completely agree. wasted time for king in black,
GammaBurst reviewed Future State: Superman: House of El #1 Feb 23, 2021
Wonderful! Superman is in great hands.
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Centuries into the future, the bloodline of Kal-El, the hero we know as Clark Kent, continues. Meet a new generation of Kryptonian heroes as they stand against one of the greatest threats they’ve ever faced: a diabolical foe called the Red King. Get ready for the unexpected debuts of the twins known as Rowan and Ronan Kent, descendants of Jonatha...
GammaBurst rated Superman #28 Dec 22, 2020
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It’s the Man of Steel’s last stand in this final Superman tale by the superstar team of Brian Michael Bendis, Ivan Reis, and Joe Prado! Superman comes face to face with an alien race that he desperately wants to help before it is too late. As the cosmically powered race known as the Synmar aim their deadly power at the Man of Steel’s adopted ...
GammaBurst reviewed Action Comics #1028 Dec 22, 2020
Kind of hard to expect more than mediocrity from this run...
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The powerhouse creative team of Brian Michael Bendis, John Romita Jr., and Klaus Janson wrap up their run on Action Comics with “House of Kent: Epilogue”! With the final fate of Metropolis’s underworld revealed at last, it’s time for each member of the House of Kent to face their unknown futures head on, including Lois, Conner, Jon, Kara, J...
GammaBurst reviewed Iron Man #4 Dec 16, 2020
This book has been, at best, enjoyable, but not much more than that.
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KORVAC is on the loose and Tony Stark is on the hook for it. Iron Man and Hellcat were lucky to survive their first encounter with Korvac and his new disciples, but finding him and stopping him is proving an even greater challenge. Tony is reticent to let other hero allies in on the fact that he opened up a giant can of worms all on his own, but it...
GammaBurst reviewed Green Lantern: Season Two #10 Dec 16, 2020
The beautiful, gorgeous art is what saves this book.
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Meet Hal Jordan’s Earth-11 counterpart in the first skirmish of the Ultrawar! Against a backdrop of cosmic conspiracy and shady interstellar politics, two Green Lanterns and two Star Sapphires enact a four-way battle of the sexes. As the cracks of division spread from world to world, can love prevail?
GammaBurst reviewed King In Black: Immortal Hulk #1 Dec 16, 2020
Not many writers/artists can tell a story that good like this one, with not a single word!
A PRESENT FOR THE HULK!
The Hulk is in a bad place. Half of his alters are dead or missing - including Bruce Banner - and the Leader's got the rest of him on the ropes. But never let it be said that Joe Fixit doesn't know how to have a good time - and he's out to make sure this is the best holiday the Hulk's ever had. He just has to fight his w...
GammaBurst reviewed Immortal Hulk #41 Dec 16, 2020
An amazing change of pace here. Ewing writes a great Ben too!
• The rematch everybody wanted - but not like this!
• The Hulk is broken, friendless and hunted. In every way, he's a shadow of his former self...
• ...but there's nothing like the real THING.
Rated T+
GammaBurst reviewed Venom #31 Dec 10, 2020
Impressive how the quality of this book has dropped.
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KING IN BLACK ARRIVES!
• What happens to Eddie Brock when he finally comes face to face with the lord of the abyss, the KING IN BLACK: KNULL?
Rated T+
GammaBurst reviewed Endless Winter: Justice League #1 Dec 3, 2020
Pure mediocrity.
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“Endless Winter” chapter one! The crossover event of the season begins here! The Justice League encounters an extinction-level global storm brewing at the former site of the Fortress of Solitude. Enter the Frost King, a monster mad with power with an army at his command! What devastating mystery lies in his past? And how does he tied to Queen H...
GammaBurst reviewed King In Black #1 Dec 3, 2020
Cates really nailed this week! Can't remember the last time I've enjoyed the first issue from a Marvel event this much, and Thor #10 was also amazing.
