Rick Jonez reviewed Return of Wolverine #4 Jan 18, 2019
Bland. Average. Not teaseworthy.
Can Logan handle the truth of what he's done?
Parental Advisory
Rick Jonez reviewed Asgardians of the Galaxy #5 Jan 17, 2019
Liked the interactions to resolve this threat. Thor buffoonery for being caught between issues is expediently resolved. Enjoyable art.
RAGNAROK IS HERE!
It's the final battle for Earth as the Asgardians take on Nebula's full armada! But the undead may be the least of their problems. Just want is their supposed ally Loki up to now? Don't miss the end of the first thrilling arc!
Rated T+
Rick Jonez reviewed Shazam! #1 Dec 5, 2018
Average. By the numbers. Safe. The ending was kind of special.
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The superstar team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Dale Eaglesham reunite to launch the first all-new SHAZAM! monthly title set in the DC Universe in almost 20 years! (What took you guys so long?!)
Teenager turned super-hero Billy Batson struggles to balance school and superheroics! (Guess which one is more fun?) But when Shazam unlocks a sho...
Rick Jonez reviewed Marvel Two-In-One #12 Nov 30, 2018
Fair wrap up of the series and with Koul. Believable apologies to Johnny. FF teens are a pain but then teens are. Best compliment would be that this should have been published as FF#5.
Our heroes were betrayed and left for dead, but now that the FANTASTIC FOUR are back, where's RACHNA KOUL? The HUMAN TORCH and INVISIBLE WOMAN will soon find out, provided they can get past THE MOLE MAN!
Rated T
Rick Jonez reviewed Shatterstar #2 Nov 11, 2018
Average. Drop in quality and interest from it's premiere. Not bad but not as good.
With a simple act of violence, Shatterstar's life was turned upside down. Nothing makes sense anymore...except for a pair of double-bladed swords and more bloodshed. So much more BLOODSHED.
Rated T+
Rick Jonez reviewed Asgardians of the Galaxy #3 Nov 9, 2018
It's okay. Some exposition, action, connections, recruitments, reveals, last page surprises.
Rick Jonez reviewed Doctor Strange #7 Nov 8, 2018
Stronger installment than the opening Outer Space instalment with a welcome last page cameo from a tried and true nemesis. Hit and miss with the numerous magic elements presented.
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• Stephen Strange is back on Earth, and he knows how to build his own arsenal.
• He'll need it! His troubles continued growing while he was gone, and while he's using magic to solve them...
• He'll need it to fight... himself? It's Doctor Strange vs. Doctor Strange!
Rated T+
Rick Jonez reviewed Spider-Geddon #3 Nov 8, 2018
Best installment yet. Shogun Warrior is welcome!
REVENGE OF THE SPIDER-VERSE!
• One SUPERIOR SPIDER is willing to do whatever it takes to defeat the Inheritors!
• Will Miles and his team have to stop him before he goes TOO FAR?
• Stand together or fall separately - isn't that how it goes?
Rated T
Rick Jonez reviewed The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #37 Nov 4, 2018
Fun issue. It just hard reconciling that some scenes put this in the jokeyverse and not 616. Still not thrilled with art but it was bearable this ish. Not sure about Octobliterator character intro but it was a novel -if forced- way to give Captain Marvel a high end showing.
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• It's the latest issue of the all-ages smash hit, THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL! She's defeated Galactus! She's defeated Doctor Doom! Who KNOWS what fun adventures she'll get up to THIS month!
• Well, we do. And you may want to brace yourselves for this, because this issue begins an all-new story arc called..."THE DEA...
Rick Jonez reviewed West Coast Avengers #3 Oct 31, 2018
I don't expect to like this but it's still fun. Once this team gets the thumbs up from the real Avengers then things will be better.
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• If the team thought a 50-Foot Woman version of Tigra was trouble, just wait till they get a load of her "friends."
• That's right, it's close encounters of the very large and destructive kind as the West Coast Avengers try to save the day from B-movie-monster-sized threats roaming Los Angeles!
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Rick Jonez reviewed Extermination #4 Oct 31, 2018
Rocky start getting better. Strong issue.
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• The X-Men are at the end of their rope.
• If even one of the original five X-Men dies, our future is lost.
• Jean Grey and the X-Men only have one option left...and it may cost them everything.
Rated T+
Rick Jonez reviewed Multiple Man #5 Oct 31, 2018
Yeah "5" seems about right. Convoluted temporalities for the sake of convolusion was such a turn off.
