Review Search: Pat Brosseau
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Freelancers #1Created by Matt Gagnon and Felipe Smith, "Freelancers" #1 has a primary story by Ian Brill and Joshua Covey -- it's a lot for $0.99, but ultimately, a disappointing first issue.
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November 8th, 2012 |
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Ghosts #1"Ghosts" #1 includes work by Geoff Johns, Amy Reeder, the late Joe Kubert, Paul Pope and Gilbert Hernandez. Despite this lineup, most of the stories are unmemorable, making for a mediocre anthology.
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November 5th, 2012 |
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I, VampireJoshua Hale Fialkov and Andrea Sorrentino give readers the long awaited origin story of our anti-hero Andrew Bennett in "I, Vampire" #0.
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October 1st, 2012 |
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Batman Incorporated"Batman Incorporated" #0 by writers Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham and artist Frazer Irving feels like attending a crowded party hosted by Batman, with an excess of introductions to charming characters and a lack of connecting plot.
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October 1st, 2012 |
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Team 7In "Team 7" #0, Justin Jordan and Jesus Merino give us the formation of the group with a mixture of old faces, new faces and the little glimpses of the missions will make you want to see more.
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September 13th, 2012 |
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Batwing"Batwing" #0 is a wonderful example what these #0 issues from DC should be: true stories of characters "Before the New 52!"
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September 10th, 2012 |
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The Flash Annual #1"The Flash Annual" #1 comes close to hitting some strong beats but quickly devolves into a superpowered shambles seen too many times before as the Flash fights the Rogues.
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August 30th, 2012 |
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Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #12Matt Kindt and Alberto Ponticelli drop Frankenstein into a leviathan graveyard in "Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E." #12. It gets more bizarre from there.
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August 13th, 2012 |
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I, Vampire #6"I, Vampire" gears up for its first crossover even as a potential game-changer occurs.
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February 27th, 2012 |
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Batman & Robin #6A situation that brings out the detective as well as the family man.
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February 9th, 2012 |
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I, Vampire #5Batman and Bennett meet up for the first time, and things do not go well.
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January 28th, 2012 |
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Justice League #4The League is almost fully assembled in this issue, and just in time as a boom tube opens up to reveal. . .
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December 21st, 2011 |
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Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E #4How do you defeat a Monster Planet? With the War Wheel, son. With the War Wheel.
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December 19th, 2011 |
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Red Hood and the Outlaws #3See the most cherished memories of the Red Hood, Arsenal, and Starfire. They’re pretty messed up.
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November 21st, 2011 |
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Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #3Frankenstein and his creature commandos take on a continent of invading spiders. All this book needs beyond that is dinosaurs.
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November 10th, 2011 |
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Legion of Super-Heroes #2"Legion of Super-Heroes" gets a little more focused for its second issue, but is it too late?
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October 20th, 2011 |
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Justice League #2More Vic Stone! More Superman! More Batman! More Green Lantern! Oh yeah, Flash, too!
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October 19th, 2011 |
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The Unexpected #1Another Vertigo anthology with lackluster writing and great art.
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October 17th, 2011 |
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Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E #2Who would have known that dusting off the old DC property of Frankenstein would yield one of their best books of the relaunch?
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October 13th, 2011 |
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American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #5Nazis, vampires, guns that shoot sunlight, and giant monsters -- this book has it all. It also doesn’t hurt that it’s written by Scott Snyder with some great Sean Murphy art.
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October 13th, 2011 |
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I, Vampire #1DC’s attempt at a vampire book in their “superhero world” both works and doesn’t for surprising reasons.
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September 29th, 2011 |
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Legion of Super-Heroes #1This might actually be a good comic book, but it feels like issue #21, not #1 and thus ultimately fails.
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September 23rd, 2011 |
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Green Lantern Corps #1"Green Lantern Corps" is off to a slow start, but the little touches are what keep up your interest.
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September 22nd, 2011 |
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Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1Frankenstein works for a government agency that solves weird problems. Stuff like killing monsters. Which he totally does in this issue.
