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Swamp Thing #5 – Review

By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: People really need to take those “Save the Amazon” slogans more seriously. The Review: In my review of Animal Man #3, I talked about our instinctive fear of the unknown.  I think that’s why we tend to be on the lookout for clichés [...]

Swamp Thing #3 – Review

By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette & Victor Ibáñez (artists), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: This time, Alec has a legit reason for barely remembering making out with you. The Review: As recent issues have shown us, the world has become a much more dangerous, disturbing place, even for superheroes.  So it goes without saying [...]

Swamp Thing #2 – Review

By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: Watch Alec become one with nature. The Review: Swamp Thing has a vast, complex history, written by some incredibly brilliant, but also ambitiously complicated folks: Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar.  What you wind up getting is some incredibly rich, spellbinding stories, but [...]

Swamp Thing #1 – Review

By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: I’m telling you, man—I don’t like the way that shrub is looking at me! The Review: Despite Swamp Thing’s illustrious career, we really do know oh so very little about its human originator, botanist Alec Holland.  Snyder has already covered in several interviews [...]

Batman Incorporated #5 – Review

By: Grant Morrison (writer), Yanick Paquette (penciller), Michel Lacombe (inker), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: I’m afraid a bat’s too big to be caught in your web, Dr. Dedalus! The Review: In talking about Batman Incorporated, plenty of people have made references to the James Bond quality of the series’ adventures.  The comparison has only [...]

Batman Incorporated #3 – Review

By: Grant Morrison (writer), Yanick Paquette (penciller), Michel LaCombe (inker), Pere Perez (supporting artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: Pack in your venom antidote and tie up your bandana, muchachos—Batman’s going south of the border! The Review: A good idea doesn’t always pan out into a good story.  Quite often, once you start bearing down [...]

Batman Incorporated #2 – Review

By: Grant Morrison (writer), Yanick Paquette (penciller), Michel Lacombe (inker), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: Lord Death Man rises again, and this time he’s ready to bring senseless crime back into fashion for the great nation of Nihon.  With Mr. Unknown out of the picture, it’s up to Batman to make sure Shiny Happy Aquazon [...]

Batman Incorporated #1 – Review

By: Grant Morrison (writer), Yanick Paquette (penciller), Michael LaCombe (inker), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: Bruce Wayne begins his mission to recruit an international association of Batmen by looking up Mr. Unknown, his counterpart in Japan. Lord Death Man, boss baddie of the Land of the Rising Sun, however has announced his goal to “Kill [...]

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #3 – Review

By: Grant Morrison (writer), Yanick Paquette (artist), Michael Lacombe (inker) The Story: Part Three, The Bones of Bristol Bay: Bruce Wayne is washed up on the shores outside of Gotham with pirates (Black Beard) and is mistaken for one himself. The other pirates hold him hostage so that he will lead him to the pirate’s [...]

Wolverine: Weapon X #9 – Review

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 [...]

Wolverine: Weapon X #7 – Review

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 [...]

Wolverine: Weapon X #6 – Review

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 [...]

Uncanny X-Men # 512 – Review

By Matt Fraction (writer), Yanick Paquette (pencil), Karl Story (inks), and Justin Posner (colors) The Story: The Beast takes his science team back in time to the early 1900′s to try and find out how to find a way to erase the effects of M-day on the dwindling mutant population. The hope is that by finding the parents of the [...]

Young X-Men #5 – Capsule Review

By Marc Guggenheim (Writer), Yanick Paquette (Pencils), Ray Snyder (Inker), and Rob Schwager (Colorist) I like to give a new series at least one full arc to prove its worth. I mention that because Young X-Men #5 marks the conclusion of the first arc and, as such, carries a bit more weight than the issues [...]

Young X-Men #4 – Review

By Marc Guggenheim, (Writer) Yanick Paquette, (Pencils) Ray Snyder, (Inks) and Rob Schwager (Colors) Since it launched, I have been fairly critical of Young X-Men. The writing has been hit or miss, the art has been either sloppy or inconsistent (or both), and the overall plot has felt somewhat disjointed. While all of those criticisms [...]

Young X-Men #3 – Review

Marc Guggenheim (Writer), Yanick Paquette (Pencils), Rob Schwager (Colorist), Ray Snyder, and Kris Justice (Inkers) Young X-Men is another series that is on notice. I was pretty excited about the potential for the series when I first heard about it, but I have found myself let down with this first arc. It has some interesting [...]

Young X-Men #1 – Review

By Marc Guggenheim (writer), Yanick Paquette (art), Ray Snyder (colors), Rob Schwager (colors) Young X-Men is such a gimmicky title. Yet, I fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Of course, having a Terry Dodson cover and Marc Guggenheim aboard as writer helped a lot. But in all seriousness, this book should be called The [...]

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