Review Search: Sonia Oback
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Catwoman #20Catwoman goes up against the Penguin in the Ann Nocenti-written, trio of artists-drawn "Catwoman" #20, and it's really nowhere as cool as that sounds.
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May 20th, 2013 |
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Katana #4With her blade broken and the imprisoned souls released from it, Tatsu Toro is in deep water in "Katana" #4 by writer Ann Nocenti and artist Alex Sanchez.
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May 10th, 2013 |
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Justice League of America #3"Justice League of America" #3 has Geoff Johns and David Finch plumb some darker depths for this team, but so far I'm not convinced that a grittier Justice League has on its own enough reason to exist.
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May 9th, 2013 |
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Katana #3"Katana" #3 by Ann Nocenti and Cliff Richards has some beautifully elegant moments mixed with some real clunkers.
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April 26th, 2013 |
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Catwoman #19"Catwoman" #19 has a fun idea with the Justice League of America planting Catwoman inside Arkham Asylum, but execution of the story from Ann Nocenti and company feels like it's missing a few pages in the middle.
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April 18th, 2013 |
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Justice League of America #2With the team now selected, Geoff Johns and David Finch can get down to revealing the mission statement in "Justice League of America" #2.
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March 22nd, 2013 |
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Justice League of America's Vibe #2"Justice League of America's Vibe" #2 may have an awkward title, but it's starting to build up a path of its own as we see more of Vibe's family, both super-powered and real-life.
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March 20th, 2013 |
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Katana #2An uneven issue by Ann Nocenti and Alex Sanchez continues to explore Katana's revenge mission and awkwardly jams in her recruitment to "Justice League of America."
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March 18th, 2013 |
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Justice League of America #1Geoff Johns and David Finch's "Justice League of America" #1 is a typical team origin story. No more, no less.
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February 20th, 2013 |
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Catwoman #16Ann Nocenti and Rafa Sandoval's "Catwoman" #16 gets some things right but also continues to get far too much wrong four issues into their creative pairing.
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January 24th, 2013 |
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Batman: The Dark Knight #14Gregg Hurwitz and David Finch's "Batman: The Dark Knight" #14 continues to be the darkest title in the Batman family, as their Scarecrow story fakes the reader into thinking it's over when it's not.
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November 29th, 2012 |
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Catwoman #14It's Catwoman vs. The Joker (but only sort of) in Ann Nocenti and Rafa Sandoval's "Catwoman" #14.
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November 23rd, 2012 |
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Catwoman #13Ann Nocenti and Rafa Sandoval bring a heist involving a massive chess game in "Catwoman" #13, which ends up being much more interesting than the "Death of the Family" prelude portion.
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October 22nd, 2012 |
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Batman: The Dark Knight"Batman: The Dark Knight" #0 has Gregg Hurwitz, Mico Suayan and Juan Jose Ryp tackle the story of Bruce Wayne's attempt to find who killed his parents, but there's no denying that we've seen this all before.
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September 27th, 2012 |
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Justice League #12Geoff Johns and Jim Lee bring the conclusion to "The Villain's Journey" in "Justice League" #12, as Superman and Wonder Woman lock lips.
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August 30th, 2012 |
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Justice League International #12It's the end of the road for Booster Gold and the rest of the team in "Justice League International" #12 as the team bids farewell to Rocket Red. Naturally, Batman shows up to complicate things.
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August 2nd, 2012 |
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Batman: The Dark Knight #11Two issues into the updated creative team of Gregg Hurwitz and David Finch, "Batman: The Dark Knight" #11's story of the Scarecrow's latest experiment is turning out to be a hit.
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July 26th, 2012 |
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Defenders #7For "Defenders" #7, Matt Fraction and the Dodsons fly the team to Wakanda to celebrate with a special appearance by the Black Cat.
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June 8th, 2012 |
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Batman: The Dark Knight #9Judd Winick steps in to helm "Batman: The Dark Knight" as it enters the "Night of the Owls."
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May 24th, 2012 |
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Mind the Gap #1"Mind the Gap" #1 follows Ellis Peterssen as she is beaten into a coma and wakes up somewhere unexpected.
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May 3rd, 2012 |
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Avengers #24.1The Vision gets center stage in this "Point One" issue as we learn a little more about his struggles to rejoin the Avengers.
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March 29th, 2012 |
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X-Men Legacy #263Even the stars of "X-Men Legacy" feel a little underwhelmed by this issue's conclusion.
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March 15th, 2012 |
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X-Men Legacy #262Rogue, Wolverine and the rest of the school staff attempt to stop Exodus.
