Author: Drew R.
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X-Men: Season One
Published: Mar 14th 2012 | Review: 4 StarsFor today, I sit down to read the second volume released in marvel’s Season One event. This time going to a personal favorite of mine, the X-Men. My plan is to use the same format and qualities I used for the Fantastic Four Season One story in reviewing X-Men Season One. So if you would like to know more…
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X-Men #4:The Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants!
Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 4.25 StarsWe have heard them mentioned and hinted at all along now; the Evil Mutants. Just like they are some kind of mysterious and yet unseen threat as a group, but in this issue, right from the cover, we are promised them, with the words “At Last!! The X-Men come face-to-face with “The Brotherhood of Evil…
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Avengers #4:Captain America Joins… The Avengers!
Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 5 StarsJust from the cover you know this comic is going to be important, and not likely a taunt like Strange Tales #114. In fact, even as I sat down to read and review this comic, I could not help but feel the awe and wonder of what was bound to be one of the most epic avengers tales…
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Tales To Astonish #53:When Wakes The Colossus!
Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 3 StarsThis tale, has the Wasp telling her story to Dr. Pym before leaving for the Veterans Hospital, giving us a slightly different backdrop, but helping to maintain the ongoing concept for the wasp tells a tale series. The story she tells though, is just as entertaining as the last few though; being a tale of…
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Tales To Astonish #53:Trapped By The Porcupine!
Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 2.5 StarsFor today’s comic book review i read Tales To Astonish #53, where we have an Giant-Man feature that includes the return of The Porcupine. Now as you may remember from my review of Tales To Astonish #48, I was not to trilled with the porcupine or his first appearance. So now we will get to find out…
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Tales Of Suspense #51:Tales Of The Watcher:The Primitive!
Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 3 StarsNow I move on to another inspired story in the “Tales Of The Watcher” series. This one, as told from the watcher, is of a human space explorer, seeking out intelligent life, and from planet to planet he finds nothing but lower life forms, be them animals or just primitives, and concludes that these lower forms have nothing…
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Tales Of Suspense #51:The Sinister Scarecrow
Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 4 StarsFor today’s comic book review I read The Iron Man story published in Tales Of Suspense #51, titled “The Sinister Scarecrow“. In this issue, we have the origin of a new, and strange menace known as the Scarecrow, whose life of crime leads him right into the path of Iron Man as he robs tony stark’s…
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Amazing Spider-Man #10:The Enforcers!
Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 3.25 StarsFor today’s comic book review I read Amazing Spider-Man #10 and the story titled “The Enforcers“. In this story, we have a new menace named The Big Man, and his team of skillful enforcers taking over the cities organised crime. Then if that’s not bad enough we have the backdrop of Aunt May post surgery and needing blood from…
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Tales Of Suspense #50:Tales Of… The Watcher! Journey’s End
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 3.25 StarsToday’s review focuses on the Tales of The Watcher from Tales Of Suspense #50. In this tale, titled Journey’s end, we here the wondrous story of a Meek Man from the 21st century. The tale of one space pilot named Wilbur Weems. Weems volunteers for a one way mission in space, as he see’s that unlike his pears he has no reason…
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Tales Of Suspense #50:The Hands Of The Mandarin
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 2.5 Starsfor today’s comic book review I read the tale titled “The Hands Of The Mandarin” from Tales Of Suspense #50. In this classic comic book we have Iron Man face to face with the Mandarin for the first time. but does the story live up to the legacy that would follow from it? Story The story for this…
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Fantastic Four #23:The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 3.5 StarsFor today’s comic book review I read Fantastic Four #23, titled “The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!” that is right, Dr. Doom is back, and seeing to eliminate the Fantastic Four yet again. But is his plan one that is destined to succeed? or will we see Dr. Doom stopped yet again? Story This is perhaps one of the best…
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Amazing Spider-Man #9:The Man Called Electro!
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 4.5 StarsFor today’s comic book review I read Amazing Spider-Man #9,the story contained within is titled “The Man Called Electro!” And it is a Spider-Man thriller like none before, as Steve Ditko and Stan lee raised the stakes on this one. Not only do we have the action pack trills of Spider-Man facing Electro, not only do we have…
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Strange Tales #117:The Many Traps Of Baron Mordo
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 4.5 StarsFor this comic book review I read Strange Tales #117 and the story featuring Dr. Strange Titled “The Many Traps Of Baron Mordo” In this issue, we have a near foolproof plan of Baron Mordo to trap Dr. Strange and his home in another dimension. Then while he is trapped, the Barren plans to face and eliminate the ancient one. But can…
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Strange Tales #117:The Return Of The Eel
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 2.5 StarsFor today’s comic book review, I read the Human Torch Feature from Strange Tales #117 titled “The Return Of The Eel“. In this classic tale we have the return of the Eel, whom you may remember from Strange Tales #112 the issue where the human torch came the closest to being finished. But is does this tale live up to…
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Tales To Astonish #52:Not What They Seem!
