Review Search: Rob Steen
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Harbinger #12In "Harbinger" #12, Joshua Dysart, Khari Evans and Trevor Hairsine reveal more of the Toyo Harada's past and take the Renegades to Vegas in the present day, bringing the team closer to the center of the "Harbinger Wars" crossover
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May 13th, 2013 |
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Shadowman"Shadowman" #0 lets Justin Jordan and Roberto De La Torre present the new origin of Master Darque, for a nasty but interesting read that shows the Darques don't fall far from the tree.
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May 6th, 2013 |
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The Black Bat #1"The Black Bat" #1 from Brian Buccellato and Ronan Cliquet is a false start as the creative team fractures the origin tale of Black Bat, keep the tale too simple and throw in a curve ball at the end.
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May 2nd, 2013 |
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Harbinger #11In "Harbinger" #11, Joshua Dysart, Khari Evans and Trevor Hairsine get the team back on track with the force of a single character's resolve.
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April 15th, 2013 |
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Shadowman #5"Shadowman" #5 by Justin Jordan, Patrick Zircher, Lee Garbett, Stefano Gaudiano and Roberto Delatorre continues young Jack Boniface's initiation-by-fire as Shadowman and also widens the mythology of the Valiant Universe.
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March 11th, 2013 |
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Bloodshot #8"Bloodshot" #8 from Duane Swierczynski and Manuel Garcia is a fantastic action movie in comic form as Bloodshot battles the children and monsters he finds down in the basement.
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February 13th, 2013 |
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HarbingerJoshua Dysart, Mico Suayan, and Pere Perez show Harada's origin in "Harbinger" #0, but the trip back to Hiroshima 1945 is anything but a pleasant flashback.
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February 6th, 2013 |
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Red Team #1"Red Team" #1 from Garth Ennis and Craig Cermak is an interesting premise of a law enforcement team that murders a suspect, which is held back by the boring development of the hook.
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February 6th, 2013 |
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Harbinger #8In "Harbinger" #8, Joshua Dysart and Lee Garbett introduce the last of the Renegades, Torque. In some ways, Torque is the most mundane of the bunch, but he may also be the most difficult fit yet for the team.
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January 25th, 2013 |
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The Shadow Special #1In "The Shadow Special"#1, Scott Beatty and Roman Cliquet shine a light on the masked vigilante's dark past, when he went by the name Kent Allard during WWI.
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January 1st, 2013 |
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Harbinger #7At a glance, Joshua Dysart, Barry Kitson, Lee Garbett and Khari Evans's depiction of Flamingo in "Harbinger" #7 seems a little too one-note to grab attention. But once you compare her to the rest of the cast, her role seems a bit clearer.
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December 19th, 2012 |
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Bloodshot #6In "Bloodshot" #6 by Duane Swiercynski and Manuel Garcia, the supporting cast and dialogue shine as Bloodshot and allies infiltrate Project Rising Spirit's heavily guarded facility in order to get answers about Bloodshot's origin and p
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December 17th, 2012 |
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Shadowman #2Justin Jordan and Patrick Zircher mix elements of both the Valiant and Acclaim versions of "Shadowman," and then add in their own new ideas to create a cohesive and fun horror-meets-superhero comic.
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December 5th, 2012 |
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Harbinger #6In the dust of the epic battle between Harada and Peter, Kris Hathaway is drawn back into Peter Stanchek's orbit in "Harbinger" #6, in which she makes life-changing choices about revenge, war, power and injustice, and her own future.
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November 26th, 2012 |
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Shadowman #1"Shadowman" #1 by Justin Jordan and Patrick Zircher shows elements of promise, but ultimately doesn’t wow out of the gate.
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November 7th, 2012 |
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Harbinger #4In "Harbinger" #4, Toyo Harada makes new demands on Peter Stanchek, who shows no signs of settling well into The Harbinger Foundation and the bubbly Zephyr, Faith Herbert, breezes her way into the cast.
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September 17th, 2012 |
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Harbinger #3Writer Joshua Dysart ups the ante with character moments and foreshadowing galore in "Harbinger" #3 with stunning art from Khari Evans and Lewis Larosa.
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August 20th, 2012 |
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Bloodshot #2Duane Swierczynski, Manuel Garcia, Arturo Lozzi, and Matt Ryan make "Bloodshot" #2 a successful mix of espionage and horror, as Bloodshot struggles to separate fiction from reality even as the limits to his powers emerge.
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August 16th, 2012 |
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Harbinger #1"Harbinger" is back at Valiant with a new first issue, a re-imagining of the story and talented writer Joshua Dysart at the helm.
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June 8th, 2012 |
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The Shadow #1The Shadow is a cruel and haunted man placed in a brutally violent and historically fed drama by Garth Ennis.
