SergeStorms

This user has not updated recently.

50 1982 24 0
Forum Posts Wiki Points Following Followers
User Reviews
Grid
List
5 (7)
4 (8)
3 (7)
2 (3)
1 (1)
3.7 stars

Average score of 26 user reviews

There are building storms for Sara so she relaxes and discusses life in typical Cheesecake Witchblade fashion 0

Things must be getting boring in Chicago for Sara and the fates, powers, or whatever it is that is behind the Witchblade must think she needs to get in game shape, because in the latest issue, a lot bad actors are converging on Sara and she is about to get busy.The issue isn’t really an episode in a running battle, it feels more like it is chronicling several storms heading Sarah’s way, converging on our hero to set off the next set of arcs. From Faerie, Katarina shows up in Chicago, led there b...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Waller unleashes her secret weapons; a chunk of metal, x-ray glasses and a jar 0

The creative team behind Vibe has been building the story issue by issue, each one better than the last, and their efforts appeared to be continuing on that trajectory of ever strengthening monthly installments. But they don’t have to worry about rising to top to beat this one, because it shouldn’t be hard. As a matter of fact, if they can’t, they have problems. This month Vibe smashed down to mediocrity. Many good parts of the Vibe story continued to be good here. Vibe’s character stands out to...

1 out of 2 found this review helpful.

Christy Marx gives us hope in this dynamic, wonderful issue. The Birds are Back. 0

Christy Marx had already gotten off to a good start in revitalizing the struggling Birds of Prey book. So I was already optimistic with seeing her salvaging the legacy of the great team perfected by Gail Simone. But in this issue, Christy Marx hits her stride and turns in a great comic and I am getting excited to see the Birds back in business and thriving, not just surviving.This issue is highlighted by the Talon on Talon combat that has been built up in the past issues. Here we have it. I have...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Watson and Holmes is an innovative and entertaining new take on the characters 0

Watson and Holmes succeeds because it takes the iconic characters of the intelligent, brave, and observant Dr. Watson and the idiosyncratic Holmes with his unconventional, obsessively inquisitive mind and places them in current Harlem with the problems and crimes of that community. The writer is faithful to the feel of the characters so that the reader can jump in without caution knowing who these two are and enjoy the different setting. I am surprised other writers have not done this more. I kn...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Harley Quinn brings the fun; Dark, Murderous, Fun, but the unexplained actions are a little jarring. 0

Suicide Squad 21 is an interesting episode due to Harley Quinn tearing through Belle Rive Prison in her crazy, violent, and witty style as she leads a takeover of the place. But the plot itself feels like it has been dropped in our lapse without any explanation. I am sure that the answers will come later, but for now, the story feels a little jarring. Helpfully, Waller, Quinn and Gordon make it a worthwhile experience.The story begins with Harley stabbing Soldier with a large combat knife. At th...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Batgirl has family issues but punching a psycho and blowing up a dummy helps 0

Batgirl 21 continues to develop the rich internal world that Gail Simone has created for her heroine. It is a world that sometimes turns off the fans of grunting super heroes that live in a sea of pathos but is loved by the devoted fan base, to which I belong. Because Barbara Gordon is first and foremost a person, not just a spandex clad vigilante, fans of the book demand to be present for Batgirl’s slog through young adulthood with all the questions about the world, questions about family, and ...

3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

We start a new arc, Ghost Dances, but the fascinating plot and the riveting pacing continue to dazzle us 0

The Sixth Gun wrapped up the last arc, Winter Wolves, with a big story stunner thanks to Gord Cantrell and Kalfu. I doubt we have seen the last of the Sword of Abraham, but they are temporarily out of the picture. But while one group hunting down Becky and Drake have been dealt with, they still need to deal with Missy Hume and her Pinkertons. Unfortunately, Missy has found an ally, and with this character's entrance, the evil afoot in the world is only stacking up higher.Missy has decided to ca...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Good Story, But Who Are these People? 0

I jumped on board with Stormwatch at issue 19 after learning that a new writer, Jim Starlin, was going to take over the book. I had not read Stormwatch before but I am always on the look out to a promising change that could result in a good new direction for a comic. So I gave it a try.The first issue was billed accurately as a reset of the entire Stormwatch and Earth based timeline. The Stormwatch that had existed before this issue was made extinct by a shift in the timeline that led up to it....

