AMERICA’S GOT POWERS #1 Written by Jonathan Ross Art by Bryan Hitch Release Date: April 11, 2012 “This…is America’s Got Powers!” I can hear the Ryan Seacrest of an alternate reality dropping that line and after reading the first issue of this series I have to say, it gives me chills. When Bryan Hitch announced…
Review: CHEW #25
Chew #25 Written by John Layman Drawn by Rob Guillory Release Date: April 4, 2012 I have never read an issue of Chew until this one. I was worried that, since it was a wrap-up to a story arc, I would be confused. I was totally confused; but never have I had more fun trying…
Review: SUPREME #63
SUPREME #63 Written by Alan Moore Art by Erik Larsen and Cory Hamscher Release Date: April 4, 2012 Alan Moore wrote one of the greatest comic series of all time in Watchmen. He has spent a majority of the rest of his career attempting to deconstruct comics again. The Supreme character is one that I…
Review: DANGER CLUB #1
DANGER CLUB #1 Written by Landry Q. Walker Art by Eric Jones Release date: April 4, 2012 A concept so simple that it should have been an Elseworlds story years ago. All of Earth’s heroes go off to fight some cosmic menace , as happens every second month at Marvel and DC. But in Danger Club,…
Review: HELL YEAH #2
HELL YEAH #2 Written by Joe Keatinge Art by Andre Szymanowicz Released April 4, 2012 Ben is back and this issue got a bit muddy. Any time you mix in alternate universes you had better be prepared for headaches and nosebleeds as the reader tries to keep it all straight. Keatinge is telling a few…
Review: THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN: DISINTERRED #3
THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN: DISINTERRED #3 Written by David Hine Art by Shaky Kane Release Date: March 28, 2012 Bulletproof Coffin is a trip through the sordid underbelly of a depraved society. A beat poet film-noir. With every page turn, I expect to see Stan and Jack sitting in a bar, ingesting who knows what,…
Review: NO PLACE LIKE HOME #2
NO PLACE LIKE HOME #2 Written by Angelo Tirotto Art by Richard Jordan Release Date: March 21, 2012 The second chapter of this series didn’t get me much further to figuring out why we need yet another version of Wizard of Oz. Though the angle of Oz as a horror is intriguing, there’s still a…
Review: THIEF OF THIEVES #2
THIEF OF THIEVES #2 Written by Robert Kirkman & Nick Spencer Art by Shawn Martinbrough Release Date: March 14, 2012 When I read issue #1 of Thief of Thieves, I had been only so-so on the book until the final page twist. That cliffhanger gets teased further as Nick Spencer tells stories in two time…
Review: PETER PANZERFAUST #2
PETER PANZERFAUST #2 Written by Kurtis Wiebe Art by Tyler Jenkins Release Date: March 14, 2012 Kurtis Wiebe has not slowed down in issue 2. As with the first issue, I found myself saying out loud after finishing this issue “that was really good!” Then I went back and read it again. The framing device…
Review: QUEEN CRAB HC
QUEEN CRAB Written by Jimmy Palmiotti Art by Artiz Eiguren Release Date: March 14, 2012 I have no idea if you’ll like this book. Not the best way to start a review, but it’s the most honest in this case. Funded through Kickstarter, Queen Crab is a graphic novel by Jimmy Palmiotti published through Image.…