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More Comics Friday Review Roundup: August 24th 2012

By Andy Frisk
August 24, 2012 - 13:11

"The story in Pinkerton is quite original and I think it's what I appreciated the most about this comic book. The authors do seem to have a very good knowledge of music which they use very cleverly throughout the illustrate various situations and their emotional situation. You also get from very early on a good idea of what this comic book is all about and where the whole thing is going. It is rare for a first work to be this well centered on a main idea and that the writer is able to stick with it until it's resolution. I also have to admit that the witty dialogue really did it for me."



"Created by Mike Allred as supporting characters for his ongoing Madman series of stories, The Atomics and their hipster/hottie super-girl, named It Girl, have graduated to their own ongoing series. When I heard about this new series, I really wondered if these characters would be worth following if Allred himself wasn't writing and drawing them. Enter Jamie S. Rich (Love the Way You Love, You Have Killed Me) and Mike Norton (X-Men Season One, Battlepug), and all of my fears were allayed. Rich stays true to the original spirit of the characters as well as that of the whole Madman universe, and Mike Norton's art captures Allred's pop-art sensibility with his version of these characters."



"Featuring a great assembly of wide ranging stories starring some of Howard's greatest creations, including Conan the Barbarian as Conan the King, Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #5 is a worthy offering of action packed stories about life on the battlefield and in the courts of intrigue."

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"It's getting incredibly hard to come up with new ways to praise Harbinger (and all of Valiant's books thus far) month after month. It's a great problem to have though. Harbinger is the rare kind of book that not only hold your attention, it leaves you dying for more."



"Like Skullkickers, Pathfinder is relatively lighthearted fare, characterized by a pervading sense of humor and gouts of frenetic action. Unfortunately, Pathfinder #1 doesn't read like much more than RPG fan fiction. That aforementioned sense of humor never quite finds its footing in this issue, surrendering to hackneyed character interactions and flat deliveries, and the action is muted by quite a long and uneventful build-up to a fairly rudimentary premise.There is at least one very interesting and insightful scene of introspection, however, particularly a moment where the swordsman, Valeros, is confronted about his brutish nature. His contriteness establishes an interesting character dichotomy, but one that has yet to be explored fully."



"This issue was an absolute blast to read. Duane Swierczynski improves upon nearly every deficiency from which Bloodshot #1 suffered. This second issue adeptly tempers the copious buckets of gore with a much needed wry wit, a growing ensemble cast, and an Achilles' heel for our nigh-indestructible anti-hero."



"Image Comics just keeps delivering hit after hit, and Revival is just another in a long line of titles that are must reads. Soaring to heights of smart and compelling storytelling that we used to only see from DC Comics' Vertigo line, Image Comics is an unquestioned premier publisher of artistically solid sequential art stories."



"If you haven't been reading Dark Horse's great Star Wars books, whether you are a fan of the original franchise or not, you should read Star Wars: Darth Vader and The Ghost Prison. It is must reading for fans of smart sci-fi action/drama."  



"Setting up a story that will smartly unfold over the course of the series, as well as showing us The Rocketeer in action, Waid and Samnee bring to life the fun, 1940s nostalgic, and serial-like adventure that defines The Rocketeer's appeal as a character and story."

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