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6.7
Overall Rating

This might just be the worst comic I've ever read. The art is fine, totally professional. But the story... the characters... what the hell? Its so incredibly juvenile. Two d-bags hop through time. Its Bill and Ted sans humour.

The cover is nice!

I'm wondering what everyone else is reading that this comic is so highly rated here. The book is an encyclopedia of different DC universes. The framing device used in nonsensical. The different versions of the justice league are silly and uninspired. The only good thing is the professional quality artwork.

3.0
 Dejah Thoris (2019): Fairy Tales #1 Aug 28, 2022
3.0
 New Avengers (2013) #30 Feb 27, 2015

For some reason I thought this was the issue that Brian Wood was going to start writing. Not only is this not written by Wood but apparently he has been booted off the title completely. This was written by McFarlane and it shows. I knew by the first gigantic speech bubble that this was not Wood. My God McFarlane loves long, wordy dialogue interludes. It was a tough read. This was the first issue I had read since I read the first 20 issues a few years ago... so I was lost. The book wraps up a previous story line and then introduces the old Spawn back into the narrative.

3.0
 The Empty #1 Feb 11, 2015
4.0
 Red Sonja: The Black Tower #4 Feb 7, 2015

Woah! Come on, let's calm down a bit folks. I don't what everyone else is smoking but all I see here is a failed attempt a surrealism and a tedious exercise in post-modernist comic writing.
5.0
 Avengers (2012) #42 Mar 5, 2015
5.0
 Dark Horse Presents (2014) #7 Feb 18, 2015

Roy Thomas really loves fantasy stories with mysterious towers in them. I found these stories petty bland and forgettable. It's nothing we haven't all read a thousand times before and if I am to re-read this book in a few weeks from now, I'm sure I'll have forgotten all of them. None of the stories are connected, they're just little shorts that I guess can be seen as character explorations. But we don't learn anything new about Sonja. I'd rather read Gail Simone's ongoing series than these stories.
5.0
 Red Sonja: Vulture's Circle #2 Feb 6, 2015
5.0
 Swamp Thing (2011) #39 Feb 6, 2015

I read this but I totally forget all of it. Not very intriguing and after the last disappointing story arc I'm starting to get worried about this title.

Another bore in this soap opera side-story of B.P.R.D. Not sure where this is going. The whole issue was Abe talking to a young girl. It was nice to see a young person's perspective of the monster fallout but it not something we haven't seen in almost every post-apocalypse tale. The issue ends on a shameless monsters-in-the-background-coming-to-get-the-main-characters-without-them-knowing cliffhanger.
6.0
 Big Man Plans #1 Mar 5, 2015
6.0
 Blackcross #1 Mar 5, 2015
6.0
 Coyotes #1 Nov 8, 2017
6.0
 Grim (2022) #4 Aug 28, 2022

Powerful guy wants to create a better world and is willing to make the hard choices to achieve his vision. Nothing here that hasn't already been thoroughly established in Harada's appearances in Harbinger, but a nice entry point for new readers and a refresher for the old ones. I am excited to see what happens next.
6.0
 Ivar, Timewalker #2 Feb 20, 2015
6.0
 Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Shapeshifters #4 Jul 4, 2022
6.0
 Legenderry Red Sonja (2015) #1 Feb 11, 2015

Nice artwork

6.0
 Nameless #1 Feb 6, 2015

This reads way too much like Y:The Last Man substituting aliens for humans.

6.0
 Star Wars: Princess Leia #1 Mar 5, 2015

This series started very strong but it's starting to drag.

6.0
 The Lonesome Hunters #3 Aug 28, 2022

The start of a fine, if familiar, story about a robin hood type thief framed for murder by a leader of the local mafia-style gang. I thought the art was especially rough and thrown together. It looks like the storyboard and Sakai didn't have enough time to tighten it up before inking.

7.0
 All-New Hawkeye #1 Mar 5, 2015

The start of what could be a really fun sci-fi series.

