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Ultimate Avengers #4: Run Rogers Run 1
After 4 issues, its easy to see how the remaining 2 issues of Ultimate Avengers is going to shake out. Steve Rogers is going to say, "You need me to capture my son, the Red Skull. Help me find him and I'll find your Cosmic Cube." I mean, this is by far Millar's most conventional run on the title. Until that time, issue #4 finishes up the hunt for Steve Rogers who went AWOL after he realized Nick Fury lied to him about his son. Chasing Steve Rogers is a Black Ops team who is so good at what the...
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Detective Comics #859: Don't ask don't tell 0
Homosexuality is a hot topic in the United States. I would be careful to place discrimination against homosexuals in the same context as segregation against African Americans (or those who would allegedly qualify under "Black" race in a check list for Driver's License). After all, I don't remember guards sending dogs to tear apart gay children for shopping in straight grocery markets. No, hatred against homosexuality is a little more covert. Since its harder to distinguish the homosexuals from t...
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Green Lantern #48: Seven Ring Circus 0
The Blackest Night event can be broken down into 3 rings. The Blackest Night title itself focused on the Black Lanterns main strategy, which was to utilize Earth's dead metahumans as decoys till their rings were powered up and the main battery could be transported to Earth, the center of the DC universe. Every DC title tie-in is a response to this attack. Green Lantern Corps focused on the Black Lanterns plan to cripple and weaken every source of light in the universe by attacking the home world...
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Justice League of America #39: Motor City Massacre 0
By now, every one is sick of the repetitive formula marked by the Green Lantern cross-over event Blackest Night. Black Lantern rings seek out deceased metahumans to use their bodies like puppets to seek and savagely kill other metahumans in order to strengthen its battery source as well as its ranks. So what makes this cross-over issue any more significant than the main title or its satellite titles? How about the first issue where its entirely possible that for once the entire JLA team is exp...
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Spider-woman #3: The lesser of 2 Evils 1
Brian Michele Bendis is notorious for writing absolute novels when it comes to this story telling. This title is no exception as once again, multiple factions’ manipulate/take advantage of Jessica Drew’s fragile sanity after being violated at the hands of the Skrulls. In issue #1, she is recruited by S.W.O.R.D. to become a skrull hunter but as she escapes a Mandripoor prison in issue #2, Madame Hydra sets her up/helped. What does Madame Hydra want? Turns out Hydra wants the same...
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Super Girl #47: Mother knows Best 0
The hunt for Reatron is over, Supergirl and friends have brought him before New Krypton to stand trial. Before the Kryptonian trial begins, writer Sterling Gates turns the clock back and shows us different stages of Alura’s relationship with her late husband. She reminisces about how she met her husband, lived through their captivity in Brainiac’s ship, and ultimately the events leading to his death. It’s very apparent that she still loves and misses him. She is conflicted between...
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Punisher #11: Frank-ly-this-sucks 12
Frank Castle has been killed and brought back to life before. Garth Ennis’ first gig on the Punisher was making him believe he had killed every one in the Marvel Universe right before he is electrocuted. He was brought back as an undead boogey man with the souls of angels to power his weapons. That was quickly scrapped in favor of Garth Ennis’ harder edged “Welcome Back Frank” story that re-energized interest in the Punisher. It doesn’t bother me that the Punisher was chopped up l...
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Doctor VooDoo #2: Neverending Nightmares 2
At the end of the last issue of Doctor Voodoo, Remender hinted that the Eye of Agamotto did not choose Jericho Drumm to bring in an era of light but an era of darkness to the title of Sorcerer Supreme. After Jericho quarantining heavyweight Dormanu, he battled Doctor Doom from one dimension to the next until they landed in a dimension where someone really wants to use VooDoo's power for his own plans. This issue shed a lot of light into Jericho's motivations for becoming a VooDoo priest. His u...