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February 27th, 2012 |
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The Defenders #3Nul, Breaker of Worlds looks to graduate to Destroyer of Universes if the Defenders can’t stop them. It’s a shame that they can’t.
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February 6th, 2012 |
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X-Men Legacy #261“X-Men Legacy” drops the legacy of Magneto onto the Jean Grey School grounds in the form of Exodus.
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January 25th, 2012 |
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X-Men Legacy #260.1A new chapter for the X-Men of the Legacy title as they make themselves at home in Westchester with a game of powers football and, of course, demon invaders from another dimension.
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January 11th, 2012 |
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Birds of Prey #4Batgirl stops by to help the Birds against a foe they’re having a hard time finding.
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December 22nd, 2011 |
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S.H.I.E.L.D. #4Most comics travel to the future. “S.H.I.E.L.D.” travels to three futures at the same time.
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December 18th, 2011 |
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The Defenders #1Dr. Strange, She-Hulk, Namor, Iron Fist, and Silver Surfer assemble as The Defenders at the behest of Hulk, in search of something called Hul – The Breaker of Worlds. Hi-jinks ensue!
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December 6th, 2011 |
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Alpha Flight #6It's a shame "Alpha Flight" is back to being a limited series, because this is thoroughly entertaining.
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November 25th, 2011 |
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Point One #1The next year of Marvel does look like it will have some fun, but that fun isn’t in these pages except for the Watcher heist sequence.
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November 9th, 2011 |
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Blue Beetle #2If the old "Blue Beetle" run was even half as fun, I'm kicking myself for not reading it, but making up for lost time now.
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October 19th, 2011 |
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X-Men Legacy #256Trapped in space on a space station being pulled into a collapsing sun, our heroes try to stay alive and not worry about how they’re going to get home.
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October 2nd, 2011 |
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S.H.I.E.L.D. #2Two factions of Shield are at war, and the battle comes down to the inner secrets of the leaders: Leonardo da Vinci and Sir Isaac Newton!
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August 7th, 2011 |
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Alpha Flight #2Take off to the great white north with Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, and Dale Eaglesham as they give the members of Alpha Flight a reason to be concerned or the future of Canada.
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July 14th, 2011 |
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Alpha Flight #1Canada’s superhero team is back and Canadians want to know... why?
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June 13th, 2011 |
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S.H.I.E.L.D. #1There’s a contest to see who’s more ineffective, Michelangelo or Leonid. I guess we’ll have to wait and see who Uatu sides with.
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June 4th, 2011 |
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Astonishing X-Men #37"Astonishing X-Men" is just turning out to be "Average X-Men."
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May 12th, 2011 |
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Age of X Universe #2Killing mutants? Good. Killing mutant children? Not good. Gotta wait until they’re 18. Okay, maybe 16.
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May 2nd, 2011 |
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X-Factor #218Simon Cowell wants Paula Abdul and Cheryl Cole to be the other judges... oh wait, wrong "X- Factor."
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April 25th, 2011 |
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Age of X Universe #1Stories from the "Age of X" world, starring the Avengers and Spider-Man.
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April 4th, 2011 |
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Thor #620.1Hey, it’s a ‘jumping-on’ issue before the finale of an almost year-long story! Written by two guys who don’t normally write “Thor!” Right before a relaunch next month! Makes sense, right?
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March 24th, 2011 |
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X-Factor #216J. Jonah Jameson comes to Madrox for help with a case, one that X-Factor is in no position to turn down; while two new characters make not so subtle entrances, and Spider-man drops by to spy and trade witty barbs.
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March 6th, 2011 |
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Astonishing X-Men #36The Astonishing X-Men team head to Japan after Armor receives some bad news.
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February 28th, 2011 |
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X-Factor #215"X-Factor" plays to its strengths.
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February 10th, 2011 |
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Heroes for Hire #2Crazy Marvel Team-Up? Yeah, but it works.
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January 14th, 2011 |
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Women of Marvel #2An anthology starring The Invisible Woman, Songbird, and Shanna.
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December 6th, 2010 |
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Heroes for Hire #1“So this is way your rebooted Heroes for Hire outfit works, huh? Calling up friends in the middle of the night?”
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December 2nd, 2010 |
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X-Force #28X-Force make it back to the present, and Hope’s powers finally emerge.
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July 12th, 2010 |
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X-Force #27Ten pages of punching manages to feel dull, somehow, but the second half has some pep to it.
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May 26th, 2010 |
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