Comics Reviewed! Hellboy, Avengers, Kick-Ass 2 and more!

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  NOTHING SAYS HALLOWEEN LIKE ANIMAL/SUPERHERO CROSSOVERS, TAKE ONE Avengers vs. The Pet Avengers #1 (of 4)(Marvel, $2.99) by Graig Kent Here’s what you get with Avengers vs. The Pet Avengers… a brief history lesson on the Age of Dragons...

Comics Reviewed! Soldier Zero, Mark Millar and more!

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  THE DUCK KNIGHT RETURNS Darkwing Duck #1-5 (BOOM!, $3.99) By Adam Prosser Nowadays we tend to think of “superheroes” and “cartoons” as quite distinct from each other, but for a long time that wasn’t really the case. Both were...

Comics Reviewed! Warlord, Strange Tales and more!

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  STRANGE TALES TAKES MARVEL EVEN FURTHER OFF THE BEATEN PATH Strange Tales II #1 (Marvel, $4.99) By Adam Prosser The big superhero publishers have always recruited talent from the indie ranks, but lately Marvel seems to have gone wild...

Comics Reviewed! Deadpool, Thor, Tron and more!

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  THIS FANTASTIC FOUR ONE-SHOT IS DESIGNED ONLY FOR FUN Fantastic Four in…Ataque Del M.O.D.O.K. One-Shot (Marvel, $3.99) By Adam Prosser There are two kinds of superhero fans: those who like MODOK, and those who don’t. To one group, he’s...

Comics Reviewed! Machete, Death, Nemesis and more!

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  DEATH COMES TO METROPOLIS Lex Luthor’s Action Comics #893 (DC, $3.99) By Adam Prosser This comic is notable for two big reasons. The first is that it represents the first appearance of Death in a main-line DC comic. No,...

Comics Reviewed! Simpsons, Thor, Black Widow and more!

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  IMMIGRANT SONG Thor #615 (Marvel Comics, $3.99) By Devon Sanders I never thought I’d see the day where Thor would become a true franchise character. Once relegated to The Avenger’s resident “strong guy,” not much was ever truly expected...

Comics Reviewed! Red, The Losers, Ghost Rider and more!

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  THE BRIGHTEST, NOT THE BEST: “DAY” HAS PACING PROBLEMS Brightest Day #10 by Graig Kent Geoff Johns has been guiding the DC Universe for a few years now, first with Infinite Crisis and 52, then having a controlling hand...

Comics Reviewed! Wolverine, The Avengers and more!

Posted 16 years ago

Ah, Labor Day. BBQs, a night of drinking with your friends before school starts, maybe one last trip to the cottage…oh, and a delayed shipping schedule for comics! (In case you were wondering why this column was hitting on Friday.)...

Comics Reviewed! Thor, Wolverine, Deadpool and more!

Posted 16 years ago

Before we begin this week’s column, just wanted to give a quick tip of the hat to Worlds Collide Comics (Oshawa, Ontario) and Comic Book Addiction (Whitby, Ontario) for helping me write this column with free sample copies and moral...

Comics Reviewed! The Losers, Danger Girl, Punisher and more!

Posted 16 years ago

  Hey folks, just wanted to pop in before this week’s reviews and say thanks for keeping up with our little 4-color corner of JoBlo.com, and for putting up with our ongoing struggle with Canadian spelling. Also the lack of...

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