Can the Thing get his pals free from Arcade?

Writer: Dan Slott
Art: Andrea DiVito
Colors: Laura Villari
Letters: Dave Lanphear
Editor: Tom Brevoort
Cover Art: Andrea DiVito
Publisher: Marvel Comics

Review: The first arc of the new Thing series comes to a close, and I must say, it was pretty much everything I hoped for. Dan Slott has taken my ( Read more... )

 Hey, gang. I've got a gaggle of reviews for you. First up, this week's Marvel Comics advance reviews:

Amazing Spider-Man #544: "One More Day" begins
Annihilation: Conquest-Wraith #3: The Wraith stages a jailbreak
Incredible Hulk #110: Amadeus Cho uncovers the Hulk's biggest secret
Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin #1: Re-telling the Mandarin's introduction ( Read more... )

Here are my reviews for some of this week's Marvel comics:

Avengers: The Initiative #3 -- Very Good
Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears #5 -- Great
Iron Man #18 -- Meh
Marvel Zombies Vs. Army of Darkness #4 -- Very Good
Ms. Marvel #16 -- Good
New Warriors #1 -- Surprisingly Good
Omega Flight #3 -- Disappointing
Uncanny X-Men #487 -- Okay

And from last week:
Walt ( Read more... )

Marvel Comics
2005

After a very quick resolution to last issue’s cliffhanger, we jump ahead ten years to Tony Stark in prep school, as he makes a new friend and draws the ire of some bullies. There were some nice little touches of character development, but the “kid with unusual abilities at school” plotline is rather tired.

4.5/10

Marvel Comics ( Read more... )

No two words, except perhaps Clone Saga, will bring a groan out of a Marvel comic book fan quicker than Heroes Reborn. Even from people that weren’t reading comics at the time. Well I have a controversial truth for everyone: Heroes Reborn was good for us.

A little background. Heroes Reborn was an experiment where Marvel canceled five titles (it was ( Read more... )

2005 ( Read more... )