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Green Arrow 1: Reunion TPB review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsMay 2, 20240Comments

Green Arrow 1: Reunion TPB by Joshua Williamson (Author), Sean Izaakse (Illustrator), Phil Hester (Illustrator), Ande Parks (Illustrator), I think I might have become somewhat jaded. Green Arrow: Reunion by Joshua Williamson and Sean Ikaaze, while dynamically illustrated, somewhat suffers in the writing department. It seeks to be a time-travelling rescue mission within a rescue…

Thor: First Thunder review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsApril 1, 20240Comments

Thor: First Thunder Paperback by Bryan J. L. Glass (Author), Tan Eng Huat (Illustrator), Jose Villarrubia (Illustrator) A brilliant retelling of the events from Thor's debut in the pages of Journey into Mystery #83 all the way to #95, Bryan Glass and Tan Eng Huat manage to cohesively weave the narrative in those opening moments in…

DAREDEVIL BY CHIP ZDARSKY VOL. 1: KNOW FEAR review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsMarch 18, 20240Comments

DAREDEVIL BY CHIP ZDARSKY VOL. 1: KNOW FEAR TPB by Chip Zdarsky (Author, Illustrator), Marco Checchetto (Illustrator), Lalit Kumar Sharma (Illustrator), Julian Tedesco (Cover Art) Any word I say about this would belittle my love for this run so far. There is a hiccup with the usual sidetrack of company-wide events which I have come to despise,…

Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman – Volume 6 Hardcover review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsJanuary 25, 20240Comments

Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman - Volume 6 Hardcover by Jonathan Hickman (Author), Ron Garney (Author) The conclusion to Jonathan Hickman's run on Fantastic Four does two things; one, it presents itself as a mundane yet colourful and fun anthology of the average life of Marvel's First Family and - very sadly - falls prey to…

The Marvels Project Hardcover review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsJanuary 4, 20240Comments

The Marvels Project Hardcover by Ed Brubaker (Author), Steve Epting (Illustrator) Now THIS is how you make a love letter to your history. Told in the vein of Busiek and Ross' Marvel's but from the perspective of one of the far, far lesser known heroes of the Golden Age, Brubaker and Epting team up what they…

Aquaman Andromeda (DC BLACK LABEL) Hardcover – review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsDecember 11, 20230Comments

Aquaman: Andromeda Hardcover by Ram V. (Author), Christian Ward (Illustrator) DC black label does it again! Diving into the murky bosom of the ocean depths, this time we find an Aquaman story...without Aquaman. Yeah, it does come across as strange at first; but there is a very specific reason why. Without spoiling the story, while at first…

Quantum #1 reviewed by Raphael Borg

ReviewsNovember 28, 20230Comments

Stories in this issue: Major Rakhana: Pax Galactica part one (writer Steve Tanner, artist Pete Woods, colourist Dan Harris, letterer Rob Jones) WesterNoir: Moon Cursed part one (writer and letterer Dave West, artist Joseph Parangue, colourist Matt Soffe) Memphis (written, drawn and lettered by David Morris) Whatever Happened to the World’s Fastest Man? part one (writer Dave West, artist…

Astro City Family Album TPB review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsAugust 28, 20230Comments

Astro City Family Album TPB by Kurt Busiek (Author), Brent Anderson (Artist), Alex Ross (Artist) This one struck a powerful chord. Although Astro City is an anthology series, so much of it is so easily accessible due to the use of fresh twists of familiar faces. "Family Album" covers the second collection of the second volume of…

Astro City: Local Heroes TPB review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsAugust 28, 20230Comments

Astro City: Local Heroes TPB by Kurt Busiek (Author), Brent E. Anderson (Illustrator) The best part of Busiek, Ross and Anderson's Astro City is the fact that it gives a different perspective of superhero comics that upends how one reads them. Being an anthology series, it does not venture to create a coherent narrative between issues;…

The Flash 18: The Search for Barry Allen TPB review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsJuly 26, 20230Comments

The Flash 18: The Search for Barry Allen TPB by Jeremy Adams (Author), Fernando Pasarin (Illustrator), Will Conrad (Illustrator), Amancay Nahuelpan (Illustrator), Serg Acuna (Illustrator) Jeremy Adams' run on the Flash continues! While it retains the momentum of really being in touch with the very dynamic corner of the world of Central and Keystone City…

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons Hardcover review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsJuly 11, 20230Comments

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons Hardcover by Kelly Sue Deconnick (Author), Phil Jimenez (Illustrator), Gene Ha (Illustrator), Nicola Scott (Illustrator) When has Greek Mythology and the Wonder Woman corner of the DC universe looked so good? Kelly Sue DeConnick joins a plethora of artists such as Gene Ha and Phil Jimenez in this titan of a…

The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive Ltd Seriers 1-3 review by Raphael Borg

ReviewsJuly 4, 20230Comments

by Kenny Porter (Author), Ricardo Lopez Ortiz (Illustrator), Juan Ferreyra (Illustrator), Jason Howard (Illustrator), Jr. Fajardo, Romulo (Contributor) The inevitable movie tie-in to the The Flash has landed and, while the writing by Kenny Porter is very faithful to synthesising who the character is both on page and screen, the comic in its entirety is…