Review Search: Richard Starkings
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #21"Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #21 has the series limping towards its conclusion with a mixture of random story elements and lackluster art from Andrew Chambliss and Georges Jeanty.
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May 9th, 2013 |
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X #1Following their prequel stories in "Dark Horse Presents" (and reprinted as an issue #0), Duane Swierczynski and Eric Nguyen kick off the all-new "X" with a glimpse on how the rest of Arcadia reacts to the X-killer in their midst.
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May 8th, 2013 |
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X"X" #0 from Duane Swierczynski and Eric Nguyen is a brutally violent and terse revenge vigilante story of X killing off a series of mob men.
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April 9th, 2013 |
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Ghost #4Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto's "Ghost" #4 wraps up this initial mini-series, with enough plot and exposition mixed in to support the upcoming ongoing series, as well as provide a hook so readers want to come back.
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March 15th, 2013 |
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Conan the Barbarian #13"Conan the Barbarian" #13 from Brian Wood and Mirko Colak is a quiet moment showing the growing distance between Conan and Bêlit and how that chasm will be reconnected.
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February 20th, 2013 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #19Andrew Chambliss and Georges Jeanty heat up the overall story arc in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #19, but a lack of focus in this series makes it hard to get that excited about "the Siphon."
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February 13th, 2013 |
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Batman #17"Death of the Family" delivers the punchline in "Batman" #17 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo for a satisfying conclusion to the Bat-family crossover event.
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February 13th, 2013 |
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Angel & Faith #18"Angel & Faith" #18 heats up as Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs show the master plan that's been brewing throughout the series -- and in a pleasant change of pace, all the pieces fit together quite well.
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January 30th, 2013 |
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Conan the Barbarian #12"Conan the Barbarian" #12 from Brian Wood and Declan Shalvey is an astonishingly touching story of Conan struggling to survive against all the death stacked against him in his world.
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January 16th, 2013 |
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Batman #16The Joker finally catches his King as "Death of The Family" continues in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's "Batman" #16.
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January 15th, 2013 |
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Ghost #3Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto serve up some exposition in "Ghost" #3, but the answers to a lot of the title's mysteries end up being satisfying rather than overwhelming.
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January 14th, 2013 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow Wonderland #3Jeff Parker, Christos Gage, and Brian Ching show us a mystical coven in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow Wonderland" #3, and pull off an important trick: they make a potentially false happy ending seem real.
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January 7th, 2013 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #16In "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #16, Andrew Chambliss and Georges Jeanty begin a new storyline with a newly enlarged cast, but the intersection of multiple story foci results in a lack of suspense and direction.
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December 17th, 2012 |
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Batman #15In "Batman" #15, the Joker just keeps getting a little more creepy and a lot more dark, thanks to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.
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December 11th, 2012 |
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Batman #14"Batman" #14 has Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo continue "Death of the Family" with a dip into the chemicals that created the Joker and other past encounters, but the Joker is changing the rules this time.
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November 14th, 2012 |
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Thought Bubble Anthology 2012 #2"Thought Bubble Anthology" #2 is as brilliant and diverse as the entirety of the comics medium. An absolute, no-excuses must-buy.
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November 12th, 2012 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow Wonderland #1"Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Willow Wonderland" #1 by Jeff Parker and Brian Ching has fun jokes and pretty art, but the story suffers from a lack of interesting action and a derivative, unimaginative setting.
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November 9th, 2012 |
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Storm Dogs #1David Hine and Doug Braithwaite's "Storm Dogs" #1 is a worthy addition to Image's growing library of sci-fi series, successfully merging the genre with crime fiction, and providing a solid visual experience.
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November 7th, 2012 |
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CBLDF Liberty Annual #5"CBLDF Liberty Annual" #5 is for a good cause, and there are some gems in it, including a "Walking Dead" story from Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, as well as a stunning short piece from James Asmus and Takeshi Miyazawa.
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October 31st, 2012 |
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Ghost #1Following the short stories in "Dark Horse Presents" (reprinted as "Ghost" #0), Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto hit the ground running with "Ghost" #1 as we learn more about our title character and start meeting villains.
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October 25th, 2012 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #14Jane Espenson and Karl Moline unleash Billy the Vampire Slayer in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #14, and what could have been cliché or even offensive ends up actually working quite well.
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October 15th, 2012 |
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GhostFor the first time in over a decade, Ghost returns to her own series written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and drawn by Phil Noto. While the pieces are all in place for a strong run, this debut issue falls flat with the focus off the titular character.
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September 19th, 2012 |
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BatmanScott Snyder and Greg Capullo bring a rare look at Bruce Wayne before he became Batman in "Batman" #0.