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Ultimate Spider-man #4: Smells like Teen Spirit! 0
Last issue, Spider-man won round one vs. Mysterio but he didn't know that Mysterio was plotting to repay the webslinger for ruining his bank robbery pay off. How can he? The life of teenage Peter Parker is full of complexity. The Human Torch is Pete's new addition to the family. Mary Jane still pines away for Pete. Pete still struggles to find time for all the things going on in his life that makes it easier for Mysterio to fool Pete. There's also a new "hood" wandering the streets of Queens. ...
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Deathlok the Demolisher 1/7: Born to Kill 2
Eighteen years from now, the United States will battle other countries for the last oil reserves on the planet in a glorified war game that would be disturbingly reminiscent of Gulf War I if Monday Night Football were its producers. Charlie Huston (MoonKnight) goes all the way back to the original source material in Astonishing Tales to find his inspiration and re-create/re-interpret this Frankenstein meets Universal Soldier character. Since he was a little boy Mike Luther Manning wanted to be...
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Justice Society of America #32: Dysfunctional Family 0
Fables scribe Bill Willingham took over from Geoff Johns 6 issues ago. Johns' writing always had a sunny outlook. Even on a title's dark day there was something to be happy about. Bill Willingham inherited a massive sized roster and no plot lines to give him any direction. After a couple self-contained issues he's starting to hit his stride with a sudden sneak attack within the JSA's own home. Mr Terrific was at death's door, will he survive? We also witnessed the return of Dr. Fate. JSA is th...
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Hack/Slash #27: Confessions of a tormented soul 0
Hack/Slash is a fun comic book that you should be reading with KISS playing in the background. This is a story about a seriously disturbed but utterly hot young woman (pretty much a staple in LA subculture) who survived an attack by a serial killer who turned out to be her mother. She went on to be a darker version of Buffy by hunting down "slashers" with her bigger, stronger but uglier side-kick Vlad. I just want every one to realize that this reality only worked in fantasy world and in LA. How...
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Punisher #10: Burying the past, again. 0
Since issue #2, the Hood and Frank Castle have been at each other’s throats. First, the Hood tried resurrected Frank’s old partner in crime Microchip. Frank outsmarted him with a hacker of his own. The Hood sent a Hammer army after Frank, Frank sent them all back in body bags. The Hood resurrected a whole slew of disceased B level super villains, and one by one Frank sent them back to their maker. Finally, the Hood decided to play a game of psychology with the Punisher, one innoce...
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Detective Comics #858: 20 Year Itch 0
I don’t really care if Greg Rucka is accurately portraying a billion dollar lesbian turned crime fighter. Sexuality is something that comics has seldom gotten right. After all let’s not confuse comic books with the next great American novel. What I do like about Batwoman is her motivations. To no surprise, the loss of a parent is the common denominator in all of the bat titles. Batwoman's origin is slightly different loss but the results are no different. At the end of last iss...
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X-Factor #50: Back to the Future 0
Peter David's X-Factor is ultimately a classic mutant title that is reminiscent of Keith Giffen's JLA. Mutants have always been popular because of their dark foreboding future where extinction inevitable. David kept this atmosphere but blended in his sarcasm at their most somber moments. The result is something not often found in mutant melodrama, something more authentic in tragic character flaws. This is a story about fate and how knowing what happens in the future isn't all its cracked up to...
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Dark Reign The List: Punisher-Pieces of You 8
Rick Remender brought the Punisher back into the Marvel Universe but after 10 issues, he had run into a wall. The Punisher doesn't have much use as a monthly character if he can't kill anyone significant. After 10 issues of Frank tangling with the Hood, Norman Osborn decided to put Frank on his shit list. After an issue of running from Norman and pissing him off, Frank runs into someone he can't dodge: Daken. In this one issue, the status quo of Frank Castle was forever changed in a way that rem...
