Chili Pepper Chris’s Comic Cave: See ya soon!
I’ve got to take a bit of a break for a while but I’ll be back. Take care!
Until next time–Peace…
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Chili Pepper Chris’s Comic Cave: Reviews for Releases from November 26, 2008 (Thanksgiving!)
Marvel Comics: Thor - Man of War (one-shot)
DUDE! This is hella-awesome!! Thor’s pissed at the gods and humanity for various transgressions and decides to say to hell with it all and thrashes everything on an epic scale. This leads to his father, Odin, to start smackin’ his son around and show him the error of his ways. If you love mythology, battles, great art and, of course, Thor then you should pick this up and revel in this mighty good tale. Grade: A+
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Chili Pepper Chris’s Comic Cave: Reviews for Releases from November 19, 2008
DC Comics: Justice Society of America - Kingdom Come Special: Magog ( one-shot )
This was actually very good but with writer Peter Tomasi (Green Lantern Corps) on hand I should have expected a good story.
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Chili Pepper Chris’s Comic Cave: Reviews for November 12, 2008
DC Comics: Justice Society of America Kingdom Come Special - Superman ( one-shot )
There is one reason you should buy this and it’s Alex Ross. The man is an unbelievably talented artist and he does the interior art in this thing front to back, not just the cover which he’s been doing mostly for a long while now. This book is beautiful!
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Chili Pepper Chris’s Comic Cave: Reviews for November 5, 2008
DC Comics: Superman/Supergirl - Maelstrom #1 ( of 5 )
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
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Chili Pepper Chris’s Comic Cave: Reviews for October 29, 2008
DC Comics: Final Crisis - Rage of the Red Lanterns ( one-shot )
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+
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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.
Here's more goodness from writer Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener, delving out good sci-fi World War II action in their own fantastic way.
Written by Joe Pokaski with art by Tom Raney (and a brutally beautiful cover by Stjepan Sejic), the third issue of this mini involves the strange royal family of the Inhumans as they deal with the Skrull invasion that is currently sweeping through the Marvel books.
As comic book companies like to do with their "milestone" issues, issue 25 here is double-sized....and contains a story that has many elements that we've seen in other titles that have been executed better. But there are some good things here and that cover is pretty kick-ass, huh?
Now this was a great read! Written by Matt Wagner with ethereally beautiful art by Amy Reeder Hadley, issue 4 is the continuation of the medieval adventures of the magical fortune teller Nimue as she tries to prevent the explorer, Marco Polo, from being framed for rape in the kingdom of Xanadu, under the rule of Kublai Khan.
Damn, I love this book and I love the hell out of the cover above!
Well, Marvel Comics had such a hit with Stephen King's The Dark Tower series they are going to see if they can do it again (and I'm sure they will) with his apocalyptic epic, The Stand.
Writer Peter Milligan and artist Esad Ribic bring us an interesting tale that I'm assuming takes place sometime in the recent past concerning the existence of Atlantis and Namor, the Sub-Mariner.
Writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita, Jr. just keep the "kick-assery" coming with the fourth issue of this highly entertaining and gloriously violent book.
Captain America #41
Still one of the best Marvel books for your money!