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THIS IS IT! THE END OF THE SERIES! WE MADE IT THIS FAR, SO LET'S SEE HOW IT ENDS...RIGHT?
Jamie Madrox - the guy many X-Men fans are aware of - has returned home to save the world and/or die trying. But does Jamie have what it takes to save the world from himself? The fate of the Marvel Universe hangs in the balance! Wouldn't it be funny if he ...
Rick Jonez reviewed Spider-Force #1 Oct 31, 2018
Not that interesting since the weak team/plan should be doomed. Verna is annoying but also only 2 dimensional so far.
A SPIDER-GEDDON TIE IN!
The deadliest mission in all of SPIDER-GEDDON has come up and Kaine has stepped forward for what he's sure will be a suicide mission. But he can't do it alone and Jessica Drew, A.K.A. Spider-Woman has signed on to help, but has Kaine told her the whole truth? With Ashley Barton, from the OLD MAN LOGAN universe, and two n...
Rick Jonez reviewed X-23 #5 Oct 14, 2018
A solid conclusion to a solid arc with solid art.
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All is revealed as Laura and Gabby fight to return to each other and work to uncover the ultimate machinations of the power-hungry Cuckoos. But which team will take the day - and will any of the sisters emerge unscathed?
Rated T+
Rick Jonez reviewed Harley Quinn #49 Sep 8, 2018
Morbid as all get out. Lord Death Man had Evil Deadpool written all over him. Other than that -and it was a lot, plenty of whacky fun. And good art effort.
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Harley's straight-up clowning around on her latest mission, and she's faced with a real laugher of a puzzle: How does she kill and collect the bounty on Lord Death Man, an immortal murder machine who seemingly can't be killed? Nevertheless, she will persist with a host of attempted assassinations, all doomed to fail. Time is running out, and Harley...
Rick Jonez reviewed Hunt For Wolverine: Dead Ends #1 Aug 31, 2018
Really enjoyed much of this. Makes all those mini series ALMOST worth while now.
THE HUNT IS OVER.
The hunt for Wolverine is over... Now the time has come to put the pieces together and see what was learned. Kitty Pryde, Daredevil, Tony Stark and Sabretooth may have found what they were looking for...but it wasn't what they expected. Where has Wolverine been? What has he been doing?
Parental Advisory
Rick Jonez reviewed Fantastic Four #1 Aug 8, 2018
As far as long overdue relaunches go this was absolutely... a... uhm... long overdue relaunch. Nothing bad but nothing really notable and that Doom backp was very disagreeable.
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FOUREVER Part One
BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT - THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMIC MAGAZINE IS BACK!
Since the end of SECRET WARS, there's been a gap in the Marvel Universe. A void no other team can fill. And it's time for the world to move on. But can it? A life-changing decision by the Thing! A momentous declaration by the Human Torch! A clarion call...
Rick Jonez reviewed Justice League Dark #1 Aug 7, 2018
I give it a 7.8 so I'll be generous and round up. More so for the eclectic DCUmystics appearances than having a clear understanding of this magical threat that WW feels compelled to spearhead the solution for. And there were a couple nice images with an otherwise decent art effort.
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From the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE: NO JUSTICE! Earth's magic once belonged to them. Now they want the magic back. But who exactly are they? It's up to the new Justice League Dark to find out and stop this nightmarish new threat at all costs! After the events of NO JUSTICE, team leader Wonder Woman guides the misfit magic mix of Zatanna, Swamp Thing,...
Rick Jonez reviewed Hunt For Wolverine: Weapon Lost #4 Aug 6, 2018
Nothing wow-worthy but a solid read.
WEAPON FOUND?
Logan was turned into a weapon long ago - controlled, experimented on, but ultimately lost. Now, Daredevil and his crew learn what happens if someone else takes up that weapon...
Parental Advisory
Rick Jonez reviewed Mister Miracle #10 Aug 2, 2018
I am still super worried that the payoff/reveal of the canonical impact of this will be a disconsolately creative choice. But it's impossible to disagree with the high ratings this issue deserves in itself at face value. Skirting around Scott's dumb suicide decision still bothers me. But at least it was finally noted as a storypoint here.
Darkseid has put an offer on the table- something that can end the war between New Genesis and Apokolips once and for all. The stakes are high, but peace is important. Mister Miracle finds himself caught having to make a decision that won't just change the new life he's been building, but potentially the entirety of the universe.