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April 18th, 2012 |
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Wolverine & the X-Men #8"Wolverine & The X-Men" #8 ties up a loose end from last issue so that "Avengers vs. X-Men" can begin its tie-in shortly.
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April 4th, 2012 |
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Wolverine & the X-Men #7Wolverine and Quentin Quire finish their quest for funding for the Jean Grey School while Broo gets a little more Broodish back home.
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March 15th, 2012 |
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Jennifer Blood #9"Jennifer Blood" basically started mid-jump on the shark, now it's just teasing us with the spectacle of crazy slo-mo and energized voiceovers.
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February 27th, 2012 |
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Wolverine & The X-Men #6Wolverine and Kid Omega try to save the Jean Grey School by cheating at gambling while the rest of the team tries to save Kitty and the students from a Brood attack.
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February 23rd, 2012 |
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Wolverine & The X-Men #5"Wolverine & The X-Men" is fun, but this issue is feeling a little scattered.
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February 8th, 2012 |
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The Ninjettes #1Nasty things happen to nasty people. What does that say about the people who like those nasty things?
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February 8th, 2012 |
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Wolverine & The X-Men #4"Wolverine & The X-Men" collides with "Uncanny X-Force" with shockingly good results.
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January 11th, 2012 |
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Wolverine & The X-Men #3All heck breaks loose when Krakoa attacks the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.
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December 22nd, 2011 |
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Jennifer Blood #7What to do with the woman who has already killed all the people she needs to?
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December 7th, 2011 |
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Wolverine & The X-Men #2Wolverine and the X-Men come under attack from the Hellfire Club.
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November 28th, 2011 |
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Wolverine & The X-Men #1Wolverine and Kitty Pryde, with the help of Beast, Iceman, and some more junior X-Men are opening the Grey School. As expected, the first day is not going so smoothly.
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October 26th, 2011 |
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X-Men Regenesis #1Cyclops and Wolverine recruit followers as their schism reverberates through the X-Men
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October 11th, 2011 |
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X-Men: Prelude to Schism #4As some nebulous threat approaches, the spotlight turns on Wolverine.
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July 4th, 2011 |
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X-Men Prelude to Schism #2Magneto has a chat with Cyclops about the very difficult (but still unrevealed) decision he’s facing.
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May 23rd, 2011 |
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X-Men: Prelude to Schism #1The road to “Schism” begins here and, if the teases in this issue are any indication, some big trouble is a’coming.
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May 5th, 2011 |
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Ruse #2Barely escaping with their lives, Archard and Bishop realize a hit is out not only on Bishop but on all Archard’s undercover agents. Searching for the perpetrator leads them to an underground boxing ring with some unlikely boxers.
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April 28th, 2011 |
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Ruse #1Simon Archard, the “world’s greatest detective” and his “partner,” Emma Bishop (aka a blonde woman), solve crimes in Victorian England.
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March 19th, 2011 |
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Sigil #1“And I had another one of those dreams. The ones where my birthmark keeps popping up. I’m spooked Chrissie. I really don’t want to have to go back into therapy.”
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March 9th, 2011 |
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Jennifer Blood #2More degenerates bite the dust in kind of inventive ways, but this isn’t anything past what we got in the first issue.
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March 9th, 2011 |
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Jennifer Blood #1This is a female “Punisher” by way of “Mad Men.” While the violence is kinetic, it’s the internal mystery that intrigues.
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February 16th, 2011 |
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Astonishing Spider-Man and Wolverine #4While this issue is a little underwhelming, it's still a great read with a great final page reveal.
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December 31st, 2010 |
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X-Men: Blind Science #1"X-Men: Blind Science" has a good core idea, but some bad characterization is hard to ignore.
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May 29th, 2010 |
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Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine #1Spider-Man and Wolverine get trapped in the past, and then their troubles begin.
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May 10th, 2010 |
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Dark X-Men #5Nate Grey takes on Norman Osborn and the Green Goblin -- together?
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March 15th, 2010 |
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Dark X-Men #4"Dark X-Men" is continuing to be a fun read, but its nature as a secondary mini-series means that some of the focus is misplaced.
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February 9th, 2010 |
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Dark X-Men #3Cleanly drawn, clearly told, and it's not so much about the Dark X-Men as it is about Nate Grey and the Dark Avengers.
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January 17th, 2010 |
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X-Men Origins Cyclops #1This Cyclops origin turns out to be a well-told little story, with some surprisingly nice art.
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January 12th, 2010 |
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Dark X-Men #2The return of Nate Grey continues as Norman Osborn’s X-Men prepare to kill him. Short return, I guess.
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December 16th, 2009 |
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Dark X-Men #1I was a little dubious about a "Dark X-Men" mini-series, but this first issue shows a lot of potential.
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November 10th, 2009 |
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Dark X-Men: The Confession #1Cyclops and Frost finally discuss the secrets threatening to tear them apart.
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September 23rd, 2009 |
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