Fun story with cool art but not much to hook me in
7.0
 D4VE (IDW) #1 Feb 26, 2015
7.0
 Descender #1 Mar 5, 2015
7.0
 Divinity #1 Feb 11, 2015

The comic feels like a mediocre episode of the show, but it does feel like the show. The characters all seem like they could have been characters in the show. The doctor is well done. It's nice to see the eleventh doctor in a story again.

7.0
 Ei8ht #1 Feb 18, 2015

It's been awhile since Ken Garing published a comic! This seems to be Garing doing something similar to Bone in tone.

I love Simon Roy's artwork but the story wasn't doing it for me. A bit of a slog to get through.

Pretty run of the mill one-shot Hellboy. If you've read a few in the past, you already know what to expect. Hellboy visits a creepy old house and weird stuff happens.

7.0
 Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957: Falling Sky Aug 12, 2022

A bit of a let down from the first issue.
7.0
 I Hate This Place #4 Aug 28, 2022

Lots of great artwork. The stories are a bit too short to comment on yet. The Rumble story was great.
7.0
 Moon Knight (2014) #12 Feb 18, 2015

Pretty good wrap up to the second volume

7.0
 Rai #7 Feb 11, 2015
7.0
 Rat God #2 Mar 5, 2015
7.0
 Saga #26 Mar 5, 2015

Reeks a little too of the prequels. Oh, how I hate the word "senate". I suppose this was predictale as Vader is one of the few characters that was directly engaged in the events of the prequel movies. I liked Vader's dealing with the Hut and the bounty hunters but honestly there's absolutely nothing new here that a person watching the films already have assumed. There was a small tie in to the main Star Wars comics by Aaron.
7.0
 Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses #1 Feb 6, 2015

Great artwork. Story is creepy but not much else happening. Quick read.
7.0
 The Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to be Kin #4 Aug 28, 2022
7.0
 The Valiant #3 Feb 20, 2015
7.0
 X-O Manowar (2012) #34 Mar 5, 2015

loved the artwork
8.0
 Birthright #5 Feb 6, 2015

Super fun. The next issue will make or break this series.

8.0
 Eight Billion Genies #4 Aug 12, 2022
8.0
 Frankenstein (2015): New World #1 Aug 28, 2022

Awesome artwork and a nice surreal trip through hell.

8.0
 Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1952 #3 Feb 6, 2015
8.0
 King Conan (2021) #5 Jul 4, 2022
8.0
 Once & Future #26 Jul 4, 2022

Funny story with amazing artwork
8.0
 Orphan and the Five Beasts Collected Aug 12, 2022

There was a bit too much going on all at once in this issue. Not much breathing room for the characters which is unfortunate.

A comic full illustrated by Mike Mignola? Sign me up. Story was nothing mindbending, just two somewhat minor characters talking.

8.0
 Star Wars: Darth Vader #2 Feb 26, 2015
8.0
 The Black Hood #1 Feb 26, 2015
8.0
 The Multiversity: Mastermen #1 Feb 21, 2015

Wonderful artwork. Story is actually fun. The best Shaolin Cowboy thus far.

9.0
 Criminal Special Edition (One-Shot) #1 Feb 26, 2015

An all P. Craig Russell issue. This is the best chapter of the whole series so far. Can't wait for the followup

The best issue in the series so far.

I am incredibly excited for this series. Corben is one of my favourite artists and he seems to be pulling in his Lovecraft and Poe influences for this one. It could end up being one of his best works.

The characterization are spot on and the use of the force is well done as well. I was worried the comic book might go super insane with the jedi powers like the prequel movies did. Fortunately Aaron approaches it in a more subtle way like in the original 3 movies. I also loved that Solo is still in denial about the force and tries to explain away Vader's powers.
9.0
 Step By Bloody Step #4 Jul 4, 2022
9.0
 The Goon: Once Upon A Hard Time #1 Feb 6, 2015

Daniel Warren Johnson doing what he does best.

10
 Do A Powerbomb #2 Aug 28, 2022
10
 Do A Powerbomb #3 Aug 28, 2022

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