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Blackest Night #4: Terror reaches 100% 0
This issue deals exclusively with the war on Earth between Earth's remaining heroes and the Black Lanterns. Barry Allen shines as he rallies the troops to make a stand against these unstoppable heart ripping zombies. While it seems as if the heroes could find some means of keeping the Black Lantern at bay, Barry is unaware of the ring's power supply level. As it reaches 100% a trump card is dropped and literally the EArth reaches its Blackest Night with the villain behind it all stands revealed....
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Hulk #16: Seeing Red 0
If you're confused by all the mis-characterizations, contradictions, and nonsense for the last 16 issues of this title, you would be right to be. Much like Claremont's X-men Forever, Joe Quesada basically gave an old scribe, Loeb free reign to write whatever he wants irregardless if it conflicts with what other writers have been doing with their characters. Building off last issue, the Red She-Hulk appears brandishing the weapons of Elektra and Domino. Her outfit is strikingly similar to Dom...
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Punisher Noir #3: All in the family 0
Let's face it in the post Rudy Guliani era, the biggest threat on the streets is sky rocketing rent and your apartment being bought out by Sarah Jessica Parker, not some goons running a mafia front. Hence, over the last 10 years the Punisher has lost a lot of credibility over the years. We can't relate to this image of NYC as the big bad city with shows like Friends, Sex and the City, etc changing the image of the city. Putting the Punisher in Prohibition era is the best breathe of fresh air for...
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Justice League of America #38: Femme Fatales 1
Maybe Robinson is taking all the abuse he took in Cry for Freedom to heart because I can’t imagine why he recycled the 3 JLA members from the days when Martian Manhunter revamped the JLA and moved them to Detroit. With the big three (Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman) out of the house, its up to the reserves Zatanna and Gypsy to bail out the only active member standing Vixen from Despero. Unfortunately for Cry for Justice haters, you need to read that limited series to understand...
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Dark Avengers #10: Déjà vu? 0
Recently in a great interview with Brian Michael Bendis by Blair Butler (Fresh Ink), the author of Daredevil, Secret Invasion, and My life partner Joe Q (ok, that last one was a lie) was quoted, “I’m really pleased and surprised at how successful Dark Reign has been especially Dark Avengers.” With all due respect to Mr. Bendis’ incredible body of work, I gotta say, “Has this guy actually read his work after it comes off the press recently?” Dark Avengers is literally a rip-off of Wa...
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Azrael volume 2 #1: Saints and sinners 6
As the late great George Carlin once said, “Religion is bullshit.” I am inclined to agree but it’s compelling bullshit. I’m not religious but let’s face it; atheists and agnostics are the religion of cynical nihilists.Relax God-fearing fan boys; DC has a title for you. Fabian Nicienza has pedophile priests, murderous religious zealots, and a Catholic guilt ridden hero (who isn’t blind or a lawyer) flying around with two flaming swords dressed as a Teutonic knight. Thankfully DC ha...
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Spider-woman #2: The Deep End 1
If you've ever tried to reading the origin of Jessica Drew, you're easily going to need a bottle of tylenol after wards. Try a spider evolved into a woman by the High Evolutionary later revised into a British SHIELD double agent. Bendis loves to pick comic storyline messes to try and carve a niche' but it's interesting that he's chosen to ignore Jessica Drew's supporting cast role as an investigator in the Wolverine volume 1 title that takes place in Mandripoor. Building off the Secret Invasion...
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Amazing Spider-man #609: Pick your poison 1
Perhaps bringing back the clone mess would help any Spider-man fan forget about the unresolved One More Day/Brand New Day's cathartic mess? That's just what Marc Guggenheim would have you believe that by using one mess to help quell the storm of another. Does it work? Well so far so good. Guggenheim doesn't directly delve back into the clone saga. Instead, he picks an unresolved thread from that convoluted era to weave his story. Ben Reilly is gone but his actions will have reprecussions that ...
