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Comic Book Review: Action Comics #871: New Krypton
2008-11-13 16:50:00 The Revolution has certainly been intrigued with the beginning of the New Krypton story that is snaking through all the titles of the Superman family. I fully expect Johns to keep the ball rolling with Action Comics #871 and crank out another quality read. The New Krypton story has so much potential and I am interested to see what new twist Johns throws at the reader with this issue. Let?s go ahead and hit this review for Action Comics #871. Creative Team Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: Pete Woods Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 9 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 8.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with Commander Gor and Lieutenant Mur walking through New York City with a look of disdain for the humans around them. Gor states that Zod always promised to save Kandor and would have hunted down Brainiac if the Council had let him. Gor says that the humans have Brainiac?s ship in custody. That this is their chance to avenge Krypton. But, instead, ...
New Comic Books For November 12, 2008
2008-11-12 20:38:00 DC COMICS ACTION COMICS #871 BATMAN: CACAPHONY #1 BOOSTER GOLD #14 DETECTIVE COMICS #850 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #30 JSA KINGDOM COME SPECIAL SUPERMAN #1 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #20 NIGHTWING #150 TITANS #7 TRINITY #24 MARVEL COMICS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #577 BIG HERO 6 #3 ETERNALS ANNUAL #1 NEW EXILES #14 WOLVERINE #69 We are getting a nice sized shipment of comic books headed to the Bunker today. We are getting a total of 15 titles. This week is very heavy with DC comics. Which DC comic book am I most looking forward to reading? There are several quality reads headed our way from DC comics. I am looking forward to Nightwing #150 which concludes the Two-Face story arc. Tomasi has done a quality job with this story arc and I fully expect to get an exciting finish with this issue. I am also excited to read Detective Comics #850 as Dini puts a bow on the Hush story arc. This has been an entertaining story and I am curious to see what Dini has in store for Batman, Ca...
Comic Book Review: Superman/Supergirl: Maelstrom #1
2008-11-12 14:30:00 Since last week's episode of Smallville featured the teamup of Clark and Supergirl, I thought it would be fitting to review the first issue of the new Superman/Supergirl mini-series. The Smallville episode was good, I hope that this story is as good. Creative Team Writers: Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray Art: Phil Noto Art Rating: 5 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 4 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 4.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: Superman is lowering a giant space vessel down to a city on another world. NASA spotted the ship with the sensors on on of the Titan-Seven Voyagers. Superman asked Supergirl to cover for him while he crossed the galaxy to attempt a rescue mission. The only inhabitant was already dead when he caught up to the ship. By checking with the ship's computer, he found the home planet and returned the ship and pilot. Meanwhile, on Apokolips Darkseid is his followers produce new weapons. One of the slaves, a woman named Maelstrom is watching him. S...
Weekly Awards For The Comic Books From November 5, 2008
2008-11-11 20:20:00 All right, let?s go ahead and dish out The Revolution?s weekly awards. The award for the best comment of the week goes to Joe Average who posted this comment to The Revolution?s review of Ultimatum #1: ?For a first issue, I am tending to like this more than hate it. Most television shows and movies have an opening sequence to "hook" the viewer. Not much story, mostly flash. From that perspective, i like the way this issue starts off. Is it deep or complex? No. Does it need to be at this point? I don't think so. Magneto is one of my favourites so it's nice to see the death of his children really push him over the edge. Granted, if history is any indication, Loeb will eventually drop the ball again, bur for now I give it an 8 overall. Yes, an 8 may be high for the deep thinkers out there, but compared to Secret Invasion, i'm liking this ride MUCH better... PS - HE LOVES YOU? Joe Average definitely liked this issue much more than me, but he gave good supporting evidence concerni...
Comic Book Review: Ultimatum #1
2008-11-10 16:00:00 Ultimatum has finally arrived as Marvel simply could not wait for their other ?big event? in Secret Invasion to finish before cranking up this newest ?big event.? I have to admit that Ultimatum doesn?t interest me that much. With the exception of Ultimate Spider-Man, I stopped caring about the rest of the Ultimate Universe years ago. Also, I am not too sure that it was a wise idea by Marvel to tap Jeph Loeb to head up this big event. I enjoyed Loeb?s work over at DC, but Loeb has been incredibly disappointing since he came to Marvel. I mean, Wolverine was just awful and Hulk and the Ultimates 3 have been practically unreadable at times. I do not have faith in Loeb being able to craft a riveting big event with Ultimatum. I wish Marvel had given this task to Millar. Anyway, let?s hope for the best and go ahead and hit this review for Ultimatum #1. Creative Team Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: David Finch Inks: Danny Miki Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 3 Night Girls o...
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics Special #1: New Krypton
2008-11-07 16:45:00 There have been rumors swirling that DC was going to start printing Adventure Comics once again as a regular monthly title. While that remains to be seen, we did get Adventure Comics Special #1 this week. This issue features the Guardian and also has a cameo appearance by a C-list Legionnaire. I have enjoyed the New Krypton story so far so I fully expect Adventure Comics Special #1 to be a quality read. Let?s go ahead and hit this review. Creative Team Writer: James Robinson Artist: Pere Perez Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 9 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 8.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with being told that Adventure Comics Special #1 takes place in between pages 53 and 54 of Superman?s Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #1. Jimmy Olsen tells Jim Harper, the Guardian, that he has so many questions to ask him. Harper thinks if he should lie or tell the truth. Harper goes with the truth as we cut to Harper and Olsen sitting at a table inside of Harpe...
