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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #699 – Maybe it’s not so bad after all…
Amazing Spider-Man #699 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Penciler], Victor Olazaba [Inker], Edgar Delgado [Color Art] [HEY! LOOK! THIS REVIEW HAS SPOILERS, AND YOU MIGHT FEEL CHEATED IF YOU READ IT BEFORE YOU SEE THE ACTUAL BOOK!] While I’ve calmed down about the big reveal last issue, it’s still a touchy subject. If you
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #698 – WHY, DAN?! WHYYYYYYYYYY?!
Amazing Spider-Man #698 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Richard Elson and Antonio Fabela [Color Art] WARNING: THIS REVIEW HAS MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS FOR AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #698 AND BEYOND. DO NOT READ IT IF YOU PLAN ON READING THE ISSUE. Dan Slott, you broke my heart. Ever since your run on Amazing Spider-Man began last year,
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #694 – The 50th Anniversary story arc concludes!
Amazing Spider-Man #694 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencils], Victor Olazaba [Inks], and Edgar Delgado [Colors] If Amazing Spider-Man #692 and 693 were about introducing Alpha, then this week’s #694 is all about setting the character up for his next chapter–whenever that may be. Deciding to take a break from his research at Horizon
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Amazing Spider-Man #700 Predictions, Speculation, and Crackpot Theories
With the 700th issue of Amazing Spider-Man coming up this December, it’s only right that I, the Comic Vault’s resident diehard Spider-Man fan, weigh in on what may or may not happen in this momentous issue. There are a lot of crazy theories floating around right now, but we’ll get to that in a minute.
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Happy 4th of July America!
The Comic Vault wishes you a great 4th of July. Enjoy your BBQ, comics and America! Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover-dated March 1941), from Marvel Comics’ 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics,[1] and was created
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #687 – As the World Burns
Amazing Spider-Man #687 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Stefano Caselli, Frank Martin Jr. [Color Art] HEY! WAIT A MINUTE! If you haven’t read the rest of this story arc, this review will spoil a few plot developments, and we wouldn’t want that, would we? The end of this issue isn’t spoiled, though, so you’re safe there.
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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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The Avengers film: Whedon strikes out when it counts
This will go down as one of the most hated movie reviews in comic book geek-land, but Joss Whedon’s Avengers was a beautiful film in the same way that James Cameron’s Avatar was an amazing film. Both films had great visuals but no substance. The biggest criticism of the Marvel films so far is that
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Wolverine and the X-Men #9 – Cap Comes Calling
Wolverine and the X-Men #9 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Chris Bachalo [Penciler/Colorist]; Tim Townsend, Jaime Mendoza, and Al Vey [Inkers] As you’re probably aware (based on the banner on this issue’s cover), Wolverine and the X-Men #9 is an Avengers Vs. X-Men tie-in issue. As such, it provides a micro-level look at the macro-level events
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Avengers Vs. X-Men #2 – Cyclops has lost his mind
Avengers Vs. X-Men #2 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: John Romita Jr. [Pencils], Scott Hanna [Inks], Laura Martin [Colors] [We've tried our best to be as spoiler-free as possible here, but nobody's perfect. Read at your own risk.] Defying Captain America’s request to take Hope Summers into custody last issue, Cyclops fired the first shot in
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #684 – Saharan Sandman!
Amazing Spider-Man #684 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba [Inks], Edgar Delgado [Colors] Certain that he had thought of everything possible while preparing to fight the latest incarnation of the Sinister Six (Doctor Octopus, Sandman, Electro, Mysterio, Rhino, and Chameleon), there was one thing Spider-Man didn’t account for–Doc Ock doing the same thing
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Review: Carnage U.S.A. #5 – Double-Amputees Battle to the Death!
Carnage U.S.A. #5 (of 5) Writer: Zeb Wells Art: Clayton Crain So here’s the recap: Carnage takes over a small town in Colorado. Spider-Man and a group of Avengers (Captain America, Hawkeye, Wolverine, and Thing) go there to stop him. Unbeknownst to them, the Carnage symbiote ate a ton of cows at a meat-packing plant and
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Review: Venom #15 – Flash Thompson, Secret Avenger
Venom #15 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Lan Medina [Pencils], Nelson Decastro with Terry Pallot [Inks], Andres Mossa [Colors] After saving Las Vegas from Blackheart, Venom is pardoned and made a member of the Secret Avengers by Captain America. Of course, this doesn’t mean that Flash Thompson gets to keep the symbiote 24/7. Hank Pym and
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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: Avenging Spider-Man #5 – Captain America, Art School Student
Avenging Spider-Man #5 Writer: Zeb Wells Art: Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan [Inker], Sunny Gho [Color Art] The latest issue of Zeb Wells’ Spider-Man team-up book sees Spider-Man pairing off with Captain America–because, well, they’re both Avengers and that’s kind of the point of this book. Also, both characters have movies coming out in the
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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: Carnage U.S.A. #4 – Venom Assembles
Carnage U.S.A. #4 of 5 Writer: Zeb Wells Art: Clayton Crain Zeb Wells and Clayton Crain’s Carnage U.S.A. begins to wind down this month as Spider-Man rallies Doverton’s survivors and Venom joins the fray. Last issue, Captain America was able to break free of the Carnage symbiote’s control long enough to call for help from Venom (who
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Review : Secret Avengers #23 Changes and heartbreak await for Hawkeye’s Team
Secret Avengers #23 Story By: Rick Remender Art By: Gabriel Hardman Review Score : 8/10 After the big reveal of the Adaptoids last issue Remender focuses largely on ust a few characters this issue . The main story centers around Ant man who Hawkeye had shrunk and jump onto one of the Adaptoids last issue.
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Review: Carnage U.S.A. #3 – Symbiote dogs and moral dilemmas
Carnage U.S.A. #3 of 5 Writer: Zeb Wells Art: Clayton Crain When Cletus Kasady, aka the symbiote-enhanced mass murderer Carnage, takes over a small Colorado town and compromises an Avengers task force, there’s only one thing the government can do–and it doesn’t involve napalm. They assemble a top secret, symbiote-enhanced task force of their own. Last
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