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Invincible Iron Man #19: Run Tony Run 3
While Matt Fraction's work on Uncanny X-men continues to be questioned, there's no question that he can channel Tony Stark like no other writer going all the way back to David Michelinie's legendary run during volume one. This is what an Eisner Winner looks like. It's got the right blend of pacing, story, character growth, and art that compliments the author's style. As every one knows by now, Tony may have won the Civil War but his reach exceeded his grasp. The Secret Invasion discredited Star...
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Secret Six #14: Jailhouse Rock! 0
Since this version of the Secret Six was born from the Infinite Crisis spin off, its very obvious that Gail Simone was influenced by Ostlander's Suicide Squad. Like SS, Simone plays with the moral ambiguity but takes it a step further by exploring the inner demons and relationships the characters have with one another. In the Depths 5th act, consequences for actions are dealt with a maelstrom of chaos. It plays out like the final act of Jackie Brown where events set in motion lead to betrayals...
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Batman #691: Face Off! 0
After this issue concluded, I can't imagine there would be any further use of the Bat cave. During R.I.P, the Joker and Dr. Hurt both located and invaded the Bat cave. Hush infiltrated the Bat Cave during Heart of Hush. Now, Harvey Dent has finally infiltrated the Bat cave. You'd think there would be a blinking sign outside for all of Batman's rogues to hold a party in Bruce's memorial. The Long Shadows arc was Judd's handling of similar material that Grant Morrison explored in the first 3 is...
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Vengeance of Moon Knight #1: Howl at the Moon! 1
Get ready for the next attempt to bring Moon Knight into the main stream Marvel Universe. After Huston's bold 6 issue arc that broke Moon Knight down and rebuilt him back up, he made the mistake of trying to integrate him into the Civil War world and later Dark Reign. The title went quickly downhill and in a desperate ploy, the powers at marvel killed off his Marc Spector persona. This title features Jake Lockley who was one of Moon Knight's 3 alter egos. There seems to be a problem. Jake was ...
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Walking Dead #66: Monsters Ball 0
At this point in the Walking Dead universe, zombies are no longer the primary threat. They are a force of nature. A tornado of carnivores that strike without warning then for no reason disperse. The conclusion of the 5 part Fear the Hunters once again reminds us, humanity's days are numbered as its survivors continue to plunge into insanity making more savage and desperate decisions to live another day. One thing is for certain, no zombie can top the amount of cruelty displayed in this issue...
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Blackest Night Batman 3/3: Family Values 5
We get it. Black Lantern zombies can't be killed by conventional means. Any long gone Bat villain makes a cameo till we get to the "heart" of the story, re-uniting Dick and Tim with their deceased relatives. What's the point of this arc? This was an arc that establishes Dick can be just as crafty and resourceful as Bruce was. He designs every thing from the escape plan to a means of surviving the Black Lanterns utilizing one of Batman's guest characters. What really proves that Dick is a ...
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Uncanny X-men #516: He's Baaaack! 0
Uncanny X-men #516 Magneto is back and there’s bound to be trouble. Question is, is he friend or foe? Throughout the history of Uncanny X-men magneto has flipped sides at least 4-5 different times. First, he was the X-men's deadliest villain from issue #1 then he became the school headmaster (roughly around) Uncanny X-men #200. Of course, inevitably flipped back to being a villain sometime during X-men #1. Finally during the pages of Excalibur volume 2, he flipped to being a protagonist s...
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Uncanny X-men #516 0
Uncanny X-men #516 Magneto is back and there’s bound to be trouble. Question is, is he friend or foe? Throughout the history of Uncanny X-men magneto has flipped sides at least 4 times. First, he became the school headmaster during Uncanny X-men #200. Of course, inevitably flipped back to being a villain during X-men #1. Finally during the pages of Excalibur volume 2, he flipped to the hero side. Flipped back to a villain during New X-men under the guise of Xorn. Flipped back to hero duri...
0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
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