DARKNESS REIGNS!
After a campaign across the galaxy, Knull's death march arrives to Earth and, worse yet, he hasn't come alone! With an army of hundreds of thousands of symbiote dragons at his command, the King in Black is a force unlike any Earth's heroes have ever faced. EDDIE BROCK, A.K.A. VENOM has seen firsthand the chaos that even one of ...
GammaBurst reviewed Thor #10 Dec 3, 2020
Exceptional issue. My favorite from this run, by far!
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THE DARK PRISON OF DONALD BLAKE!
For years Doctor Donald Blake has wandered a land far from Midgard, the place he once thought home. Now he has returned to the Ten Realms - but it is not the place it was, nor he the man who once shared a body with a god. New terrors await in what is perhaps Donny Cates' darkest story yet!
Rated T+
GammaBurst reviewed Daredevil #24 Nov 25, 2020
Still the second best Marvel book, just behind Immortal Hulk! The others don't come close.
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THE VERDICT ON DAREDEVIL!
BACK IN RED, but for how long? As Hell's Kitchen still reels from the chaos unleashed upon its streets by the Stromwyns, its citizens are looking for someone to hold accountable.
MEANWHILE, hizzoner Mayor Wilson Fisk, now a hero in the eyes of his citizens, sets his sights on a new venture - with a dangerous ally a...
GammaBurst reviewed Venom #30 Nov 18, 2020
More mediocrity from Cates on this title as of lately.
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THIS IS IT!
The face-melting finale to VENOM BEYOND, by Donny Cates and special guest illustrator LUKE ROSS! Trapped at the mercy of the dangerous new foe called CODEX, Eddie Brock will have to make an impossible choice!
32 PGS. /Rated T+
GammaBurst reviewed Immortal Hulk #40 Nov 18, 2020
Very different from the last issues, but great anyway!
o So here's the skinny: Hulk's lower than he ever was. He's stuck in an iron hotel built just for him, and there's a new Sasquatch guarding the door.
o If he gets through him - and the rest of Gamma Flight - all he wins is an airlock to open space. It's a rigged game, with no way to win...
o ...only JOE FIXIT never learned how to lose.
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GammaBurst rated Green Lantern #9 Nov 15, 2020
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On the medieval fantasy planet of Athmoora, Sir Hal of the Lantern-a.k.a. Hal Jordan-must do battle with the evil wizard Ah-Bah-Nazzur, scourge of the Four Kingdoms! What is Ah-Bah-Nazzur's secret? And what does it have to do with the looming extinction-level Multiversal threat that leaves countless dead super-beings in its wake?
GammaBurst rated Green Lantern: Season Two #9 Nov 15, 2020
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The trial of Hyperman is on, and as monstrous forces gather in the shadows, a change of heart reunites Green Lantern Hal Jordan with his one true love, Carol Ferris-but nothing is what it seems in a mind-bending, heartrending case of cross-dimensional mistaken identity and looming cosmic catastrophe!
GammaBurst rated Iron Man #3 Nov 11, 2020
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Tony Stark is getting tired of apologizing for being himself, especially when as Iron Man he's more powerful than most any other human being on Earth. As he wears himself out trying to do everything he can to be a force of good in the world, he's beginning to chafe at the idea that he really owes anybody anything. Is it too much to ask for a thank ...
GammaBurst reviewed Crossover #1 Nov 4, 2020
I expected much more.
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The creative powerhouses behind the bestselling, critically acclaimed GOD COUNTRY, Thanos Wins, and REDNECK returns for the biggest launch of the year.
Imagine everything you thought was fantasy...was real. And now join us, in a world where reality is dead...and anything is possible...
GammaBurst reviewed Thor #9 Nov 4, 2020
It was good, but too slow.
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THE RETURN OF DONALD BLAKE!
