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Wolverine: Weapon X #12 – Review

Posted on April 10, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Ron Garney (art), Jason Keith (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Logan and Bucky Barnes battle Deathloks to save the future. What’s Good: It was clear last issue and it’s even more clear this issue: Jason Aaron loves the old Terminator movies.  The influences run throughout, and given that those [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #522 – Review

Posted on March 27, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Whilce Portacio (pencils), Ed Tadeo (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Magneto brings Kitty home as Nation X comes to a close. What’s Good: This is easily among the best issues of Matt Fraction’s run on Uncanny X-men, as the man who writes Invincible Iron Man shows up rather [...]

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Uncanny X-Men: First Class #8

Posted on February 10, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Scott Gray (writer), Fernando Blanco (artist), Jordan D. White (editor) The Story: An apparent suicide has occurred at Cassidy Keep and Banshee brings Nightcrawler, Colossus and Wolverine along to solve the mystery. What’s Good: There is almost no story you can tell in the early Uncanny X-Men era (let’s say before the death of [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #520 – Review

Posted on January 23, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Greg Land (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Psylocke, Wolverine, and Colossus go Predator-hunting in NYC while Magneto tries to get Utopia’s population to trust him. What’s Good: Overall, I’ve been enjoying Matt Fraction’s Uncanny X-Men quite a bit more after Utopia, and this [...]

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Wolverine: Weapon X #9 – Review

Posted on January 22, 2010 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Yanick Paquette (pencils), Michel Lacombe (inks), Nathan Fairbairn (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: All hell breaks loose in Dunwich as “Insane in the Brain” hits its appropriately messy conclusion. What’s Good: This issue breaks a lot of the rules that made this arc such a rousing success, as the [...]

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Cable #22 – Review

Posted on January 10, 2010 by DS Arsenault

By: Duane Swierczynski (writer), Gabriel Guzman (artist), Thomas Mason (colors), Axel Alonso (editor) The Story: Homecoming, Part 2: This issue is part of the build-up to the X-Men: Second Coming event. Seventeen-year-old Hope has decided it is time to join to X-Men in the present. Cable’s time gizmo isn’t very precise. It keeps landing on [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #519 – Review

Posted on December 25, 2009 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Terry Dodson (pencils), Rachel Dodson (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Emma enters Scott’s mind while Magneto works to keep the island from sinking. What’s Good: Much like last issue, the Dodsons breathe so much life into Uncanny.  The characters all look significantly more individual and lovable [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #518 – Review

Posted on December 4, 2009 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Terry Dodson (pencils), Rachel Dodson (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Scott ventures into Emma’s mind in an attempt to seperate her from the void as tensions grow among Utopia’s residents. What’s Good:  X-Men fans will no doubt be absolutely thrilled to know that this month is [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #517 – Review

Posted on November 26, 2009 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Greg Land (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The X-Men attempt to stave off the Predator X attack. What’s Good: This is an action comic, pure and simple and in that capacity, it delivers; it’s big, bloody, and explosive. Better still, Matt Fraction makes [...]

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Wolverine: Weapon X #7 – Review

Posted on November 21, 2009 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Yanick Paquette (pencils), Michel Lacombe (inks), Nathan Fairbairn (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Dr. Rot attempts to release the animal inside Logan. What’s Good: Last month’s issue was fantastic and this month is basically just more of a good thing.  Aaron’s “Insane in the Brain” arc continues to be [...]

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X-Men Legacy #229 – Review

Posted on November 18, 2009 by DS Arsenault

By Mike Carey (writer), Daniel Acuña (artist), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor), Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Rogue has entered Emplate’s dimension using the astral projection power of Trance to search for Bling!.  She found her, but also got discovered and is now running from astral monsters.  In the meantime, her teammates are trying to bail [...]

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Deapool #17 – Review

Posted on November 13, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Daniel Way (Writer), Paco Medina (Pencils), Juan Vlasco (Inks), and Marte Gracia (Colors) The Story: Cyclops sends Domino to do what she can to keep Deadpool from killing Mr. Kincaid. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn relishes watching the mutant’s situation and does what he can to make it even worse. What’s Good And What’s Not So [...]

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X-Force #21 – Review

Posted on November 11, 2009 by pozzyfreak

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 [...]

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The Rest of the Stack for the Week of 11-4-09

Posted on November 10, 2009 by pozzyfreak

Deadpool Team-Up #899 By Fred Van Lente (Writer) and Dalibor Talajic (Art) The Story: Deadpool and Hercules, both plagued by nightmares, find themselves trapped in a strange labyrinth created by villains Nightmare and Arcade. The Good And The Bad: The first issue of Deadpool’s new series delivers everything I want from a comic featuring a [...]

