Category: Graphic Novel Reviews

  • Thor: Avengers Disassembled TPB Review

    Thor: Avengers Disassembled TPB Review

    Marvel Writers: Michael Avon Oeming, Daniel Berman Art: Andrea DiVito As much as it breaks my mortal heart to say it, Thor just isn’t cool any more. Was he ever hip, or trendy, or with the times in the way that Spider-man or Wolverine maintain popularity? The fair haired God of Thunder has always been…

  • She-Hulk: Single Green Female TPB Review

    She-Hulk: Single Green Female TPB Review

    2004, Marvel Story: Dan Slott Pencils: Juan Bobillo, Paul Pelletier Inks: Marcela Sasa, Roland Paris, Tom Simmons, Don Hillsman Colours: Chris Chuckry, Avalon Studios It’s not unusual for comic writers to fuse other genres with the superhero formula. Luke Cage was born from blaxploitation, Shang Chi started kicking ass when martial arts infatuated the Western…

  • Hulk – Startling Stories: Banner TPB Review

    Hulk – Startling Stories: Banner TPB Review

    2002, Marvel Writer: Brian Azzarello Art: Richard Corben Colours: Studio FX It would seem not a day goes by in the life of Bruce Banner in which he is not responsible for levelling a small town or lobbing a tank into a helicopter. By showing the aftermath of these tantrums, Banner illustrates the consequences of…

  • Hulk: The End Graphic Novel Review

    Hulk: The End Graphic Novel Review

    2001, Marvel Writer: Peter David Pencils: Dale Keown Inks: Joe Weems with Livesay Colours: Dan Kemp “I am the weak piston in that engine,” Bruce Banner tells himself, as he endures the torment of Prometheus in this green-skinned take on The Last Man on Earth. Humanity has long passed, and Hulk has finally found the…