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Review: The Amazing Spider-Man #611 - This Man, This Expletive Deleted

Deadpool VS The Editor's notes - oh, and Spidey's here too.

WOW!!! That is all I can say. I mean, this is the DEFINITION of the saying "He stole the show", I mean, this became Deadpools book, proving that Joe writes a better Pool-in-ator than Spidey, but enough of that. The art is SO fun to look at, the dialogue is AMAZINGLY hilarious, and shifts from that to pure evil as the Kravens discuss their evil plans (The gaunlet). Oh, and remember kids, if Deadpool whips out his "Yomommageddon" joke, YOU BETTER FREAKIN RUN!

(Oh, and did I forget to mention the edtiors notes got into the brawl inside Deadpools head?)

OH, and guest-starring Geoff Johns... as himself. No, really, I am serious.

5 outta 5, FORCE YOUR FRIENDS TO READ BY ANY MEANS!!

Thats right, I'll steal your show, make you cry, and then 'ya die! Hey, that ryhmed! Oh, and yes, I AM keeping Wacker hostage, how'd 'ya know? (I wish Barack had hired me for reals. Oh well.)

Review: Batman #693 - Life After Death, Part 2, Charades

BATMAN #693

Reviewed by: brewski420

life after death part.2. good issue. written and drawn by tony daniels. i'm a big fan of tony daniels so i'm really enjoying his take on batman. in this issue we find out that the black mask is someone important without that skull mask. wonder who he could be? bruce wayne(thomas elliot)? i'm not gonna say much on this issue but we get to see richard grayson and helena(huntress)make out. the riddler makes an appearence and something happens to him to cause him to become crazy again...i think. lol. thomas elliot is still out playing bruce wayne. theres also a young girl whos running around in a costume that looks familiar with someone elses. batman tracks the young girl to devils square.(black masks holed up there). batman knocks out some black masks snipers and comes to some kids hanging out. he asks them about the girl and a young boy tries to answer batmans question and then something crazy happens. i wont tell. you def hav to check this issue out.

Review: Vengeance of the Moon Knight #3 - Shock And Awe, Chapter 3

Ok...wait a minute.

Reviewed by: W@de Wilson

Marvel has a character named Scarecrow? Who looks just like DC's Scarecrow? This is a little retarded.

He's brought up in this book as he assists The Profile, The Hood, and a revived Bushman to take out the reformed Moon Knight. Strangely, it didn't strike me as strange until I finished the issue. As I was reading, I just assumed it was the DC character, and it didn't bother me in the slightest until that little red flag popped up in the back of my head saying "Hey asshole! You're reading a Marvel book! What the fuck?"

My stupidity aside, I liked the book. The scene's drift casually to a fro between a series of stories. Moon Knight protecting Marlene as the museum is broken into, subduing the robbers without maiming his victims, which impresses the lady quite a bit. Spider-Man's input on Moon Knight's new found fame and popularity (always a funny commentary). And Bushman and co. taking over the asylum with the help of Scarecrow. This scene in particular was very classic Moon Knight fare. Super violent and at times, incredibly disturbing. Great stuff. I'm also glad they backed down on some of the pseudo-comedic dialogue from issue two. It was kind of weird. However, the writing in the final sequence between Lockley and Marlene was brilliant. I get sick of the "inward reflection" side of this character, but when it's done short and sweet like it was here, it makes for an awesome scene.

The art in particular wowed me in this issue, after a few week points in issue two, I was glad to see Opena back on track with his pencils. However, one this that has been bothering me is how the mask's eyes change from glowing red to glowing blue. Not sure yet if that depends on the time of day, or if it's just the colorist not being able to make up his mind. Guess we'll see. But there were a lot of moving large shots in this issue. Bushman standing over his grave with his face still carved off, to the final shot in the book. They were powerful, and that's one thing I love about Opena's art.

All in all, a great build in the middle of a solid arc. If you were a fan of Moon Knight before this run, you'll love this book. If you're just getting into it, this is what to expect from this character. Enjoy.

