No more preamble! No more talking heads! Well, okay, a lot less talking heads. Either way, Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic and company’s epic is back on- with emphasis on the “EPIC”. Big time! [Read more…] about SECRET WARS #7 Review: “War Ensemble!”
UNCANNY X-MEN #600 Review: “Exit Intervention!”
After months of publisher-enforced delays, the concluding chapter of writer Brian Michael Bendis’s X-saga finally hits. Also doubling as a six hundredth issue celebration with a bevy of guest artists, it’s indeed a noteworthy milestone but is it worth the wait? [Read more…] about UNCANNY X-MEN #600 Review: “Exit Intervention!”
AVENGERS #0 Review: “Sizzle Reel Showcase!” (All-New All-Different Marvel Primer)
The future is now! Fast-forwarding eight months, this oversized special is a great introductory window into the many-splendored landscape of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. But how does it hold up as a cover-to-cover release? [Read more…] about AVENGERS #0 Review: “Sizzle Reel Showcase!” (All-New All-Different Marvel Primer)
SECRET WARS #6 Review: “Spiders in Head, Hamburger in Pocket”
While the Event of Secret Wars is winding down, the story itself is just picking up steam. After a far-too-long gap between installments, writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Esad Ribic waste no time steering a wandering audience back to the center attraction with bold interactions and one of the saga’s biggest laughs. Packing it in at twenty-five pages, it’s all roving cam, all the time on the push to what the solicits refer to as “The Final War”! [Read more…] about SECRET WARS #6 Review: “Spiders in Head, Hamburger in Pocket”
S.H.I.E.L.D #10 Review: “Agents of Waaaugh!”
The latest offering of writer Mark Waid’s rotating super-spy cavalcade takes a maximum effect “What If?” slant to the tail-wagging-the-dog edicts of comic/movie synergy. For an offbeat story as cartoonishly outlandish as it is meta-steeped, the formula still delightfully reduces to elemental simplicity. [Read more…] about S.H.I.E.L.D #10 Review: “Agents of Waaaugh!”