Comic Book Review: Justice Society of America #20
2008-11-06 16:15:00 The Revolution always looks forward to the latest issue of the Justice Society of America. This title is white hot as Johns continue to crank out excellent reads each and every month. We certainly have plenty on our plate with Justice Society of America #20 as the JSA has to not only deal with the internal schism between those who support Gog and those who do not, but they must also now deal with the JLI from Earth-2. Let?s go ahead and do this review for Justice Society of America #20. Creative Team Writer: Geoff Johns Pencils: Dale Eaglesham Inks: Nathan Massengill Art Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10. Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10. Overall Rating: 7.5 Night Girls out of 10. Synopsis: We begin with the JSI?s Power Girl demanding to know where her cousin is and why the JSA?s Power Girl infiltrated the JSI. At first the JSA thinks that the JSI members are time travelers since Jade is alive and well and because Sly Pemberton is still the Star Spangled Kid. But, Jay Garri...
New Comic Books For November 5, 2008
2008-11-05 14:45:00 DC COMICS ADVENTURE COMICS SPECIAL GUARDIAN #1 NEW KRYPTON FINAL CRISIS RESIST #1 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #20 TERROR TITANS #2 TRINITY #23 MARVEL COMICS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #576 DAREDEVIL & CAPTAIN AMERICA DEAD ON ARRIVAL INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #7 IRON MAN END SUB-MARINER DEPTHS #3 ULTIMATUM #1 Thank God. The election is finally over. The old lying scumbag politicians were replaced with new lying scumbag politicians. The political machine grinds on and I expect nothing to change. And once again, my candidate was a loser. Since I am staunchly anti-Republican and anti-Democrat, I always vote for a third party candidate. Oh well, the Duocracy will never allow a third party to win the Presidential election. But, on the positive side, I no longer have to be flooded with political ads while watching TV. If I had to see one more political ad with some forked tongue sleaze-bag politician lying to me and telling me everything that he thinks I want to hear I just might have gone ins...
Weekly Awards For The Comic Books From October 28, 2008
2008-11-04 22:30:00 All right, let?s go ahead and dish out The Revolution?s Weekly Awards. The nominees for the Che for the best read of the week: Captain America: Theater of War: Operation Zero Point #1 Incredible Hercules #122 Legion of Super Heroes #47 Nova #18 Superman #681 The Winner: Incredible Hercules #122 Legion of Super Heroes #47 Creative Team Writer: Jim Shooter Pencils: Rick Leonardi Inks: Dan Green Art Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 7.5 Night Girls out of 10 I guess I am the only person who has absolutely loved Shooter?s run on this title. And I thought that Shooter did another fine job with Legion of Super Heroes #47. What I like so much about Shooter?s run is his incredible feel for the personalities of the various Legionnaires. This has been the first time since Levitz left the Legion that I felt that the writer actually knew and understood the characters in the Legion. Shooter simply gets it. Shooter understands the spirit o...
Comic Book Review: Captain America: Theater of War: Operation Zero Point #1
2008-11-04 01:30:00 Marvel is rolling out several one-shot special issues under the banner of Captain America: Theater of War. These issues are designed to give supply the reader with Golden Age tales of Captain America and his missions during World War II. I dig the idea of further fleshing out Cap?s history, but I was hesitant to purchase any of these issues since I already am overrun with buying so many Secret Invasion and Final Crisis tie-in issues every single week. Then I saw that Daniel and Charles Knauf were slated to write Captain America: Theater of War: Operation Zero Point #1. I am a huge fan of the Knaufs and decided to go ahead and give this issue a try. I am confident that Captain America: Theater of War: Operation Zero Point #1 will be a quality read. Let?s go ahead and hit this review. Creative Team Writers: Daniel & Charles Knauf Artist: Mitch Breitwieser Art Rating: 6 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10 Syno...
The Worlds Longest Comic Strip
2008-11-02 23:10:00 From wikipedia.org “The world’s longest comic strip is 88.9 metres long and on display at Trafalgar Square as part of the London Comedy Festival. The record was previously 81 metres and held in Florida. The London Cartoon Strip was created by fifteen of Britain’s best known cartoonists and depicts the history of London.” [read more]
By: Factsbuffet.com
Comic Book Review: Incredible Hercules #122
2008-11-01 21:25:00 The Revolution finally gave Incredible Hercules a chance and absolutely fell in love with this title. I went to my local comic book shop and bought all the back issues of Incredible Hercules and read them in one sitting. I was hooked and quickly added this title to my permanent pull list. There is no doubt in my mind that Incredible Hercules #122 will be another fun read. Let?s hit this review. Creative Team Writers: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente Pencils: Clayton Henry Inks: Salva Espin Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with Namor attacking Hercules. Hercules thinks that Namor is attacking him because Herc is shagging Namora. Namor responds that he could care less about who his cousin sleeps with. Namor states that he wants to know what the Olympians are doing with Namor?s god: Poseidon. Hercules and Namor begin brawling. Namor says that Poseidon has disappeared and now the Amazo...
