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Deadpool Corps #2 – Review

By Victor Gischler (writer), Rob Liefeld (pencils), Adelso Corona (inks) Matt Yackey (colors) and VC’s Clayton Cowles (letters & production) The Story: Following the “if you can’t beat ‘em, join em’” school of thought, Deadpool decides to stop fighting Champion, and to enlist his help as a member of the Corps instead. Because what this [...]

Secret Six #21 – Review

By Gail Simone (writer), J. Calafiore (artist), Jason Wright (colorist) and Travis Lanham (letters) The Story Catman continues his hunt for his son’s kidnapper, while the rest of the Six try to catch up. What’s Good: Every month I put down Secret Six absolutely convinced that this issue can’t be topped. And then the next [...]

Scalped #37 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), Davide Furno (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), and Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Shunka settles a score, only to learn that things are never that simple. What’s Good: I’m not sure I remember the last time that it was a good thing when a book disappointed me, but that’s the situation Scalped [...]

Thunderbolts #143 – Review

By Jeff Parker (writer), Miguel Sepulveda (artist), Frank Martin (colorist) The Story: Asgard lies in ruins as Norman Osborn’s own empire falls to pieces around him. With the assembled might of Marvel’s heroes poised to emerge victorious, Osborn’s team of covert operatives must decide whether to go down fighting or betray their boss for a [...]

Incorruptible #5 – Review

By: Mark Waid (writer), Horacio Domingues (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors) & Ed Dukeshire (letters) The Story: What exactly is the nature of Max Damage’s relationship with Jailbait? What’s Good: The first thing you notice when you open this comic is that we’ve got a new artist.  The art for this series has really held it [...]

Garrison #1 – Review

By: Jeff Mariotte (writer), Francesco Francavilla (art), Jeremy Shepherd (colors) & Johnny Lowe (letters) The Story: A mysterious cowboy is racking up a big body count across the U.S. as authorities try to catch him and figure out his motive. What’s good: I like the art.  If you follow the Comic Twart blog (and if [...]

Secret Warriors #15

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Stefano Caselli (artist) The Story: The Warriors decide to stand together against Fury and demand Druid’s reinstatement onto the team, despite the Colonel’s opposition.  It doesn’t go as planned.  Meanwhile, Fury meets with the Contessa and reveals that he’s aware of her betrayal and the HYDRA heads discover Viper’s corpse, but [...]

Thor #609 – Review

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Billy Tan, Batt, & Rich Elson (art), Christina Strain & June Chung (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Loki faces the consequences, Kelda stands and fights, and Volstagg picks himself up. What’s Good: With Thor not being present this month, several supporting characters pick up the slack. Kelda, a character [...]

Captain America #605 – Review

by Ed Brubaker (writer), Luke Ross (pencils), Butch Guice (inks), Dean White (colors), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Captain America—Bucky’s Cap, that is—must find a way to escape from Evil Cap’s clutches before a heinous act of terrorism is committed. Not far away, the Falcon is working to stop a runaway train while also [...]

Siege: Secret Warriors #1

by Jonathan Hickman (writer), Alessandro Vitti (artist) The Story: Phobos, the youngest member of Nick Fury’s Secret Warriors, and son of Ares, God of War, is dismayed to discover that his father has fallen in battle.  Recalling a promise made to his dad, the young God of Fear goes on a mission to get restitution [...]

Deadpool #22 – Review

By Daniel Way (writer), Tan Eng Huat (art), Marte Gracia (colors), and VC’s Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: A one-and-done issue in which Deadpool find himself mixed up with the dastardly doings of a small town Georgia Sheriff station. Can our favorite Merc stop the wave of corruption infecting the office? Who can he trust? [...]

Amazing Spider-Man #629 – Review

By: Roger Stern (writer), Lee Weeks (art), Dean White (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters)  Back-up story: Zeb Wells (writer), Chris Bachalo (art) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: The three-way brawl between Spider-Man, Juggernaut, and Captain Universe comes to its dramatic conclusion! What’s good: Lee Weeks does a very nice job on the art in [...]

New Avengers #64 – Review

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Mike McKone (art), Dave McCaig (colors), and Albert Deschesne (letters) The Story: The Hood regroups and Loki makes a shocking move to help combat the unleashed Sentry. What’s Good: It’s been a long time since I actually, genuinely cared about the Hood and what the future holds for him.  That [...]

