Comic Book Reviews

Comic Review: Forever Evil #1 by Geoff Johns & David Finch

Posted: September 7, 2013 at 2:15 pm   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

 Forever Evil  Written by Geoff Johns  Art by David Finch & Richard Friend  Colors by Sonia Oback It only took DC two years of the New 52 before they decided that they needed a company wide  crossover.  I give them credit for lasting that long. Spinning out of the events from “Trinity War” (a six […]

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Comic Review: Batman/Superman #2 by Greg Pak and Jae Lee

Posted: August 1, 2013 at 8:17 am   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

Batman/Superman #2 Written by Greg Pak Art by Jae Lee When the New 52 reboot was announced, I was under the impression that the folks in charge would take a similar approach to the reboot back in 1986.  That wasn’t the case.  In 1986 (when the universe was rebooted at the end of Crisis on Infinite […]

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The Longbox: Batman / Superman #1, Daredevil #27, & Nova #5 (Reviews)

Posted: July 8, 2013 at 2:20 pm   /   Comic Book Reviews, Local

It’s been awhile, but I have returned! Like a phoenix, I rise from the ashes!  Actually, I’ve just been super busy.  I hope you fanboys and fangirls didn’t miss me too much.  There have been some great comics coming out the last couple of weeks.  I couldn’t get to review them all, but here are […]

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Comic Review: The Adventures of Superman #1 with Stories by Jeff Parker, Chris Samnee, Jeff Lemire, Justin Jordan, Riley Rossmo

Posted: June 12, 2013 at 6:25 am   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

With this being the week of Superman, it seemed only natural that I give a little review of the newest DC Digital series Adventure of Superman.  The newest series in DC’s digital first series (Legends of the Dark Knight, Batman Beyond, and Smallville: Season 11 are a few of the others).  That means there are three […]

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Comic Review: Action Comics #19 by Andy Diggle & Tony Daniel

Posted: April 11, 2013 at 7:53 pm   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

Action Comics #19 Written by Andy Diggle Art by Tony Daniel Finally!! Redemption has arrived.  After much suffering at the hands of the creative teams on both of the main Superman books (Grant Morrison/Rags Morales on Action Comics & George Perez/Jesus Merino on Superman), we are finally treated to the new creative duo in Andy Diggle (The Losers & Green […]

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The Long Box: Comic Reviews: Fury MAX #9, Uncanny X-Men #1, and Batman #17

Posted: February 23, 2013 at 5:41 pm   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

This week, we’ve got war, fugitive mutants, the Bat, and The Jester.  Quite a lot if you ask me.   FuryMax #9 Written by Garth Ennis Art by Goran Parlov   I haven’t talked about this book because I was unsure how to convey just how much I have been loving it.  Garth Ennis (The Punisher & Preacher) writing about an […]

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The Long Box – Comic Reviews: Star Wars #1, Punk Rock Jesus #6, and Superior Spider-Man #1

Posted: January 13, 2013 at 5:37 pm   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

Welcome back True Believers! I hope everyone had a great start to 2013. The year should be pretty incredible for comic fans. We get a new Superman movie, the next chapter in the Marvel Studios film franchise with Iron Man 3, and we are going to get a a lot of new and fun things […]

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Comic Review: The Amazing Spider-Man #700 *SPOILERS*

Posted: January 2, 2013 at 1:08 am   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

This week saw the release of a comic that literally broke the internet. The Amazing Spider-Man #700 resulted in much fanfare and critical backlash. Issue 700 marks the end of The Amazing Spider-Man and leads directly into the MarvelNOW! launch of The Superior Spider-Man.  I’m warning you now, I’m going to be talking about the issue itself and spoiling the ending, […]

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Comic Book Reviews: Marvel NOW!

Posted: November 29, 2012 at 1:11 pm   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

The Marvel Now! relaunch is in full swing.  New creative teams and new titles have launched, and I have taken it upon myself to read almost all of the new titles (you can thank me later).  Notice that I said “RELAUNCH” and not “REBOOT”.  Rather than start all over with a new beginning, as DC has […]

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Comic Review: Superman: Earth One – Volume 2

Posted: November 6, 2012 at 2:22 am   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

Comic Review: Superman: Earth One – Volume 2 Written by J. Michael Straczynski Art by Shane Davis                 Finally! I can write about a Superman book.  For anyone that knows me, I don’t hide that Superman is MY hero.  He was the first character I ever read, and […]

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