Comic Book Review: Superman #681: New Krypton
2008-10-31 14:30:00 The Revolution enjoyed Superman: New Krypton Special #1 and is certainly looking forward to the New Krypton story arc that will be snaking its way through Superman and Action Comics. I am confident that Robinson will deliver a rather exciting start to this story arc. Let?s go ahead and hit this review for Superman #681. Creative Team Writer: James Robinson Pencils: Renato Guedes Inks: Wilson Magalhaes Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 7.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with news reports from across the globe about the Kryptonians from Kandor taking to the skies and flying across Earth. We slide to the Daily Planet where Perry is barking out orders to every single reporter that the Kryptonian story is to take priority over any other story. Perry tells Lois and Jimmy to cover the meeting in Metropolis between the President of the United States and a Kryptonian delegation led by Superman. We cut to Superman flying t...
Exclusive: Milo Ventimiglia REST Comic Launch Photos
2008-10-30 20:59:00 Hey Josh, Here are the Milo Ventimiglia pictures from the REST launch and signing I took over the weekend. The event took place on Melrose & La Brea at Golden Apple Comics. Milo was promoting his new comic REST, which is essentially about this guy who has 24 hours a day to do everything he needs/wants ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Exclusive: Milo Ventimiglia REST Comic Launch Photos", url: "http://bumpshack.com/2008/10/3-0/exclusive-milo-ventimiglia-re-st-comic-launch-photos/" });
Comic Book Review: Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1
2008-10-30 16:00:00 The Revolution enjoyed the Sinestro War and is looking forward to the upcoming Blackest Night event. So, naturally, I am interested in Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1. I have a feeling that this issue will be a Final Crisis tie-in issue in name only and actually have nothing at all to do with DC?s current big event. I would expect that Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1 is designed to start building reader interest in the Blackest Night event. Let?s go ahead and do this review. Creative Team Writer: Geoff Johns Pencils: Shane Davis Inks: Sandra Hope Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 6 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin the issue with the statement that this issue takes place between Final Crisis #1 and #2. We start on Ysmault and witness the birth of the first Red Lantern: Atrocitus. Atrocitus narrates how the liquid fire of the red light fills his veins. Atrocitus begins throwing up blood. Atrocitu...
New Comic Books For October 29, 2008
2008-10-29 20:40:00 DC COMICS FINAL CRISIS RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS #1 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #26 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #47 SUPERMAN #681 SUPERMAN BATMAN #53 TEEN TITANS #64 TRINITY #22 MARVEL COMICS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #575 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THEATER OF WAR: OPERATION ZERO-POINT #1 INCREDIBLE HERCULES #122 MARVEL 1985 #6 NOVA #18 THOR #11 ULTIMATE CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL #1 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #3 WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #8 WOLVERINE ORIGINS #29 We are getting yet another monster sized shipment of comic books headed to the Bunker today. We are getting a total of 17 titles. This selection of titles is heavier with Marvel titles this week. Which DC comic book am I most looking forward to reading? I am definitely excited to read Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1. I have enjoyed most of the Final Crisis tie-in issues and I suspect that I will also enjoy this issue. Plus, this issue is the prelude to the Blackest Night event which I have been greatly looking f...
Comic Book Review: Captain America #43
2008-10-28 17:00:00 Now that Brubaker?s monster story arc involving Lukin/Red Skull has concluded, I am curious to see what Brubaker has in store for us next. I enjoy Bucky as Captain America and I am looking forward to getting to see Bucky finally accepting his destiny and embracing his role as Captain America. I am confident that Captain America #43 will be a quality read. Let?s go ahead and hit this review. Creative Team Writer: Ed Brubaker Pencils: Luke Ross Inks: Fabio Laguna Art Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 7.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with a flashback scene in 1942 in Shanghai, China. Steve, Bucky and the Human Torch meet up with one of the local resistance fighters. They arrive at a warehouse where a bunch of Japanese soldiers are stationed. The three Invaders suit up and attack the Japanese soldiers. Human Torch starts blasting away at the Japanese soldiers while Bucky whips out a machine gun and starts mowing down ...
Comic Book Review: Superman: New Krypton Special #1
2008-10-27 14:35:00 The Revolution enjoyed both Johns? Action Comics as well as Robinson?s Superman. I also found Superman?s Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #1 to be a thoroughly entertaining read. I have never been a huge fan of big blue, but DC has really cranked up the excitement and intensity surrounding Superman with everything that is going on in his two titles. Superman: New Krypton Special #1 ties in the stories from the three aforementioned titles and presents to the reader the blueprint for DC?s plans for the Superman franchise over the course of the next year. Let?s go ahead and do this review. Creative Team Writer: Geoff Johns, James Robinson & Sterling Gates Pencils: Pete Woods, Gary Frank & Renato Guedes Inks: Pete Woods, Jon Sibal & Wilson Magalhaes Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 9 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 8.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with Jonathan Kent?s funeral. Clark stands at the podium next to Pa Kent?s casket. Clark is distr...
