Chili Pepper Chris’s Comic Cave: Reviews for February 27, 2008
Marvel/Icon: Kick-Ass #1
The buzz around this comic has been substantial but I didn’t pay much attention to it as there have been some “letdowns” lately (coughUltimates3cough). This book, although the first issue is a setup issue, freakin’ ROCKS!
Popularity: 3% [?]
Artists You Should Know: Joe Madureira — Comic Artist with a Manga Flair
Jose Madureira (born December 3, 1974, in Philadelphia), often simply called Joe Mad, is an American comic book artist and writer, best known for his work on Marvel Comics’ Uncanny X-Men and his creator-owned comic book Battle Chasers. In 1991 Marvel hired Madureira, a 16-year-old student at the High School of Art and Design, as an intern. His first published work was an eight-page story for the anthology series Marvel Comics Presents, starring Northstar. In the next few years, Madureira completed various assignments for Marvel’s sprawling X-Men franchise. He became the regular penciller on Uncanny X-Men in 1994 and soon rose to become one of the most popular artists in the industry.
Popularity: 10% [?]
Chili Pepper Chris’s Comic Cave: Reviews for February 20, 2008
Marvel Comics: The Immortal Iron Fist - Orson Randall and The Green Mist of Death (one-shot)
Ever since the introduction of this character (Orson Randall) in the first storyline of the ongoing Iron Fist book, I’ve looked forward to finding out more about him. This excellent one-shot gives us a really cool story of Danny Rand’s predecessor’s battles and dealings with the Prince of Orphans in the 1920s and on.
Popularity: 3% [?]
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti with art by Phil Noto, issue 1 of this 5 issue mini starts off with a Female Fury named Maelstrom who wants to become the queen of the evil ruler Darkseid and plans to do it by killing Superman. When she shows up on Earth she first encounters Supergirl and the aftermath of the battle takes a tragic turn. Pick this up. It apparently takes place before all of the Final Crisis crap, is devoid of excess continuity and has great art. Grade: A
YES WE CAN!
....'nuff said. 
Totally scare the shit out of your neighbors and then take their candy! Bwahahahaha! 
Wow! Just freakin' awesome and if you are not onboard with all things Green Lantern related then you are missing out. Geoff Johns writes one heck of a tale here that formally introduces us to the Red Lantern Corps, rage powered individuals who are sure to give the Green Lantern Corps one hell of a time. Shane Davis pencils this issue and the guy is unbelievable. There's a splash page in this issue that rivals what Ivan Reis is doing in the main ongoing GL book. Buy this one! Grade: A+
So far I haven't cared much for this series. This is DC's big event book for 2008 and the big completion to their "Crisis Trilogy" started with Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1986 and continued with Infinite Crisis in 2006. This one has been a little hard to follow and frankly, a bit boring, but thankfully this issue kicks it up several notches.
Conflicted hitmen and a coked-up racist dwarf equals dark fun! 
May 8, 2009 we get to go for a ride on the U.S.S. Enterprise one more time. Well, beam me up, Scotty...
Recently I've been completely engrossed in reading Batman RIP and all things Batman related. I saw this pic up ...