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 4 StarsNow that I got the action story out of the way; I move on to review Tales To Astonish #52 “the wonderful Wasp Tells A tale!” story, This time she goes to an orphanage to tell her story to the local kids. The tale she tells is titled “Not What They Seem!” The Story The Story,…
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Tales To Astonish #52:The Black Knight Strikes!
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 4.25 StarsFor today’s comic book review I read Tales To Astonish #52, starting Giant-Man and The Wonderful Wasp! Just from the cover of the classic comic book I seen great promise, and not just from the words, but also from the clean appearance. but is the tale titled “The Black Knight Strikes!” meant to be a good one? or is it…
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Journey Into Mystery #102:Slave of Zarrko, The Tomorrow Man!
Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 4 StarsFor today’s comic book review, I moved on to read Journey Into Mystery #102, to get the second part of the epic story started in the prior months Journey Into Mystery, featuring Thor, as the slave of “The Tomorrow Man!” in fact, the story is titled “Slave Of Zarrko, The Tomorrow Man!” and the title seems to hold…
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Journey Into Mystery #101:The Return Of Zarrko, The Tomorrow Man!
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 3.75 StarsFor today’s comic book review I read Journey Into Mystery #101; a story that is part one of another two-part story for the Mighty Thor. But all being part of a larger epic that is ongoing related to his desire of Jane Foster. In this issue, to punish Thor for not forgetting the mortal Jane Foster he…
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Avengers #3:The Avengers Meet Sub-Mariner!
Cover Date: Jan 1964 | Review: 4 StarsFor today’s comic book review I read Avengers #3, In this issue we have Namor, the Sub-Mariner, in his first appearance scene Fantastic Four Annual #1. But in this issue he does not face the Avengers alone, instead he acquires the assistance of the renegade and hunted Hulk to improve his chances of success against the surface world. This issue also have an all-star cast, showing…
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X-men #3:Beware Of The Blob!
Cover Date: Jan 1964 | Review: 4.75 StarsFor today’s comic book review I read “Beware Of The blob!” from X-Men #3. in this tale we have our team of X-men scouring the city to find a mutant that Professor X detected. but are Cyclopes, Ice man, Angel, Marvel Girl, and The best ready for who they find? Or will they be able to convince the Blob to…
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Fantastic Four #22:The Return Of The Mole Man!
Cover Date: Jan 1964 | Review: 5 StarsI think the cover starts us off quite well for this comic book review, giving us a wonderful drawn and colored look of the Fantastic Four approaching Mole Man, and him edging them on while Mr. Fantastic tries to stop the Fantastic Four from walking into certain doom. Then if that scene is not enough, we have an arrow…
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Amazing Spider-Man #8:Spider-Man tackles The Torch!
Cover Date: Jan 1964 | Review: 2 StarsAt the end of spider-man #8 we got a bonus, a story featuring spider-man facing off against the human torch. but Hero vs. hero is always a dangerous line, and one that can be tough to do right, more so when its the main plot of a whole story. so read on to my review…
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Amazing Spider-Man #8:The Terrible Threat Of The Living Brain
Cover Date: Jan 1964 | Review: 4.75 StarsFor today’s comic book review, I read Amazing Spider Man #8 from January 1964, a book crammed packed with Spider-man excitement, in fact two stories featuring our hero. This is a review of the first story. Titled. “The Terrible Threat Of The Living Brain” But worry not, a review of the second story where Spider-Man faces The…
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Strange Tales #116:Return To The Nightmare World
Cover Date: Jan 1964 | Review: 4.75 StarsThe second tale that I reviewed today from Strange Tales #116 is Dr. Strange’s tale, titled “Return To The Nightmare World” and in this mystic story we have a feature length thriller that is reminiscent of the first appearance of Dr. Strange back in Strange Tales #110. In this tale, we have nightmare trapping people in their sleep into the nightmare dimension so that they never…