Review: Deadpool #17 - Want You To Want Me, Part 3: The Revolution Will Be Televised

Deadpool fired as X-Men's spokesman

Reviewed by: jamesewelch

In the last issue, Deadpool sorta joined the X-Men - not that any of the X-Men wanted him to, but that they believed it was safer than letting Deadpool loose on the streets. In this issue, Deadpool tackles one of the X-Men's current problems, but opts for his own approach without warning the rest of the team what he's up to. Of course, Deadpool and the X-Men don't see eye-to-eye on the best approach. All the while, Norman Osborn is sitting back watching Deadpool's antics unfold on live television and further embarrass the X-Men. Finally, Cyclops sends in Wolverine to take care of Deadpool, but... well you'll need to see how he gets out of this one.

Overall, I think this is a well written comic book that fits in nicely with Deadpool series. It feels like it's written for the Deadpool fan's complete with chickens, roofies, and Domino inviting Deadpool back to her hotel room... only if there were more pancakes, then it could have been a perfect 5.0.

Review: The Authority: The Lost Year #1 - Utopian

A real world crisis

Reviewed by: grifter78

(No Spoilers)

And so begins Wildstorm’s redemption for the sins of the past (actually Grant Morrison’s sins). To quickly recap, when Wildstorm released their relaunch called Worldstorm in 2006, Grant Morrison and Gene Ha launched a new Authority title. They got 2 issues released and Morrison left due to over-committing to too many projects. The project was on indefinite hiatus until Keith Giffen came along and agreed to finish it. So, the title was renamed The Authority: The Lost Year. Collected here are the first two issues from Morrison/Ha. A lot of people were turned off by the fact that in the original issue 1, The Authority was completely absent from the issue. Obviously Morrison was going for the slow build but fans didn’t appreciate it. I must say the first two issues read better in one sitting like this. Instead of having an entire issue without the title characters in it, we get roughly 22 pages before they appear. This’ll probably be easier for fans to accept. Morrison looks like he was going for a big screen cinematic feel with this story. The massive two-page shot of The Carrier under water is epic. And overall the premise is interesting and has potential for a good story. I won’t give it away (even though I’m sure lots of people know by now) but I will say that we’ve been told to expect The Authority to visit some interesting alternate worlds in their quest to make it back to the Wildstorm Universe. Artist Darick Robertson takes over art chores from Gene Ha starting with next week’s issue 3 (although Ha still provides the covers). From the preview, Robertson’s art is a little grittier and not as soft as Ha’s but it seems to have improved greatly from his work on The Authority: Prime mini-series.

For fans of The Authority who aren’t following World’s End, here’s your chance to see the team back in full force. There will be a different artist for each arc, but Giffen will handle writing chores for the entire 12-issue series (yes, it’s a limited series). So, here’s to correcting the mistakes of Worldstorm and hoping that soon we’ll see Jim Lee finishing his Wildcats run that was also put on hold.

Review: Stormwatch: P.H.D. #24 - None

All good things...

Reviewed by: grifter78

(No Spoilers)

Well, the final issue is here. When Ian Edington and Leandro Fernandez were brought on to Stormwatch PHD to do World’s End, I doubt they thought they’d be writing the final issue. But unfortunately, sales determined otherwise. It is a real shame too because this was one of the strongest World’s End titles, so I’m not entirely sure why people just didn’t catch on to this title. The stories were very reminiscent of Ellis’ Authority run in that we had lots of huge moral dilemmas and several touch choices that needed to be made to ensure the survival of the species. Stormwatch became the new ‘Authority’ of the world but sadly it wasn’t enough to save the title.

This last issue is told at an extremely face pace, which is not surprising since I’m sure there were several things Edington wanted to wrap-up before his run ended. Without spoiling anything, the one surprise is that we were able to get a resolution of sorts to The High’s side story. It was an interesting way to tie everything together. Plus we get one more dramatic scene before the issue is over which was pretty appropriate I thought. But as we’ve seen in previews for January, Stormwatch’s story is far from over. We’ll see these characters popping up in Wildcats and The Authority and I’m glad. Stormwatch has always been a resilient title. I’m sure we’ll see another incarnation (or continuation?) of it sooner or later.

