Thoroughly enjoyable ‘Assassinistas’ rockets forward clever as ever
By Brandy Dykhuizen. Our Week In Review sums up our weekly comic book coverage while taking time for a new review or two before it’s all over. This week: ‘Assassinistas’ #5 and ‘Blackwood’ #1. Assassinistas #5 Black Crown/IDW Publishing/$3.99 Written by…
A frighteningly intelligent, tightly woven fable continues with ‘Her Infernal Descent’ #2
Are you looking forward to a new comic book but it’s impossible for you to wait for its release before you know what we thought about it? That’s why there’s DoomRocket’s Advanced Reviews — now we assess books you can’t…
‘Quicksilver: No Surrender’ #1 runs at a glacial pace
By Don Alsafi. The speedster Quicksilver is an interesting character who’s been around since 1964, debuting as part of the very first incarnation of Magneto’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, in The X-Men #4. Sometimes a hero and sometimes a villain, his…
‘At the Gates of Valhalla’ a thoroughly enjoyable jaunt through Aaron’s ‘Thor’ run
This review of ‘The Mighty Thor: At the Gates of Valhalla’ contains spoilers. By Brandy Dykhuizen. Jason Aaron created quite an act to follow for himself with that last emotional roller coaster we like to call “The Death of the Mighty Thor”….
A killer creative team unites for ‘Zinnober’, a vision of the future that’s up in smoke
Are you looking forward to a new comic book but it’s impossible for you to wait for its release before you know what we thought about it? That’s why there’s DoomRocket’s Advanced Reviews — now we assess books you can’t…
‘A Walk Through Hell’ an absorbing piece of slow-burn horror from Ennis & Sudžuka
By Mickey Rivera. A Walk Through Hell #1 is less like a walk and more like an unstoppable, slow moving train to which readers are strapped down, watching as the world around them grows darker and bloodier the farther along they…
‘The Weatherman’ a madcap, unpredictable adventure that looks like a million bucks
By Brendan F. Hodgdon. Tone is a remarkable thing. It can make two stories with the same plots into massively different things (just ask Austin Powers: Goldmember and Spectre). Comics, in particular, are a medium that allows for really exciting…
The slings and arrows of adolescence truly know no bounds in ‘Proxima Centauri’
By Brandy Dykhuizen. Our Week In Review sums up our weekly comic book coverage while taking time for a new review or two before it’s all over. This week: ‘Proxima Centauri’ #1 and ‘Hungry Ghosts’ #4. Proxima Centauri #1 Image…