The "Prey" arc starts here! Once upon a time, a mortal man bore within him the spirit of a god. With a crack of his cane upon the ground, the Mighty Thor would appear! But it's been years since the King of Asgard required his human ward. Where has the good doctor been all this time - and what does his reappearance me...
GammaBurst reviewed Immortal Hulk #39 Oct 28, 2020
Pure writing and art genius.
• Some time ago, an outside force entered Bruce Banner's system.
• The Devil says it's the Green Scar. The Green Scar says it's the Devil. Maybe they're both right...or both wrong...
• ...but only one of them can be the IMMORTAL
Rated T+
GammaBurst rated Wonder Woman #765 Oct 27, 2020
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The invisible jet is going down-look out below! On a mission to the heart of super-villain-occupied Zandia, Wonder Woman is stopped dead in her tracks by a turf war that’s turning deadlier by the minute. After a heated consult with the Justice League, Diana finds herself on her own with the supposedly reformed Max Lord to complete her mission-and...
GammaBurst rated Action Comics #1026 Oct 27, 2020
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This issue, it’s the Superman family versus everybody! In this blistering conclusion to the epic “House of Kent” saga, huge choices are made to defend the great city of Metropolis. Plus, amid all the chaos, the new owner of the Daily Planet is revealed-and it’s...Jimmy Olsen?! Guest-starring Jonathan Kent, Conner Kent, Supergirl, and the Le...
GammaBurst reviewed Venom #29 Oct 22, 2020
Ok comic. Much like good part of what Cates writes.
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"VENOM BEYOND" CONTINUES!
• Eddie Brock and his son, Dylan, are trapped in an unfamiliar world!
• But if there's one thing Eddie's good at, it's making friends, right?
Rated T+
GammaBurst reviewed Iron Man #2 Oct 21, 2020
Good comic, but that's about it.
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TONY HAS COMPANY... AND HIS NAME IS KORVAC!
Tony Stark continues to roughly dismantle the fancy, shiny and sophisticated ways of his past... but the world doesn't seem quite convinced that he's changed his rich guy tune. As Iron Man, he takes the fight to the streets, looking to sacrifice himself on the altar of super heroism again and again-fi...
GammaBurst reviewed Daredevil #23 Oct 21, 2020
Excellent, as usual!
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EISNER-NOMINATED FOR BEST CONTINUING SERIES, COVER ARTIST, WRITER & LETTERER!
• Matt Murdock, A.K.A. DAREDEVIL, has been putting his life back together after the monumental first year of Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto's run - but the criminals of Hell's Kitchen aren't inclined to give him any more time to heal.
•&nbs...
GammaBurst rated Avengers #37 Oct 16, 2020
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THE AGE OF KHONSHU COMES TO ITS THUNDEROUS CONCLUSION!
The ragtag Avengers take the fight to the power mad Khonshu, deep in the heart of New Thebes City. But which side will Moon Knight choose? And is Earth doomed either way?
Rated T+
GammaBurst rated Green Lantern: Season Two #8 Oct 15, 2020
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War with the Anti-Matter World! The cliffhanger to Season One led to this cataclysmic confrontation! We saw that only one anti-matter soldier could decimate a small army of Green Lanterns. What happens when a horde of them strike?
GammaBurst reviewed Immortal Hulk #38 Oct 14, 2020
It only gets better. Another masterpiece!
• He's been chained. He's been suppressed. He doesn't even know if he's real.
• But something is reaching through the Green Door. It wants to hurt Bruce Banner. And when you hurt Banner...
• ...the DEVIL HULK takes it personally.
Rated T+
GammaBurst reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #50 Oct 14, 2020
Loved the issue and I guessed who Kindred was too!
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"LAST REMAINS" STARTS HERE!
• THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN reaches another landmark and we're celebrating Spider-Style!
• Spider-Man just took the beating of his life and we're just getting started.
• Artist Patrick Gleason is back on AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ushering in the saga that is "LAST REMAINS"!
• Kindred is stepping...
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