Review: Sweet Tooth #3 - Out of the Deep Woods, Part Three

Pretty good stuff

Reviewed by: TheOmegaMan

Ok I have to admit I loved Sweet Tooth #1. Sweet Tooth #2 was a little slow for me but it was still good. And this, #3 was pretty cool with a couple of weak points.

So this issue picks up with Gus pulling a horse, who is carrying Mr. Jepperd. Mr. Jepperd is hurting from the attack in issue 2 and so Gus decides to call it a night, and camp out inside an old farm house. He leaves Mr. Jepperd and the horse there and goes to a nearby house to look for food and bandages. While in the house he ends up finding some food, and some more candy. Then Gus decides to go upstairs and notices a bedroom. There is a boy lying in bed, well, his skeleton. But what is the boy clutching? Dandy, the story of a young deer. Har Har Pun alert, Dandy = Bambi.

Gus goes back to the farm area, bandages up Jepperd, and eats a few too many candy bars. Only then to have a nightmare about what? Dandy and a rabbit. Telling Gus to run away from Jepperd because he is an evil man. Well Gus wakes up from his nightmare to find Jepperd awake as well. This is where Jepperd gets a little mean and nasty with Gus. Something that doesn't exactly fit with the story, at least not with me, and not yet.

Well, they hit the road on horseback once again. Into another deserted town. They get to the path they were going to take but it is filled with dead bodies. Well they both decide not to go that way when they hear a noise. They are not alone. Jepperd looks around and Gus sees someone in one of the building windows. They bust into the old motel and meet up with a rabbit girl named Becky. To be continued...

I liked this story for the most part, though the whole Dandy/Bambi story was lame especially considering Gus is a deer creature and all...So, I give it a 4 out of 5. In hopes that this story is really building to something awesome...

Review: She-Hulk #37 - Heroic Proportions, Part 1 (Of 2)

Brad Pitt is dumping Angelina for She Hulk?

Reviewed by: Nerd Of A Hero

Spoilers:
She-Hulk name was cleared by attorney Mallory Book, and thanks to the public praising for her actions, she was giving a job in the agency to fight corrupted dictators and help victims from unexpected casualties. Jazinda is disguising as She-Hulk to bountry hunt super villians, but was attacked by Man Elephant and changed back to her Skrull form as 2 boys watched, praising Man Elephant as a hero.

Review:
I liked the beginnig part when She Hulk was able to convine the judge's that her acts was for good reasons, only for it to be a day dream. The Now and then, back and forth scene gag is in this, but it was very well done. The only reason I good this was, once again, the nice cool looking cover, and yet it wasn't the same designer that did the issue. No prob' though, it was decent.

Review: # - Friday the 13th Part III

Jason is More Afraid of You Than You are of Him

Reviewed by: SuperGamera

This movie is really boring. It starts off with some people seeing Jason and eventually being killed (off screen). Then abunch of dumb kids go to Jason's old hunting ground. Jason hides in a barn doing who knows what until nearly the end of the movie. Wow he's really a coward why doesn't he just kill them right away. He has no excuse besides not wanting his ugly face to be seen without a mask. Eventually he gets his mask and kills nearly everyone besides the one female protagonist. I wouldn't recommend this film to anyone for it is not the least bit scary, exciting, or suspensful.

Review: # - Terminator Salvation

A good Non-Cameron Film

Reviewed by: MechaBuddha73

When Mc G was chosen to do the next Terminator film I said "No Arnold Good Luck Buddy!!," But after I seen Terminator Salvation I shut my fat yap!! Christian (I go off on the stage help)Bale takes the role of John Connor,leader of the resistance as they find a drifter name Marcus played by Sam Worthington who's has a secret of his own the movie is good but it gets slow in some parts the climax is one of the coolest fights in the film let's just say John meets his Future any who check this one out its a good movie

Review: # - G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra

This movie is Gawd awful But is better than that other toy movie!

