Category: Comic Book Reviews
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The Private Eye #1 Comic Book Review
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Set in future in which identity is seen as the most valuable asset an individual possesses, Brian K. Vaughn and Marcos Martin’s new series The Private Eye is worth every penny you spend on it.
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Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-men: Utopia #1 Review
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Marvel Writer: Matt Fraction Art: Marc Silvestri, Michael Broussard, Eric Basaldua, Tyler Kirkham, Sheldon Mitchell, Joe Weems, Marco Galli, Rick & Eric Basaldua, Jason Gorder, Jay Liesten, Sal Regla, Jon Sibal, Ryan Winn Colours: Frank D’Armata With the exception of the two Wolverine titles, the X-books have had little contact with the all-encompassing Dark Reign.…
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Ultimate Spider-Man vol3 #1-3 Review
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Marvel Comics, $3.99 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Art: Sara Pichelli, Justin Ponso Having grown as convoluted as its progenitor, Marvel’s Ultimate Universe has become a bit of an aimless alternative. Ever desperate to lure their extensive audience of cinemagoers into comic stores, The House of M gave its once beloved imprint a relaunch in 2009,…
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Assassin’s Creed: The Fall #3 Comic Review
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DC Comics, $3.99 Writers: Cameron Stewart, Karl Kerschl Art: Cameron Stewart, Karl Kerschl, Nadine Thomas The problem with videogame to comic adaptations is that they struggle to find their own identity. Writers resort to unimaginatively pilfering the source material’s concept or characters to the extent that the comic is no more than a soulless reiteration.…
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Venom #1 Comic Book Review
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Marvel, $3.99 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Tony Moore, Sandu Florea, Karl Kesel, John Rauch With Mac Gargan no longer hosting the symbiote, there’s a certain desperation in the way Marvel have been so quick to reinvent Spider-man’s erstwhile antithesis. Flash Thompson, the former Peter Parker bully turned paraplegic war hero, is now in the black;…
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FF #1 Comic Book Review
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Marvel, $3.99 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Art: Steve Epting, Rick Magyar, Paul Mounts Given the publicity and teaser images preceding its debut, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this Fantastic Four reboot would start afresh with Marvel’s first family, now sans the recently deceased Human Torch. Instead, Jonathan Hickman’s Future Foundation is an extension of the…
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Daomu #1 Comic Book Review
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Image Comics, $2.99 Writer: Kennedy Xu Art: Ken Chou “Based on the best-selling Tomb Robber’s Journal,” boasts the cover to Daomu #1. Those suddenly feeling excluded for never having heard of the series can be forgiven; the novels are allegedly a big hit in China, and writer Kennedy Xu has adapted his work into comics…
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The Walking Dead Weekly #4-6 Review
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Image Comics, $2.99 Writer: Robert Kirkman Art: Tony Moore With Robert Kirkman’s seminal zombie series making the transition to lucrative multimedia franchise, the first few issues of Image’s weekly reprint have served to remind us just how humble this series’ beginnings were. Yet even by issue 4 of the The Walking Dead it’s clear that…