by Sal Loria, Dec 24 2009 // 12:30 PM
Welcome to another edition of The Pull List Comic Reviews! Since the hectic holiday schedule and copious amounts of eggnog have affected my time and brain cells, respectively, this week’s reviews are more of the quickie variety. While short and sweet – well, as short and sweet as I’m going to get – there’s enough yuletide cheer to make even Gotham warm over. As always, WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.
PULL OF THE WEEK:
Avengers: The Initiative #31
Marvel Comics – $2.99 US
Writer: Christos N Gage
Artist: Rafa Sandoval
Score: 8.5/10
The music’s pumping, the booze is flowing and the girls are dancing. Seems like Taskmaster’s right where he wants to be, until Norman Osborn decides to come to Camp H.A.M.M.E.R. for an inspection. Nobody said pimpin’ was easy, especially since Taskmaster has to get his place running on all cylinders before the boss arrives, bearing “gifts.”
Incredibly solid issue by writer Gage. Throughout the entire string of storylines, like “Civil War,” “Secret Invasion” and “Dark Reign,” select characters from both sides of the fight have begun to question whether or not they’re on the right side. Makes for some good reading and interesting dynamics as “Siege” starts to pick up steam. Artist Sandoval continues to be consistently good, especially where Taskmaster is included in the scene.
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Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man, Arkham Reborn, Avengers: The Initiative, Blackest Night, Blackest Night: JSA, Brian Michael Bendis, Butch Guice, Captain America Reborn, Captain America: Who Will Wield The Shield?, Chris Claremont, Christos N Gage, Civil War, David Hine, David López, Ed Brubaker, Eddy Barrows, Fantastic Four, Gotham City Sirens, James Robinson, Jeremy Haun, Joe Bennett, Jonathan Hickman, JT Krul, Luke Ross, Marcos Marz, Neil Edwards, New Avengers, Paul Dini, Rafa Sandoval, Secret Invasion, Siege, Stuart Immonen, Teen Titans, Tom Grummett, X-Men Forever
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by Sal Loria, Nov 26 2009 // 3:30 PM
Welcome to another edition of The Pull List Comic Reviews! This week, the Blackest Night event takes center stage, Bendis and Oeming make a triumphant comeback and Archie gets married (again). As always, WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.
PULL OF THE WEEK:
Blackest Night #5 [of 8]
DC Comics – $3.99 US
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artist: Ivan Reis
Score: 9.0
The mastermind behind the dead rising stands revealed as the Blackest Night prophecy inches towards becoming true, but will the unified heroes of the world have enough to stop it? Not if a late dinner guest bearing gifts has anything to say about it.
Geoff Johns welcomes you all to hell. How could he not? In the thirty plus years that I’ve been reading comics, I can’t remember a time when things looked so grim in a story thanks to this issue. The big guns of the Justice League arrive in time to assist the Flashes – Barry Allen and Wally West – in confronting Nekron as the Black Lanterns’ power battery reaches full charge. Fast forward to the end of the issue and only two heroes remain standing while the rest are chomping at the bit, dying to feast on some good, old fashioned heart muscle. And this is only the fifth issue in an eight-issue series?!? Wow.
Johns, along with artist Ivan Reis, are obviously toying with us and giggling madly along the way. The re-emergence of “Bruce Wayne” – his name was in quotations in the issue as well – signaled that the next phase was about to begin, but what he did to heroes like Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, etc I don’t think anyone saw coming, characters and readers alike. The sixth issue cannot get here fast enough, if you ask me.
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Tagged: Angelo Torres, Archie, Blackest Night, Blackest Night: Superman, Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Creepy, Dan Braun, Darker Image, Dave Sims, Derec Donovan, Doug Mahnke, Erik Larsen, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Greg Ruth, Image United, invincible iron man, Ivan Reis, James Robinson, Jason Shawn Alexander, Jim Valentino, Joe Bennett, Joe Harris, Joe R Lansdale, Joss Whedon, JT Krul, Justice League of America, Marc Silvestri, Mark Bagley, Matt Fraction, Michael Uslan, Mike Avon Oeming, Mike Baron, Mike McKone, Ms. Marvel, Nathan Fox, Powers, Rahsan Ekedal, Rob DiSalvo, Rob Liefeld, Robert Kirkman, Russ Heath, Salvador Larocca, Stan Goldberg, Teen Titans, The Blair Witch Project, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio
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