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It was new comic book day yesterday. There were lots of high profile and great releases. What’d you get? If you haven’t gone to the shop yet, what will you be getting this week?

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IGN – Telltale’s Fables is Called The Wolf Among Us – Can’t wait to play this.

Noise 11 – Alice Cooper Uses Kickstarter To Fund Comic Books – When will we get the crossover with Gene Simmons?

Around the Tubes Reviews

Comicvine – Age of Ultron #3

Comicvine – Aquaman #18

The Fandom Post – Archer & Armstrong Vol. #1: The Michelangelo Code

Comicvine – Batman, Incorporated #9

Comicvine – Clone #5

Comicvine – Fantastic Four #5au

Comicvine – Guardians of the Galaxy #1

Comicvine – Red Lanterns #18

Comicvine – Savage Skullkickers #1

Comicvine – Scarlet Spider #15

Comicvine – Superior Spider-Man #6au

Comic Book (sort of) Weekly Reviews – 4/11/12

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Brett

That’s another week covered. Slowly catching up and hopefully there’ll be another week reviewed by the end of this one!

America’s Got Powers #1 – Jonathan Ross and Bryan Hitch’s new series might be the Hunger Games meets superheroes and holy crap is it good. I kept turning each page with glee. So solid, words don’t do it justice at all. This is an absolute buy and will be the mini-series of the Summer.

Story: 9 Art: 9 Overall: 9

Avengers Assemble #2 – The Zodiac are gathering devices of amazing power and someone is in the background guiding them. The story is interesting, but series still seems a bit second class compared to the other Avengers titles. Still, the story is entertaining enough.

Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7

Avenging Spider-Man #6 – Spider-Man, Daredevil and the Punisher team up to protect the Omegadrive and take down five crime syndicates? Yes please! This issue combines the best of this series and Waid’s Daredevil with Rucka’s Punisher. So fantastic.

Story: 9 Art: 9 Overall: 9

Batgirl #8 – Barbara deals with one of the Joker’s henchmen that was present when she was shot. It’s a decent issue that’ll keep me interested in the series that much longer.

Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75

Batman and Robin #8 – Bruce must deal wit the after effects of his and Damian’s battle with Nobody. It’s a fantastic issue that focuses on a father and his son.

Story: 8.5 Art: 8 Overall: 8.5

Batwoman #8 – Great art and layout with a confusing and muddled story. This is a pale comparison of the greatness that this series once saw. A shame too.

Story: 5 Art: 8 Overall: 6

The Bionic Man #8 – Kevin Smith and Phil Hester’s comic is the big screen movie I want to see. So much fun. So much action. So much entertainment.

Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8

Fantastic Four #605 – Reed and his father head through time to see what their recent actions have caused. The issue is fantastic I think focusing on the heart and relationship of characters.

Story: 9 Art: 8 Overall: 8.75

Fatale #4 – Brubaker’s series is interesting, but not my cup of tea compared to his other previous noir series’. Something just isn’t clicking for me.

Story: 7 Art: 8 Overall: 7

Green Lantern #8 – Sinestro and Jordan are prisoners of the Indigo Tribe and it looks like we’re going to learn more about this mysterious Corps. So far, it’s pretty interesting.

Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8

Journey Into Mystery #636 – The final piece of Loki’s plan is revealed and it’s really entertaining. This series deserves a bigger audience with some fantastic writing.

Story: 8.5 Art: 8 Overall: 8.5

Mega Man #12 – The series has taken a familiar formula and made it work. Luckily that formula changes a bit in the next issue, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t a fun read for the whole family.

Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8

The Mighty Thor #12.1 – We get some various tales about Thor that hint at a lot. If this is to introduce people to Thor, I definitely don’t think it’s interesting enough to hook them. Again a “point one” fails.

Story: 7 Art: 8 Overall: 7

The New Avengers #24 – Luke and Jessica have issues to deal with. We also get a behind the scenes look as Captain America rallies the troops for AVX. The issue is one giant build up, but it’s solid.

Story: 8.5 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.5

Resurrection Man #8 – Shelley’s secrets are being slowly shown and released. This series is fantastic and one of the best new ones of the DC relaunch.

Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8

Saga #2 – Wow, Brian K. Vaughn’s series is amazing. It’s a sci-fi action adventure that has familiar parts, but in an all new way. Just beyond fantastic and one of the best series of the year.

Story: 8.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 8.75

Saucer Country #2 – I love this series. The X-Files meets West Wing series is just so fresh and so new. I can’t say I’ve ever read anything like this before.

Story: 10 Art: 8.25 Overall: 9.5

Scarlet Spider #4 – I’m not a Spider-Man fan, but I’m a fan of this series. There’s something so fresh and so fun about it. I can’t recommend it enough.

Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8

Secret #1 – Hickman’s latest series is one hell of a mystery. It’s more than enough for me to come back for the second issue, but I can’t say it blows me away like other series of his in the past.

Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75

Secret Avengers #25 – The story arc has been interesting, but I didn’t see that ending coming. It’s so good. So, so good.

Story: 8.5 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.5

the Secret Service #1 – Millar’s latest series in his big push, it’s just not all that solid so far, but it has enough for me to check out the second issue.

Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7

Superboy #8 – Dropped!

Story: 6 Art: 7 Overall: 6

Suicide Squad #8 – We get a bit more of the story behind Waller and the formation of the squad. There’s also a secret hinted at that’s really entertaining and builds potential for the series.

Story: 7.75 Art: 7 Overall: 7.5

Thief of Thieves #3 – Kirkman and Spencer’s series is amazing. Redmond is a great main character and the fact the series focuses on the individuals and characters is top notch. An absolute must buy.

Story: 9 Art: 7.5 Overall: 8.5

Ultimate Comics X-Men #10 – Holy shit was that a hell of an ending.

Story: 8.75 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.75

Uncanny X-Men #10 – There’s a lot of build up and foreshadowing here, but it looks like there’s some stuff that has good potential for future plotlines.

Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5

Winter Soldier #4 – Bucky teams up with Doom and it is awesome.

Story: 8 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8

Wolverine #304 – Sabretooth throws a party and I’m irritated in the art constantly switching.

Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7

Pick of the Week – Batman #9

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Brett

The family of Bat titles have been leading up to the Night of the Owls storyline, that alone would make Batman #9 a likely pick for the week. But on top of that buzz worthy event, Greg Capullo‘s art and Scott Snyder‘s writing has made Batman the top tier Bat title and one all the rest are compared to. I’ve never been a huge Batman fan, but Snyder has won me over. His writing is beyond amazing, and the art in this series is about as good as it gets. This will be the storyline everyone will be talking about for a while, just so damn good.

Batman #9 – see above
Takio #1 – The all age series from Brian Michael Bendis goes monthly. I dug the graphic novel, I’m psyched for the series.
Trio #1 – John Byrne’s latest super hero series has this great retro feel to it.
Higher Earth #1 – Out this week or next? I’m not quite sure, but Sam Humphries’ series from BOOM! has buzz.
Scarlet Spider #5 – I’ve never been a big Spider-Man fan, so the fact this series has me interested is beyond impressive.

Comic Book (sort of) Weekly Reviews – 3/14/12

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Brett

Another week down. Almost getting caught up on reviews.

the Avengers #24 – We now know Osborn’s powers and it’s a bit predictable as to how he’s beaten. The story’s ending is ok, not quite the long term shake-up you’d expect from this type of story. Overall, a solid story arc that doesn’t quite end the way you’d hope. It feels rushed and a bit predictable.

Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5

Avengers Assemble #1 – A new Zodiac has formed, but other than the Hulk being in this comic, there’s not a whole lot that makes this series stand out from the other Avengers comics out there. In fact the art is a bit off and story fairly unexciting. Not sure this is a comic I want to assemble for.

Story: 7.5 Art: 7 Overall: 7.5

Batgirl #7 – More of the Barbara Gordon pitty party as she seeks out the Black Canary to spar a bit, then she goes on a mission. There’s parts where the art is great and other parts, not so much. The story is just ok.

