Review Search: Keith Giffen
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Showcase Presents: Ambush Bug Vol. 1A great value for some great comics. Plus, Ambush Bug is kind of hilarious.
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December 30th, 2009 |
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The Authority: The Lost Year #4A few fantastic pages at the end can’t make up for the boring issue that precedes it, as this is a textbook example of going through the motions storytelling.
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December 17th, 2009 |
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Magog #4What happens when you take a character that embodies all that’s bad about superhero comics in the ‘90s and give him his own book? It’s bad. Surprise!
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December 11th, 2009 |
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Doom Patrol #5"Blackest Night" continues here with the "resurrected" Doom Patrollers raising hell on Oolong Island. In the backup tale, the Metal Men take on artificially intelligent mannequins, the Clique.
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December 11th, 2009 |
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The Authority: The Lost Year #3A mediocre, average comic book that must compete with a never completed comic that had the potential to be great. The comparison is not kind.
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November 22nd, 2009 |
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Doom Patrol #4"Doom Patrol" has its least amount of gloom yet. . . just in time for "Blackest Night." No, that wasn't a joke.
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November 4th, 2009 |
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Ambush Bug: Year None #7Issue #7 in this 6-part series is a disjointed disappointment.
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October 31st, 2009 |
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Doom Patrol #3BOTH stories are worth reading in this issue.
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October 13th, 2009 |
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Doom Patrol #2"Doom Patrol" has nice ideas but still isn't quite clicking. On the bright side, the Metal Men second feature is still fun.
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September 10th, 2009 |
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Magog #1"Magog" springs from the pages of "Justice Society of America" to his very own monthly series. Carnage and mayhem abound –- specifically in the first eight pages!
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September 2nd, 2009 |
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Doom Patrol #1The all-new Doom Patrol hit the shelves and one of the members checks out. Why the Doom Patrol? "'Challengers of the Unknown'" was already taken," says Robotman.
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August 6th, 2009 |
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Booster Gold #20"Booster Gold" seems determined to shed more sales figures with a dull and slightly pointless fill-in.
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May 17th, 2009 |
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Reign in Hell #8The "Reign in Hell" is over for more than one contestant. Parting contestants receive a lifetime supply of brimstone and agony.
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February 27th, 2009 |
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Hero Squared: Love and Death #1"Hero Squared" returns to Boom! for a final (?) series. If you haven't read "Hero Squared" before, this might be a good hopping on point.
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February 3rd, 2009 |
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Ambush Bug: Year None #5Ambush Bug turns on Dan DiDio and hilarity ensues. Modern production values might lose some of the original series' charm, but this one is still a laugh riot.
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December 15th, 2008 |
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Ambush Bug: Year None #4Giffen and Fleming continue to bring the funny.
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November 23rd, 2008 |
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Ambush Bug: Year None #2It's great to see Giffen drawing the irreverent Ambush Bug again, but this issue's not all that funny.
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August 29th, 2008 |
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King-Size Spider-Man Summer Special #1The opening page says it all, "Warning! The following stories did not really happen! ( . . . unless you just want to read a few fun stories. Then these count.)"
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August 17th, 2008 |
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Reign in Hell #1Keith Giffen's "Reign in Hell" brings to mind mid-'90s Vertigo mini-series, but not in a good way.
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August 3rd, 2008 |
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Ambush Bug: Year None #1Ambush Bug returns in all his glory, and Keith Giffen's got a whole new status quo in the DC Universe to play with.
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July 23rd, 2008 |
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DC/Wildstorm Dreamwar #3What's the point of this series? I don't know, but at least it gives Keith Giffen a chance to have some fun.
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June 20th, 2008 |
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Countdown to Final Crisis #1After 52 weeks, it all comes down to this.
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April 23rd, 2008 |
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Last Defenders #2"The Defenders" works best when it doesn't take itself too seriously, something Casey and Giffen seem to understand.
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April 10th, 2008 |
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The Last Defenders #1Nighthawk joins The Initiative and gets The Defenders together for another stab at success. Will the team stick together this time? Joe Casey has some ideas, but a fairly good start to the series is tarnished by a lack of obvious direction.
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March 29th, 2008 |
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The Last Defenders #1"The Last Defenders" reinvents the classic Marvel team as the New Jersey chapter of the 50 State Initiative. With a wry sense of humor and respect for the team's history, Joe Casey and Keith Giffen create something different and entertaini
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March 12th, 2008 |
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