Steal Back Your Vote Posts a Nifty Comic Book You Can Have and Give Away
2008-10-24 19:03:00 Award-winning investigative columnist Greg Palast has teamed up with Robert Kennedy Jr. to create the site StealBackYourVote.org, and produced this nifty comic book on the same topic. You can drop by their site to make a donation and you can share this comic book with folks who might be feeling disenfranchised by the obstacle course that is the current Byzantine voting system in the USA, circa 2008. But whatever you do, make sure you vote and that you encourage and enable others to vote, too. Remember, Neo-Cons hate it when we vote. The more voters who vote, the more Democrats get elected.
By: Tumerica
Comic Book Review: Final Crisis #4
2008-10-24 18:40:00 The Revolution has enjoyed Final Crisis much more than Secret Invasion. Morrison has given us a story that is plot heavy, detailed and well written. Final Crisis has plenty of substance to keep the reader satisfied. This is a multi-textured story that has many layers to it. The reader can go back and read each issue several times and discover something new each time. Having said that, it is time for Morrison to crank this story up a couple of notches. We have gotten all the set-up and foundation work that is necessary for this big event. Now it is time to implement plenty of plot progression. Let?s go ahead and do this review for Final Crisis #4. Creative Team Writer: Grant Morrison Artists: J.G. Jones, Carlos Pacheco & Jesus Merino Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with The Ray narrating how the gods of Apokolips cracked every form of Earth?s technology. The gods of Apokolips...
Comic Book Review: Secret Invasion #7
2008-10-23 19:15:00 The Revolution continues to be summarily unimpressed with Secret Invasion. Bendis has failed to give us anything more than a shallow and unoriginal read. And the pacing has been excruciatingly slow. Secret Invasion is the big event that just won?t end. I feel like we have been reading this story for a year. Anyway, I do not expect any great plot work or dialogue with Secret Invasion #7 so let?s hope that we at least get some entertaining mindless action. Let?s go ahead and hit this review. Creative Team Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Pencils: Leinel Yu Inks: Mark Morales Art Rating: 5 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 5 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with the Secret Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Young Avengers, Fantastic Four, Thunderbolts, Nick Fury and the new Howling Commandos and the Hood and his goons all united together and battling the Skrull super soldiers. The Skrull Queen orders her solider to target Reed Richards. In turn,...
New Comic Books For October 22, 2008
2008-10-22 17:32:00 DC COMICS FINAL CRISIS #4 FINAL CRISIS SUBMIT #1 SUPERMAN NEW KRYPTON SPECIAL #1 TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #8 TRINITY #21 MARVEL COMICS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #574 CAPTAIN AMERICA #43 DAREDEVIL #112 HULK #7 NEW AVENGERS #46 SECRET INVASION #7 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #127 X-FACTOR #36 X-MEN LEGACY #217 This week sees a normal sized shipment of comic books headed to the Bunker today. We are getting a total of 14 titles. This week is heavier with Marvel titles than DC titles. This is a monster week since we are getting the latest installments of both Final Crisis and Secret Invasion. Which DC comic book am I most looking forward to reading? Superman: New Krypton Special #1 should be a great read. I thoroughly enjoyed Superman?s Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #1. It was an entertaining read that immediately grabbed my attention and acted as a fine lead-in to Superman: New Krypton Special #1. Johns? Brainiac story arc over on Action Comics ended with a stunning finale. It should be interesting to ...
Weekly Awards For The Comic Books From October 15, 2008
2008-10-22 04:14:00 All right, let?s go ahead and dish out The Revolution?s weekly awards. The nominees for the Che for the best read of the week: Booster Gold #13 Final Crisis: Rogues? Revenge #3 Guardians of the Galaxy #6 Justice Society of America #19 The Winner: Justice Society of America #19 Booster Gold #13 Writer: Rick Remender Pencils: Pat Olliffe Inks: Jerry Ordway Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 7.5 Night Girls out of 10 Booster Gold #13 definitely exceeded my initial expectations. Ever since Johns and Katz wrapped up their run on this title, we have been getting nothing but filler issues. I was not all that impressed with the filler issues that we got from Dixon. So, I figured that there was little chance that I would enjoy the filler issues brought to us by Remender as DC wastes time until Jurgens takes over as the new writer on Booster Gold. I was wrong. Remender turns in an enjoyable issue. The time stream is a wonderful pl...
Comic Book Review: Justice Society of America #19
2008-10-20 22:30:00 Justice Society of America continues to be one of DC?s more intriguing titles. Johns is a master world builder and is clearly having fun with this current Gog/Magog story arc. I fully expect Johns to unleash several more plot twists and turns on the reader. Let?s go ahead and do this review for Justice Society of America #19. Creative Team Writer: Geoff Johns Pencils: Dale Eaglesham Inks: Nathan Massengill Art Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10. Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10. Overall Rating: 7.5 Night Girls out of 10. Synopsis: We begin on Earth-2 with Power Girl finishing explaining her story to Michael Holt. Power Girl finishes up by stating that she would understand if Michael did not believe her at all. Michael then quotes the bible by saying ?Anything is possible for him who believes.? Power Girl is stunned that Michael would be quoting the bible. Michael proceeds to explain how his wife got into a terrible car accident and was in a coma. That none of the top neuro...
