Category: Comic Book Reviews
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Dark X-Men #1 Review
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Marvel, $3.99 Story: Paul Cornell Art: Leonard Kirk, Jay Leisten, Brian Leber Norman Osborn’s own band of merry mutants get yet another miniseries. As with much of Marvels’ Dark Reign related material, it’s decently written, nicely illustrated… but somehow feels completely unnecessary. Whereas the central plot element of the Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men Utopia crossover was…
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JSA All-Stars #1 Review
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DC, $3.99 Story: Matthew Sturges Art: Freddie Williams II, Richard Horie, Tanya Horie Matt Sturges and Bill Willingham’s recent ‘The Bad Seed’ arc in Justice Society of America, ended with the destruction of the Brownstone and the downcast team’s decision to split in two. Much like the JSA itself, the All-Stars line-up consists of both…
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Fall of the Hulks: Alpha Review
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Marvel, $3.99 Story: Jeff Parker Art: Paul Pelletier, Vicente Cifuentes, Guru eFX Like the green goliath himself, the Hulk series and its offshoots have grown out of control, and currently exist in a state of flux that nobody seems able to fix. Fortunately, Jeff Parker, whose immensely enjoyable Agents of ATLAS has been a definite…
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Spider-man Noir: Eyes Without a Face #1 (of 4) Review
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Marvel, $3.99 Story: David Hine, Fabrice Sapolsky Art: Carmine Di Giandomenico Does anyone still care for the Marvel Noir range? Marvel clearly thinks so, with this Spider-man follow-up out this week and another X-men miniseries released next week. While the various titles have all maintained a consistent level of quality, this sequel suffers somewhat as…
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Iron Man vs. Whiplash #1 (of 4) Review
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Marvel, $3.99 Story: Marc Guggenheim, Brannon Braga Art: Phillipe Briones, Matt Milla Okay, let’s not beat around the bush: Iron Man vs. Whiplash is a shameless cash-in on the impending Iron Man movie sequel. There’s no reason for this plot existing outside of the regular series, other than Marvel seeing an opportunity to cram another…
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Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future #1 and #2 Review
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2009, Grim Crew Writers: Martin Brandt II, Maceda Alves, Sebastian Piccione, Candy Hart, Daniel Palmer Artist: Paul Petyo, Martino Abreu, Roberto Maceda Alves, Julio Falkenhagen, Juha Veltti Grim Crew began several years ago with Martin Brandt’s collaborative project Grim Furry Tales, a charming collection of linked fairy tales, journal extracts and prose stories all written…
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Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #1 Review
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IDW, $3.90 Story: Joe Hill Art: Gabriel Rodriguez, Jay Fotos Having heard nothing but praise for Joe Hill’s original supernatural series, I bull-headedly decided to jump on the train at the third carriage. Yup, this third volume/act in the series isn’t exactly welcoming to new readers. Not that is necessarily should be, but I’d advise…
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S.W.O.R.D. #1 Review
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Marvel, $3.99| Story: Kieron Gillen Art: Steven Sanders, Craig Yeung, John Cassaday, Laura Martin From the pages of Astonishing X-Men, S.W.O.R.D. is essentially a S.H.I.E.L.D. for extraterrestrial threats. Jointly headed by the green-haired alien hybrid Abigail Brand and shady nerd Henry Peter Gyrich, it looks to be a fun little series that doesn’t take itself…