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Flash Gordon – Zeitgeist #3 – Review

Posted on February 16, 2012 by DS Arsenault

By: Eric Trautmann (plot and script), Alex Ross (plot and art direction), Daniel Indro and Ron Adrian (art), Slamet Mujiono (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor) Chapter Three: The Monsters of Mongo: Flash, recently escaped with an assist from the luscious Princess Aura, is shot down in the territory on the lion men. Pursuing agents: should we [...]

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X-Factor #231 – Review

Posted on February 5, 2012 by DS Arsenault

By: Peter David (writer), Emanuela Lupacchino (penciller), Guillermo Ortego (inker), Matt Milla (colorist) The Story: “They Keep Killing Madrox”, Part 3: Jamie continues his jaunt through parallel universes. In this issue, he finds quite a different world with a surprising twist related to a major Marvel event. It is, however, nothing more for him than [...]

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Warlord of Mars Annual #1 – Review

Posted on February 5, 2012 by DS Arsenault

By: Mark Rahner (writer), Stephen Sadowski (illustrator), Adriano Lucas (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: “Shell Shock”: After some sparring, John Carter and Tars Tarkas, two old warriors who have become best friends, go over a tale from Tars Tarkas’s past, one that took place just before Carter arrived on Barsoom. [...]

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Captain America and Bucky #625 – Review

Posted on December 30, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: James Asmus and Ed Brubaker (story), James Asmus (script), Francesco Francavilla (artist) The Story: The first replacement Bucky, the one who took over with the replacement Cap in 1945, is an old man now, telling stories on the veteran circuit, when something from the past comes back to haunt him. Assemble the real Cap, [...]

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Warlord of Mars #14 – Review

Posted on December 30, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Edgar Salazar (artist), Marcelo Pinto (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: The Gods of Mars Part Two: The Black Pirates: John Carter and Tars Tarkas meet Thuvia, formerly a prisoner of the predatory Therns. They use her special talent to try to break out of the valley [...]

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Daredevil #7 – Review

Posted on December 22, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Mark Waid (writer), Paolo Rivera (penciller), Joe Rivera (inker), Javier Rodriguez (color artist) The Story: It’s Christmas and Matt is struggling to turn a corner in his life, away from the tortured, guilt-ridden man he has been for so long. A group of kids he is mentoring gives him a kick in the pants. [...]

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Warlord of Mars #13 – Review

Posted on December 14, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Edgar Salazar (artist), Maxflan Araujo (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: The Gods of Mars, Part 1: John Carter has been gone from Mars for 10 years. When he is finally able to return, he is in a lush, jungle environment, unlike the deserts he knew. And [...]

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Flash Gordon – Zeitgeist #1 – Review

Posted on December 1, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Eric Trautmann (writer), Alex Ross (plotting and art direction), Daniel Indro (illustrator), Slamet Mujiono (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Alex Raymond (creator) The Story: Ming the Merciless is looking for fun on a Friday night. Earth is handily in his cross-hairs. The Earth of 1934 reacts with confusion to the super-technology attacking them that manifests [...]

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Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom #4 – Review

Posted on November 30, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Robert Place Napton (writer), Roberto Castro (illustrator), Alex Guimaraes (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (inspirer) The Story: General Van Tun Bor makes some hard choices about what kind of man he is and how far he can follow the Jeddak of Horz. In the meantime, the Jeddak is sponsoring some lurid biotech [...]

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Dejah Thoris #8 – Review

Posted on November 24, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Carlos Rafael (illustrator), Carlos Lopez (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: When we last left Dejah Thoris and her unlikely ally, the Pirate Queen of Mars, they were trapped in the clutches of dangerous cannibals. **Warning: Very minor spoiler, that anyone ought to have guessed** The Review: [...]

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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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Silver Star #1 – Review

Posted on November 9, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Jai Nitz (story and script), Alex Ross (art direction and story), Johnny Desjardins (artist), Vinicius Andrade (colorist), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Jack Kirby (concepts and characters) The Story: This issue, spun out of Dynamite’s Kirby Genesis series, follows the story of Silver Star, a US super-powered asset in an alternate history that branches from ours [...]

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Warlord of Mars #12 – Review

Posted on November 6, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Stephen Sadowski (illustrator), Shane Rooks (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: Heretics of Mars, Part 3: Using his father’s talent for telepathy, Carthoris has discovered a second amulet of the kind worn by the caretaker of the great atmospheric factory that keeps Mars habitable. When he and [...]