Story: 7.5 Art: 7.25 Overall: 7.5

Batman and Robin #7 – Batman vs. Nobody and the art is solid. That ending though, I didn’t quite expect. The comic was simple, but it kept me on my toes as to who would do what in the fight and how they’d deal with Nobody. Interesting stuff…

Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75

Battle Scars #5 – Hmm, the secret is out and I saw yawn. The series is an attempt to get the 616 universe more like the movies, which is a bit silly. Overall, we’ll see what idiocy comes of this.

Story: 6.75 Art: 7 Overall: 6.75

Batwoman #7 – The story jumps around, and I’m not sure I know everything that’s going on. The visuals aren’t quite as amazing as they used to be, but the series is still a solid read with some amazing artwork at times.

Story: 7.5 Art: 8 Overall: 7.5

Captain America #9 – Steve is still depowered, Sharon makes a deal to save him and Falcon goes after Bravo, I wonder where the comic’s quality has gone. Just not quite as fund as it used to be.

Story: 7.5 Art: 7 Overall: 7.25

Daken: Dark Wolverine #22 – Daken continues to lash out and spread terror as he dies. He’s setting off bombs and generally just causing chaos. I really hope there’s some long term plan with the character. I’d hate to see him go to waste.

Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5

Fantastic Four #604 – And with that, the end of the battle with the Mad Celestials. A lot is thrown out there in this issue and I’d imagine it’ll have a lot of repercussions for the Fantastic Four going forward. It’ll be interesting to see where things go from here.

Story: 7.75 Art: 8 Overall: 7.75

Green Lantern #7 – The series finally focuses on the Indigo Tribe which we know so little about. Looks pretty interesting so far.

Story: 8 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.25

Journey Into Mystery #635 – Loki, Daimon and Leah continue to fight Nightmare. Loki does the usual Loki thing and cuts a deal that’s clearly not what it is on the surface. As usual, the comic is thick with material (aka words), but they’re weaved so well together.

Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8

Mega Man #11 – Mega Man takes on Air Man, Metal Man and Flash Man and then gets caught in Dr. Wily’s plan. The ending is so cool. I can’t recommend the series enough. It’s fantastic for kids and parents alike, especially for fans of the video game series.

Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25

The Punisher #9 – The prelude to the crossover with Spider-Man and Daredevil the issue is short and a quick read. But… looks like Punisher has a new partner and that never seems to go well.

Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8

Resurrection Man #7 – On the run in Metropolis, Resurrection Man runs into another super being and gets another power. He’s finally at the point where he’s going to look for his past and figure out who he is. It’s a great mystery and one I want to see more of the answer to.

Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5

Saga #1 – Brian K. Vaughn’s new series deserves all of the hype. It’s very familiar, but at the same time, beyond fantastic. This’ll be a hot series for a long time coming and the usual excellence I expect from such a talented writer.

Story: 9 Art: 8.5 Overall: 9

Saucer Country #1 – A Governor must deal with her political future as she contemplates running for President of the United States. Something is wrong though. Is it something having to do with her ex-husband? Is it something stranger like aliens? And what does a college professor have to do with it all? The first issue is absolutely amazing. One of the best comics of the year and one of the best political comics in a long time.

Story: 10 Art: 8.75 Overall: 9.5

Scarlet Spider #3 – Kaine’s supporting cast is growing and looks like some decent baddies are coming to town. I don’t want to ruin it, but the story is solid, interaction great and art is amazing. I’ve never been a big Spider-Man fan, but this series has me hooked. So fantastic, I kind of want to find out more about this character and his background.

Story: 8.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 8.75

Suicide Squad #7 – The search for Harley Quinn continues as a bunch of members of Task Force X storm a police station. There’s some holy shit moments that show this series leaves it all out there and anything can happen. The series is pretty decent and it’s draw is more the fact that everything is on the table and anyone can die. I was not expecting quite a few moments in the story and thats a good thing.

Story: 7.5 Art: 7 Overall: 7.5

Superboy #7 – Superboy continues to show how much of an arrogant brat he is and gets his butt kicked. The series is ok, but how it ties into Teen Titans is what keeps me coming back. If I dropped one, I’d feel like I’d need to drop both, especially since there’s a lot of crossover occurring.

