Tag: Marvel Comics
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Utopia: Uncanny X-men #513 Comic Review
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Marvel Writer: Matt Fraction Pencils: Terry Dodson Inks: Rachel Dodson Colours: Justin Ponsor While coalition marches erupt throughout San Francisco, Emma Frost has now become the Black Queen, and will be leading her own warped version of the X-men as implemented by Norman Osborn. This new team consists of Cloak and Dagger, Mimic, Weapon Omega,…
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Secret Invasion TPB Review
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2008, Marvel Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Leinil Francis Yu Inks: Mark Morales Colours: Laura Martin, Emily Warren “Who do you trust?” The Marvel Universe is a wonderfully eclectic creative landscape. For every cinema-friendly hero such as Spider-man, Daredevil or Silver Surfer there’s a Howard the Duck, Shang-Chi or Man-thing; delightful oddball creations that jar…
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Punisher: War Zone DVD review
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The Punisher is a bit of an anomalous comic book creation. Inspired by 70s revenge movies such as Death Wish, his rise to infamy can perhaps be attributed to three factors. Firstly, he was a gun-waving psycho in an age when the comic book antihero was still relatively fresh. Secondly, he killed his enemies, which…
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Dark Reign: Amazing Spider-man #598 Review
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Marvel Writer: Joe Kelly Art: Paulo Siqueira, Marco Checchetto, Santos Colours: Jeremy Cox After a spate of mediocre standalone issues and the pointless ‘24/7’ arc, Spidey’s assimilation into the Dark Reign event has given the series a much needed shot of adrenaline. For anyone left dangling by last issue’s shocking cliff-hanger, I think it’s fair…
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Dark Reign: Punisher #6 Comic Review
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Writer: Rick Remender Artist: Tan Eng Huat Colours: Lee Loughbridge One of the most enjoyable facets of Dark Reign, this rebranded Punisher: War Journal has so far been a blast. With Norman Osborn’s sovereignty overshadowing every major Marvel title at the moment, Frank Castle has his work cut out for him, and Rick Remender has…
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Dark Reign: New Avengers #52 Review
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Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Art: Billy Tan, Matt Banning, Justin Ponsor, Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend, Antonio Fabela Ever since New Avengers started back in 2005 I’ve generally felt a bit apathetic towards the title. Brain Michael Bendis just doesn’t do Marvel’s team books as well as his more personal labours such as Jinx, Alias, Powers…
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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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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…