Donny Cates didn't write this.
Frank61 reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #61 Nov 15, 2024
It's average...nothing more to add.
Why though do 'critics' give it marks of 9.5 or laughably 10? The 'Death of Gwen Stacy' is a 9.5, how can a critic give this the same? Please, explain and let me understand the logic.
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THE 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN BEGIN!
The world has changed, Dcotor Doom is Sorcerer Supreme, but he has no plans to spend his time like his predecessor... Each year, Doctor Strange would use every ounce of his power and experience to save the world from an evil god and his scions. This year, Doom is delegating this task to... SPIDER-MAN?! Th...
DVE dropped Minor Arcana (2024) from their pull list Oct 28, 2024
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Theresa, the daughter of a small-town "psychic" fraud, returns home to care for her ailing mother, however begrudgingly.
But when Theresa discovers that there may be more to the magic than she originally believed, she'll find herself caught up in a town that desperately needs her help...
One of the most renowned creators in comics...
DVE added Minor Arcana (2024) to their pull list Oct 24, 2024
Theresa, the daughter of a small-town "psychic" fraud, returns home to care for her ailing mother, however begrudgingly.
But when Theresa discovers that there may be more to the magic than she originally believed, she'll find herself caught up in a town that desperately needs her help...
One of the most renowned creators in comics...
DVE dropped Minor Arcana (2024) from their pull list Oct 14, 2024
Theresa, the daughter of a small-town "psychic" fraud, returns home to care for her ailing mother, however begrudgingly.
But when Theresa discovers that there may be more to the magic than she originally believed, she'll find herself caught up in a town that desperately needs her help...
One of the most renowned creators in comics...
DVE added Batman & Robin: Year One (2024) to their pull list Oct 10, 2024
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REUNITING THE ACCLAIMED TEAM OF MARK WAID AND CHRIS SAMNEE! While Bruce Wayne adjusts to the realities of adopting orphan Dick Grayson, a mysterious new crime boss called the General has come to Gotham to claim the city by disrupting and destroying its other mobs. But what is his connection to Two-Face? Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, are out f...
DVE added DC All In Special (2024) to their pull list Oct 8, 2024
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THE NEXT EPIC CHAPTER OF DC HISTORY BEGINS HERE...PRESENTED AS A STARLING, SYMMETRICAL FLIPBOOK! DON'T MISS IT! Following the events of DC's blockbuster storyline Absolute Power, the heroes of the core DC Universe have fought against the deep divisions in the world around them to usher in a new era of unity. And it's just in time, too--because Dark...
DVE added Minor Arcana (2024) to their pull list Sep 3, 2024
Theresa, the daughter of a small-town "psychic" fraud, returns home to care for her ailing mother, however begrudgingly.
But when Theresa discovers that there may be more to the magic than she originally believed, she'll find herself caught up in a town that desperately needs her help...
One of the most renowned creators in comics...
DVE added From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives! (2024) to their pull list Jul 10, 2024
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In 1988, DC fans made a seminal choice in the history of DC publishing--voting to kill off Jason Todd's Robin in the Death in the Family storyline. Now, for the first time, we want to find out what would have happened if fans had voted to let him live. And it begins--with the murder of The Joker!
DVE added Wolverine: Deep Cut (2024) to their pull list Jul 2, 2024
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OUT OF THE OUTBACK ON A LIFE-AND-DEATH MISSION!
At last - LOGAN's secret adventure revealed! Featuring a sinister revelation and claw-to-claw confrontations with SABRETOOTH, this is a must-have WOLVERINE story for new and long-standing fans alike that simply cannot be missed! Back in UNCANNY X-MEN #246, Logan set off from the Australian outbac...
DVE added Wolverine: Madripoor Knights (2024) to their pull list Jun 24, 2024
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Return to the island-nation of Madripoor as X-Men legend Chris Claremont takes the helm of an all-new WOLVERINE tale teaming Logan with his long-standing friends CAPTAIN AMERICA and the BLACK WIDOW! Picking up in the window of the all-time classic UNCANNY X-MEN #268, thrill to a brand-new adventure! When a secret weapon brings Captain America to Ma...
