who have an assignment even more sinister than their own. What’s Good: I usually begin my Secret Six reviews [...]

X-Files/30 Days of Night #2 – Review

By Steve Niles and Adam Jones (writers), Tom Mandrake (art), Darlene Royer (colors), Ed Dukeshire (letters) The Story: Mulder and Scully continue their investigation into the de-blooded and de-headed corpsicles that seem to be appearing all over Barrow, Alaska. Scully runs through several scientifically viable theories, while Mulder solidifies his belief in a single, naturally [...]

Green Lantern #39 – Review

By Geoff Johns (writer), Philip Tan (artist), Jonathan Clapion (inkers), Randy Mayor & Gabe Eltaeb (colors) In the previous arc, Geoff Johns sprayed the pages with Red Lantern keywords such as, “RAGE” and “HATE.”  In this one, he does the same thing, except using only one word: “MINE.”  And along with using one word, Johns [...]

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