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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #696 – Battle of the Hobgoblins!

Amazing Spider-Man #696 Writers: Dan Slott & Christos Gage Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Dan Green [Inks], and Antonio Fabela [Colors] When the original Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley, was shown alive and well in South America, it was inevitable that he would eventually return to the scene to take on his successor/impostor Phil Urich–especially once Kingsley was
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AMC’s viral zombie video against Dish Network

AMC has create a viral video to put zombies back on TV because Dish Network has dropped AMC and “The Walking Dead.” The video has zombies walking around New York City with the last scene of a zombie dragging a satelite dish. Then words “Zombies Don’t Belong Here,” “Put Them Back On TV” appear on
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Video: Nolan shows the scope of “The Dark Knight Rises”

In this 12-minute featurette Christopher Nolan shows the viewer the scope of “The Dark Knight Rises.” What is impressive is Nolan’s need to not use CGI and use as many real shots as possible. Even if that means thousands of extras in the financial district of New York City. The internet is a buzz about
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #686 – Something You Expected, and Something You Didn’t

Amazing Spider-Man #686 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Stefano Caselli, Frank Martin Jr. [Color Art] [SIMPERIN' SPOILER ALERT: Reading this rollicking review might spoil certain exciting elements of this book's pulse-pounding plot for you, oh consummate Comic Vault reader! You've been warned!] An entire hemisphere of Earth, including Silver Sable’s native Symkaria, has been destroyed at
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Review: Venom #18 – The Savage Six Get Personal

Venom #18 Writers: Rick Remender & Cullen Bunn Art: Lan Medina [Pencils], Nelson Decastro [Inks], Chris Sotomayor [Colors] Venom’s war with the Savage Six doesn’t take long to get personal. Just one issue after the introduction of the Marvel Universe’s latest villainous supergroup, Jack O’Lantern is already gunning for Flash Thompson’s on-again/off-again girlfriend Betty Brant.
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Review: Deadpool #54 – Deadpool is Dead, Long Live Deadpool

Deadpool #54 Writer: Daniel Way Art: Ale Garza [Penciler], Sean Parsons [Inker], Dommo Sanchez Amara [Colorist] Deadpool finally gets what he wanted, but does he still want it and is it too late to go back? After setting off a massive goose chase for a serum that could allegedly negate mutant powers, Deadpool is finally
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The Punisher #10 – Frank Castle Has Jokes

The Punisher #10 Writer: Greg Rucka Art: Marco Checchetto, Matt Hollingsworth [Color Artist] Continuing the “Omega Effect” crossover story, The Punisher #10 picks up where last weeks Avenging Spider-Man #6 left off. Having agreed that the destruction of the Omega Drive–which contains intel on every major super-criminal organization under the sun–is the best course of action,
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Review: Avenging Spider-Man #6 – “Omega Effect” Begins!

Avenging Spider-Man #6 Writers: Greg Rucka and Mark Waid Art: Marco Checchetto, Matt Hollingsworth [Color Art] Recently, Daredevil acquired an item called the “Omega Drive” that is full of intel on “mega-crime cartels” like AIM, Hydra, Black Spectre, Agence Byzantine, and the Secret Empire. All of these organizations, and others, want the drive. The issue
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #683 – Spider-Man punches Al Gore!

Amazing Spider-Man #683 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Stefano Caselli, Frank Martin Jr. [Colors] [SPOILER ALERT: Reading this review might spoil certain plot points for you, oh noble Chicago Comic Vault reader.] Close to death, Doctor Octopus has–with the help of the latest incarnation of the Sinister Six–set his final master plan in motion, developing technology
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Review: Avengers Vs. X-Men #1 – ‘Nuff Said

Avengers Vs. X-Men #1 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Art: John Romita Jr. [Pencils], Scott Hanna [Inks], Laura Martin [Colors] After what has felt like an eternity of build-up (but was really more like just over six months), the event to end all Marvel events has finally arrived on shelves–but was all of the hype worth
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Review: Deadpool #52 – Still trying to die…

Deadpool #52 Writer: Daniel Way Art: Ale Garza [Penciler], Sean Parsons [Inker], Dommo Sanchez Amara [Colorist] In his ongoing efforts to die permanently by flushing out the holder of a serum that can negate his healing factor, Deadpool staged a fake turf war between the Kingpin and Tombstone. In the process, he’s brought Hydra Bob,
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #682 – ‘Ends of the Earth’ Begins!

