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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 ...

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 Review For The Week Of 11/14/09

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. DEADPOOL #17 - Whoo-hooo! More Deadpool. And a real Deadpool with a story that isn’t just a filler to boot. Now that Wade has “joined” the X-Men, he’s decided to kill that father of one of mutants on Nation X who’s working with Osborn to throw some bad PR...

Comic Review For The Week of 11/4/09

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. STAR WARS: INVASION #5 - This is the last issue of the Invasion limited series, but probably not the end of the story. Dark Horse announced recently that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic would be ending some time next year to be replaced by a new St...

Comic Reviews For the Week of 10/14/09

TRUST ME, BUY THESE COMICS… BLACKEST NIGHT: BATMAN #3 - Dick and Tim are forced to confront their dead parents and their killers as Damian gets Barbara and Jim Gordon to safety. Having recruited Deadman last issue, he goes to get the help of Jason Blood/Etrigan the Demon (against his will of course…). Dick and Tim are about to join the ranks of the dead just when Deadman shows up with The Demon and starts burning the living dead trying to feed off of Tim and Dick’s emotions. Dick determines t...

It’s Comic Book Wednesday for 10/14/09!!!! YAAAY!!!!

Time for the weeklys visit to the local comic shop... 28 DAYS LATER #3, ABSOLUTION #1, ACTION COMICS #882, ADVENTURE COMICS #3, AMELIA RULES TP VERY NINJA CHRISTMAS, ANCHOR #1, ANGEL ONLY HUMAN #3, ANNA MERCURY 2 #2, ARCHIE & FRIENDS #136, ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #19, ASYLUM OF HORRORS #2, BATGIRL #3, BATMAN #691, BEYOND THE WALL #1, BLACKBEARD LEGEND OF THE PYRATE KING #1, BLACKEST NIGHT BATMAN #3, BOOSTER GOLD #25, BPRD 1947 #4, CLIVE BARKERS SEDUTH 3-D #1, COMICS REVUE PRESENTS OCT 200...

It’s Comic Book Wednesday!!! 10/7/09

30 DAYS OF NIGHT COLLECTORS SET, ABSOLUTION #2, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #608, ANGEL #26, ASTONISHING X-MEN #31, AUTHORITY #15, BATMAN AND ROBIN #5, BATMAN ANNUAL #27, BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #34, BATMAN THE UNSEEN #1, BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #198, BLACK PANTHER 2 #9, BOYS #35, BUCKAROO BANZAI HARDEST O/T HARD #1, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #29, CABLE #19, CAPTAIN ACTION #3.5, CARS RADIATOR SPRINGS #2, CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #42, CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD LAST BATTLE #1, CODE GEASS LELOUCH OF THE ...

The Week in Comics for 9/30/09…

This was a slow week in the world of comics... BUY ‘EM… WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #5 - It took a little too long for this series to “ramp up” to speed. Sure there was action and Wolvie calling people “bub,” but it just felt forced. Once the fourth issue hit the stands, everything clicked. Someone has leaked the Weapon X files to a corporate source that has used them to create a group of knockoff Wolverines to hire out as security and plans on getting a U.S. government contract to supply them wit...

It’s Comic Book Wednesday!!! 9/29/09

YAAAAAY!!!! EVERYBODY RUN TO THE COMIC BOOK STORE!!!! ALIENS #3, ALTER EGO #89, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #607, ARMY OF DARKNESS #25, ASTRO CITY ASTRA SPECIAL #1, BAD DOG #3, BAD KIDS GO TO HELL #4, BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #9, BATMAN WIDENING GYRE #2, BETTY #182, BLACKEST NIGHT TITANS #2, BOMB QUEEN VI #1, BOYS HEROGASM #5, CAVEWOMAN COVER GALLERY #2, CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #102 HOBGOBLIN, CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #103 BARON ZEMO, CYBERFORCE HUNTER KILLER #2, DARK REIGN H...

Ghost Rider Sequel in the Works Along With Reboots of Most Existing Marvel Franchises…

Nicolas Cage loves comics. It’s no secret. Ghost Rider was his first real foray into the world of comic movies and most people gave it a fail. But with Disney’s buy of Marvel, everybody is Hollywood is scrambling to either hold onto their Marvel movie rights or grab their ankles and wait for Disney to drill the box office. Columbia Pictures has been a little cool to doing a Ghost Rider sequel, even with Nick Cage talking it up in the media. Now they are planning to get a follow-up movie on the f...