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Reviews of Nola #1, Echo #16, Dark Avengers #11 & Ultimate Comics Avengers #4

Rating System: 0 to 1.5 stars = save your money unless you are just mindlessly collecting the title. 2 to 3.5 = worth a shot if you are up to trying something new or wanting to get back into a title. 4 to 5 = a must buy for any comic reader. TERRY MOORE’S ECHO #16 - I imagine Mr. Moore took some time off to count his money from selling the movie rights to Echo, but never fear! He’s giving us two issues of Echo in one month to get caught up! Yaaay! Julie, her sister and Agent Ivy are onboard I...

Reviews of Blackest Night #5, Uncanny X-Men #517, Thor Giant-Sized, Secret Warriors #10, Black Knight, New Avengers #59

Rating System: 0 to 1.5 stars = save your money unless you are just mindlessly collecting the title. 2 to 3.5 = worth a shot if you are up to trying something new or wanting to get back into a title. 4 to 5 = a must buy for any comic reader. UNCANNY X-MEN #517 - You will all bow before the best writer at Marvel: Matt Fraction. Sure, I’m a tad biased towards anything with an X on it, but the way Fraction is crafting this new era of the X-Men; I’m beginning to think he’s secretly Chris Claremon...

Reviews of Swordsmith Assassin #4, X-Men Legacy #229, Dr. Horrible & Mighty Avengers #31

Rating System: 0 to 1.5 stars = save your money unless you are just mindlessly collecting the title. 2 to 3.5 = worth a shot if you are up to trying something new or wanting to get back into a title. 4 to 5 = a must buy for any comic reader. SWORDSMITH ASSASSIN #4 - If I had the cash, I would buy the movie rights to this comic. In just four issues, writers Andrew Cosby and Michael Alan Nelson have crafted a classic story of revenge, honor, redemption and love set in the waning days of feudal ...

Marvel Releases Trailer for the Upcoming Siege Event

Siege may be shaping up into the fall of Norman Osborn and the return of the "Big Three" Avengers. With Cap back, Tony upright and Thor ticked, Normie is in for a beatin' of epic proportions. More more info on this event here and be sure to watch the trailer below. Visit Things From Another World for a massive selection of Marvel comics and more.

Comic Reviews For The Week Of 10/28/09

Rating System: 0 to 1.5 stars = save your money unless you are just mindlessly collecting the title. 2 to 3.5 = worth a shot if you are up to trying something new or wanting to get back into a title. 4 to 5 = a must buy for any comic reader. ANTI-VENOM: NEW WAYS TO LIVE #2 - I get it. Venom is popular. So was the Joker rip-off, Carnage. I’m a big Marvel and Spidey fan, but I firmly believe that the Symbiote Saga and the Clone Crap have damaged the Spider-Man books so bad that even “big” event...

Anthony Hopkins Joins Thor Cast As Odin

  Variety is reporting that Sir Anthony Hopkins (Tony to his friends...) has joined director Kenneth Branagh's Thor movie as Thor's father, Odin. Already signed to also star in the movie are Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek) as Thor/Donald Blake, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster and Tom Hiddleston as Thor's evil half-brother, Loki. Marvel uber-writer, Brian Michael Bendis has seen the script written by Mark Protosevich and Zack Stentz and says that the movie will be amazing. Bendis went so far as...

Comic Reviews For The Week of 10/23/2009

I’m going to do the reviews a different way this week by giving each title. Let me know which format you like. Rating System: 0 to 1.5 stars = save your money unless you are just mindlessly collecting the title. 2 to 3.5 = worth a shot if you are up to trying something new or wanting to get back into a title. 4 to 5 = a must buy for any comic reader. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #19 - This is it. Norman Osborn has finally pin-pointed Tony Stark’s location and is moving to permanently deal with him....

Dark Reign: Siege Kicks Off The Climax To The Dark Reign Story This January

I’m worried that Brian Michael Bendis might burn himself out if he’s not careful. Spider-Woman, Dark Avengers, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, New Avengers, Powers and who knows what else down the pipe - that’s a pretty big monthly load for a writer. Coming in January, Bendis plans on bringing us the climax of the Dark Reign storyline with Siege. Here’s some quotes from his recent interview with Marvel.com: "We are at the climax," Bendis says of SIEGE's place within the Dark Reign epic. "Norman Os...

February sees “Doomwar” Breakout In The Marvel Universe

Dr. Doom has finally gone too far in the eyes of Marvel’s heroes. When Storm is framed for a crime in Wakanda and sentenced to death; her friends and family step in to find out who’s behind it. When all signs point to Dr. Doom, former king and Black Panther, T’Challa decides he’s had enough. Calling in or promising favors from across the Marvel Universe, T’Challa manges to recruit the new Black Panther, Wolverine, Deadpool, the Fantastic Four, Emma Frost, Namor and many more “wildcards” that wri...

More Shake-Ups for Marvel’s Ultimate Universe

In the Ultimatum storyline that decimated the heroes of the Ultimate universe - the X-Men were all but destroyed, the Fantastic Four disbanded, the Ultimates were forced to regroup with S.H.I.E.L.D. and even Spider-Man had to get a job at a fast food restaurant. All the titles were cancelled, but Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man (ongoing), Ultimate Comics: Iron Man Armor Wars (limited series) and Ultimate Comics: Avengers (ongoing) quickly replaced the old titles. All this destruction and rebooting s...