Amazing Spider-Man #682 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Stefano Caselli, Frank Martin Jr. [Colors] On the verge of death, Dr. Otto Octavius has initiated his final diabolical plan. Using a towering structure that rises from his base beneath the sea (Where do these guys get the funding and materials for these things?), he has positioned an
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #681 – Landing a space station looked easier on TV

Amazing Spider-Man #681 Writers: Dan Slott & Chris Yost Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Klaus Janson [Inks], and Frank D’Armata [Colors] Orbiting Earth in the Horizon Labs Apogee I space station, Spider-Man and the Human Torch have big problems. The space station has been compromised by Octobots, which have turned its crew–with the exception of Col.
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Second Trailer for Marvel’s “The Avengers” Hits the Web

Marvel unveiled the second trailer for The Avengers Wednesday, derailing all activity in the Comic Vault offices with a single, collective nerdgasm. The trailer still doesn’t reveal the identity of Loki’s mystery army, but we (and by “we,” I mean “I”) are still holding out hope that it’s the Skrulls. Regardless, the trailer does tease
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #680 – In space, no one can hear you thwip!

Amazing Spider-Man #680 Writers: Dan Slott & Chris Yost Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Klaus Janson [Inks], and Frank D’Armata [Color] Mayor J. Jonah Jameson’s son, Col. John Jameson, is performing repairs outside of the Horizon Labs space station Apogee 1 when suddenly he loses communication with the Horizon Labs science team on Earth–as well as
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #679 – Oh, look…New York doesn’t get destroyed after all!

Amazing Spider-Man #679 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencil], Victor Olazaba [Inks], and Edgar Delgado [Color] Surprise! New York didn’t get destroyed after all! The conclusion to Dan Slott’s time-hopping, hero-overcoming-seemingly-insurmountable-odds story might not be all that surprising–unless you really thought Spider-Man would fail 21 issues away from #700, and just a few issues
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #678, New York City Destroyed! Again!

Amazing Spider-Man #678 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencils], Victor Olazaba [Inks] and Edgar Delgado [Color] New York City will be destroyed in 24 hours, and Spider-Man only has until 3:10 P.M. to stop it! Following a dark vision of the future seen with an invention of one of Horizon Labs’ brain trust members,
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Review: Deadpool #49, “Evil Deadpool” Concludes

Deadpool #49 Writer: Daniel Way Art: Salva Espin with Scott Koblish, Colors by Guru eFX After several months, Daniel Way’s “Evil Deadpool” storyline concludes, revealing even more about the Merc With a Mouth’s character and setting the stage for Deadpool #50‘s “Dead” story arc. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I’m sure you’ve all
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #677, What Was That Saying About Cats and Bad Luck Again?

Amazing Spider-Man #677 Writer: Mark Waid Art: Emma Rios & Javier Rodriguez [Colors] Though I enjoyed the vast majority of “Brand New Day,” there were always three writers during that era of Amazing Spider-Man that I hoped would get the permanent gig when the book inevitably became a one-writer publication again. The obvious first choice was
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Review: Deadpool #48 – The Good, The Bad & The Cloned

Deadpool #48 Writer: Daniel Way Art: Salva Espin [art] and Guru eFX [colors] For the past few months, Deadpool has been dealing with his own personal clone saga involving a renegade, evil doppelganger composed of discarded body parts from the OG Deadpool. [Let's see Peter Parker get a clone like THAT.] As a result of
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