Author Archives: Patrick Tobin

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Review: Captain America and Bucky #620

By | Jul 28, 2011 | Reviews

Written by Ed Brubaker and Marc AndreykoIllustrated by Chris Samnee Think you know the story of Cap and Bucky’s origins? Well, think again. The secret story of the early days of Captain 
America, told from Bucky Barnes’s point of view. From co-writers Ed Brubaker and Marc Andreyko with artist Chris Samnee (Thor: The Mighty Avenger). […]

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(Real Book) Review: Grant Morrison’s Supergods

By | Jul 26, 2011 | Reviews

In learning what makes superheroes matter to one man, the question is begged: what makes them matter to the rest of us? Are these paper titans emissaries from a world beneath our own, or are they simply a way to mark the time in between life’s more tangible dissatisfactions? Page 233 of Grant Morrison’s Supergods […]

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Review: Elephantmen #33

By | Jul 21, 2011 | Reviews

Written by Richard StarkingsIllustrated by Shaky Kane BULLETPROOF COFFIN artist and Legend, SHAKY KANE, joins ELEPHANTMEN for the freaky tale of Doctor Sebastian Bone and his wife, Victoria, and her lust for something belonging to Elephantmen. I’m gonna spend most of this review talking about how much I love Shaky Kane. If you don’t know […]

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Review: Hack/Slash #6

By | Jul 21, 2011 | Reviews

Written by Tim SeeleyDrawn by Daniel Leister “Fame Monster,” Part One. Every time Cassie falls asleep, she dreams of another celebrity murder. And when she wake up, she finds it has actually happened! The cast of “Douche Beach,” the Pouperheus Sisters, Lady Art Projekt, even teen heart throb Kendall Schipp and his millions of “Worschippers”… […]

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Review: Batman: The Dark Knight #3

By | Jul 15, 2011 | Reviews

Written and penciled by David Finch Trapped with childhood friend Dawn Golden deep beneath Gotham City, Batman’s only hope for escape also happens to be one of his worst enemies! Meanwhile, Etrigan the Demon turns against his masters and confronts a twisted, evil incarnation of Ragman with the help of Alfred. Only Batman knows the […]

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Review: X-Men: Schism #1

By | Jul 14, 2011 | Reviews

Written by Jason AaronPenciled by Carlos Pacheco The X-Men event of the decade starts here! It’s never been a more dangerous time to be a mutant. Even with their numbers at a record low, the world refuses to trust mutantkind…and after a mutant-triggered international incident, anti-mutant hatred hits new heights. Of course it’s at this […]

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Review: iZombie #15

By | Jul 8, 2011 | Reviews

Written by Chris RobersonIllustrated by Michael Allred The quiet town of Eugene has suddenly gotten very loud. Gwen and her friends have their hands full when a whole mess of zombies roams the streets, but these aren’t nice and cuddly zombies like Gwen. And when the Dead Presidents get to town, things get really complicated. […]

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Review: Thunderbolts #160 / Uncanny X-Men #540

By | Jul 8, 2011 | Reviews

Thunderbolts #160Written by Jeff ParkerIllustrated by Declan Shalvey FEAR ITSELF TIE-IN! The Raft prison has been destroyed. Hundreds of the most powerful criminals in the world are on the loose. But their threat is nothing compared to that of the one man who was already unstoppable and now wields godlike power. XXXXX XXXXXX is tearing […]

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Columns
Crossed-Out Crossovers: Secret War

By | Jul 8, 2011 | Columns

Continuing my entropic decline into navel-gazing about the pointlessness of superhero events. More rambling after the jump. The past couple weeks, I’ve written about crossovers that were forgotten for one common key reason: no one really cared about them to start with. If you sat around in 1995 going “Gosh, I can’t wait for The […]

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Friday Recommendation: Filmish

By | Jul 8, 2011 | Columns

Let’s take a break from superheroes and violence this week and go to the movies, hmmm? More after the jump. Last year, I attended the Edinburgh International Film Festival — the one in Scotland — and in the lobby of the Filmhouse, the theater acting as central hub, they had a couple little racks set […]

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Review: Vengeance #1

By | Jul 7, 2011 | Reviews

Written by Joe CaseyIllustrated by Nick Dragotta A MOST EPIC EVIL EXPLORATION OF THE MARVEL U! When MAGNETO of the X-Men tries to rescue a young Mutant on the run, he accidently kicks off a series of events that will shake the very Marvel Universe to it’s core! Who are the new TEEN BRIGADE?! Who […]

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Crossed-Out Crossovers: Witchblade / Wolverine

By | Jul 1, 2011 | Columns

Hey, did you know that Wolverine and Witchblade are married? No, really. After the jump. There are, broadly speaking, two kinds of inter-company crossover stories. One belabors the point of “two universes colliding!” by giving an involved reason for why Characters X and Y are suddenly sharing the same space. (Kurt Busiek had a good […]

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