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Venom 7 (November 2011)
Venom finally meets the Anti-Venom… only it’s unclear why a meet-up is so necessary. Eddie Brock’s rambling, religious “hero” is kind of a buzz kill. The meeting has no weight for Flash Thompson, only for the symbiote. And, regardless of series title, Flash is the main character. So instead, Remender uses the issue to deal […]
MoreVenom 6 (October 2011)
“Spider-Island” seems a lot like that Batman crossover, “War Games.” Just in the city in panic stuff. Maybe I’m thinking of a different one. But this issue has Fowler back–and on it solo, doing all the creatures, an area where he excels–and my biggest complaint has nothing to do with the crossover. Actually, it’s all […]
MoreVenom 5 (October 2011)
Wow. The comic opens, unfortunately, with Tony Moore. He handles the Venom part, Tom Fowler handles the Flash Thompson part. My complaints about Remender waiting on establishing Flash are, it turns out, ill-founded. At least they appear to be after this issue. It’s a depressing look at Flash’s family life, with occasional callbacks to his […]
MoreVenom 3 (July 2011)
Tom Fowler drawing Venom is a waste of talent. A glorious waste of talent. While Fowler’s able to do a crazy Venom, full of tentacles and slime, the regular stuff is better. The comic opens with a guy playing racket ball and seeing Fowler’s attention to movement is great. And it’s not just a Venom […]
MoreRevolution on the Planet of the Apes 6 (August 2006)
Even with Fowler back, nothing can stop Revolution from having a lousy finish. O’Brien introduces a fighter pet gorilla. He just shows up. Maybe Templeton planned a second limited series from his point of view… I’m glad he never got around to telling that bad story. This issue is loose with the characters. O’Brien was […]
MoreRevolution on the Planet of the Apes 4 (May 2006)
O’Brien’s pacing of Revolution is bad, but it’s not entirely an issue-to-issue thing. It’s more of a four issue story being spread out to six. For example, this issue could go alltogether (if it weren’t for Fowler doing the art). There’s a good deal of implied action, but the reader doesn’t see much of it. […]
MoreRevolution on the Planet of the Apes 3 (March 2006)
Oh, no dream sequence this issue. I would have entirely forgotten about the dream sequences if the backup story hadn’t mentioned them. Caesar (Roddy McDowell in the last two movies) is a psychic in Revolution. He sees the future, which looks shockingly like bad Charlton Heston movies. The backup this issue clearly identifies what’s so […]
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