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by Eric Ratcliffe » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:41 pm

MrBlack wrote:Spoiler for Captain America Reborn:

[spoiler]Captain America is Reborn.[/spoiler]

by Eric Ratcliffe » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:42 pm

amlah6 wrote:Catching up on SoD post holiday/new year/vacation stuff...

On Hellboy week, Chubbles posted his 50th review!

On Webcomics week, Doombug posted his 75th review!!

Congrats, guys!



Also, 48THRiLLS is getting pretty close to 100.

If anyone was wondering, my consecutive streak is up to 145.

by ****** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:48 pm

doombug wrote:that's pretty awesome actually. when did i join?

by Eric Ratcliffe » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:16 pm

by Punchy » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:20 pm

doombug wrote:can we trade the punchy we have now for the one we had back then?

and wow yoni you've toned down a lot from those days.

by ****** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:26 pm

by Eric Ratcliffe » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:34 pm

amlah6 wrote:Ha! I bitched about pricing that week.

by Punchy » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:35 pm

amlah6 wrote:Ha! I bitched about pricing that week.

by ****** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:38 pm

Punchy wrote:Was $2.50 too expensive?

by Daringd » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:59 pm

by thefourthman » Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:05 pm

[spoiler]Joe Kelly does his normal fantastic writing job here, he gets inside the head of every character he can. In the back up, you see how Aleksei becomes a changed man, and why. Remarkably, it comes off as more believable than the similar storyline given to Fisk in Daredevil. The scribe here manages to do in one short story, what Brubaker could not in a storyline... he makes the rehabilitation of the character believable. It is a monumental task that is handled with grace. Just as skillfully, Kelly brings the quips and insecurities of the title character that longtime fans love, all while progressing the storyline that has been in play since JMS left the title.[/spoiler]

Fiumara is an unbelievable talent. While there are certainly readers who would prefer to see more of the dark and fantastic Depression era of the creative team’s Four Eyes rather than the adventures of one of my favorite superheroes, seeing the two work together is still a joy. Fiumara tones down his style ever so slightly, taking on more common designs for the characters - so there is no doubt who is who. All the while, he keeps the action moving, crisp and clear.

Pulido does an even more interesting job on his short than the remarkable pencils he gave Van Lente’s Sandman arc immediately preceding this done in one chapter of "The Gauntlet." In the Sandman story, he walked the edge of a more common Spidey look (maybe even classic) and the Phillips-esque noir of Azaceta’s pencils before it. Here, the short story about Rhino’s post Civil War life looks like it could have been from the seventies or eighties. Hollingsworth even gives it that four color pallette as opposed to the 24-bit true color of D’Auria’s coloring in the main story.

by 3MJ » Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:21 pm

by spidertour02 » Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:26 pm

thefourthman wrote:Main Story 10
Art 10
Back Up Story 9
Art 8
awesome cover thing 10

Overall 9.9

by 48THRiLLS » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:18 pm

by john lewis hawk » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:38 pm

thefourthman wrote:FYI: MY REVIEW THIS WEEK IS A BIT MORE SPOILERY THAN USUAL

[spoiler]Joe Kelly does his normal fantastic writing job here, he gets inside the head of every character he can. In the back up, you see how Aleksei becomes a changed man, and why. Remarkably, it comes off as more believable than the similar storyline given to Fisk in Daredevil. The scribe here manages to do in one short story, what Brubaker could not in a storyline... he makes the rehabilitation of the character believable. It is a monumental task that is handled with grace. Just as skillfully, Kelly brings the quips and insecurities of the title character that longtime fans love, all while progressing the storyline that has been in play since JMS left the title.[/spoiler]

Fiumara is an unbelievable talent. While there are certainly readers who would prefer to see more of the dark and fantastic Depression era of the creative team’s Four Eyes rather than the adventures of one of my favorite superheroes, seeing the two work together is still a joy. Fiumara tones down his style ever so slightly, taking on more common designs for the characters - so there is no doubt who is who. All the while, he keeps the action moving, crisp and clear.

Pulido does an even more interesting job on his short than the remarkable pencils he gave Van Lente’s Sandman arc immediately preceding this done in one chapter of "The Gauntlet." In the Sandman story, he walked the edge of a more common Spidey look (maybe even classic) and the Phillips-esque noir of Azaceta’s pencils before it. Here, the short story about Rhino’s post Civil War life looks like it could have been from the seventies or eighties. Hollingsworth even gives it that four color pallette as opposed to the 24-bit true color of D’Auria’s coloring in the main story.

read the rest of the review here:
http://brokenfrontier.com/reviews/p/det ... er-man-617

Main Story 10
Art 10
Back Up Story 9
Art 8
awesome cover thing 10


Overall 9.9