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 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...

Comic reviews- August 25

Stayed up late last night to catch up on some comics.  I am getting way too far behind.  So here are a handful of impressions: Daredevil #500- First off, I HATE these anniversary comics we have been seeing lately (Hulk, Captain America, Spiderman).  They cost too much when all I want is the main story.  Anyway, that being said, I loved this issue.  Dardevil has been great since it restarted with Kevin Smith...

War of Kings Review

I’ll admit it.  I love Marvel’s cosmic Universe. The Infinity Gauntlet was one of the best comic book stories EVER.  I loved Annihilation, and I enjoyed Annihilation Conquest, and I enjoyed most of the limited series that accompanied these events. And I love the Inhumans.  The Inhuman Maxi-series from several years ago by Jenkins and Lee was as good as Infinity Gauntlet (though for different...