Category: Comic Book Reviews
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Dead Run #1 Comic Book Review
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BOOM! Studios Story: Andrew Cosby Script: Michael Alan Nelson Artist: Francesco Biagini Colours: Matthew Wilson It’s Mad Max meets Vanishing Point, in this kinetic post-apocalyptic four part series created by Eureka scribe Andrew Cosby. When daredevil delivery driver Nick Masters’ sister is kidnapped by crime boss Kane, he is forced to deliver a package across…
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New Mutants vol 3 #1 Comic Book Review
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Writer: Zeb Wells Pencils: Diogenes Neves Inks: Cam Smith, Ed Tadeo Colours: John Rauch Having fully excavated the nineties, Marvel is now digging deeper in the hope of replicating the success of the recent X-Force reboot. The New Mutants, a title perhaps most famous introducing both the character Cable and the polarising talents of Rob…
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The Flash: Rebirth #2 Comic Book Review
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DC Comics Writer: Geoff Jones Art: Ethan Van Sciver Colours: Alex Sinclair As someone who dips in and out of the DC Universe while keeping one foot firmly in Marvel territory, it continues to amaze me how DC make no effort whatsoever to open up their new titles to the uninitiated. By bringing back Barry…
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Batman: Detective Comics #853 Review
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Story: Neil Gaiman Art: Andy Kubert Inks: Scott Williams Colours: Alex Sinclair Trust Neil Gaiman to write a story like ‘Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?’ Whereas Gaiman’s most recent mainstream superhero work such as 1602 and Eternals has been pretty conventional business, this tale was far closer to his more ambiguous work from Vertigo.…
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Amazing Spider-man #593 Comic Review
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Marvel Writer: Mark Waid Pencils: Mike McKone Inks: Lanning and Kessel Colours: Jeromy Cox Though last issue’s final page almost cost me both my eyesight and my sanity, I thoroughly enjoyed the first part of ‘24/7’. But one week later and the premise has already swung into a brick wall. Spider-man continues to work around…
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Batman: Battle for the Cowl – The Underground #1 Review
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DC Writer: Chris Yost Art: Pablo Raimondi Colours: Brian Reber The Battle for the Cowl one shots have been a mixed bag, with only the excellent Arkham Asylum adding anything significant to Gotham City and its demented denizens. The Underground is equally interesting, if a little unfocussed. With the revived Black Mask now calling the…
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Justice League of America #32 Review
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Writer: Dwayne McDuffie Pencils: Rags Morales Inks: John Dell Colours: Pete Pantazis The fall of the Justice League empire continues, and with the upper tier members either resigned, deceased or on call, only John Stewart, Firestorm, Dr. Light, Vixen and Zatanna remain. With the exception of Zatanna, none of this makeshift line-up proves particularly interesting,…
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Amazing Spider-man #592 Comic Review
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Marvel Writer: Mark Waid Pencils: Mike McKone Inks: Andy Lanning Colours: Jeromy Cox After a bout of entertaining nonsense in the Macroverse with the Fantastic Four, it’s nice to see Spidey back on familiar ground. A lot has happened in the two months he’s been gone. Primarily, J. Jonah Jameson has been elected mayor of…