Comic Book Review: Young X-Men #7
2008-10-18 17:30:00 Until now, I have not tried this comic. After reading an interview with the author, I was intrigued enough to read this issue. New X-Men titles do not have a good track record. This book will need to impress me. Overall the X-books are not what they used to be. But maybe this book will be an exception and show that new X-books can be successful. Previously...after the X-Men disbanded, Cyclops recruited a new team consisting of Wolf Cub, Dust, Blindfold, Rockslide, and Ink. Their first mission was to hunt down former members of the New Mutants who were recreating the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Wolf Cub died. "Cyclops" turned out to be Donald Pierce, a longtime enemy of the X-Men. Now the team has joined the real X-Men. Creative Team Writer: Marc Guggenheim Artist: Ben Oliver Art Rating: 6 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: Dust is walking with Donald Pierce. He is in a prison uniform. He is trying to fin...
Comic Book Review: Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds
2008-10-18 04:30:00 The Revolution was less than impressed with Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #1. Johns has failed to convince me that he understands the Legion given his work with them over on Action Comics. And up to this point, Johns still has not convinced me that he is the man who should be entrusted with the job of ?fixing? the Legion. I fully understand that my love for the Legion and years of bitterness over how DC has continually screwed the Legion ever which possible way has left me a very jaded Legion fan. So, I have a hard time believing that Didio and Johns know what they are doing with this title. Still, it is out of my control so all I can do is hope for the best with this title. Maybe Johns will stun me and win me over with a strong effort on Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #2. Creative Team Writer: Geoff Johns Pencils: George Perez Inks: Scott Koblish Art Rating: 9 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 5 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10 Sy...
Comic Book Review: Uncanny X-Men #503
2008-10-16 22:05:00 Uncanny X-Men continues to be an absolutely dreadful read. This just might be the worst Marvel comic book on the market. There is no reason for me to expect anything other than plenty of hackneyed and ?trendy? dialogue, zero character work and incredibly insipid plotlines. I am going to hold my nose and go ahead and do this review for Uncanny X-Men #503. Creative Team Writers: Matt Fraction & Ed Brubaker Pencils: Greg Land Inks: Jay Leisten Art Rating: 5 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 2 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 3.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with Cannonball at the bar Soma in San Francisco. The bartender cards Sam to wit Sam flashes his I.D. and comments that he is ?Free, white and twenty-one.? Oh yeah, I forgot to point out that the bartender is black. (This is so stupid.) We cut to Sam slinking back to the table with the drinks. Mirage and Karma ask Sam what took him so long. Sam replies that he just got a lecture on racial sensitivity. Sam...
New Comic Books For October 15, 2008
2008-10-15 17:04:00 DC COMICS BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #12 BOOSTER GOLD #13 BRAVE AND THE BOLD #18 FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #2 FINAL CRISIS ROGUES REVENGE #3 FLASH #245 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #19 TITANS #6 TRINITY #20 MARVEL COMICS AGE OF SENTRY #2 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #573 ASTONISHING X-MEN #27 GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #6 IRON MAN DIRECTOR OF SHIELD #34 MIGHTY AVENGERS #19 MOON KNIGHT #23 ULTIMATE ORIGINS #5 UNCANNY X-MEN #503 We have a monster sized shipment of comic books headed to the Bunker today. We are getting a total of 18 titles. This selection of titles is evenly split between Marvel and DC. I am going to have to take an extra long lunch hour today in order to get a head start on all of these comic books. Which DC comic book am I most looking forward to reading? I am curious to read Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #2. I have a hard time reconciling if my curiosity is more of a morbid one of wanting to see just how many characters Johns is going to slaughter or if it is more...
Weekly Awards For The Comic Books From October 8, 2008
2008-10-15 04:20:00 The Followers of The Revolution voted for Action Comics #870 to win the Che for the best read of the week. Second place was a tight battle as Final Crisis: Revelations #3 just barely fended off Avengers/Invaders #5. Here are the results: ACTION COMICS #870: 30% (27 votes) FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS #3: 14% (13 votes) AVENGERS INVADERS #5: 13% (12 votes) DETECTIVE COMICS #849: 10% (9 votes) GREEN LANTERN #35: 10% (9 votes) SECRET INVASION INHUMANS #3: 6% (6 votes) GREEN LANTERN CORPS #29: 5% (5 votes) INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #6: 5% (5 votes) BIG HERO 6 #2: 2% (2 votes) TRINITY #19: 1% (1 vote) LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #19: 0 votes The Followers voted for Invincible Iron Man #6 to win the Sequential Methadone Award for the worst read of the week. Here are the results: INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #6: 30% (21 votes) TRINITY #19: 22% (15 votes) FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS #3: 13% (9 votes) SECRET INVASION INHUMANS #3: 11% (8 votes) AVENGERS INVADERS #5: 7% (5 votes) DETECTIVE COMIC...
