Month: October 2007

  • Ultimate Annuals vol. 1 TPB Review

    Ultimate Annuals vol. 1 TPB Review

    2006, Marvel Writers: Mark Millar, Brian K. Vaughan, Brian Michael Bendis Artists: Jae Lee, Tom Raney, Mark Brooks, Steve Dillon Inkers: Scott Hanna, Jaime Mendoza Colourists: June Chung, Gina Going-Raney, Dave Stewart, Paul Mounts This volume collects the four 2006 annuals from Marvel’s slowly declining Ultimate imprint. It’s an odd medley in all, with three…

  • New Avengers vol. 2: Sentry TPB Review

    New Avengers vol. 2: Sentry TPB Review

    2006, Marvel Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Pencils: Steve McNiven Inks: Mark Morales, John Dell Colours: Morry Hollowell, Laura Martin Fans anticipating Marvel’s New Avengers were left strangely confused after the initial story arc failed to include two members pictured in the promotional material; the Sentry (Marvel’s Superman) and Ronin (at this point, identity undisclosed). Volume…

  • New Avengers vol. 3: Secrets & Lies TPB Review

    New Avengers vol. 3: Secrets & Lies TPB Review

    2006, Marvel Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Pencils: David Finch, Rick Mays, Frank Cho Inks: Danny Miki, Jason Martin Colours: Frank D’Armata, Rob Schwager, Jason Keith The New Avengers continues its rather slow set up; 17 issues later we have the official roster being publicly announced. Whereas volume two dealt with the Sentry’s inclusion into the…

  • Marvel Zombies TPB Review

    Marvel Zombies TPB Review

    Marvel, 2006 Writer: Robert Kirkman Art: Sean Phillips Colours: June Chung Covers: Arthur Suydam The two big ones do thrive on gimmicks. If it’s not the next Death of A Nobody, it’s the obligatory annual Big Event, the repercussions of which are never anything but minimal. Dragging its rotting corpse onto the back of the…

  • The Exterminators vol. 2: Insurgency TPB Review

    The Exterminators vol. 2: Insurgency TPB Review

    2006 DC/Vertigo Writer: Simon Oliver Pencils: Tony Moore, Chris Samnee Inks: Ande Parks, Sean Parsons, Tony Moore Colours: Brian Buccellato Essentially, Simon Oliver’s Exterminators is Repo Man set in a pest control institution. This is not to say that Exterminators is in any way derivative of Alex Cox’s cult classic, but that it presents a…

  • Whiteout TPB Review

    Whiteout TPB Review

    Originally published 1998, Oni Press Writer: Greg Rucka Art: Steve Lieber Whiteout: a weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow and diffuse lighting from overcast clouds. U.S. Marshall Carrie Stetko feels the same way about her current predicament; emotionally vacuous and struggling to lose her past, she is only given…