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Blazing Combat 4 (July 1966)
Goodwin and company recover for the fourth–and tragically final–issue of Blazing Combat. The issue opens with Goodwin returning to, if not controversial, then uncomfortable topics–he and Gene Colan...
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The Immortal Iron Fist 3 (March 2007)
I’m a little unclear on what actually happens this issue. Things do happen, it’s a good issue, but not many things happen. But Fraction–not Brubaker, because Brubaker’s Marvel work never makes an...
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The Immortal Iron Fist 6 (July 2007)
What Brubaker brings to his Marvel work is a retro vibe. His good comics feel like familiar seventies comics modernized. What Fraction brings is a smart blockbuster. His comics feel like big Hollywood...
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The Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death 1 (April 2008)
Fraction takes on the writing chores here solo but since it’s an Orson Randall story set in the thirties and forties, it’s kind of hard to tell what not having Brubaker around does to it. The majority...
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The Immortal Iron Fist 17 (September 2008)
Swierczynski’s approach to Iron Fist is to continue the Brubaker and Fraction format. We even get Heath doing the flashback art. There’s one big difference. First is how Swierczynski structures the...
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The Immortal Iron Fist 18 (October 2008)
Okay, either Swierczynski is covering for Foreman or Foreman is covering for Swierczynski here. There simply is not enough story this issue. It’s not so much a pacing question, it’s just… almost no...
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The Immortal Iron Fist 19 (December 2008)
Oh, there are other Immortal Weapons? Wonder if their appearance has anything to do with the issue working. Just as Swierczynski gets out of his writing rut—well, I’m not sure if that’s an accurate...
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The Immortal Iron Fist 20 (January 2009)
Okay, Swierczynski is finally back on track. Forgetting the special, he’s now written more good issues of The Immortal Iron Fist than mediocre or bad. This issue resolves—maybe a little too...
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Tom Strong 13 (July 2001)
While this issue features some incredibly cool writing from Moore (more on it in a bit), it also has amazing art. It’s a five-part story, with Sprouse and Gordon on for the prologue. Then it’s Russ...
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Showcase 2 (May-June 1956)
Good grief. I thought I was going to be able to talk seriously about this comic, starting with the story of a young Native American lad whose spirit animal keeps saving his butt, then through the...
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Showcase 3 (July-August 1956)
There’s not much to this issue besides Russ Heath’s fantastic artwork. Robert Kanigher’s script is pedestrian and predictable (for the most part). It’s the story of a new frogman during World War II....
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Adventure Into Fear 12 (February 1973)
Gerber does the stupid second person narration, but not a lot of it. Most of the Man-Thing story he does a close third person for Man-Thing; it works a lot better. Especially he confirms Man-Thing has...
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The Immortal Iron Fist 3 (March 2007)
I’m a little unclear on what actually happens this issue. Things do happen, it’s a good issue, but not many things happen. But Fraction–not Brubaker, because Brubaker’s Marvel work never makes an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Immortal Iron Fist 6 (July 2007)
What Brubaker brings to his Marvel work is a retro vibe. His good comics feel like familiar seventies comics modernized. What Fraction brings is a smart blockbuster. His comics feel like big Hollywood...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death 1 (April 2008)
Fraction takes on the writing chores here solo but since it’s an Orson Randall story set in the thirties and forties, it’s kind of hard to tell what not having Brubaker around does to it. The majority...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Immortal Iron Fist 17 (September 2008)
Swierczynski’s approach to Iron Fist is to continue the Brubaker and Fraction format. We even get Heath doing the flashback art. There’s one big difference. First is how Swierczynski structures the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Immortal Iron Fist 18 (October 2008)
Okay, either Swierczynski is covering for Foreman or Foreman is covering for Swierczynski here. There simply is not enough story this issue. It’s not so much a pacing question, it’s just… almost no...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Immortal Iron Fist 19 (December 2008)
Oh, there are other Immortal Weapons? Wonder if their appearance has anything to do with the issue working. Just as Swierczynski gets out of his writing rut—well, I’m not sure if that’s an accurate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Immortal Iron Fist 20 (January 2009)
Okay, Swierczynski is finally back on track. Forgetting the special, he’s now written more good issues of The Immortal Iron Fist than mediocre or bad. This issue resolves—maybe a little too...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tom Strong 13 (July 2001)
While this issue features some incredibly cool writing from Moore (more on it in a bit), it also has amazing art. It’s a five-part story, with Sprouse and Gordon on for the prologue. Then it’s Russ...
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