Comic Book Review: Final Crisis: Revelations #3
2008-10-14 14:45:00 The Revolution agrees that this has been a great series. Rucka and Tan have produced a perfect companion story to the main Final Crisis event. The development of the Spectre and the Question has been amazing. Rucka has taken the two of them from their days of being detectives to players on the superpowered scene. I am anxiously looking forward to seeing where the story goes from here. Creative Team Writer: Greg Rucka Pencils: Philip Tan Inks: Jonathan Glapion Art Rating: 9 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 9 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 9 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: The story opens to a narrator discussing God's gift of free will. The scenes being shown are a city in flames, hypnotized workers in office cubicles, a group of people carrying clubs and walking in the streets. The absence of choice is the antithesis of life. Now we find that the narrator is Radiant(who used to be called Clare Coeur). The mob is trying to get to Radiant and the Spectre. The Spectre ye...
Comic Book Review: Detective Comics #849
2008-10-13 21:20:00 The Hush story arc on Detective Comics has been a solidly crafted story. Dini continues to crank up the intensity on this story and has produced several unexpected twists and turns. I am confident that Detective Comics #849 will be another fine read. Let?s do this review.Creative TeamWriter: Paul DiniPencils: Dustin NguyenInks: Derek FridolfsArt Rating: 5 Night Girls out of 10Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10Overall Rating: 6.5 Night Girls out of 10Synopsis: We begin with two guards taking the Scarecrow to his cell at Arkham Asylum. Suddenly, two batarangs take down the two guards. Batman then pounces on the Scarecrow. They are right outside of the Joker?s cell. Batman uses one of the guard?s pass cards to open the Joker?s cell. Batman shoves the Joker to the ground and handcuffs the Joker to the sink in his cell.Batman then drags Scarecrow into the cell. Batman grabs the hanging light in the cell and shatters the light bulb. Batman drags Scarecrow over to the toilet and places ...
Comic Book Review: Invincible Iron Man #6
2008-10-10 17:11:00 The Revolution continues to find Invincible Iron Man completely and totally unimpressive. Fraction is delivering a pedestrian read that is nothing more than a standard issue comic book story. Iron Man is by far and away my favorite Marvel character so it pains me to see a writer who is clearly of limited ability writing this title. And it makes it even harder considering that I got spoiled by such incredible writing from the Knaufs leading up to Fraction taking over writing Iron Man. I can only hope that sales numbers slip enough to warrant Marvel placing a different writer on this title. Personally, I think Marvel should have given Invincible Iron Man to Christos Gage. He always did a fantastic job filling in for the Knaufs. Let?s go ahead and do this review for Invincible Iron Man #6. Creative Team Writer: Matt Fraction Artist: Salvador Larroca Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 3 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 5.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We beg...
Comic Book Review: Action Comics #870
2008-10-09 20:45:00 Johns continues to impress me with his excellent work on Action Comics. Johns is one of the better world builders in the industry. And Johns is certainly doing a fine job updating Superman?s continuity by mixing in more of Superman?s pre-Crisis history. I am sure that Action Comics #870 will be another well crafted read. Let?s do ahead and hit this review. Creative Team Writers: Geoff Johns Pencils: Gary Frank Inks: Jon Sibal & Bit Art Rating: 9 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 8.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with Brainiac stating how Superman led him to Earth. Brainiac says that now that he has Metropolis in a bottle that he will go ahead and destroy Earth. After all, Brainiac refuses to share any of the knowledge that he collects by capturing the various cities from across the universe. Brainiac continues that he thought that Superman was an intelligent creature. A man born of many worlds just like Brainiac. Brain...
Muzammil turns comic for HORN OK PLEASSSS - News
2008-10-05 20:30:00 It was a serious start for Muzammil Ibrahim when he was launched last year by the Bhatts in DHOKHA....
A la caza del Troll
2008-09-19 15:05:00 Excepcional viñeta la publicada en el blog GeekinLove. Pero antes, aclaramos un concepto básico para entenderla. En la jerga de Internet, un troll (a veces trol) es un mensaje u otra forma de participación que busca intencionadamente molestar a los usuarios o lectores, creando controversia, provocar reacciones predecibles, especialmente por parte de usuarios novatos, con fines ...
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Comic Book Review: Secret Invasion #6
2008-09-11 03:20:00 I have to apologize up front if I sound incoherent at any part of this review. I am currently totally high on massive quantities of cold medicine as I battle a nice little September cold. Yay me. At any rate, Secret Invasion has been a serviceable read. Still, as a big event Secret Invasion has been a disappointment. Yet, last issue gave me the hope that Bendis will deliver an exciting finale to this event. If nothing else, Secret Invasion #6 should provide the reader with plenty of enjoyable action. We finally get to see Iron Man, Captain America and Thor back together again and fighting on the same side. I have a feeling that Secret Invasion #6 is going to be a fun read. Let?s do this review. Creative Team Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Pencils: Leinel Yu Inks: Mark Morales Art Rating: 6 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 4 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with Marvel Boy flying around when suddenly one of the Skrull ships from th...