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

More of the same, but the more is very well done. 0

Issue 13 of Earth 2 follows the familiar pattern that Robinson has constructed for much of the run. Since he is world building, we get some ongoing mystery/plot development and a new character mixed in. Most issues jump back and forth between at least two threads. Here, the threads are, first, the new character, Captain Steel, and then we shift to Hawk Girl on the case of the attack on Alan Scott’s fiancé. The introduction of Captain Steel isn’t bad. Commander Kahn provides that as he explains C...

2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

Harper Row Returns and and the result is a Triumph for Layman's Detective Comics. 0

Detective Comics 21 did something most Batman books don’t do, it made me cheer, punch the air in excitement, then feel warm and fuzzy. It wasn’t hard to do. John Layman made Batman the superhero do what I want a superhero to do; save the day and touch the lives of normal people, well, if they really existed, then wrap it up with a positive human moment.So this issue is, for me, John Layman expertly charts out what a superhero should be. Of course, Batman being Batman, we get a little bit of sadn...

2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

Screwed jumps right into the action with our unlikely Frankenstein. The first issue is bloody but fun. 0

Screwed, the “oh, my, look at our cool title for a Frankenstein book” first issue of the new miniseries from Zenescope, brings you first person into the life of what appears to be a Frankenstein type monster. And you go into her life with a jolt. (pun intended) This being Zenescope, our monster is a hot check. I am not complaining, if I am reading a Zenoscope title, I want nothing less. Our monster also wakes up in a hospital room not knowing who she is and how she got there but she does not so...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

The Movement's second Issue takes off like a rocket, its story throwing out mysteries, clues and questions with joy. 1

The Movement in its first issue sort of followed the police, specifically a pair of horribly abusive cops, in a town terrified by a serial killer. We get our first notice of The Movement protagonists there as they get to know the bad cops. We then follow police again, this time officers and detectives, that are hunting for the serial killer. The police swing into action when they believe they have the killer cornered. We meet The Movement again.It kicks off when the police enter a church where ...

3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

Interesting characters, some interesting build up, be I need to read the next issue to find out why anything is happeing 0

In reading The Green Team a couple of times, I am first struck with the classic but well done character introductions. Little meek Mohammed, who happens to be a filthy rich prince, wonders into an underground tech fair put on by a Steve Jobs type character, only much younger and from a filthy rich family, Little Mohammed feels great pressure to live up to his father's expectations and so wants to get in business with Commodore, the rich tech wiz, because Commodore makes money hand over fist. So ...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Robyn is plucked from one world into the next and there is action in both. Great beginning to the tale. 0

Robin Hood is a very well known tale, subject of movies, books, poems and probably plays and songs. I gave a quick read about its history online and found that it has evolved and changed here and there over time, beginning in medieval England but the basics are the same. So in that spirit, this tale is pretty much the one I grew up seeing in movies and TV but applied to the Zenoscope universe in cool ways.Here, Robyn (the "y" is used to make it more feminine but an "I" would work as well) is not...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Borderline takes you into an Amazing dystopian fringe society, using both emptyness and consision to paint its world 0

Borderline is an Italian comic presented in the US by Dynamite but doesn't seem to have gotten a lot of attention here. Checking around on line, I did not see much about the work other than a smattering of people giving it rave reviews. Those reviews are correct. This work is fantastic.In trying to place how the work feels, to me it almost has a Japanese edge to it. The dystopian future where things have decayed and people live in a cluttered, somewhat ruined world is portrayed in black and whi...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Wow... big ending.... too bad is feels clumsy and rushed. 0

I assume everyone knows that Catwoman is at the center of this issue's events. Even though she doesn't dominate the issue in space for her character, she is the only character of the many in the book that is highlighted individually. This spotlighted action culminates at the very last page and its shocking (eye roll) turn of events.I suppose this is what a cliffhanger is. A big event in the plot happens at the very end with an uncertain resolution that leaves us in suspense. Catwoman is the sub...

