Reaper74 reviewed Action Comics #67 Nov 22, 2023
Entertaining war time yarn staring Supes. Some of it quite absurd but in the best way to make you giggle.
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Reaper74 reviewed Alpha Flight #1 Nov 21, 2023
Glad Alpha is back. Nice setup and though the beginning is somewhat headscratcher knowing the characters past it does end nicely.
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SAVING CANADA... FROM THE MUTANT MENACE?! GUARDIAN, PUCK, SNOWBIRD and SHAMAN return, as a terrestrial ALPHA FLIGHT bursts onto the scene! But what schism will pit these heroes against their former teammates AURORA, NORTHSTAR and NEMESIS, as well as Aurora's beau, FANG? The FALL OF X has changed the game, and will Alpha Flight soar to new heights-o...
Reaper74 reviewed Star Wars: Knight Errant - Aflame #2 Nov 21, 2023
Not that bad a book. The characters are a little more fleshed out but the lead Jedi is still to headstrong. I would have liked a better more mature chess like approach with the character.
Reaper74 reviewed Avengers #25 Nov 16, 2023
Yeah Dooms plan is not that good considering he’s supposed to be smart. Also the Avengers forget Doom rules Lateria. It’s pretty shoddy to get the plot going. Though once the confrontation starts it is all pretty entertaining. Not the best but fun nothing less.
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Fooled into visiting Latveria by a spurious letter from their aunt, Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch, and the rest of the Avengers are jailed, left at the whims of the country's iron-fisted (and faced) ruler: Doctor Doom!
Reaper74 reviewed Flash #800 Nov 8, 2023
Nice annual with some great short stories. Adam’s story is the standout but Waids impulse story is up there too.
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Written by Jeremy Adams, Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, Geoff Johns, and Simon Spurrier Art by Fernando Pasarin & Oclair Albert, Todd Nauck, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Scott Kolins, and Mike Deodato Jr. An oversize anniversary issue concludes writer Jeremy Adams's acclaimed tenure, with special guests Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, and Geoff Johns join...
Reaper74 reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #34 Nov 6, 2023
Avg Spidy book. Decent enough action with Kraven.
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Enter Kraven the Hunter! Kraven has isolated himself in the wilderness to brew and plot revenge against Spider-Man. When Kraven returns to New York to hunt down his prey, Spider-Man is caught unawares.
Well I guess when you need to you just make up new rules for the Xenos. I mean breathing in space I guess even though the very first Aluen literally blew it out into space. I guess they just figured since it was fried it would have lived otherwise. Ok. I think the worst thing about the book is the dialogue. Man is it bad.
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SOMETHING WICKED IS COMING THEIR WAY... The USCSS Boreas has been infiltrated! A chest-burster is wreaking havoc on base, leaving a trail of gore and eviscerated bodies in its wake. With their numbers dwindling, will the Weyland-Yutani security team be able to track the alien down before it becomes something even more deadly? And even if they do, h...
Reaper74 reviewed Star Wars: Knight Errant - Aflame #1 Oct 5, 2023
So so start. The ending picked up but why are all new Jedi so headstrong and brash. It’s a stereotype that really drives me insane. It’s as if Jedi training really does suck. Luke was that way because he was untrained and Yoda was able to contain that by Return.
Reaper74 reviewed Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral #5 Oct 5, 2023
Whoa boy that was a painful end to a pointless series. This is a prime example of not creating a series with someone to root for. It’s just bad people doing bad things to each other and not learning a darn thing. It really makes the Sith look rather idiotic.
Lord Dreypa’s Leviathans continue their destruction of the lost tribe of Sith, searching in vain for an ancient, well-hidden Jedi starship. Beating Dreypa to the ship, a Sith rebel finds himself on the cusp of attaining his dreams—destruction of the tribe and discovery of a way to reach the galaxy. But there could be something that would cause ...
Reaper74 reviewed Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral #2 Oct 3, 2023
Just don’t care much for the characters.
Having set sail on a prisoner vessel to uncharted territories, a rebel and a stowaway princess find themselves in a losing battle with their crewmates against a society of strange self-proclaimed exiles. When they are taken in by the exiles, new opportunities for power within the civilization pique their interest. The rebel recklessly takes the fir...
Reaper74 rated Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral #3 Oct 3, 2023
The release of Sith Lord Baron Dreypa has quickened a Sith rebel’s hope of overturning the ruling order of a lost Sith tribe—just not as he’d hoped, with himself in charge . . . But at least Dreypa’s attack on the home of the princess has brought deliverance to the slums of the Sith tribe! Imprisoned, the princess struggles to escape, hopin...