New Comic Books For September 10, 2008
2008-09-10 13:20:00 DC COMICS BOOSTER GOLD #12 FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS #2 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #28 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #18 TRINITY #15 MARVEL COMICS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #571 BIG HERO SIX #1 SECRET INVASION #6 ULTIMATE ORIGINS #4 The Bunker has been in a football induced haze over the past weekend as both the NFL and college football have gotten underway. I am a football addict and it is wonderful to stretch out on the sofa armed with plenty of food and various cold beverages while I proceed to watch college football all day Saturday and the NFL games all day Sunday. Life is good. It looks like we are getting back-to-back small weeks here at The Revolution. We have only 9 titles headed to the Bunker this Wednesday. It is a rare week when The Revolution?s weekly shipment is only in the single digits. And this offering of comic books this week hardly gets me excited. It looks like we are in store for another ?blah? week. Which DC comic book am I most looking forward to reading...
Weekly Awards For The Comic Books From September 4, 2008
2008-09-10 03:18:00 All right, let?s go ahead and dish out The Revolution?s weekly awards. The nominees for the Che for the best read of the week: Detective Comics #848 Nightwing #148 The Winner: Nightwing #148 This week was full of pedestrian reads. Last week we had a crowded field for the Che. Not so this week. Detective Comics #848 was another quality effort by Dini. Both Thom and I enjoyed this issue as evidenced by The Revolution?s review. Dini?s story on Detective Comics is a nice balance to the style of story that Morrison is giving us on Batman. Readers who dislike Morrison?s version of Batman would probably enjoy Dini?s version of Batman. However, I had to give the Che for the best read of the week to Nightwing #148. I might have liked the story itself a bit more in Detective Comics #848, but the artwork was much better in Nightwing #148 than what we got in Detective Comics #848. Tomasi continues to do an impressive job on Nightwing. This is a title that was dead and buried during the O...
Comic Book Review: Detective Comics #848
2008-09-09 17:30:00 The Revolution has enjoyed Paul Dini's work on Batman, starting with the animated adventures and continuing through Detective Comics. This month features part 3 of Heart of Hush. The first two parts were good and I expect this to be another great Dini story. Fans of the Hush from the Loeb/Lee series should like Dini's work on filling out the background of Hush in this storyline. Creative Team Writer: Paul Dini Pencils: Dustin Nguyen Inks: Derek Fridolfs Art Rating: 4 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 6 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: Catwoman is getting dressed. She is looking in a mirror when she spots Hush in the reflection. He says boo. She kicks him through a large window. They fall out of the building. As they land, she calls him Dr. Elliot or Hush. He will pay for invading a lady's privacy. Hush can't believe that she calls herself a lady. Hush hits her from behind. He pulls out his 2 guns. Hush supposes that "he" likes to "da...
Comic Book Review: Nightwing #148
2008-09-08 14:30:00 Under Peter Tomasi's guidance, Nightwing has become one of the favorites of the Revolution. Tomasi has the perfect mixture of drama and humor. His Nightwing is the James Bond of the superhero set. He is the cool guy with a sense of humor. Tomasi has also been putting him up against A-list villains. Talia was in his first story line. This story features Two-Face. Creative Team Writer: Peter Tomasi Pencils: Rags Morales Inks: Michael Bair and Bob Petrecca Art Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 7.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: In the first part of this story, Harvey (Two-Face) Dent recruited Nightwing to protect his former love, Carol. Nightwing and Carol are pinned down by sniper fire on a Gotham roof top. Nightwing was shot. Nightwing dodges bullets while making his way to Carol. He hits a button on his wrist unit to summon his flying wing. He ties her to him and grabs the handle of the wing. As it takes off, Nightwing is in ...
Top 5 a las 5 (2×01) - No debería, pero me gusta
2008-09-07 18:11:00 Hoy estamos de estreno oficial. Bienvenidos a la segunda temporada del Top 5 a/de las 5, ese metatop que hacemos unos blogueros insignes. Las reglas, se elige un tema, y cada uno hace un top sobre ese tema, y se publica a una hora fijada: las 5 de la tarde de los domingos, empezamos un ...
Comic Book Review: Sub-Mariner: The Depths #1
2008-09-07 17:00:00 The highly anticipated Sub-Mariner mini-series has arrived in the bunker. The Revolution members are fans of the artist. Just looking at the cover lets you know you are in for an artistic treat. Hopefully the story measures up to the art. In Rokk's words, Sub-Mariner has the potential to be Marvel's Black Adam. Creative Team Writer: Peter Milligan Artist: Esad Ribic Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 5 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 6.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: The story starts with the submarine Plato on patrol. The captain describes how he had to lock up one of the crewmen. We see the crewman in a straight jacket. His fear has gotten the best of him. The captain explains that there is no such thing as the Sub-Mariner. He is a legend. Besides, he would visit the captain before he would visit the second engineer. Next, we see a man in the observation area of the submarine. He spots something beautiful in the darkness of the ocean. A flash of light ...
Comic Book Review: Titans #4
2008-09-06 20:30:00 The Revolution continues to find Judd Winick?s Titans a completely unimpressive read. It is stunning how bad this title has been considering that DC gave Winick the keys to the ultimate roster of Teen Titans. When I first heard that DC tabbed Winick to be the writer of the Titans, I thought to myself that not even Winick could screw up a title starring the classic Wolfman/Perez Teen Titans. I was wrong. Let?s hope that Titans #4 is at least average. Let?s go ahead and do this review. Creative Team Writer: Judd WinickPencils: Joe Benitez Inks: Victor Llamas & Oliver Nome Art Rating: 5 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 4 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 4.5 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with Trigon?s three sons squaring off against the Titans. Beast Boy yammers on as Winick completely drives the point through the ground about how there are actually three sons of Trigon instead of just one as they had previously thought. We then see Raven immobilized as her brot...
