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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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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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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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X-Factor #236 – Review

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Roman Colombo

Written by Peter David, Art by Leonard Kirk, colors by Matt Milla The Story: Shatterstar in a fight that is more awesome than anything he’s been in for the last ten years. Awesome. The Review: (This won’t take long) I read, through Peter David’s twitter feed, a review that called this issue a “return to [...]

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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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Wolverine & the X-​Men #88 – Review

Posted on April 11, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Chris Bachalo (artist/colorist), Tim Townsend (inker) The Story: While Prof. Logan tries to recover from his injuries, Prof. Creed picks up four new pupils. The Review: We all know how annoying it can be to see a series we’re following be interrupted by big events. The story arcs we’ve been invested [...]

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Avengers vs. X-Men #1 – Advanced Review

Posted on March 29, 2012 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), John Romita Jr. (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The signs are made apparent – the Phoenix Force is coming to Earth.  But for some, that may not be a bad thing… The Review: Based on this first issue, Avengers vs. X-Men delivers [...]

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Avengers vs. X-Men #0 – Review

Posted on March 28, 2012 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis & Jason Aaron (writers), Frank Cho (art), Jason Keith (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: The Scarlet Witch is back in action and Hope becomes a crime-fighter. The Review: How much you enjoy AvX #0 is largely contingent on what you expect to get out of this issue.  In many [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #9 – Review

Posted on March 24, 2012 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Carlos Pacheco (pencils), Cam Smith (inks), Guru eFx (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The X-Men team up with the Avengers to round up escaped prisoners from the Peak. The Review:  I remember during Matt Fraction’s run on Uncanny that whenever Greg Land’s arc ended and the Dodsons returned, I [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #8 – Review

Posted on March 12, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Greg Land (penciler), Jay Leisten (inker), Guru eFX (colors) The Story: Namor proves that even he has limits. The Review: It’s hard to come up with a reason that this issue was necessary. Sure, there are some dangling plot threads left over from the Tabula Rasa arc, but the main conflict [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #8 – Review

Posted on March 10, 2012 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Greg Land (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Guru eFX (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The Immortal Man may be dealt with, but Tabula Rasa isn’t safe yet. The Review:  If there’s one thing Uncanny X-Men has been hammering home since the relaunch, it’s that Kieron Gillen truly is a master [...]

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Wolverine #302 – Review

Posted on March 10, 2012 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Billy Tan & Steven Sanders (art), Jason Keith & Sotocolors (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Wolverine and Yukio battle the mind ninjas while Amiko attempts an ill-advised rescue of Silver Samurai II. The Review:  This issue, and really this final Jason Aaron arc in general, has a lot of [...]

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Generation Hope #16 – Review

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Roman Colombo

Written by James Asmus, Art by Takeshi Miyazawa, Colors by Jim Charalampidis The Story: Zero has no hope in the mutant messiah, and wants to take Hope away from everyone! Wordplay! The Writing: I was never a fan as James Asmus. His one shots never thrilled me and his work in the anthologies was never very inspiring. [...]

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X-Factor #232 – Review

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Roman Colombo

Written by Peter David, Penciled by Emanuela Lupacchino, inked by Guillermo Ortego, colored by Matt Milla. The Story: What’s behind Death #3? Well a New York City in Hell of course! The Writing: All I should have to say here is “Peter David” and then move on. I’ve been reading comics for 6 years now, and I can [...]

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Wolverine and the X-Men #5 – Review

Posted on February 11, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Nick Bradshaw (pencils and inks), Walden Wong (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors). The Story: Beast loads the students onto the Magic School Bus! -MILD SPOILER WARNING- I will be discussing a plot point from the middle of this issue, though rather obliquely. If you want the abridged version of my review, skip [...]

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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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Uncanny X-Men #5 – Review

Posted on January 20, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Kieron Gillen, (writer); Greg Land (penciler); Jay Leisten (inker); Justin Ponsor, Laura Martin and Guru eFX (colors) The Story: The Montana State Tourism Board gets a new attraction to boast about. The Review: Oddly, in the wake of the Schism, Uncanny X-Men has become what you might call the traditional X-Men Book, while Wolverine [...]

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Wolverine & The X-Men #4 – Review

Posted on January 14, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Jason Aaron (writer) Nick Bradshaw (artist) Justin Posner (colors) The Story: It always sucks to be the new kid. What’s Good: While I was sad to see Chris Bachalo leave this series, rest assured that the art is in good hands with Nick Bradshaw. His round, friendly lines make the Jean Grey School for [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #4 – Review

Posted on January 9, 2012 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writing), Brandon Peterson (art), Justin Ponsor (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The Phalanx returns and the X-Men race to stop its rapid consumption. The Review:  What a strange issue… I really don’t mean that in a bad way at all.  In fact, I wish more ongoing series did this.  Uncanny [...]

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Uncanny X-Force #19.1 – Review

Posted on January 9, 2012 by jmiddle3

By: Rick Remender (writer), Billy Tan (artist), José Villarrubia (colors) The Story: The X-Men of the Age of Apocalypse make a last-ditch effort to relocate into a different X-Men crossover event. The Review: The Point One initiative at Marvel has been an odd little duck. Supposedly, issues with the “.1” label were meant to be [...]

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Wolverine #20 – Review

Posted on December 26, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writing), Renato Guedes (pencils), Jose Wilson Magalhaes (inks), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: Someone’s trying to start a war between the Hand and the Yakuza and naturally, Wolverine and Melita find themselves caught in the middle. The Review:  This issue serves as a nice little cross-section of several [...]

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Wolverine & the X-Men #3 – Review

Posted on December 21, 2011 by jmiddle3

By: Jason Aaron (writer); Chris Bachalo, Duncan Rouleau and Matteo Scalera (pencils); Tim Townsend, Jaime Medoza, Al Vey, Mark Irwin, Victor Olazaba, Duncan Rouleau and Matteo Scalera (inkers); Chris Bachalo and Jason Keith (colors) The Story: The Jean Grey School for Higher Learning gets a new mascot. The Review: And so ends Wolverine’s first day [...]

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Avengers: X-Sanction #1 – Review

Posted on December 17, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Jeph Loeb (writer), Ed McGuinness (pencils), Dexter Vines (inks), Morry Hollowell(colors) The Story: The Avengers are dealing with a prison break from the Raft when one of their number is split off from the pack and captured by Cable. The Review: In any series, it is important for the writer to find a story [...]

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X-Men #22 – Review

Posted on December 10, 2011 by dfstell

By: Victor Gischler (writer), Will Conrad & Steve Kurth (pencils), Conrad & Jay Leisten (inkers), Chris Sotomayor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: A team of X-Men plus War Machine try to stop a Balkan leader from siccing a bunch of Sentinels [...]

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