Comic Reviews Archives - Page 7 of 86

August 23, 2020

AQUAMAN / MAESTRO [Reviews]: Remember.. Comics!?!!

Y’know, when it comes to Marvel or DC, it’s not very often that a Black man gets to write more than an eight page back-up story or a short chapter in an anthology. Any time that we get more, I am more than elated. The story bounces back and forth between a tense confrontation that …

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August 16, 2020

JUDGE DREDD – FALSE WITNESS / GREEN LANTERN – EARTH ONE, VOL. 2 [Reviews]: Just Us.

The story of Justice Academy washout and courier of illegal goods to the wealthy of Mega-City One, Mathias Lincoln, continues. During his crisis of conscience about his unbeknownst delivery of a bio-weapon last issue, we get to see flashbacks of his childhood among the mutants of the Cursed Earth, outside of the Mega-City. We also …

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August 9, 2020August 10, 2020

THE DREAMING – WAKING HOURS / GIANT-SIZE X-MEN – FANTOMEX [Reviews]: Dream A Little Dream.

Writer G. Willow Wilson (Ms Marvel, Alif The Unseen) and artist Nick Robles (Doctor Mirage, War of the Realms: War Scrolls #2) debut a brand new comic to DC’s ‘Sandman’ Universe, The Dreaming: Waking Hours. Even though The Waking Hours is a follow -p to the recently completed series The Dreaming, this is not a …

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August 2, 2020

X-FACTOR / LOST SOLDIERS [Reviews]: Beat The Summer Heat!

So I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that many of the Dawn of X titles have been underwhelming to say the least. I know, shocker, right?! But when it came to opening up the new X-Factor it only took a couple of pages to hook me in. One thing all …

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July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

COMIC-CON@HOME [Wrap-Up Show]: Stay Classy, San Diego…

Well, that was.. something. Comic-Con@Home was either a resounding success or unmitigated disaster, depending on how you look at it. Either way, the good folks at Comic-Con International (CCI) who run WonderCon and San Diego Comic-Con gave us.. something, and for that we feel deeply appreciative. So whether you've been hitting up SDCC for 2 …

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July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

HIP-HOP AND COMICS [Comic-Con@Home]: Cultures Combining!

The year was 2005, I found myself living in San Diego, and its July. I kept hearing about Comic-Con, but had given up the idea of ever being able to attend, and -- not having had many people like myself in my life -- someone as deeply comfortable at the record store looking for the …

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