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September 16th, 2011 |
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American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #4Comics can be brilliant no matter where you are in the story. The final page of this one will really have you back next month.
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September 14th, 2011 |
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Justice League #1The relaunch of the DC Universe starts with this issue. Unfortunately, there is a great deal of hype left unfulfilled.
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August 31st, 2011 |
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American Vampire #18Pearl Jones is a woman who holds her own and isn’t affected by the landscape. She affects it instead. For one moment alone, do not miss this issue.
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August 24th, 2011 |
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DC Retroactive: Superman – The '80s #1Marv Wolfman gets to predict the future, which is easy when you've already read it.
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August 10th, 2011 |
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American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #3The other "American Vampire" story keeps going. This one follows Cash McCogan and Felicia Book on their mission as Vassals of the Morning Star.
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August 10th, 2011 |
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American Vampire #17Forget horror, this is a good old-fashioned war comic.
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July 27th, 2011 |
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Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #2For an origin that's about to get wiped out, an awful lot of time is being spent on it, here.
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July 15th, 2011 |
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American Vampire: Survival Of The Fittest #2A dream sequence opens big, but the rest of the issue makes with the pretty over a decent but thin set of events.
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July 13th, 2011 |
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American Vampire #16How fair is it that one of the most beautiful comics on the stands actually has great words in it, too? Who cares? Just enjoy!
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June 29th, 2011 |
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Zatanna #14This issue feels like the least of a fill-in issue, and loses Jamal Igle's art halfway through it.
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June 26th, 2011 |
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American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #1Scott Snyder shows us the other side of his epic “American Vampire” world, with an excellent story about Felicia Book and the V.M.S., which hunt vampires.
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June 12th, 2011 |
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Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #1It's all back story, but it's a nice beginning.
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June 9th, 2011 |
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America Vampire #15“You’ll do fine, so long as you’re not squeamish about blood. If you are, you better get over that. And fast.”
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May 26th, 2011 |
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Zatanna #13Zatanna gets a message from a magic cat, which includes an ominous warning Colton gets very bad news about where he comes from.
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May 21st, 2011 |
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Batman Incorporated #6“So where do the rumors end? Where does reality begin? Some say Batman died and came back as a kind of god.”
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May 12th, 2011 |
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JSA All-Stars #18“So why do you guys call if the Justice Society anyway? Do you have, like, better table manners than the Justice League?”
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May 6th, 2011 |
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Doom Patrol #22“Flash-what? They do realize we’re in the middle of the climactic- how many copies per month?”
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May 5th, 2011 |
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American Vampire #14War is hell with vampires bringing something new to the table and Henry showing why he deserves your attention.
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May 1st, 2011 |
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Batman Incorporated #5Who is Leviathan?
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April 28th, 2011 |
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Zatanna #12The story reads like it was meant for a much younger audience, but the art is drop-dead gorgeous.
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April 23rd, 2011 |
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Green Lantern Corps #59“I, uh. . . I thought Ganthet was dropping a hint when he said he’d placed all his hopes in me. Now I just hope I’m not totally useless.”
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April 20th, 2011 |
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JLA 80-Page Giant 2011 #1“I’ve done my share of bad things, but always under someone else’s influence. You’re not the one who decides whether I have to go to Hell or not.”
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April 12th, 2011 |
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Doom Patrol #21“Yeah. Th’ damn song. That’s th’ first thing I remember about that day. ‘Mr. Roboto’. . .God I hated that song.”
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April 8th, 2011 |
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JSA All-Stars #17"JSA All-Stars" begins its final storyline, and so far it looks to be one of its better efforts.
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April 6th, 2011 |
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Zatanna #11Zatanna’s pal Mikey comes to her aid after months trapped as Oscar Hempel’s marionette Zee.
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April 2nd, 2011 |
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Batman Incorporated #4Discover the hidden story of the original Batwoman, Kathy Kane!
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March 27th, 2011 |
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