2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

Expertly Crafted, Intermission Raises the Curtain on the Second Arc with Another Great Performance 0

So if you are interested in Locke and Key, you have probably heard that the series is expertly written with a strange combination of creepy occult, strange menacing characters, the Locke kids persevering in this aptly named town of Lovecraft. Well, it is all true. On top of that, the art is fantastic and oddly fits the story. Oddly because it is not quite completely representational like a superhero book but just enough to allow the artist to stylize it to and color it with slight exaggerations...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Information Dump 1

So this issue isn't the best or the worst. What it does do is give you a lot of information. A lot. So much I think it would be better as two issues. Maybe for a trade the writer wanted to jam this in by the end of issue two, but it seems forced.The strongest parts are with Elle and her friend in the garden, Bobby. Elle has some things to discuss with her former therapist. That interaction is fun and enlightening. Elle's personality seems to be developing over the issue. She seems to be growing...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Courtney's Next All Ages Tour de Force Begins Here 0

Courtney Crumrin's life chronicled by Ted Naifeh presents its next chapter in this ten issue story that begins here. The story begins with a new kid moving to the odd town of Hillsborough. This time it is not Courtney but a new girl just as odd, Holly Hart. Holly does not have a great uncle that is a master warlock to guide her but her parents seem just as silly as Courtney's parents. So when Courtney, in a desire for friendship, opens up to Holly about her ability and the world of Magic, Holly...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Another Month, Another Amazing Issue 0

Batwoman's new arc has hit a great stride and this issue ratchets up the tension and quality. The writing team's dynamic here has great direction coming from different angles demonstrated in this most recent comic. This current formula of involving the family and keeping the reader guessing on everyone's motivations and what could happen next is a winner.The writers let us see the tension and anger of some main players from at least four different angles. Kate herself, of course, still is angry ...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

While the story follows familiar paths, the characters are engaging and the mystery looks entertaining so far 0

This first issue is set up a pretty standard way. We follow bits of our hero Winslow's past as we are shown his childhood struck by an unusual and worsening sleep disorder centered around a recurring dream and his growing inability to distinguish reality and dreams, at least when in them. The problem gets more pronounced over time and affects his family, giving Winslow the sense of unending problems without respite. We finally join Winslow in the present in a psychiatric hospital where he is no...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

The promise of this book has been completely destroyed 1

I started reading The Dark Knight when Hurwitz took over with the Scarecrow arc. I found it interesting and a different take on Batman. I am not a big fan of the main books but this one was different. We get Batman in a battle of wits with a villain. We get the fascinating backstory of the villain. We get Batman fighting and sacrificing for his victory. The villain stories are actually incredibly well done.However, just as the Scarecrow arc went off the rails at the end, so did this one, even m...

2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

Talon treads water this issue. A weak interlude. 0

This book was set up for a lot of changes and twists but it only gave the reader pretty standard set up material and its only action whatsoever is Casey and Sarah being tortured and used to manipulate Calvin. (Let us not forget that harming children is some strange fetish of the DC team.) When last we left, Casey and Sarah were fleeing with their lives, Calvin had just been killed by Bane at the behest of Sebastian Clark. So what happens in this issue?Practically nothing.Sure Calvin gets revived...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

Wonderful Stand Alone with a great new character, Sky Alchesay 0

This issue is a stand alone and does not directly involve Aquaman himself, other than in the beginning where Arthur asks The Others to help him retrieve an Atlantean relic. We know that Arthur is already locked in conflict with The Scavenger trying to prevent him from accumulating these powerful relics that are too dangerous to be free in the surface world. So the pretty simple set up for the issue arises from Arthur asking the others to go retrieve this relic. He can't do it because he may not...

2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

This most recent jump into Jo and Booker's past contains the same riveting dark mystery 0

This issue continues to use some of the most powerful devices that Brubaker has used in Fatale. Throughout the series, he has used the feeling of an omniscient, powerful evil that is out there and in the shadow, sort of outside the vision of the reader. In this issue, we see Jo, compelled to continue on in her desire to understand her fate. As she later does, in this issue of her life during WWII, Jo is swept forward by a need that is never fully explained. We know she feels this need intently. ...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

The first issue is an interesting beginning carried by a novel introduction to Katana's world 0

There are some unusual points about this Katana that jump out at me for a first issue:The comic does not spend time in introductory vignettes that introduce you to the characters and the main conflict. The reader is first introduced to heroine as she takes part in a pretty sword fight between Katana and an unknown character which is not resolved when the book jumps back a few days in time. The comic then takes you through those few days to the current fight.The exposition is not through conversa...

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.