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Reviews of Dark Avengers #13, G.I. Joe Origins #11 & #12 and Green Lantern Corps #44

DARK AVENGERS #13 - So last issue we found out that The Sentry is more powerful than Molecule Man and can’t die. Even after having his atoms dispersed, he was able to reassemble himself and force MM to put everything back to normal. That actually makes three times that Sentry has died and came back: the battle with MM, against Morgan Le Fey and when his own wife shot him in the face with an alien gun. This issue delves into the events just before and after Lindy shot him. After shooting Bob and ...

Comic Reviews of SWORD #2, Daytripper #1 & Dark X-Men #2

DARK X-MEN #2 - Having kept the core members together after the Utopia debacle (well, the most evil/misguided ones anyway…), Mystique has led, Dark Beast, Mimic and Omega to investigate an incident in which a large group of people seemed to be under control of someone as they chanted, “I am an X-Man…” Once at the hospital where one of the victims is being held, they encounter an incredible energy source that threatens to overload Omega (he literally gets drunk on power) and completely freaks Mim...

Comic Reviews for X-Men Forever #13 & 14, New Avengers Annual #3, Dante’s Inferno #1

NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL #3 - Finally we get to see how the heck Ronin manages to get freed after being captured in his attempt to kill Norman Osborn. Finally. Looking at you Marvel editors. Osborn is actually pleased to have Clint in his grasp, hoping to learn where New Avengers HQ is located. Mockingbird wakes up to find Clint gone and sends Ms. Marvel to scout Avengers Tower - which is completely locked down top-to-bottom. Wolvierine is apparently still on Nation-X, Spidey is out, Iron Fist isn’t ...

Comic Reviews of Dark Avengers #12, Batman #694, Cable #21 & X-Force #22

CABLE #21 - I think I may have figured out just who and what Hope is. Review first, then theories. Last issue, Cable ad Hope just barely managed to escape the Brood and Bishop by using the ship’s escape pods. Bishop also manages to survive by bonding with a living Brood-ship and chases the two pods for two years on their course to Earth. Over the two years, Hope has become a young woman is her teens. Once back on Earth, Cable and Hope have one last confrontation with Bishop in which Hope manifes...

Comic Reviews of Captain America Reborn #5, GL Corps #43, Mighty Avengers #32 & Daredevil #503

CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #5 - By now, every Marvel reader knows Steve Rogers is back - already having appeared in Fall of the Hulks, Who Will Wield the Shield?, Dark Avengers Annual and the list goes on. This is another example of Marvel editors not communicating very well. However, that does stop this from being an incredible issue. The Red Skull had succeeded in supplanting Steve Rogers’ personality with his own… effectively taking over Captain America’s body. Cap-Bucky, Black Widow, Ronin, ...

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...

Comic Review of Hulk #17, Ares #2, Superman Secret Origin #3, Image United #1 & Fantastic Four #573

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. FANTASTIC FOUR #573 - Jonathan Hickman has really started something special with his run on Fantastic Four. We saw in last issue that as Ben and Johnny were heading for a quick vacation on Nu-Earth, Franklin and Val stowed-away in the Fantasti-Car. When t...

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...

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....