Reviewed by: MechaBuddha73

G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra was a lame movie the only thing that was good was Snake-eyes and that's it.
the Beloved Characters we read in the comics and seen on the Toon's when we were Little was changed to being related to other characters that just mess it up even more but on the positive, It was better than Transformers 2 so go ahead rent it but if you a fan of the old school G.I. Joe You might Be a little pissed

Review: # - My Name is Bruce

It's Bruce Campbell...nuff said

Reviewed by: Deadstroke

What reason is there not to watch this movie? It's Directed and staring Bruce Campbell, and if your a fan of the Evil Dead series that alone is enough to urge you to watch this movie.

Bruce pulls off a perfect performance as a alcoholic, out of work, version of himself and its absolutely hilarious to watch. All the other actors do a decent job but most of them are pretty forgettable when standing beside Bruce Campbell. That's the best part of this movie...throughout the entire movie you can't take your eyes off him, mainly because Bruce has such a presence that keeps you watching the entire film.

The film is very fun, and balances just enough "in" jokes (that makes fun of a lot of Bruce's previous films) and jokes that are enjoyable for anyone who isn't familiar with Bruce Campbell, The one Lemonade joke almost made me pee my pants.

Overall if your a fan of Bruce Campbell you need to see this film, if your not and need a few laughs then still check it out. If your looking for a fun B-movie then go ahead and check it out, I'd only suggest not checking it out if your looking for anything above a B-movie.

Review: # - Quantum of Solace

Meh....

Reviewed by: Deadstroke

Seriously that's all I can say....meh.

I wasn't a huge fan of James Bond till Casino Royal came out, that movie is easily the best of the series. However does the sequel live up to the first movie.....not really.

There are a lot of great things in this film, mainly the actors. Daniel Craig is easily the greatest James Bond that has ever walked on screen and throughout the movie you really feel for his characters and unlike Pierce Bronson ( Mamma Mia ...ugh ) he can easily slip away from the franchise and do other really great movies. Judi Dench is amazing as always as M and like Craig she is perfect for the role.

The story is where the "meh" falls in, it has some great scenes and moments however throughout the entire film I was confused what was going on. I'm glad that the movie literally takes place moments after Casino Royal ended, it's about time we get a Bond film with a story so long that it can't fit into one movie, however most of the time I was bored and waiting for something cool to happen.

I wasn't bored because the story was bad, but because whenever an action scene came on and something cool was suppose to happen it was ruined by poorly edited action scenes. I found out in this film, that shaky cams in fight scenes aren't the problem but quick editing is the problem. Watch this film very carefully and you'll find that if it wasn't the amount of time the camera cuts away to a different angle the action would have been just fine.

This film reminds me more of a Jason Bourne film then a James Bond film and I find it sad when someone as famous as James Bond has resorted to copying someone like Jason Bourne who is in many ways a copy of him.

Overall, rent it and watch it immediately after watching Casino Royal because that's the only way you'll completely understand this movie.

Review: She-Hulk #31 - He Loves You, Part 2 of 3

My first She Hulk issue & shes still a Hotty

Reviewed by: Nerd Of A Hero

Jazinda and She-Hulk go to detroit to capture, or kill a Taleismen Skrull name Nogor, who is a representation of Gods and the skrulls' morals. Should they successed the skrull invasion would be prevented. Jazinda take She-Hulk away from from new york not for her to die and live the runaway life-style again. In detroit they encounter the X-Facter, suspecting Longshot to be Nogor, they battle it out rather than talk.

When I saw the front cover I was like "was this made by a japanese animator? Awesome, I buy it" without thinking to look it up. Still, She-Hulk looks awesome on it, so no regrets here. This issue has great humor, I loved the art design and bright coloring (but Longshot looks like a woman until you look up close), and the dialouge was quite entertaining to read. It never cross my mind until later that I was reading a cross over, so I really enjoyed what these guys can do on their own. Buy it if your a She-Hulk fan, 'cause theres not alot of depth there. Still, a geart read, impressive coloring work, humorous, and She-Hulk in action. Yeah...

Review: Elektra #26

Electra is still HOTTT, yet Deadly

Reviewed by: Nerd Of A Hero