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September 13th, 2012 |
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Angel & Faith #13As someone who suffered through the original Connor storyline in "Angel," Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs show readers in "Angel & Faith" #13 that we actually can have a good story involving the hell dimension of Quor'toth.
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August 29th, 2012 |
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Spike #1Victor Gischler and Paul Lee do their best with "Spike" #1, the start of a spin-off mini-series from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9," but ultimately it's just a reminder of something that didn't work in "Buffy the Va
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August 23rd, 2012 |
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Dark Horse Presents #15With 12 different stories in 88 pages, "Dark Horse Presents" #15 continues to offer a little something for everyone; even as one of the weaker issues, there's still more than enough for your money's worth.
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August 22nd, 2012 |
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Conan the Barbarian #7"Conan the Barbarian" #7 kicks off a new story arc courtesy Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan, as Conan and Bêlit travel to Conan's home village and the Queen of the Black Coast discovers a demotion of sorts to her own status.
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August 8th, 2012 |
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Batman #12With the Owls vanquished, "Batman" #12 lets Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Becky Cloonan and Andy Clarke shift to a satisfying story that focuses on a supporting character from an earlier issue.
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August 8th, 2012 |
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Batman #11Batman and Talon go claw to beak for the fate of Gotham City, spinning, tumbling and kicking their way through the sky to come crashing down.
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July 11th, 2012 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #11Buffy gets a new job in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #11 and this time it's one that actually looks like a good fit.
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July 11th, 2012 |
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Angel & Faith #11"Angel & Faith" #9 kicks off a new story arc, "Family Reunion," as Willow shows up without warning and sets off a chain of events propelling Angel back into contact with his son Connor.
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July 3rd, 2012 |
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Batman #10Batman brings the Court of Owls fight right back to them as only Batman can.
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June 14th, 2012 |
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Conan the Barbarian #5Conan's fight in "Conan the Barbarian" #5 is worth the price of admission alone.
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June 13th, 2012 |
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Angel & Faith #10"Angel & Faith" #10 is not only the best issue of the series to date, it's up there with a lot of episodes of "Angel" for sheer quality.
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May 31st, 2012 |
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Conan the Barbarian #4Conan and Bêlit plan a dangerous heist that includes Conan getting captured and executed if anything goes wrong.
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May 21st, 2012 |
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Batman #9"Night of the Owls" hits the book from which it originated, and it's easily the best chapter yet.
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May 10th, 2012 |
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Batman #8"Night of the Owls" kicks off in "Batman" #8 with an attack on Wayne Manor.
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April 18th, 2012 |
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season Nine #8The exposition arrives in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 9" #8 to explain last month's surprise cliffhanger, and everything grinds to a halt.
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April 15th, 2012 |
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Conan the Barbarian #3Conan isn't the good guy you might be thinking of.
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April 15th, 2012 |
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Danger Club #1Image brings "Danger Club" #1 to the stands, which features teen heroes and wonderfully surpasses expectations.
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April 5th, 2012 |
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Batman #7Does Gotham City belong to Batman or the Court of Owls?
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March 21st, 2012 |
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Robert E Howard's Savage Sword #4The finest pulp anthology you'll find this side of the Golden Age.
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March 14th, 2012 |
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season Nine #7Between a Buffy and Spike conversation sure to melt the coldest heart and a cliffhanger guaranteed to shock you into speechlessness, this comic pulls no punches.
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March 14th, 2012 |
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Batman #6"Batman" #6 pits Batman up against the Talon and the Court of Owls. Plain and simple.
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February 15th, 2012 |
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Conan The Barbarian #1On the run from the law, Conan commandeers a ship and makes some friends, but when he meets Bēlit, Queen of The Black Coast, you know nothing will be the same for him again.
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February 9th, 2012 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #6Buffy considers her life, as a slayer and as a woman, as she tries to come to terms with the right decision about her pregnancy.
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February 8th, 2012 |
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Angel & Faith #6"Angel & Faith" kicks off "Daddy Issues" with more father imagery than you can shake a stick at.
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January 26th, 2012 |
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Batman #5Lock up your kids -- this issue is so shocking and amazing it should come with a warning. Do. Not. Miss.
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January 17th, 2012 |
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 9 #5Buffy experiences a “positive” change that could seriously alter her whole world. The rest is all dreams.
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January 12th, 2012 |
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Angel & Faith #5The most famous vampire in the world, Harmony, needs the help of Angel Investigations, even if that’s just been whittled down to Angel and Faith.
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January 1st, 2012 |
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