Comic Book Reviews: Ultimate Avengers, Dark Avengers, Thunderbots, Iron Man

New comic book impressions for my friends:                                                                                                        Ultimate Avengers #2- Another solid issue from this re-launch.  History of Cap’s son, from inception to transformation into the Red Skull.  The stepping stones...

X-men Utopia Review

I’ll qualify this by saying that I own every X-men comic book from #129, the beginning of the Dark Phoenix Saga, to the present.  I like to think that i am an expert on the X-men.  I am geek-certified.  That being said, let’s get to it. I remember the good old days.  The days when there was a single team.  A coherent team.  Though the members changed over the years, the book always focused on a...

Comic Book Reviews: Punisher, The List, War of Kings

Just finished a couple of books.  Here are my impressions: War of Kings: Who Will Rule- Anyone who reads this blog knows that I looooved War of Kings- best cosmic story since Infinity Gauntlet.  And this one shot which bridges War of Kings and the sequel, Realm of Kings, due this fall, was great.  Its tackles one topic- who will rule the Shi’ar Empire.  Gladiator is the obvious choice, but he...

Comic Book Reviews and Impressions- September 5

Okay, peoples, here we go.  Some of this is recent, some a couple of months old, but all is quality: Fables #86 and 87-  first issues after the Great Fables crossover.  #86 was a one-shot featuring the Dark Man.  I’ll admit, I was disappointed.  First of, too much text.  Way to much.  And this is from someone who reads books like fish drink water.  I felt the book got bogged down by too much...

The State of the Hulk Comics

The Hulk has gone through some strange transitions int he past year.  First, he had a single book, which, after World War Hulk, became the Incredible Hercules and centered on Hercules and Amadeus Cho.  The response was to give the Hulk a new book, written by Jeff Loeb, which has been panned by the critics since its inception.  And now, the Hulk has been given a second book, written by Gregg Pak, the man who gave...