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Warlord of Mars #11 – Review

Posted on October 20, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Stephen Sadowski (artist), Shane Rooks (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: Carthoris and Tars Tarkas are in it deep as they are shot down by the Warhoon. And Dejah Thoris is trying to puzzle through the mystery of who framed John Carter while navigating the intrigue between [...]

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Heroes for Hire #12 – Review

Posted on September 22, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writer), Brad Walker (artist), Andrew Hennessy (inker), Jay David Ramos (colorist) The Story: Hero, are you for hire? We’ve got a job. The Review: Heroes for Hire #12 was a nice little single-issue story. We are thrown into the middle of the action in a moody and effective close-up [...]

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Warlord of Mars #9 – Review

Posted on September 14, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Lui Antonio (illustrator), Adriano Lucas (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: John Carter has become the Warlord of Mars, by uniting the Tharks of Barsoom under Tars Tarkas, the new Jeddak, and he’s leading them against the forces of Zodanga, to stop the wedding of Dejah Thoris, [...]

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Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #6 – Review

Posted on September 11, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Arvid Nelson (writer), Carlos Rafael (artist), Carlos Lopez (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: The Pirate Queen of Mars, Part 1 of 5: Water has ceased to flow from the south polar pumping stations to the newly united twin cities of Greater and Lesser Helium. This is a big deal, [...]

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Thor: Heaven and Earth #4 – Review

Posted on September 8, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Paul Jenkins (writer), Lan Medina (artist), Chris Sotomayer (colorist), Charlie Beckerman & Jake Thomas (assistant editors) The Story: A Welsh Prince steals the wife of a Viking. The Vikings sail over to settle accounts. The Welsh, getting kicked around, call for help, by offering beautiful damsels for their dragon to eat. The dragon accepts [...]

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Avengelyne #2 – Review

Posted on August 29, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Rob Liefeld and Mark Poulton (story), Mark Poulton (script), Owen Gieni (art and color) The Story: Devil in the Flesh, Part 2 of 3: Avengelyne, in her new body, faces the Red Dragon, a mortal enemy, wearing her old body. The knife-wielding lunatic Torment strikes again, while a friend returns, packing Jesus Fire. What’s [...]

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Deadlands: Death Was Silent – One-Shot – Advanced Review

Posted on August 17, 2011 by DS Arsenault

Death Was Silent By: Ron Marz (writer and editor), Bart Sears (artist), Michael Atiyeh (colors) Backup Dime Novel “Prey” By: C. Edward Sellner (writer and colorist), Alejandro Aragon (artist) The Story: Lead (Death Was Silent): A bounty hunter with an odd way of talking drifts into town on a rainy night and he isn’t here [...]

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X-Men #15.1 – Review

Posted on August 10, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Victor Gischler (writer), Will Conrad (art), Brian Reber (color) The Story: The X-Men go to a small town in the southern US to help out a shaman who is going to get rid of some demons. Not all goes according to plan, but a curvier Ghost Rider than the last shows up for an [...]

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Severed #1 – Advanced Review

Posted on August 2, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (artist) The Story: An old man receives a letter that sends the story backward to an innocent, menacing time forty years earlier, a time before he lost his arm. The Review: Snyder, Tuft and Futaki were in complete control of this story. From panel one, I [...]

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Warlord of Mars #8 – Review

Posted on July 26, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Arvid Nelson (writers), Lui Antonio (art), Adriano Lucas (colors), Joseph Rybandt (editor), Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator) The Story: The incomparable Dejah Thoris is the prisoner of the Jed of Zodanga, and a marriage is in the works. All that stands between John Carter and saving the love of his life is the entire Zodangan [...]

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The Vault #1 – Advanced Review

Posted on July 26, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Sam Sarkar (script), Garrie Gastonny (art), Sakti Yuwoko (colors) The Story: A team of explorers is excavating an underwater wreck that is reputed to hold a whole swack of swag. But there’s some weird stuff going on. Like, how the heck did the people who put the treasure there get that far into the [...]

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X-Men #15 – Review

Posted on July 22, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Christopher Yost (writer), Paco Medina and Dalibor Talajic (pencillers), Dalibor Talajic, Juan Vlasco (inkers), Marte Gracia (colorist) The Story: First To Last, Conclusion: The past and present encounters with the Evolutionaries converge on Cyclops and his choices, past and present. At stake… the survival of humanity. What’s Good: I continue to be delighted with [...]

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