Reaper74 reviewed Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral #4 Oct 3, 2023
Overall decent page turner
A Sith princess returns to her kingdom as ancient Lord Dreypa’s awakened army of Leviathans wreaks havoc and destruction across the lost tribe of the Sith, searching for the one thing that can again open Dreypa’s power to the entire galaxy! Running out of options to save the tribe she wants to rule, the princess takes a chance that places all h...
Reaper74 reviewed Predator #1 Oct 3, 2023
So I like the idea of looking at the movie Predators in a little different vain. The Predator looked cool. Had some nice action. Though they were shooting a lot man these soldiers suck. Then blamo cool Predator gone in a most lame way just to continue a crappy characters story. Oh well ruined a decent book.
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FEAR IS REBORN! On a planet far from Earth, eight strangers find themselves in a deadly game. But this time, the Predators aren't the only ones on the hunt. Someone has the Yautja in their sites - and they've been searching for this game preserve for a long time. Ed Brisson and Netho Diaz kicks off an explosive new series that will turn everything ...
The story in and of itself is standard stuff and I’m ok with that. What really hurts this though is it just seems like the writer has no clue how the Xenos work. If they are frozen how did they unfreeze on a Tundra planet. How do they live through fire to then suddenly be shown they are dead many panels later. Gestation does not take 2 hours. It is much longer.
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BETTER OFF BURIED!
Talbot Engineering Inc. is under new management, but the organization's brilliant chief scientist, Batya Zhan, is not willing to give up her coded work to this unexpected threat without a fight. Over at Zhan's dig site, the intruders drill into the ice of the moon colony's surface only to discover hundreds of dark, black, fr...
Reaper74 reviewed Werewolf By Night #2 Aug 25, 2023
Not all that bad. Some hokey dialogue but the premise is nice and the fight was well drawn. It’s not boring by any stretch of the imagination.
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NIGHT OF THE CREEPS!
• Jake's attempt to get to the bottom of his company's questionable practices leads to an all-out monster brawl!
• As Werewolf by Night gets in over his head, Red Wolf and the law are getting closer!
• With Jake's entire life in chaos, the only way out may be to fully embrace the secret history of the...
Reaper74 reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #33 Aug 14, 2023
Deserves all the recognition the book received through the years. I remember the picture since my time as a youngster in the 70’s and 80’s. To finally read the issue and see the art lives up to it all. Great stuff.
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Spider-Man attempts to find the ISO-36 serum that may provide a cure for Aunt May. But from whose hands must he acquire this unique formula? Peter must make some difficult choices to save the ones he loves.
Ok start. I don’t know if I like the family dynamics or not. At least they are human. Overall though it just feels ok. See how it plays out.
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SUPERSTARS DECLAN SHALVEY & ANDREA BROCCARDO TAKE ALIEN TO BONE-CHILLING NEW DEPTHS!
Scientist Batya Zahn will do just about anything to get her family off the icy moon where they've been conducting research on water conservation. But there?s more than glacial springs to find in this forgotten corner of the galaxy. When they discover an extrao...
Reaper74 reviewed Flash #799 Jul 27, 2023
I’ve enjoyed Adam’s run this was a rather quick unfulfilling ending to it all. Everything happens off page and things come and go to fast. Then the end leaves it like they are gone for forever and gives us nothing. Well it was a nice run. Wish it would have ended better.
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Uncovering the truth about what happened to their third child, Wally and team must infiltrate the dangerous compound known as the Nest in hopes of saving their newborn, while battling the formidable Granny Goodness!
Reaper74 reviewed Superman #5 Jul 19, 2023
Great issue with a wallop of an ending. Love Jimmy and Banshee relationship and the resolution was well played.
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Silver Banshee is back--and more dangerous than ever! Given a massive power upgrade by Lex Luthor's archenemies, Silver Banshee's scream rocks Metropolis, and Superman must stop her from destroying his city while also saving her life. Be ready for the shock ending that stabs this series in its heart!
Reaper74 reviewed Flash #798 Jul 19, 2023
Really enjoyable issue. Nice start to new arc with lots of characters that never slows down.
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Tragedy befalls the West family, which uncovers a mystery that will take our favorite red-headed hero beyond time and space! Mister Terrific joins Wally along with a few surprise guests to help him on a mission to save the Flash Family!