Wonder Woman #43 – Review

By Gail Simone (writer), Nicola Scott and Fernando Dagnino (pencils), Doug Hazelwood and Wayne Faucher (inks), Brad Anderson (colors/additional digital inks), Travis Lanham (letters) The Story: Wonder Woman (with a little help from her friends) continues the fight against the invasion led by Captain Astarte, Diana’s own blood relative. What’s Good: This book does a [...]

Scalped #33 – Review

by Jason Aaron (writer), RM Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), and Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Red Crow and Nitz instigate competing manhunts to find the witness as the Hmongs finally reach the Rez. What’s Good: I’m not sure that there’s ever been a bad month of Scalped, and #33 continues that trend.  This is [...]

X-Force #21 – Review

By Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (Writers) and Clayton Crain (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Thanks to the Necrosha one-shot and a compelling New Mutants chapter, the latest “X” crossover has gotten off to a solid start. Can Necrosha go from being solid to being good? Time to find out. The Story: The X-Men [...]

Daredevil #501 – Review

By Andy Diggle (writer) Roberto De La Torre (art) Matt Hollinsworth (colors) The Story: A new era in Daredevil is launched as Matt Murdock begins life anew as leader of the ninja death cult The Hand as his friends try figure out if he is behind the murder a rogue judge and two dirty cops. What’s [...]

Hulk #15 – Review

By Jeph Loeb (writer), Ian Churchill (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks) Peter Steigerwald and Aspen (colors) The Story: Rulk and his team Code Red, which consists of Punisher, Deadpool, Tundra, Crimson Dynamo, and Electra, Face off against X-Force. Somehow, this battle leads to the creation and introduction of She-Rulk. What’s Good: This series has greatly improved [...]

Thor #603 – Review

By J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Marko Djurdjevic (pencils), Dany Mik (inks) Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic with Lauran Martin (colors) The Story: Thor is in deep trouble as he and Sif try to get acclimated to their new lives together while Loki and Doom plot all-out evil and destruction. William has his first heroic adventure that ends [...]

Detective Comics #857 – Review

by Greg Rucka (writer), JH Williams III (art), Dave Stewart (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Cully Hamner (back-up art), Dave McCaig (back-up colors), and Jared K. Fletcher (back-up letters) The Story: With Alice’s plot against Gotham revealed, Batwoman moves in to stop her once and for all. What’s Good: This remains my pick for the best [...]

Wednesday Comics #9 – Review

Batman by Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (artist) – Nice plot progression but confusing dialogue and motivation. Never enjoy seeing Batman get sucker punched by a common thug. He should be above that, no? B- Kamandi by Dave Gibbons (writer), Ryan Sook (artist)– War on Washington DC. The epic battle to save Caesar and Tuftan [...]

Green Lantern #45 – Review

By Geoff Johns (writer) Doug Mahnke (pencils), Cristian Alamy, Doug Mahnke, and Tom Nguyen (inks) and Randy Mayor (color) The Story: Geoff Johns shifts focus from the Barry and Hal vs newly resurrected Martian Manhunter slugfest to the exploration of  greater DC cosmos as the Universe comes apart from Blackest Night. The main focus of [...]

Amazing Spider-Man #603 – Review

By Fred Van Lente (writer), Robert Atkins (pencils), Victor Olazaba (inks), Jeremy Cox (colors) The Story: The Chameleon fully adopts Peter’s identity and attempts to use it as an instrument of mass destruction as he overturns Peter’s life and the lives of those he holds dear. What’s Good: This comic is easily my sleeper surprise [...]

Blackest Night #2 – Review

By Geoff Johns (writer), Ivan Reiss (pencils), Oclair Albert, Julio Ferreira (inks), and Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: After the brutal events in issue one, the dead continue to rise and wreak havoc throughout the the universe. In this issue, Hal and Barry’s fight with J’onn ends up in Gotham City; meanwhile Tempest (a.k.a. Aqualad) [...]

War Of Kings #6 – Review

By Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (writers), Paul Pelletier (pencils), Rick Magyar and Andrew Hennessy (inkers) and Wil Quintana (colors) The Story: The final battle between Blackbolt and Vulcan explodes in deep space with irreversible consequences to both these characters and the entire galaxy. The War of the Kings concludes, but the cosmic event has [...]

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