REVIEW: Runaways #30

Runaways #30 is the end of Whedon’s run on Brian K. Vaughn’s tale of super-powered teenagers. To give you some perspective, Runaways #29 came out in February. So… yeah. And as with any Whedonesque product, you take the good with the bad.

REVIEW: Ultimate Spider-Man 118-120

 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciler: Stuart Immonen
Inker: Wade von Grawbader
Colorist: Justin Ponsor
Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit
Company: Marvel
C’mon, people - it’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends! What more do you want?

REVIEW: Incredible Hercules 112-115

Writers: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente
Penciler: Khoi Pham
Colorist 112-114: Stephane Peru (RIP)
Colorist 115: Dennis Calero
Inker: Paul Neary
Letterer: VC’s Joe Caramagna
Covers: Arthur Adams
Company: Marvel
So, there was this thing in the Marvel Universe recently. No, not that Civil War thing or The Initiative. No, not House of M (too old) or Messiah CompleX (too recent). Yes [...]

REVIEW: Serenity Better Days #1

Story by: Joss Whedon and Brett MatthewsArt by: Will Conrad
Colors by: Michelle Madsen
Letters by: Michael Heisler
Cover by: Adam Hughes
Company: Dark Horse
You know what kills me? If I hadn’t started reviewing comics for The Nexus, I would probably have no idea that Joss Whedon is now involved in no less than five different comics, including three [...]

*SPOILER* REVIEW: Buffy Season 8 #12

Script: Drew Goddard
Pencils: Georges Jeanty
Inks: Andy Owens
Colors: Michelle Madsen
Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft’s Jimmy
Executive Producer: Joss Whedon
Cover by: Jun Foster
Company: Dark Horse
Yup - this issue did, in fact, come out last week. But, it was a biggie - and after reading it on Thursday, I basically begged Manolis to let me write up something on [...]

REVIEW: X-Men: Legacy #208

Written by: Mike CareyMindscape Art by: John Romita Jr.& Klaus Janson
Reality Art: Scott Eaton & John Dell
Colors: Christina Strain and Frank D’Armata
Company: Marvel
Okay, let’s the get the obvious questions out of the way first:
Q: Legacy? Huh? A: Well, remember - Xavier got shot in the head at the end of X-Men 207. According to no [...]

ADVANCE REVIEW: Cable #1

Written by: Duane Swierczynski
Art by: Ariel Olivetti

Company: Marvel
The first installment of virtually any episodic form of popular culture (comics, TV, etc.), especially when the series has some hype behind it, is almost guaranteed to be a disappointment. First, it’s always almost impossible to live up to your own hype, especially when that hype [...]

ADVANCE REVIEW: Kick Ass #1

Written by: Mark Millar
Art by: John Romita Jr.
Cover Artist: John Romita Jr.
Company: Marvel Comics, Icon
“Jesus, man. Why do people want to be Paris Hilton and nobody wants to be Spider-Man?”
That’s a good question, I suppose. (Although the simple answer might be “Paris Hilton is rich, and Peter Parker spends half of his time, in his [...]

ADVANCE REVIEW: Runaways 29

Written by: Joss Whedon
Pencilled by: Michael Ryan
Inkers: Rick Ketcham with Andrew Hennessy
Colorist: Christina Strain
Letterer: VC’s Joe Caramagna
Cover Artist: Jo Chen
Company: Marvel
I went through an honest, semi-serious bout of depression when “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Angel”, and “Firefly” all disappeared from my television screen. I had felt rather “close” to many of the characters on these [...]

REVIEW: Punisher 52

REVIEW
PUNISHER 52
Writer: Garth Ennis
Artist: Goran Parlov
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit
Cover Artist: Tim Bradstreet
Company: Marvel MAX
The Marvel MAX line is certainly an interesting idea, and if ever there as a character made for it, it’s Frank Castle. In fact, I’m amazed the original Punisher comic was able to sell at all under the Comics Code [...]