Comic Book Review: Justice Society of America #18
2008-09-05 17:30:00 Justice Society of America is one of DC?s strongest and most dependable titles. I would certainly say that this is DC?s best team title at the moment. I fully expect Justice Society of America #18 to be another fine read as we finally get to see the appearance of Magog. Let?s go ahead and hit this review. Creative Team Writer: Geoff Johns Pencils: Dale Eaglesham & Jerry Ordway Inks: Mick Gray, Kris Justice, Nathan Massengill, Jerry Ordway Art Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10. Story Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10. Overall Rating: 7.5 Night Girls out of 10. Synopsis: We begin with an African tribal militia raping and killing the locals of a small village. That is until Gog and the JSA show up on the scene. The JSA members begin kicking ass on the tribal militia. Hawkman shows what a bad-ass warrior he is by destroying on some of the militia members. Hawkman is about to kill one of the tribesmen when Jay Garrick stops him. Jay reminds Hawkman that the JSA does not kill. Tha...
Comic Book Review: Invincible Iron Man #5
2008-09-05 04:15:00 The Revolution continues to be summarily unimpressed with the insipid story that Fraction has given us on Invincible Iron Man. Thom reviewed the last issue of Invincible Iron Man so I figured I would review Invincible Iron Man #5 in order to prevent any unnecessary trauma on Thom by forcing him to have to review this title back-to-back. Thom?s assessment of the last issue was about the same as mine. Great art and unimpressive writing. Maybe Fraction can surprise me and crank out a great read with Invincible Iron Man #5. Let?s hit this review. Creative Team Writer: Matt Fraction Artist: Salvador Larroca Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 4 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 6 Night Girls out of 10 Synopsis: We begin with the four Stark facilities that Stane has targeted to blow up. They are in Tokyo, Valencia, Los Angeles and Long Island. We see civilians at the four facilities boarding trams and taking guiding tours of the facilities. The tour guides rattle of...
New Comic Books For September 4, 2008
2008-09-04 17:28:00 DC COMICS DETECTIVE COMICS #848 GREEN LANTERN #34 NIGHTWING #148 SECRET SIX #1 TITANS #4 TRINITY #14 MARVEL COMICS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #570 ETERNALS #4 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #5 SUB-MARINER DEPTHS #1 X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY #1 All right, it looks like sanity returns to the Bunker this week as we finally get a break from the back-to-back monstrously large weekly shipments of comic books. A relatively small selection of just 11 titles are headed to the Bunker today. This week is pretty evenly balanced between Marvel and DC. Which DC comic book am I most looking forward to reading? I am interested in reading Detective Comics #848. Dini has been consistently good on this title. I am enjoying this current story arc involving Hush. Plus, I am glad to see Catwoman back mixing it up with the Batman. Nightwing #148 should be another quality read. Tomasi has impressed me with his work on this title. Tomasi has managed to revive this moribund comic book and make it an entertaining read. H...
Weekly Awards For The Comic Books From August 27, 2008
2008-09-04 01:17:00 Due to it being Labor Day weekend and the fact that an unusually large shipment of comic books flooded the Bunker, I did not have time to post the reader polls for the weekly awards. They shall return this week. All right, let?s go ahead and dish out The Revolution?s weekly awards. The nominees for the Che for the best read of the week: DCU: Last Will and Testament Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1 Final Crisis: Rogues? Revenge #2 Justice Society of America #18 Kick-Ass #4 Legion of Super Heroes #45 Wolverine #68 Wolverine: First Class #6 The Winner: Wolverine #68 This week was insane. Not only did we get a massive shipment of comic books last week, but we also got an incredibly strong selection of comic books as well. I was so impressed with last week?s mix of comic books. I love weeks like this when DC and Marvel absolutely spoil us with so many quality reads. Awarding the Che is going to be difficult since all of the nominees this week were wonderful reads and each one was des...
Comic Book Review: Mighty Avengers #17
2008-09-03 14:30:00 Secret Invasion tie-ins have been the most inconsistant books we get in the bunker. We, at the Revolution, have seen some great tie-ins. Others have been poorly done. Let us spin the wheel and see where this one fits in.Creative TeamWriter: Brian Michael BendisPencils: Khoi PhamInks: Danny Miki and Andy LanningArt Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10Story Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10Overall Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10Synopsis: Our story starts several months ago at a place called Bruno's Nighttime Cafe. We see a blond haired man walking into the cafe. He asks if they still make the coffee with something else in it. Bruno says he adds hot chocolate. The man orders a cup.Bruno says it is quiet here. He likes it better than living in New York. The man agrees. As he takes a sip, he says that is what he was looking for. He added it to his list of the top ten best things on the planet. Bruno is impressed that he thinks it is that good. He asks the man if he has been here before. The ma... |
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