DVE added The Bat-Man: First Knight (2024) to their pull list Apr 2, 2024
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The year is 1939. The world, still reeling from the horrors of the First World War, is on the brink of tipping into an even more gruesome conflict, as fascism is on the march--and gathering strength in America's darkest corners. Against this backdrop, a series of violent murders has begun in Gotham, and the recent emergence of the mysterious vigila...
DVE dropped Ultimate X-Men (2024) from their pull list Apr 2, 2024
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Visionary creator PEACH MOMOKO (DEMON DAYS, STAR WARS) creates a new generation of X-Men for an all-new universe! Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life - go to school, hang out with her friends, ignore the political strife broiling over after the events of ULTIMATE INVASION - but life has other plans for her. In Japan...
DVE added Ultimate X-Men (2024) to their pull list Mar 13, 2024
Visionary creator PEACH MOMOKO (DEMON DAYS, STAR WARS) creates a new generation of X-Men for an all-new universe! Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life - go to school, hang out with her friends, ignore the political strife broiling over after the events of ULTIMATE INVASION - but life has other plans for her. In Japan...
DVE added G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (2023) to their pull list Mar 13, 2024
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SERIES PREMIERE
A new era for G.I. JOE starts here...but one Joe won't survive THIS ISSUE!
The legendary LARRY HAMA is joined by new series artist CHRIS MOONEYHAM (Five Ghosts) and cover artist ANDY KUBERT (Batman, X-Men) to continue one of the longest-running titles in comics history!
DVE dropped Green Lantern (2023) from their pull list May 18, 2023
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Spinning out of the events of Dark Crisis, the Guardians of Oa at the heart of the Green Lantern Corps have quarantined Sector 2814, home of the planet Earth-and its champion along with it! A heartbreaking defeat has sent Hal reeling, returning home to rediscover his roots...and find the man responsible for ruining his life: Sinestro. From the visi...
DVE dropped Titans (2023) from their pull list May 18, 2023
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The Dark Crisis is over, and the Justice League is no more. Now, a new team must rise and protect the Earth...Titans, go! The Teen Titans are ready to grow up. Each member joined as a much younger hero, certain that one day they'd be invited to join the Justice League. But the time has come for them not to join the League...but to replace it! Are t...
DVE dropped Hulk (2021) from their pull list May 18, 2023
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IMMORTAL NO LONGER! CATES & OTTLEY DELIVER A NEW, COLOSSAL-SIZED ERA! “MAD SCIENTIST” Part 1 of 6 The uncontrollable rage of the Hulk has reached an all-new level, and nobody – including the Avengers – is prepared to handle it. But is it really the Hulk that people should be afraid of, or is there something missing to this puzzle? Join th...
DVE dropped Avengers (2023) from their pull list May 18, 2023
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JED MACKAY AND STORMBREAKER C.F. VILLA TAKE THE REINS OF EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES!
The Star. The Icon. The Witch. The Construct. The God. The Engineer. The King. The world is ever in peril, and a new team of Avengers mobilizes to meet any dangers that dare threaten the planet. But when TERMINUS attacks, a new and insidious danger rears its head...
DVE added Hulk (2021) to their pull list May 14, 2023
IMMORTAL NO LONGER! CATES & OTTLEY DELIVER A NEW, COLOSSAL-SIZED ERA! “MAD SCIENTIST” Part 1 of 6 The uncontrollable rage of the Hulk has reached an all-new level, and nobody – including the Avengers – is prepared to handle it. But is it really the Hulk that people should be afraid of, or is there something missing to this puzzle? Join th...
DVE added Titans (2023) to their pull list May 14, 2023
The Dark Crisis is over, and the Justice League is no more. Now, a new team must rise and protect the Earth...Titans, go! The Teen Titans are ready to grow up. Each member joined as a much younger hero, certain that one day they'd be invited to join the Justice League. But the time has come for them not to join the League...but to replace it! Are t...
DVE added Avengers (2023) to their pull list May 14, 2023
JED MACKAY AND STORMBREAKER C.F. VILLA TAKE THE REINS OF EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES!
The Star. The Icon. The Witch. The Construct. The God. The Engineer. The King. The world is ever in peril, and a new team of Avengers mobilizes to meet any dangers that dare threaten the planet. But when TERMINUS attacks, a new and insidious danger rears its head...
