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CBR Review: Secret Avengers #16

September 1, 2011 in art, artists, CBR, comic reviews, comics, marvel comics, writing | 3 comments

“In my perfect world, all superhero comics are like “Secret Avengers” #16. Well, they don’t all have to have time travel, these specific Avengers or many other things this issue includes, but they should all use this book as a blueprint for smart, funny, well-constructed, beautiful, modern and fun comics.

Warren Ellis and Jamie McKelvie take over “Secret Avengers” with issue #16 for a standalone story and in a single stroke make it a book to be absolutely reckoned with. In this issue, a handful of Avengers are investigating a secret city built more than a mile under Cincinnati and the results are action-packed, hilarious, creative and smart. Too smart for me, in fact, but that’s usually the case with anything relating to time travel, so I won’t hold it against Ellis, or this book…”

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CBR Review: Gates of Gotham #5

August 28, 2011 in batman!, CBR, comic reviews, comics, DC Comics | Permalink

““Gates of Gotham” #5 does not end as strongly as it began, but it’s still a solid book with a strong ending to what was a compelling and different kind of Bat series.

Delving deeply into Gotham’s history, Scott Snyder and Kyle Higgins brought us something new and interesting with this series, and an aspect of Bat books that is too frequently paid lip service to but not actually explored: Gotham as a character itself…”

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CBR Review: Wonder Woman #614

August 28, 2011 in CBR, comic reviews, comics, DC Comics, wonder woman | Permalink

“Finally, we come to the end of this unsatisfying “Odyssey” arc for “Wonder Woman.” It’s hard not to breathe a sigh of relief and look with hope toward Cliff Chiang and Brian Azzarello’s take on Diana next month.

This issue of “Wonder Woman” feels like it was tacked on to get the “Odyssey” arc to match up with the September re-launch and, as a result, it reads like an anti-climactic re-hash of issue #613, with some saccharine pages at the end. Diana, having “reabsorbed” the rest of herself (don’t ask) in “Wonder Woman” #613, now fights Nemesis and defeats her. But since Diana kills Nemesis with Nemesis’ own sword, the sword binds to Diana and tries to make her the “new” Nemesis…”

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CBR Review: New Mutants #30

August 27, 2011 in CBR, comic reviews, comics, marvel comics | Permalink

“I’ve never understood the idea of a “house style” for a comic book company, because there’s nothing more refreshing as a comic reader than opening up a brilliantly drawn book that looks new and exciting instead of like the same thing you’ve seen a million times before. Such is the case with David Lafuente’s take on the New Mutants in this book..”

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CBR Review: Spider Island Spider-Girl #1

August 21, 2011 in CBR, comic reviews, comics, marvel comics | Permalink

“It can be hard with event books to toe dip in to just part of an event without feeling entirely lost, but “Spider Island: Spider-Girl” works well on its own while still tying nicely into the larger picture of the Spider Island Event…”

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CBR Review: X-Men Schism #3

August 19, 2011 in CBR, comic reviews, comics | Permalink

“Jason Aaron’s enthusiasm and Daniel Acuña’s discipline make this book a solid read, and a surprisingly strong entry in a mini-series event book that until now I wasn’t entirely sure I cared about. As a reader, I don’t love seeing Cyclops and Wolverine coming to blows, physically or ideologically. I prefer them as grouchy begrudging best friends that have seen and done it all, mostly side by side. I may be alone in that as a reader, but regardless of my personal preference, I don’t yet buy the split we’ve all been told we’re headed for. But that doesn’t make this a bad comic. In all the ways that count, this is actually a really good comic…”

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CBR Review: X-Men Legacy #253

August 15, 2011 in CBR, comic reviews, comics, marvel comics, rogue, x-men | 4 comments

“Fallout from Mike Carey’s Age of X event continues to be the primary conflict both physically and emotionally in “X-Men Legacy” as the team fights the two remaining Legion personalities still loose and causing havoc, Styx and Endgame. It’s a nice change of pace considering that too frequently when an “event” ends, we’re given a quick exit and little to no ramifications post “event.” Sometimes, of course, that’s a welcome respite from an event we didn’t like or were tired of in the first place. In the case of Age of X, though, some very interesting threads were left hanging and now Carey is doing an admirable job of dealing with them…”

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CBR Review: Batgirl #24

August 10, 2011 in batgirl, CBR, comic reviews, comics, DC Comics | Permalink

“Bryan Q. Miller delivers in “Batgirl” #24 a powerful, inspiring, and emotionally satisfying ending to his little series that could, cut short before its time…”

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CBR Review: Detective Comics #881

August 9, 2011 in batman!, CBR, comic reviews, comics, DC Comics | 2 comments

“All of Scott Snyder’s plot threads weave together beautifully as a story that’s been building for months finally comes to a head in this last issue of “Detective Comics” before we head into re-launch. Graced with exceptional co-art by Jock and Francesco Francavilla, which could have been frustrating but manages to work nicely, Snyder pulls no punches as his epic story comes to a close…”

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CBR Review: Mystic #1

August 7, 2011 in CBR, comic reviews, comics, marvel comics | 3 comments

“This is exactly the kind of comic I feel like we need more of. It’s pretty kid friendly and appealing, with strong young protagonists, good solid friendships, and I suspect, eventually, some nice messages. I’m not sure how engaging it is for an adult audience on the whole at this point, but not every comic should be for every person, or we’d have tepid stories indeed. Variety, she’s the spice of life, kids!…”

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