Flash: Rebirth #4 (of 6) — Writer: Geoff Johns; Art: Ethan Van Sciver Green Lantern #45 — Writer: Geoff Johns; Pencils: Doug Mahnke; Inks: Christian Alamy, Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen Two by Johns this week, both characters that he has a history with (almost five years now with GL, and better than ten with the Flashes). This is the first issue of Rebirth that’s really popped; adding the old-school Professor Zoom to the mix raises the stakes, and both the story and Van Sciver’s art seem more confident, hitting many of the right fannish buttons with assurance and dramatic … Continue reading →

Hulk #14 — Writer: Jeph Loeb; Penciler: Ian Churchill; Inks: Mark Farmer Now just about the Red Hulk (with Greg Pak scripting the green one over in the revived Incredible Hulk #601), and it’s becoming increasingly obvious who he must be — a certain pencil-mustached minor player, although, with Loeb, it’s not like logic or linear sense ever figures into the plots, so it could just as easily end up as Betty Ross, or a reanimated Jim Wilson or some damn thing…). Loud, soulless and grating, with characters running everywhere and no one to root for; everyone’s either mean, stupid, … Continue reading →

Daredevil #500 — (Lead story/40 pgs.) — Writer: Ed Brubaker;  Artists: Michael Lark and Stafano Gaudiano with Klaus Janson, Chris Samnee and Paul Azaceta;  (Dark Reign: The List preview/8 pgs.) — Writer: Andy Diggle;  Art: Billy Tan;  (3rd story/14 pgs.) — Writer: Ann Nocenti;  Art: David Aja …plus a pin-up gallery, one of those all-500-covers-in-a-row deals, and a reprint of the Frank Miller-written-and-pencilled Daredevil #191 (the “Play Russian Roulette with Bullseye in a Hospital” story).  Another of the stuffed-full anniversary issues Marvel’s been putting out lately, and a good one — the main story finishes the current storyline, shakes up … Continue reading →