Every week, Comicosity brings you our Hot Five, a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold for the week in the comic market.…
Review: CAPTAIN AMERICA #19
CAPTAIN AMERICA #19 Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Steve Epting Release Date: October 24, 2012 Captain America #19 truly is the end of an era in superhero comics, bringing to an end the reign of Ed Brubaker, the man responsible for getting me back into comics and making his mark with the definitive Captain…
Review: FATALE #8
FATALE #8 Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Sean Phillips Release Date: October 3, 2012 If this is what Ed Brubaker is leaving super-hero comics to produce then I say “go for it, Ed, go for it.” Please note that this is coming from a person who got back into comic book reading because of…
Review: AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #10
AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #10 Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Adam Kubert Release Date: August 15, 2012 Avengers Vs. X-Men is building on it’s own fevered momentum at this point, and each and every panel is bringing this huge event closer to the explosion we’ve been waiting for since page one of issue #1. The stakes…
The Honor Roll: July 27, 2012
Welcome to The Honor Roll, the weekly roundup of some of the favourite books read by Comicosity EIC Aaron Long. Without further ado, here we go! 1) DEBRIS #1 by Kurtis J. Wiebe & Riley Rossmo: This is a great book. Part Dune, set in the garbage world of Wall-E, this comic is a lot…
Review: CAPTAIN AMERICA #11
CAPTAIN AMERICA #11 Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Patrick Zircher Release Date: May 9, 2012 Captain America kicks off a new arc with issue #11 and sees Ed Brubaker paired with incoming artist Patrick Zircher. Brubaker is pulling Cap back into a little bit more of an espionage-based title with this first issue of…
Review: AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #3
AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #3 Written by Ed Brubaker Art by John Romita Jr Release Date: May 2, 2012 Oh, how the plot thickens. With the release of AVX: VS #1 last week the creative team of Ed Brubaker and John Romita Jr. have seemingly been given the green light to reduce the amount of “Avengers…
Review: WINTER SOLDIER #4
WINTER SOLDIER #4 Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Butch Guice Release Date: April 11, 2012 The clean-up mission of Bucky’s past continues with Winter Soldier #4 by Brubaker and Guice, a duo that has really settled into this title nicely. Brubaker is right in his wheelhouse with this title and his comfort level can…
Review: FATALE #2
FATALE #2 Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Sean Phillips Release Date: February 1, 2012 Mr. Brubaker and Mr. Phillips, I believe you have struck gold yet again. Fatale #2 had a very difficult job keeping the eerie tension and intrigue up while not fully giving away the farm and Brubaker has completed this masterfully.…
Review: Fatale #1
FATALE #1 Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Sean Phillips Comic readers, if you like an issue full of suspense, horror, drama, occult stuff and sheer eeriness, this comic is for you. Ed Brubaker teams with oft-partner-in-crime Sean Phillips to bring forth Fatale #1, an excellent start to what could be one of the creepiest…