Story: 7 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7

Thief of Thieves #2 – I think the second issue might have outdone the first with a look into Redmond/Conrad’s life. There’s a lot of looking into his past and his ex-wife. The comic is fantastic focusing on the characters instead of the action. I can see why this is being turned into a television series, it’s that damn good.

Story: 9.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 9.5

Ultimate Comics X-Men #9 – The news of mutant’s origins hits Camp Angel which doesn’t go over well. All hell is about to break loose in this series as an oppressed people decide to stand up for themselves.

Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5

Wolverine & The X-Men #7 – So much action, so much humor, so much fun. The series is a kinetic blast that’s all over the place. There’s just so much to take in, this series is now the best “X” series going right now. Just beyond fantastic.

Story: 8.5 Art: 8 Overall: 8.5

X-Men: Legacy #263 – Exodus is defeated, lots of arguing goes on and something is hinted at. The story is ok, but plays well as a piece of the bigger picture. We’ll hopefully see what that is soon.

Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7

X-23 #21 – I think this is it for the series. In this final and quiet issue, Laura deals with her dual sides, the vicious killer and the human being she wants to be. It’s an interesting ending, understated and quiet. A nice reflection of a character who hasn’t quite found the leading solo series position she deserves and a character that has a lot more depth than any fan is willing to give her credit for.

Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8

Comic Book (sort of) Weekly Reviews – 2/8/12

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Brett

Getting closer to catching up with reviews.

Batgirl #6 – The best part of the issue is the quiet moments where Barbara reflects on her being Batgirl and her relationship with Batman. Other than that, the bad guy isn’t as fleshed out as she should be, but hopefully we’ll get some of that in the future. The best moments really are when the characters are shown their humanity to the point we can relate.

Story: 7.5 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.5

Batman and Robin #6 – The twist is predictable, but Bruce’s emotion when it comes to Damian is something that’s nice to see. The series is interesting and has it’s place in the rather large amount of Batman books on the market.

Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75

Battle Scars #4 – We’re all buying this comic for the same reason. Doesn’t mean it’s all that good. Sigh.

Story: 6.75 Art: 7 Overall: 6.75

Batwoman #6 – The art is solid as usual, but the story is still off. Something just isn’t clicking for me when it comes to the plot. It’s really a comic that survives for the art alone and that’s sad with such amazing characters.

Story: 7 Art: 8.25 Overall: 7.5

The Bionic Man #6 – Lots of fighting, sadly not much more. But, somehow the comic is still very fun. This is a great first arc for the series and makes me interested in a character I’ve never been interested in.

Story: 7.5 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.5

Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive #529 – That’s a wrap for the series that to few people checked out. The art bounced around a bit towards the end, but the series played out like an entertaining chess game. It’s a shame a solid series such as this didn’t find an audience.

Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25

Captain America #8 – Yet another story where Cap loses his powers. It’s cool to see the Reborn mini-series matter, the story itself is just not the quality we’ve seen in the past. Something is off from the previous magic.

Story: 7 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7

Daken: Dark Wolverine #21 – Daken is dying and he’s decided to go out with a bang. Another series that was pretty solid at times and there’s times it showed brilliance. Sadly it also never quite caught on with the audience it should of. Daken was more than a Wolverine knock-off, more people just never found out how much of an individual he was.

Story: 7.75 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.75

Green Hornet Annual #2 – The Green Hornet takes on slave traders. I really wish more was shown, but there’s some great stuff in this annual just the same quality of the series. Usually annuals mean crap, this is the exception to that.

Story: 7.75 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.75

Green Lantern #6 – Sinestro is on a mission and Hal is trying to have a normal life. Sadly Hal trying to live his life doesn’t get a chance to really explore that before he’s pulled back into being Green Lantern. Not as solid as it was pre-52 relaunch, but still an entertaining series.

Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75

Journey Into Mystery #634 – We now know who the baddie is and what he’s up to. There’s so much that’s solid here and this is a series that’s growing on me more and more. There’s a lot of text and the writing is so good, it’s well worth the lengthy (compared to most comics) read. Just beyond entertaining.