DVE added Green Lantern (2023) to their pull list May 9, 2023
Spinning out of the events of Dark Crisis, the Guardians of Oa at the heart of the Green Lantern Corps have quarantined Sector 2814, home of the planet Earth-and its champion along with it! A heartbreaking defeat has sent Hal reeling, returning home to rediscover his roots...and find the man responsible for ruining his life: Sinestro. From the visi...
DVE reviewed Spider-Man #7 Apr 6, 2023
So ends Dan Slott trying to get residuals for characters that might appear in Across the Spider-Verse Part 2 or as PlayStation skins.
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THE END OF THE SPIDER-VERSE IS HERE!
Friends became enemies, enemies became friends and now all of the Spider-Verse ENDS!
Jessica Drew? Gone. Peter Parker? Gone. And they aren?t the only ones erased by the sacred Sting-Knife.
How can Silk and the rest of the Spiders win this Spider-War?!
Rated T
Donny Cates breaks the streak of quality Thor we've had since Dan Jurgens' run. Maybe he'll get Daredevil and break that next.
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THOR VS. DOCTOR DOOM! It's THOR against DOOM in a battle of wits, morals and, of course-might! Doom's latest plot lies deep in Asgard's history. And nothing, not even time itself, will stop him from getting what he wants-except maybe for Thor, who must pursue him to protect reality itself!
Rated T+
DVE reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #22 Mar 24, 2023
This isn't the thing that Peter did. That hasn't happened yet. A bunch of stuff like stealing from the FF and going to Norman Osborn for help hasn't been shown yet.
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Who is this mysterious figure and what do they have to do with Peter's and Mary Jane's disappearances?!
Rated T
DVE dropped Love Everlasting from their pull list Feb 24, 2023
From superstar award-winning creators TOM KING & ELSA CHARRETIER comes a new ONGOING SERIES set in a world as frighteningly fantastical as any found beyond the stars: Romance Comics! Joan Peterson discovers that she is trapped in an endless cycle-a problem to be solved, a man to marry-and every time she falls in love, she disappears into another te...
DVE dropped Batman / Superman: World's Finest (2022) from their pull list Feb 24, 2023
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The Dark Knight. The Man of Steel. They are the two finest superheroes that the world has ever known...and they're together again in an epic new series from the legendary talents of Mark Waid and Dan Mora! In the not-too-distant past, Superman's powers are super-charged from a devastating chemical attack by the villain Metallo...and the only ally t...
DVE reviewed Dark Web: Finale #1 Feb 1, 2023
Is there at least a decent explanation for why Ben Reilly is acting so out of character in this?
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The dawn rises after the demonic invasion of New York City, but what will that light reveal? It will reveal Chasm's final gambit and the new denizens of Hell he helped create and unleash on Spider-Man and the X-Men! See how Dark Web changed this city's landscape forever!
Rated T
Yes, is literally explained in the story multiple times and it's also a plot that comes from the ending of the Beyond arc
DVE rated X-Men: Grand Design Omnibus Jan 20, 2023
Over six tumultuous decades, the X-Men have carved a singular place in comic book lore and popular culture. Now, New York Times best-selling author Ed Piskor (Hip-Hop Family Tree, Wizzywig) takes you on a pulse-pounding tour of X-Men history unlike anything you've ever experienced before - an intricate labor of love that stitches together hundreds ...
DVE dropped Immortal Sergeant (2023) from their pull list Jan 17, 2023
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MINISERIES PREMIERE
Award-winning I KILL GIANTS storytellers JOE KELLY (Deadpool, Savage Spider-Man) and KEN NIIMURA (Eisner Award-winning Umami) return to yank on your heartstrings with IMMORTAL SERGEANT!
On the eve of his unwelcome retirement, Jim Sargent (aka "Sarge") a grizzled, old-school detective, catches a break...
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I have always wondered this. Is this issue as good as Watchmen? As good as the best issue of Sandman? If not, how can it have the same score as those?
Positive reviews pretty much guarantee that they continue to receive issues for free. Consistent criticism if you're a smaller reviewer or don't work for an actual company/site means you might get cut off. I also think that daspidaboy is right. The overall quality has dipped across the board from the big two. While there are still standouts that actually deserve 9s and 10s, objectively, there should really be more middle of the road scores. Not everything needs an 8 or even a 7.