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Review: Road Rage #1

By: Miguel Acedo IDW has a new exciting project on stands. It has scope. It has vision. It has reverence for tradition and talent. This project: Road Rage. The birth of this limited series can be traced back to He is Legend (2009), a published anthology featuring sixteen stories based upon and/or inspired by the [...]

Picks of the Week: 2/15/12

By: Miguel Acedo & Peter J Mellini Daredevil #9: Upon discovering a crude network of underground tunnels used for mass-scale grave-robbing, Daredevil (Matt Murdock) goes spelunking to retrieve the casket containing his father’s body. Doing battle with vicious Moloids reveals the true culprit: Mole Man. Why is he desecrating graves and bodies? Read the best [...]

Review: Thief of Thieves #1

By: Peter J Mellini Nick Spencer, Shawn Martinbrough, and Robert Kirman’s new crime series Thief of Thieves evokes the storytelling and coolness of Ocean’s 11. Created by Robert Kirkman, Thief of Thieves tells the story of master criminal Redmond as he attempts to get out of the life of crime and yearns for something normal. [...]

Review: Conan #1

By: Miguel Acedo One of Robert E. Howard’s greatest tales, ‘Queen of the Black Coast’, is adapted by the stellar collaborative team of writer Brian Wood and artist Becky Cloonan. This series presents Conan as he has never been seen before. Out of his element and taking to the high seas, this youthful Conan is [...]

Picks of the Week: 2/8/12

By: Miguel Acedo & Peter J Mellini Batwoman #6: As “To Drown the World” begins, the epic new arc in Kate Kane’s journey as Batwoman, artist Amy Reeder joins the creative team. This story encompasses the past and present of six individuals whose actions will lead to a collision course with one another. Lives and [...]

Review: Winter Solider #1

By: Peter J Mellini The original teen sidekick, turned brain washed Russian assassin, turned temporary Captain America is back to what he does best in Winter Soldier #1 by Ed Brubaker and Butch Guice. During Fear Itself Bucky was mortally wounded by the Red Skull’s daughter, who was enhanced by the power of the god [...]

Review: Chronicle

By: Peter J Mellini Although the last few years has been filled with tons of “found footage” style features and most of them implement the same gimmicks, first time feature director Josh Trank has changed the genre with Chronicle. The story is pretty straight forward; three high school students find this weird hole in the [...]

Review: Animal Man #6

By: Miguel Acedo   Often lauded for the atypical storytelling of his independent books, writer Jeff Lemire continues to prove himself to be one of the great craftsman of the new DC universe. Hitting shelves this week is the sixth issue of Animal Man. This is one fans of the series have been waiting for. [...]

Picks of the Week: 2/1/12

By: Miguel Acedo & Peter J Mellini Action Comics #6: Grant Morrison continues to deliver on the namesake of this title. Spinning out of his brand of head scratching creativity is a tale that finds the Superman of the present day teaming up with a suspicious Legion of Super-Heroes in saving the jeans-wearing Superman of [...]