Story: 8.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 8.75

Mega Man #10 – Mega Man takes on a few more robot masters as he gets pulled into the dark side and let the power go to his head again. On top of that, he’s taking a beating. You can feel the pressure building in what is a great adaptation of the video game and the perfect comic for the entire family.

Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8

New Mutants #37 – Amara has her date with the devil and a story I went into rolling my eyes at I came out of with a smile on my face. It was very cute and well done. There’s some great humor, writing and entertaining logic throughout. This version of the devil is pretty fun and entertaining. I’m actually hoping to see more of him in the series.

Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75

Resurrection Man #6 – Wow, so good. Resurrection Man is in Arkham and no one believes him when he says he has to die. But, he also stands in the way of a break out and the inmates making it back into Gotham. So much is so good in this issue. When of the best to come out of the DC relaunch.

Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5

Scarlet Spider #2 – I’ve never been a huge fan of Spider-Man, but there’s something about this series that draws me in. Maybe it’s the conflicted person at the center, the solid art of entertaining writing. The combo of the three is great and this is a series that has me interested in what it’ll bring in the future.

Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25

Secret Avengers #22 – Huh, an interesting bad guy and can’t say I’ve seen them before, but that ending has me wanting to see more of them. The new squad has a better focus and a more interesting dynamic. Here’s hoping Remender’s run is as solid as some of his others.

Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75

Suicide Squad #6 – Harley Quinn is on the run and the Suicide Squad is after her. There’s some I like here, but a lot I didn’t. Quinn’s origin is fleshed out a bit, but not enough yet to give her motivation or much as far as character. We’ll see how this goes, but it’s no Secret Six.

Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7

Superboy #6 – Superboy meets Supergirl and there’s the expected fighting. Lots of questions are raised too. The art is off a bit and something about the story isn’t clicking for me. But I’ll stick with it to see the growth of the character I expect and you just know he’ll become a Teen Titan at some point.

Story: 7 Art: 6.75 Overall: 7

Thief of Thieves #1 – There’s a lot of series this year so far that have had a lot of hype around them and this series is one of the few that’s lived up to it all. A thief has to juggle his career and personal life in a series that’s just fantastic on all levels. That ending is fantastic and the build up and character interaction is just solid. Can’t wait to see where the series goes.

Story: 9 Art: 8.5 Overall: 9

Venom #13.1 – Some I liked with this issue but a bunch I didn’t. The usual result of having some event or crossover derailing a solid issue continues. The idea of Venom being caught up in a battle with Hell just doesn’t fit the character and there’s some much better material to mine.

Story: 6.75 Art: 6.75 Overall: 6.75

Wolverine and the X-Men #5 – The art seems to be off a bit with this issue, but it’s really entertaining mixing some great concepts together. The series has thrown out the serious tone that’s plagued the X-Men for quite some time, replacing them with fantastical concepts and a great amount of humor. One of the best “X” books on the market.

Story: 8 Art: 7.5 Overall: 8

Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega #2 – Wolverine stuck in the virtual reality thing is entertaining up to a point, but just not quite sure the point or need of the mini-series. It hasn’t added much to the overall dynamics and we’re not seeing anything new or shocking.

Story: 6.75 Art: 6.5 Overall: 6.75

X-Men #24 – Jubilee deals with her vampire side, while the X-Men search for her. What’s up with the art?!

Story: 6.5 Art: 6.5 Overall: 6.5

Around the Tubes

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Brett

New comic day is tomorrow, what’s everyone getting?

Around the Blogs:

Bleeding Cool – Did You Create Something On 20th November 2009? You Could Be In Breach Of Twilight Trademark – So weird. People should be able to sue for false take down notices.

Bleeding Cool – Viva Piracy!” Says A Stumped Mark Waid At WonderCon – The headline is a bit sensationalist, but there’s great comic book trivia in here.

PunkNews – Epitaph Records to launch comic distribution company – Very nice. Look forward to see what comes of this.

Bleeding Cool – Ten Months In Jail For Stealing A Comic Book – I’ll keep my jail jokes to myself.

The Mary Sue – The Wonderful Costumes Of WonderCon – Some great costumes. I’m always impressed at the effort people put in.

Around the Tubes Reviews:

CBR – Scarlet Spider #3

CBR – X-Men: Season One

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