Rick Jonez reviewed Hunt For Wolverine: Claws Of A Killer #3 Jul 20, 2018
Comics: The Gathering - Charles Martin's comments nail the problems with this.
ALIVE...OR UNDEAD?!
• On the trail of the returned Logan, Sabretooth, Lady Deathstrike and Daken have run straight into a horde of flesh-eating zombies!
• But what do these poor resurrected creatures have to do with Logan's return?
Parental Advisory
Rick Jonez reviewed Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #307 Jul 19, 2018
It was a solid and positive conclusion. Peter's sacrifices show Spidey at his best.
• The Vedomi invaded Earth back in #300, leading Spider-Man on a journey through the past and future to try and defeat them.
• Did it work? FIND OUT HERE in the stunning conclusion to the first year of Chip Zdarsky and Adam Kubert's run on PP:SSM!
Rated T
Rick Jonez reviewed Thor #3 Jul 19, 2018
I don't like the art that much. Or the contrived way for Son of Odin to call in the Valkyrior.
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UNHOLY MATRIMONY!
War rages across the land of the dead, and not even the reunion of Thor with his brother Balder can stop it! Perhaps peace might come from the wedding of the century... in Hel! With Hela, the goddess of death, as the bride, which Odinson brother is going to be the lucky groom? And what special surprise guest is look...
Rick Jonez reviewed Tony Stark: Iron Man #2 Jul 19, 2018
This was content packed - with GOOD content and dangler followups.
STARK REALITIES!
• Tony has been holding back an enormous secret since his return, and there's only one person on Earth he'd trust it with: James Rhodes. This will change everything.
• A strange new development for Jocasta, the return of the Gauntlet and the arrival of Tony Stark's new rival, Sunset Bain. All...
Rick Jonez reviewed Red Hood and the Outlaws #24 Jul 14, 2018
Big 'death' scene. Big last page cameo. Big ship on self-destruct. Big props for this ish.
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Bizarro is getting... worse. Worser? Worsest. The backward Superman's diminishing cognitive state is causing problems for the rest of the Outlaws. Complicating things is the Red Hood's vendetta against the Penguin-can the Outlaws stop Jason Todd from crossing a line he can't return from?
Rick Jonez reviewed Domino #4 Jul 13, 2018
That good. Shocked by the lower average rating.
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SOMEONE'S ABOUT TO GET LUCKY...
• ...and it just might be Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu! If he plays his cards right, that is...
• Domino's search for answers about her past takes her to Hong Kong!
• Will she stay on the straight and narrow? Or go right for the seedy underbelly?
Parent...
Rick Jonez reviewed Plastic Man #2 Jul 13, 2018
That good. Just need to clear up The Terrifics connection contradiction. And the art was mostly good but some of the panels were too rushed compared to the good.
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Eel didn't like it when a spy blackmailed him over his secret identity, and then a kid found out, and now the dancers at his club know and the concept of a secret identity has gotten stretched way the heck out of whack. But the dancers are helping him find the kid, who was nabbed by some bad guys who don't know his secret identity, just his costume...
Rick Jonez rated Ant-Man & The Wasp #3 Jul 6, 2018
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• The Wasp and Ant-Man are trapped in the Microverse, which sucks for them.
• Know who it's even worse for? The even more tiny people our heroes can't help but threaten by their very existence!
Rated T
Rick Jonez reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #801 Jun 24, 2018
An odd way to end the run. Danglers left to the next creative team. The disconnect from the canon and Big #800 was a bit disappointing. Still, in itself it was a real fun and heartwarming one-shot micro-story. And as far as retcons go this was NOT typically offputting for it.
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After ten years, Dan Slott's final issue of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is here, and he isn't pulling any punches. Joined by one of the best illustrators in the biz, Marcos Martin, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #801 is one of the most emotional, heartfelt tales not only in Dan's run, but in all of Mighty Marveldom itself, and is one Marvel fans around the world wo...
Rick Jonez reviewed Harley Quinn #44 Jun 22, 2018
Run of the mill conclusion to a 2-parter but much better than part 1 was. There was good art and a feel good ending. The Reaper was more entertaining than the superparanoia the plotpitch was trying to dump on Harley. Good-bye Frank and June, have a good life but don't come back.
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And in issue #44, she's up crazy creek without a hoagie when Harley Quinn goes full Batman to hunt down whoever made her favorite bodega go boom. But while digging her way through a twisted trail of clues, Harley discovers trouble that could mean the end of New York City... only nobody believes her!
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