Category: Opinion
Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #6 – This casino’s more diverse than the Mos Eisley Cantina
| February 22, 2012 | Posted by Roger Riddell under Comics, Opinion, Riddell |
Wolverine and the X-Men #6 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Nick Bradshaw [Pencils]; Walden Wong, Jay Leisten, Norman Lee & Cam Smith [Inks]; and Justin Ponsor & Matt Wilson [Colorists] The Jean Grey School in financial trouble! Kitty Pryde infested with millions of microscopic Brood! That’s where Wolverine and the X-Men #5 left us, and where…
Review: Howard Lovecraft and The Undersea Kingdom – C’thulhu for Kids
| February 22, 2012 | Posted by Jerry Nelson under Comics, Nelson, Opinion |
Written by: Bruce Brown & Dwight L MacPherson Art by: Thomas Boatwright Letters: E.T. Dollman Cover: Erik Fokkens Publisher: Arcana What if Inspector Gadget was written by H.P. Lovecraft? What if Calvin and Hobbes was Howard and C’thulhu? Well you’d get something akin to this book. It’s really kind of pastiche of both. This is…
Review: Uncanny X-Force #22 – Who is Weapon III?
| February 22, 2012 | Posted by Roger Riddell under Comics, Opinion, Riddell |
Uncanny X-Force #22 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Greg Tocchini and Dean White [Color Art] The pace picks back up in the third part of Rick Remender’s Otherworld odyssey as Psylocke continues her efforts to help Fantomex escape from her brothers in the Captain Britain Corps and Nightcrawler convinces Wolverine that X-Force should help the people…
Review: Deadpool #51 – A “Make-Believe” Gang War
| February 22, 2012 | Posted by Roger Riddell under Comics, Opinion, Riddell |
Deadpool #51 Writer: Daniel Way Art: Ale Garza, Sean Parsons [Inker], Dommo Sanchez Amara [Colorist] Deadpool’s elaborate game of chess–a game he doesn’t really know how to play–keeps getting weirder and more out of control as his quest for death continues. You see, Wade found out that there was a serum capable of negating his…
“A Comic Show” – 2.21.2012 (Megacon recap)
| February 22, 2012 | Posted by Matthew Sardo under Comics, Opinion, Sardo |
This week I recap Megacon and talk about the new hotness in comics! Aquaman, Secret Avengers, X-Force, Wolverine and the X-Men, Prophet, and Superior all rocked! The biggest deal book for us was DUNGEONS & DORITOS #1 by our very own fallen brony, TRIFORCE MIKE PANDEL! And I have one of Mike’s best friends and…
Movie Review: Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengeance
| February 19, 2012 | Posted by Mike DeVivo under Comics, DeVivo, Movies, News, Opinion |
Review : 7/10 I’ve meant to get to this review since Matt and I saw this Thursday Night at Midnight. When I first heard that they were making a sequel to one of the worst superhero movies I had ever seen I obviously had little faith in this film. However when I heard that Mark Neveldine…
Review : Batman #6 Batman Has seen better days
| February 16, 2012 | Posted by Mike DeVivo under Comics, DeVivo, Opinion |
Batman#6 Story By: Scott Snyder Art By: Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion Review Score : 8.5/10 After a pretty insane sequence of events last issue Scott Snyder decides to lay off of the narrative a bit and let Capullo do most of the heavy lifting this issue. That’s not to say that Snyder doesn’t continue…
Review: Wolverine #301 – Wolverine vs. the new Silver Samurai
| February 15, 2012 | Posted by Roger Riddell under Comics, Opinion, Riddell |
Wolverine #301 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Billy Tan & Jason Keith [Art for Chapters 8, 11, 12], Steve Sanders & Sotocolor [Chapters 9, 10] The newly-renumbered Wolverine #300 ended with an all-out war between the Yakuza mobsters and Hand ninjas in a Buddhist temple, coupled with a fresh-from-the-dead Sabretooth, a new Silver Samurai, and Wolverine’s…
Review: Amazing Spider-Man #679.1 – Thankfully, Morbius doesn’t sparkle in sunlight yet
| February 15, 2012 | Posted by Roger Riddell under Comics, Opinion, Riddell |
Amazing Spider-Man #679.1 Writers: Dan Slott and Chris Yost Art: Matthew Clark, Tom Palmer [Inks], and Rob Schwager [Color] Hot on the heels of Spider-Man’s team-up with his Horizon Labs coworker Grady Scraps, Dan Slott and Chris Yost join forces on Amazing Spider-Man #679.1 to team Pete up with another Horizon staffer–child genius Uatu Jackson. For much…
Review: Conan The Barbarian #1 Crush Your Enemies, See them Driven Before You, and Hey Check out that Half-Naked Goth Chick!
| February 13, 2012 | Posted by Jerry Nelson under Comics, Nelson, Opinion |
Writer by: Brian Wood Art by: Becky Cloonan Colors by : Dave Stewart Letterer by : Richard Starkings & Comicraft Cover by : Massimo Carnevale Publisher: Dark Horse Conan is awesome. I have very fond memories of seeing the movies when I was a kid. I remember first seeing a trailer for Conan the Barbarian …
Marvel Comics just jumped the shark, WWF style! Watch this video
| February 10, 2012 | Posted by Matthew Sardo under Comics, News, Opinion, Sardo |
Marvel Comics Friday afternoon released a promotional video to promote Avengers VS. X-Men. This 2-minute video has two announcers comparing the combatants of Avengers Vs. X-Men. They even try to make some jokes along the way. From Marvel Comics: Take your Avengers Vs. X-Men experience to the next level with AvX Battle Center! In this…
Review: Severed #7 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
| February 10, 2012 | Posted by Jerry Nelson under Comics, Nelson, Opinion |
Writer by: Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft Art by: Attila Futaki Colors by : Greg Guilhaumond Letterer by : Fonografiks Cover by : Attila Futaki Publisher: Image He loved to hear the little kids scream His instruments of hell did gleam A box with a cleaver, a saw and a knife He used them to…
Review:Mega Man #10 – Mega Man does his best Charles Bronson Impression
| February 8, 2012 | Posted by Mike DeVivo under Comics, DeVivo, Games, Opinion |
Mega Man #10 Story By: Ian Flynn Art By: Ben Bates Review Score: 7/10 Mega Man starts out this issue on the receiving end of a beat down from Quick Man who then teleports him to Heat Man’s level and tells him they will meet again. As per the video games Ian and artist Ben…
Review: Scarlet Spider #2 – Kaine’s struggle with morality continues
| February 8, 2012 | Posted by Roger Riddell under Comics, Opinion, Riddell |
Scarlet Spider #2 Writer: Chris Yost Art: Ryan Stegman, Mike Babinski [Inks], and Marte Gracia [Colors] Kaine, the once-deformed-but-now-healed clone of Peter Parker, has been determined to quietly start life anew in Mexico ever since helping save New York City from the infestation of the Jackal’s spider monsters. Unfortunately, he got sidetracked in Houston when…
Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #5 – Congratulations, Kitty! It’s a bouncing baby… Brood?!
| February 8, 2012 | Posted by Roger Riddell under Comics, Opinion, Riddell |
Wolverine and the X-Men #5 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Nick Bradshaw [Pencils & Inks], Walden Wong [Inks], and Justin Ponsor [Colorist] Somewhere between fending off an attack from the new Hellfire Club and doing some rebuilding after the emergence of the son of Krakoa beneath the school’s grounds, Wolverine used up all of his funds…
