The Full Run: FINAL CRISIS #1
Comic book events are designed to be welcoming to new readers, or at least those with a cursory knowledge of a given publisher’s universe. They embrace a broad strokes approach to storytelling, capturing big...
The Full Run: Final Crisis – Prologue
If there are two overarching themes found in the works of Grant Morrison, they are metatextuality and all stories matter. Both of them can be found in the pages of Final Crisis, arguably the most polarizing...
Civil War Crimes: Civil War #7
Chase Magnett: The best part of Civil War #7 is knowing we are almost done. It has been a long trail over the past seven weeks as we’ve walked this long beach of comics criticism. Sometimes there were only...
Civil War Crimes: Civil War #6
This whole series manages to sum itself up fairly well here in this issue when Captain America kicks The Punisher out of his super secret team of Avengers for killing a couple of criminals. The sentinel of...
Civil War Crimes: Civil War #4
Does Thor know Dagger? Within the universe of Marvel Comics, Thor is a member of the elite superhero organization and would be known worldwide by everyone the way you know about the most dominant figures in...
Civil War Crimes: Civil War #3
Civil War #3 begins by briefly showing readers what sanity looks like. After a splash meant to remind everyone Peter Parker revealed his secret identity to the public, the big cliffhanger at the end of Civil...
Civil War Crimes: Civil War #2
A year ago, I volunteered to write about a terrible, over-hyped yet historically important event comic book called Crisis on Infinite Earths and, proving that I don’t learn shit, I volunteered to write about...
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Civil War Crimes: Civil War #1
In retrospect Civil War is the most Mark Millar comic of all Mark Millar’s work at Marvel Comics. Just take the first nine pages of Civil War #1. There’s a lot to this event series and both my writing...
Preacher Volume Two: Until The End of The World
Mark Stack: I want to start by saying that I was reading this book again recently for what was perhaps the first time since I was 15 or 16. I was reading this book, really vibing on it, up until I reached a...
The Full Run: Hickman’s ‘New Avengers’ #24
*of course, huge spoilers ahead* New Avengers #24 Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Valerio Schiti Coloured by Frank Martin and David Curiel Cover by Gabrielle Dell’Otto Dated November...
The Full Run: Hickman’s ‘Avengers’ #35
*of course, huge spoilers ahead* Avengers #35 Written by Jonathan Hickman Pencilled by Jim Cheung, Paco Medina, Nick Bradshaw and Dustin Weaver Inked by Mark Morales, Guillermo Ortego, Juan...
The Full Run: Hickman’s ‘New Avengers’ #21, 22 and 23
*of course, huge spoilers ahead* New Avengers #21 Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Valerio Schiti with Salvador Larroca Coloured by Frank Martin with Paul Mounts Cover by Dustin Weaver and...
The Full Run: Al Ewing’s ‘Avengers’ #34.1 and Sam Humphries’ ‘Avengers’ #34.2
*of course, huge spoilers ahead* Avengers 34.1 Written by Al Ewing Pencilled by Dale Keown Inked by Norman Lee Coloured by Jason Keith Cover by Keown and Keith Dated November...
The Full Run: Frank Barbiere’s ‘New Avengers Annual’ #1
*of course, huge spoilers ahead* New Avengers Annual #1 Written by Frank Barbiere Art by Marco Rudy Cover by Marco Rudy Dated August 2014 Remember that charming, sincere, funny,...
The Full Run: Hickman’s ‘ Avengers’ #33 and 34
*of course, huge spoilers ahead* Avengers #33 Written by Jonathan Hickman Pencilled by Leinil Francis Yu Inked by Gerry Alanguilan Coloured by Sunny Gho Dated September 2014 Let me try...