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X-Men Vs. Agents of Atlas #2 – Review

Posted on November 7, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Jeff Parker (Writer), Carlo Pagulayan, Gabriel Hardman, Chris Samnee, & Carlos Rodriguez (Pencils), Jason Paz, Hardman, Samnee, &Terry Pallot (Inks), and Wilfred Quintana & Veronica Gandini Some Thoughts Before The Review: The first X-Men Vs. Agents of Atlas book was solid and entertaining. That said, it wasn’t anything special and a bit too much [...]

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Astonishing X-Men #32 – Review

Posted on November 4, 2009 by pozzyfreak

by Warren Ellis (Writer), Phil Jimenez (Pencils), Andy Lanning (Inks), and Frank D’Armata (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Art hang-ups and the lack of plot development aside, the Warren Ellis/Phil Jimenez run on Astonishing X-Men got off to a pretty nice start. As a fan of the Brood, I can’t help but look forward [...]

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New Mutants/X-Force/X-Men Legacy: Necrosha One-Shot – Review

Posted on November 2, 2009 by pozzyfreak

Necrosha: Chapter 1 by Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost (Writers) and Clayton Crain (Art) Necrosha: Binary by Zeb Wells (Writer), Ibraim Roberson (Art), and John Rauch (Colors) Necrosha: The Foretelling by Mike Carey (Writer), Laurence Campbell (Art), and Matt Milla (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Since the first chapter of Necrosha takes up the [...]

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Wolverine: Weapon X #6 – Review

Posted on October 31, 2009 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Yanick Paquette (pencils), Michel Lacombe (inks), Nathan Fairbairn (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Wolverine finds himself a patient in a very strange mental asylum, unsure of who or where he is. What’s Good: This is an amazing book and is not only the best issue of Aaron’s new series [...]

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X-Men: Legacy #228 – Review

Posted on October 24, 2009 by joelopez101

by Mike Carey (writer), Daniel Acuna (art) The Story: Picking up from the X-Men Legacy Annual last month, Rogue and the X-Men must figure out a way to rescue neophyte student Bling from another dimension where she’s being held by old Generation X villain Emplate, along with his demented toady, D.O.A. What’s Good: Under the [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #516 – Review

Posted on October 15, 2009 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Greg Land (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Justin Ponsors (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Magneto tries to make his position clear and Nation X faces its first attack/invasion. What’s Good: Magneto is the obvious star of the show here.  Fraction does a solid job of writing the character.  His voice is enjoyable, [...]

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X-Men Vs. Agents of Atlas #1 – Review

Posted on October 10, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Jeff Parker (Writer – Both Stories) “The X-Heist” Art Team – Carlo Pagulayan (Pencils), Jason Paz (Inks) and Wil Quintana (Colors) “Atomic Age Heroes” Art Team – Chris Samnee (Art) and Veronica Gandini (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The X-Men/Agents of Atlas crossover seems a bit unnecessary. That said, I can’t help but [...]

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Deadpool #16 – Review

Posted on October 10, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Daniel Way (Writer), Paco Medina (Pencils), Juan Vlasco (Inks), Marte Gracia (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Given how the recent “X” crossovers have turned out, I’m a bit concerned about what’s going to happen to Deadpool now that Wade is headed towards becoming one of the X-Men. Now, granted, I do realize that [...]

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Astonishing X-Men #31 – Review

Posted on October 8, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Warren Ellis (Writer), Phil Jimenez (Pencils), Andy Lanning (Inks), and Frank D’Armata (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Warren Ellis’ first Astonishing arc was held back a bit by Simone Bianchi’s inconsistent, occasionally ugly artwork. With Phil Jimenez now on board, I’m hoping that the artwork consistently does justice to Ellis’ storytelling. If Jimenez’s [...]

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WCBR’s Top Picks

Posted on October 6, 2009 by pozzyfreak

Kyle’s Top Picks Best of the Past Week: Secret Warriors #8 - The ”God of Fear, God of War” arc continues to impress the hell out of me thanks to the strong character work that’s been done for both Phobos and his father, Ares. Most Anticipated: Dark Reign: The List – Secret Warriors #1 – Predictable choice, [...]

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Comics for 4-Year-Olds

Posted on October 5, 2009 by DS Arsenault

X-Men #1 By Stan Lee (writer), Jack Kirby (artist), Paul Reinman (inker) A few comments before the review: I started sharing my love of superheroes with my 4-year-old son a few months ago. At a recent comic con in Toronto, I bought him the X-Men Omnibus Volume 1 (collecting issues #1-31 of Uncanny). He loves [...]

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