Graphic Novel Reviews and Recommendations by WIN WIACEK
By Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Terry Kavanagh, David Michelinie, Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema, Ron Lim, Tom Lyle, Alex Saviuk & various (Marvel) ISBN: 0-7851-0038-5 (1994)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 978-0-7851-0987-7 (2005) After a shaky start in 1962 The Amazing Spider-Man soon became a popular sensation with kids of all ages, rivalling the creative powerhouse that was Lee & Kirby’s …
By David Michelinie, Tom DeFalco, Terry Kavanagh, J.M. DeMatteis, Mark Bagley, Ron Lim, Alex Saviuk, Tom Lyle, Sal Buscema, Steven Butler & various (MARVEL) ISBN: 978-1-3029-4662-3 (TPB/Digital edition) Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Massive Marvel Mayhem… 7/10 After a shaky start in 1962 The Amazing Spider-Man soon became a popular sensation with kids of all ages, …
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By Cullen Bunn, Salvador Espin, Mike Henderson, Aaron Kim Jacinto & various (Marvel/Panini UK) ISBN: 978-1-84653-613-7 Stylish killers and mercenaries craving something more than money have long made popular fiction protagonists and light-hearted, exuberant bloodbath comics will always find an appreciative audience… Deadpool is Wade Wilson (yes, a thinly disguised knockoff of Slade Wilson AKA …
By Kevin Shinick, Stephen Segovia, Dennis Crisostomo, Don Ho & Dan Mexia (Marvel/Panini UK) ISBN: 978-1-84653-567-3 Back in the anything goes, desperate hurly-burly of the late 1980s and early1990s, fad-fever and spin-off madness gripped the superhero genre in America as publishers hungrily exploited every trick to bolster flagging sales. In the melee Spider-Man spawned an …
By Zeb Wells & Clayton Crain ((Marvel/Panini UK) ISBN: 978-1-84653-492-8 In the anything goes, desperate hurly-burly of the late 1980s and 1990s, fad-fever and spin-off madness gripped the superhero genre in America as publishers hungrily exploited every trick to bolster flagging sales. In the melee Spider-Man spawned an intractable enemy called Venom: a deranged and …
By Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, Vince Colletta, Bill Everett, Frank Giacoia, & various (MARVEL) ISBN: 978-0-7851-6813-3 (HB/Digital edition) Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: A Epic Jewel of Historic Import… 10/10 This book includes Discriminatory Content produced in less enlightened times. Even more than Fantastic Four, The Mighty Thor was the arena in which Jack Kirby’s …
By Howard Mackie, Roy Thomas & Dann Thomas, Javier Saltares, Mark Texeira. Mark Bagley, Larry Stroman, Chris Marrinan, Jimmy Palmiotti, Harry Candelario, Tom Palmer, Mark McKenna & various (MARVEL) ISBN: 978-1-3029-5405-5 (TPB/Digital edition) This book includes Discriminatory Content produced during less enlightened times. In the early 1970’s, following a downturn in superhero comics sales Marvel …
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By Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, Archie Goodwin, Steve Gerber, Chris Claremont, Tony Isabella, Herb Trimpe & various (MARVEL) ISBN: 978-1302929169 (TPB/Digital) The Incredible Hulk #1 hit newsstands and magazine spinners on March 1st 1962. The comic book was cover-dated May, so happy sort-of birthday Big Guy! Bruce Banner was a military scientist caught …
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By Ken Reid (Rebellion Studios) ISBN: 978-1-78108-883-8 (HB/Digital edition) If you know British Comics, you’ll know Ken Reid. He was one of a select and singular pantheon of rebellious, artistic prodigies who – largely unsung and regularly uncredited – went about transforming British Comics, entertaining millions and inspiring hundreds of those readers to become cartoonists …
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By Len Wein, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Tony Isabella, Herb Trimpe & various (Marvel) ISBN: 978-0-7851-9596-2 (HB) During the 1970s the Incredible Hulk settled into a comfortable – if spectacularly destructive – pattern. A globe-trotting, monster-mashing plot formula saw tragic Bruce Banner hiding and seeking cures for his gamma-transformative curse, alternately aided or …
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