Reaper74 reviewed Green Arrow #2 Jul 12, 2023
Fun entertaining issue. It just felt way too short. The art if excellent but man that was a fast read that seemed to really not go anywhere fully. I would have liked to see Arsenal and Canary a little more.
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Green Arrow is alive...but where the hell is he?! That's what Roy Harper and Black Canary want to know, and their search takes them into the bowels of Belle Reve. But they'd better hurry-the stranded Oliver Queen and another lost member of the Green Arrow family are both being hunted by a brand-new villain called...Troublemaker.
Reaper74 reviewed Predator #6 Jul 2, 2023
Whew the art was bad in this. Glad it’s over cause I care even less about the main character. The ending was terrible and just doesn’t build to anything after everything that has transpired. Could’ve ended with a Predator nuke and nothing would have changed.
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Theta and the Astar team are under attack by a Predator! But is this the one Theta has been searching for all her life? Don't miss what happens as Theta comes face-to-face with what could be her final battle!
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Well it finally ended. The action was good if a bit incoherent. The biggest downside to the whole arc is the synths themselves. The humans are pictured as jerks for “backstabbing “ them and get torn up but in reality the synths were built by humans. They don’t exist in any fashion without being built by them. They are not living. So the message is rather muddled.
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DEATH IS INEVITABLE!
Steel Team is in fragments. Scores of innocent humans are dead after surviving years on an irradiated rock. A new kind of Xenomorph is emerging... hunting... killing. It's all built to this. Is this the end - or beginning - of a new horror?
Rated T+
Reaper74 reviewed Superman #4 Jun 17, 2023
The plot and dynamics between Lex and Supes are great. The backstory Lex tells not so much. Now I get Lex could be lying but if not it’s really just out there. I like that Williamson goes for it though. It doesn’t drag the book down but in the end it is rather a miss. Overall though it’s nice to have a good Superman title.
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INTRODUCING THE KRYPTONITE KLAW! Superman is vulnerable to Kryptonite, but what happens when other dangerous superhumans are exposed to it? If Superman wants to stop Metropolis's newest enemies, he must uncover Lex Luthor's secret past!
From a plot perspective it was fine. Nice setup and a cool moment with Beast boy and a giant ape. The Gar Raven relationship feels real. The downside is Taylor’s dialogue on everything else. Oh boy is it bad. It feels like people talking in slogans. It’s so head shaking. I don’t mind the politics or context of what is being said but sound human at least. Really drags the issue down. Nice end more
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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...
Reaper74 reviewed Tales of Suspense #73 Jun 16, 2023
Both characters stories are continuations and are rather middle of the road for both the story and the overall enjoyment. Some of the inner monologues for both stories are rather repetitive and drag the book down. The action in both though are well drawn and pretty slam bang fun.
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Iron Man learns that Hogan has been kidnapped from the hospital, and he follows the clues to a secret castle.
Reaper74 reviewed Flash #797 Jun 16, 2023
Fun diversion issue with an appearance by the Supersons which was nice. Lots of fun stuff and also a nice ending to set up the next arc. Overall entertaining.
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It's a super-speed misadventure in babysitting as Kid Flash watches Jai and Irey, the Flash's children! When a sleepover goes awry, Ace has to bring back the twins, Maxine, and a few new friends from across time and space!
Reaper74 reviewed Avengers #24 Jun 10, 2023
Glad this arc is over with Kang. Just not very good. Stan’s writing is terrible right now in this title.
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Captain America has left the Avengers! But when Kang the Conqueror abducts the remaining team and imprisons them in his future, who else can save them but the Star-Spangled Avenger?
Reaper74 reviewed Daredevil #12 Jun 6, 2023
Fun pulpy issue with some interesting villains. Overall nice start up for Murdock not stuck in the office and also nice with the twist at the end.
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The Man without Fear takes on the Plunderer, infamous pirate of the high seas! But what has brought the Plunderer aboard a cruise ship? And where is he planning on taking Matt Murdock? As Daredevil, Matt saves wild man Ka-Zar from a carnivorous plant of the Savage Land!
One of the better issues in this run. It was entertaining and the Alien art is very well done. Still though besides the kid there’s no one to root for.
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RUDE AWAKENING! The ship the humans stole from the Steel Team has crashed, and from the fiery wreckage emerged a swarm of Xenos led by the monstrous Hybrid! The few remaining humans fled back to their base in a futile attempt to escape slaughter. Meanwhile, with their numbers quickly dwindling, the Steel Team must make difficult decisions that coul...
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