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Advanced Review: Scarlet Spider #1
Let me begin by saying, I have not read a Spider-Man book since Erick Larson left Amazing Spider-Man with issue #350. It just seemed like too much effort to follow a single character throughout WAY too many books. Too little bang for the buck, as they say.But when Marvel released information at this years NYCC,…
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2011: A Year In Review
2011: A Year In ReviewBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley THE “DOC” I have finally worked through my Holiday coma that was induced by a combination of turkey, sugar cookies and egg nog, and found that it was time to look back on the year 2011. And since this will be the last “Year in Review” I will…
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Review: Animal Man #5
I’m just going to throw this out there — THIS BOOK IS COMPLETELY INSANE! And I love every single moment of it!Jeff Lemire and his entire artistic crew have created something that is equal parts disturbing and fascinating. A cornucopia of twistedness that assaults the senses, Animal Man is a book that is beyond expectations…
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Review: Uncanny X-Force #19.1
Enter Now: The Age of Apocalypse! Nuff’ said!Remender’s Uncanny X-Force #19.1 is the set up issue for Age of Apocalypse, which debuts on March 7th. And like most “set up” issues, Remender lays the landscape wide open for us as to what we will expect from the regular series. If this new series is half…
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Review: Avengers X-Sanction #2
Falcon has been taken down from above and Captain America has been beaten into submission. Next on Cable’s hit list? Iron Man!Issue one ended with Cap and Cable fighting each other, with Cap losing at gunpoint. The final panel has a resounding “BLAM!” across it and you are left pondering the fate of America’s star…
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Mark Millar: “Is the Big Two about to become the Big Three?”
“Is the Big Two about to become the Big Three?” That’s the question Mark Millar poses during his Millarworld Editorial in the pages of Kick-Ass 2 #6. And with the lineup he’s bringing to Millarworld in 2012 — he damn well has a shot! According to Mr. Millar, 2012 will see some HUGE books coming out, but…
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Review: Invincible #86
Marvel Cosmic has been eating DC’s spacedust for months. Now add Image to the list of publishers leaving Marvel behind in the spacedust.Invincible #86 will be a delight to any cosmic fan. The showdown between Nolan and Allen comes to a head with the fate of all life on Earth in the balance. Oliver plays…
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Review: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
The Game’s a Foot!A Film Review of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsBy: Lawrence Napoli [[wysiwyg_imageupload:267:]]Who doesn’t love a good mystery? It is a question that reveals mankind’s innate curiosity with the unknown or unfamiliar in order to identify the variables and explain the inexplicable so as to allow ourselves to be comfortable in our own…
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Review: Batman #4
Explosions rock Batman as he continues on his quest stop the Talon, the Court of Owls menacing assassin. But it’s not the explosions that will cause the most damage, it is Batman’s disbelief that the Court of Owls even exists that will hurt him the most! Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo continue on their quest…
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Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #3
So far, the first day at the Jean Grey School For Higher Learning has gone off without a hitch. The school has been overrun by Frankenstein monsters with flame-throwers, the New York state inspectors have been turned into a Sauron and a Wendigo, and the very grounds of the school have been taken over…
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Review: Green Lantern Corps #4
A small band of Green Lanterns have been stranded on the planet Xabas, surrounded by executioners that have a far greater grasp of “will” than any Lantern — ever! All hope is lost and Guy Gardner’s interrogation of one of the murderers has proven fruitless. That is, until Guy has a surprise visitor, someone he…
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Interview: Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan On “Black Light”
(Editor’s Note: The following interview was conducted at the New York Comic Con on Saturday, October 15th, 2011) Immerse Yourself In The Darkness Interview With Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan & Stephen Romano on Black Light By: Chris Bushley Back in October, our friends at Mulholland Books sent Cosmic Book News an advanced copy…
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Advanced Review: Avengers: X-Sanction #1
The crossover event of the year is finally upon us! The solicits have been out, the press has been geared up for months, even the NYCC was all a buzz about the ramifications Avengers: X-Sanction will bring to the future of the Marvel Universe. Loeb and McGuiness have brought Cable back from Marvel's ever expanding…
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Advanced Review: Fatale #1 (Brubaker, Phillips & Stewart)
From the critically acclaimed creative team that brought fans both Criminal and Sleeper, comes their new work of pure genius — Fatale! Taking place between the years 2011 and 1956, fans are enthralled within the pulp noir world that this trio always creates so poetically. Following Nicolas Lash, in the present, we find…
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Review: Swamp Thing #4
In the desert, something is building a kingdom. It is not built with brick or mortar, or by the hands of man. It is built with pain and flesh. Disease and sinew are it's bonding agent, and it is growing bigger by the day. In the desert, where few things can survive the brutal…
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Review: Animal Man #4
Buddy Baker has always known he was special. Animal activist, father, superhero; the man does it all! But when his link to his animal powers begins to grant him with strange new abilities, he begins to question his role in the grand spectrum of things. A role that now casts him in the shadow…
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Review: Invincible #85
Since the end of The Viltrumite War arc, Mark has been biding his time on Earth doing quite a bit of soul searching. The pace of the storyline had slowed a bit – and some fans were beginning to wonder where Kirkman was heading. With #85 hitting the stands, now we know right where…
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Movie Review: Henry Cavill’s ‘Immortals 3D’ (2011)
300 Light A Film Review of Immortals By: Lawrence Napoli
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Review: Severed #4
Snyder, Tuft and Futaki converge to create a book that surpasses anything in the horror genre, actually — it surpasses everything in any genre! There is a richness to this story, one that transcends the confines of a comic book and elevates the tale into the realm of classic American horror. It is an eerie…
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Review: Butcher Baker, Candlestickmaker #5
Directly from the pages of The Boys, comes a tale of the history of their fearless leader — Billy Butcher! Garth Ennis has finally given his fans an inside look at the horrific events that made Billy Butcher a stone cold, calculated killer of supers. From his abusive father, to the utterly heart breaking death…