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Captain America #12 – Review

Posted on May 26, 2012 by paladinking

by Ed Brubaker (writer), Patrick Zircher (art), Paul Mounts (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The identity of Scourge, and the man pulling his strings, are revealed. The Review:  With this second issue, this arc is really starting to seem a like a “righting of the ship” of Captain America since the relaunch.  Really, [...]

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Fantastic Four #606 – Review

Posted on May 26, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Ron Garney (art), Jason Keith (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The Fantastic Four go on a mission in a strange environment to save the life of an old friend. The Review:  I think Hickman came into this with a good idea, but due to comics being just as much [...]

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The Mighty Thor #14 – Review

Posted on May 26, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pepe Larraz (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story:  Thor finds himself trapped in his own nightmare, while Enchantress takes more pounds of flesh from Donald Blake than he expected. The Review:  It’s always an annoying situation when you get issues like this that are divided into two [...]

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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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Journey into Mystery #638 – Review

Posted on May 26, 2012 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen, Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Carmine Di Giandomenico (art), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: As they run wild, we learn that everything we thought we knew about the history of the Disir is wrong. The Review:  While Journey into Mystery is one of favourite books, I’ll admit [...]

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Venom #18 – Review

Posted on May 21, 2012 by paladinking

By: Rick Remender & Cullen Bunn (writers), Lan Medina (pencils), Nelson Decastro (inks), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Flash races to get to Betty before Jack and the Savage Six. The Review:  With co-writer in tow, it’s another solid outing for Venom.  Aside from the brief Circle of Six crossover, it’s [...]

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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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Daredevil #13 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2012 by paladinking

by Mark Waid (writer), Khoi Pham (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Javier Rodriguez (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Matt fights for his life against Megacrime, still holding onto the Omega Drive The Review:  You’ve got to feel for Khoi Pham.  Daredevil has had some really, really great artists work on it (Marcos Martin, Paolo [...]

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Avengers vs. X-Men #4 – Review

Posted on May 17, 2012 by paladinking

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: As the Phoenix streaks towards Earth, Hope tries to make a deal with Wolverine. The Review:  In a twelve-issue maxi-series, issues like this are all but inevitable – the dreaded, treading water, transitional issue. Much [...]

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WCBR’s Top Picks

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Ray Hilario

Dean’s Top Picks Best From The Past Week: Batman #9 – This wasn’t the best issue of Batman we’ve gotten from Snyder and Capullo, but still serves as evidence of their quality as creators.  Even in an off week, they’re still taking home the cheese.  It seems that not even a stupid crossover event can thwart [...]

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Fatale #5 – Review

Posted on May 15, 2012 by paladinking

By: Ed Brubaker (writer), Sean Phillips (art), and Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: Battles rage in secret tunnels under the city with cultists and Cthulian squid-men aplenty. The Review:  One of the things that has made Fatale such an alluring series is the constant sense of horrible, unknown things lurking just beyond what we know or [...]

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Journey into Mystery #637 – Review

Posted on May 12, 2012 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen, Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Carmine di Giandomenico (art), Andy Troy (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: So what did Sigurd’s spell do?  Not that much…it just turned all the Asgardian gods into humans. The Review:  What an utterly bizarre issue. Of course, that’s rather the point.  Through Sigurd’s spell, [...]

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The New Avengers #26 – Review

Posted on May 10, 2012 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike Deodato (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story:  K’un-Lun gets its new Iron Fist as well as a very special guest. The Review: This issue proves that last issue wasn’t just a fluke, one-issue thing: despite not featuring a single Avenger, being set in the past, [...]

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Venom #17 – Review

Posted on May 7, 2012 by paladinking

By: Rick Remender & Cullen Bunn (writers), Kev Walker (pencils), Terry Pallot (inks), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Flash attempts to kill Crime-Master to extricate himself from his situation once and for all. The Review:  The first thing to address with this issue are the two big additions to the creative [...]

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The Invincible Iron Man #516 – Review

Posted on May 4, 2012 by paladinking

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story:  Hammer makes being Iron Man impossible; Stane finds himself trapped with his back against the wall; the mole within Stark Resilient is revealed. The Review:  The sudden resurgence of Matt Fraction’s Invincible Iron Man after Fear Itself has been [...]

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Daredevil #12 – Review

Posted on May 4, 2012 by paladinking

By: Mark Waid (writer), Chris Samnee (art), Javier Rodriguez (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Matt and Kirsten go on a date which leads to Matt telling a tale from he and Foggy’s days at Columbia Law. The Review:  This issue is really yet another effort by Mark Waid to expand the variety of [...]

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The Defenders #6 – Review

Posted on May 4, 2012 by paladinking

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Victor Ibanez (art), Tom Palmer & Terry Pallot (finishes), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Delving into ancient secrets, Danny and the Surfer discover a connection between the Concordance Engines and the Prince of Orphans, as well as an old, forgotten team of superheroes – the awesomely named [...]

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Exiled #1 – Review

Posted on May 3, 2012 by paladinking

By: Kieron Gillen, Dan Abnett, & Andy Lanning (writers), Carmine di Giandomenico (art), Andy Troy (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story:  After a mysterious hero from ages past dons his suit of armour, the Disir break loose from their enslavement in hell. The Review:  I confess that I’m not at all a New Mutants [...]

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Avengers vs. X-Men #3 – Review

Posted on May 2, 2012 by paladinking

By: Ed Brubaker (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Cap and Wolverine have a “discussion” regarding his actions on Utopia. The Review: I figure a lot of readers are going to have a different interpretation of this issue, one that ends up being much [...]

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FF #17 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2012 by paladinking

By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Nick Dragotta (art), Chris Sotomayor (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story:  Can Peter Parker possibly survive the sheer, mind-imploding aggravation of having Johnny Storm for a room-mate? The Review:  Jonathan Hickman is among my favourite writers, but he wouldn’t exactly be my first choice to write a sitcom, much as [...]

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Moon Knight #12 – Review

Posted on April 29, 2012 by paladinking

By: Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Alex Maleev (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Moon Knight versus Count Nefaria, head to head, one last time. The Review:  All good things must come to an end and, sadly, it has come all too soon for Bendis and Maleev’s Moon Knight.  Thankfully, however, reading [...]

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Daredevil #11 – Review

Posted on April 28, 2012 by paladinking

By: Mark Waid (writer), Marco Checchetto (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Daredevil tries to recapture the Omega Drive from Cole (Alves?). The Review:  The Omega Effect has been a really nice little crossover.  It’s small, contained, and went across titles that worked well with each other.  If you enjoyed 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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New Avengers #25 – Review

Posted on April 26, 2012 by paladinking

By: Brian Michael Bendis (writers), Mike Deodato & Will Conrad (art), Rain Beredo (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The ancient, until now unknown ties between K’un Lun, the Iron Fist, and the Phoenix Force are revealed. The Review: I imagine a lot of people are going to be pretty upset about this issue [...]

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