Tag: comic books

  • Amazing Spider-man #593 Comic Review

    Amazing Spider-man #593 Comic Review

    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…

  • Batman: Battle for the Cowl – The Underground #1 Review

    Batman: Battle for the Cowl – The Underground #1 Review

    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…

  • Justice League of America #32 Review

    Justice League of America #32 Review

    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,…

  • Amazing Spider-man #592 Comic Review

    Amazing Spider-man #592 Comic Review

    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…

  • Dark Reign: Wolverine Origins #35 Review

    Dark Reign: Wolverine Origins #35 Review

    Writer: Daniel Way Pencils: Doug Braithwaite Inks: Bill Reinhold, Cam Smith, Paul Neary Colours: Art Lyon, Andy Troy I’d hardly be going out on a limb to say that Daken isn’t quite the fan favourite his father is, or the antagonist Marvel wishes for. We’ve yet to see the character do or say one remotely…

  • Dark Reign: Dark Avengers #4 Comic Review

    Dark Reign: Dark Avengers #4 Comic Review

    Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Art: Mike Deodato Colours: Rain Beredo When the Dark Avengers series was first announced, its title struck me as a little odd. Darth Vader and Sith Lord company aside, modern antagonists rarely view themselves as actual villains. Doctor Doom, Lex Luthor and Magneto all proclaim to have humanity’s best interests at…

  • Daredevil #118 Comic Book Review

    Daredevil #118 Comic Book Review

    Writer: Ed Brubaker Artists: Michael Lark, John Lucas, Stefano Gaudiano Colourist: Matt Hollingsworth Wilson Fisk is back in town and already the body count is sky high; though so far the bodies being counted are predominantly his own men. He’s now hired the psychotic Owl, an oddball Daredevil villain who has undergone more reinventions than…

  • Justice League of America #31 Review

    Justice League of America #31 Review

    Writer: Dwayne McDuffie Pencils: Shane Davis Inks: Sandra Hope Colours: Pete Pantazis More than any other superhero group, the Justice League of America has always lacked a plausible reason for its continuing existence. The Justice Society is a family of crimefighters old and new, while the X-Men banded together as fellow outcasts. Even the members…