Bruce Cook's Comic Reviews

Reviewer For: The Source by SuperHeroStuff Reviews: 20
7.2Avg. Review Rating

8
Black Hammer #2

Aug 25, 2016

Lemire is at the top of his game here. He's clearly enjoying riffing on characters we know and love while giving them his own unique spin.

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8
Black Hammer #3

Sep 22, 2016

Black Hammer is Lemire at the top of his game. He clearly has a love for the characters he based his cast on. Now, he's playing around in his own sandbox with excellent results.

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8
Black Hammer #4

Nov 11, 2016

Black Hammer continues to be a really great read. Lemire is playing loose with familiar archetypes and the result is an imminently enjoyable comic book. For the fourth time in four months, if you're not reading this book you really should be!

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8
Black Hammer #5

Nov 27, 2016

I've said it before. I'll say it again. Do yourself a favor and pick up Black Hammer. You are going to love it.

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9
Black Hammer #6

Jan 16, 2017

Black Hammer is absolutely my favorite title on the market right now. Lemire is doing some high level meta-writing that continues to entrance me issue after issue. Now, after six spectacular issues, someone else has cleared the breach and we may, finally, find out exactly what type of crisis it was that shunted our heroes to their brave new world.

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9
Cage (2016) #1

Oct 17, 2016

Don't come into CAGE! expecting the Bendis/Netflix iteration of the character. Pick up this book if you're looking for something fun to read.

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9
Cage (2016) #2

Dec 9, 2016

After two issues, I have no idea where this title is going, but so far I'm firmly enjoying the ride. Give CAGE! a look the next time you're at your comic shop. You won't be disappointed.

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9
Cage (2016) #3

Jan 10, 2017

Issue 4 will, sadly, bring CAGE! to an end, so pick up the first three issues now and get ready for the big coup de grace!

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9
Cage (2016) #4

Feb 22, 2017

With the current spotlight on Power Manthanks to his Netflix series, its nice to remember what made him a character worth exploring in the first place.

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5
Doctor Fate (2015) #11

May 23, 2016

I appreciateDC's desire to update a classic character, I just don't think this is the way to do it.

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9
Nightwing: Rebirth #1

Jul 13, 2016

The writing is crisp. The story moves from setting to setting without a hitch. Characters act and talk the way they are supposed to. In short, Tim Seeley gets it all right.

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6
Squadron Supreme (2015) #7

Jun 7, 2016

Overall, I'm really enjoying Squadron Supreme. After opening with such a violent salvo, the creative team is doing the right thing by going with smaller, character-driven stories. I'd like to see some more work done with the Blur and Thundra, but that's a minor gripe.

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7
Squadron Supreme (2015) #8

Jun 24, 2016

Squadron Supreme is in the hands of a quality creative team that continues to do the things that make a comic great. They give us characters to care about. They give us action to cheer about. They give us more to want to read about.

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6
Squadron Supreme (2015) #9

Jul 27, 2016

All in all, this was a really good issue for Squadron Supreme. While I'm sad to know that Power Princess is the only survivor of the original Squadron, I'm hopeful that her arrival will return us to the action of the title's first few issues.

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8
Squadron Supreme (2015) #10

Aug 24, 2016

Now that sides are drawn and things are about to come to a head, I'm anxious to see how the Squadron Supreme balances their newfound conscience with their need for revenge. I'm also really looking forward to the inevitable throwdown between Power Princess and Warrior Woman.

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4
Squadron Supreme (2015) #11

Sep 29, 2016

Squadron Supreme is still a good title, but it needs to be freed from its mandatory Civil War II tie-ins and get back to the business of being its own title.

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4
Squadron Supreme (2015) #12

Nov 8, 2016

Up until now, I've really enjoyed Squadron Supreme and I gave it some leeway because of the team they were trying to build and the story they were telling. I'm not giving them that leeway this month. It's time to focus on the team and their story – together.

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8
Squadron Supreme (2015) #13

Dec 7, 2016

I know Robinson is playing a long game here. I know he got some crossover requirements forced on him. Now, I think, Squadron Supreme is back on firm footing and I'm looking forward to seeing how the new story arc evolves.

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5
Squadron Supreme (2015) #14

Jan 12, 2017

Then again, maybe Nighthawk's murder of robotic hawks will blow up the helicarrier and put us all out of our misery.

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4
Squadron Supreme (2015) #15

Feb 21, 2017

So, Squadron Supreme is over. It's probably a few issues to late for the series to be remembered as anything other than a failed experiment. That's too bad, because there was a good series hidden in there somewhere.

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