Comic Reviews

The Traveler # 3 – Review

When last we left Kronus he had his head smashed in by the Minute Man Mortar. Gabe, the man he was rescuing is begging for him to wake up and suddenly he does after being in a time comma. Kronus then shifts the temporal rewind that sends every bit of matter that Mortar has created right back at him. As with all of the Minute Men when they’re knocked unconscious they return from where they come from. Kronus then begins a cryptic conversation with Gabe asking him for a reward for saving him. Gabe only has his bowling ball to offer him, which Kronus is counting on. He asks him to deliver it to a certain place and time. He warns Gabe to be on time and to just drop it off and go.

Kolchak: The Night Stalker Files #2 – Review

The world’s premier supernatural reporter finds himself on his way to Florida for a new job at the top tabloid newspaper in the country. As he’s settling in though his next case is beginning without him. Two escaped convicts are fleeing the authorities through the Florida marshlands. One of the convicts has a shack deep in the marsh that he uses to hide out from the authorities. Unfortunately for the two men they run into a huge creature that sends them to meet their makers.

Magus # 1 – Review

The story begins in the middle of the night at the Bristol County Mental Health Institution. A very seedy looking security guard is paying a visit to one of the patients. The guard has come to molest a teenage girl by the name of Lena who is fast asleep in her bed. As he touches to remove her clothing his hand lights on fire. Lena wakes up and is visibly upset, blaming the institution for her losing control of her powers. The guard spouts of some typical nonsense about how sorry he is and that he thought she liked it, which is just before she burns him alive.

Amazing Spider-Man 654.1 – Review

As the Big Time has ended, The End Time will soon begin! Amazing Spider-Man #654.1 is the second part of its previous issue (Amazing Spider-Man #654). With Flash Thompson as the newest and probably second best Venom, how will Flash control the demon, or beast, within? Is it already too late for Flash to resist the Symbiote’s hold on him? Or will Flash rise up to the challenge and control his “other” side. This story is all about Flash Thompson and his first mission as Venom. Get ready for the newest story arc, which will be releasing soon. Written by Dan Slott and artwork by Humberto Ramos.

Artifacts #5 – Review

After four issues of the long-awaited cross-over event Artifacts, this issue leaves a lot to be desired but still manages to deliver a great deal. Just not as much as the last couple issues to satisfy.

Previously, in the first issue of Artifacts, Sara’s daughter was kidnapped and her sister killed by Aphrodite IV. Then she was told of the coming apocalypse involving the bearers’ of the thirteen artifacts. The teams were finally assembled and established in the last issue which then left off with a cliffhanger – the curator of a shop exploding with some of our heroes still inside at the time. This issue picks up directly afterwards and introduces even more characters from the Top Cow Universe – Cyberforce and Hunter-Killer.

Northern Guard # 2 – Review

The action and adventure continues right where the last issue left off as Nanook rescues her counterpart’s boyfriend Johnny Canuck. Afterwards Johnny and the rest of the Guardians race the clock to stop the Red Rogue before he finishes his plans that rendered the world without electricity.

The beginning of the issue really is used to wrap up things from the first issue as Nanook quickly saves the injured Johnny. He wakes up in a hospital with Commander Steele standing over his bed chewing him out. Johnny is a national treasure as he may be the only person to be able to reverse the effects of the black out (The event that left the world without electricity). After a while Anne (Nanook) and Johnny are left alone to share a personal moment. Johnny’s brain never turns off though and they quickly return to talking about the case. He can’t help but wonder who the man in red they saw was. Luckily for them Anne’s other half Nanook can see everyone’s spirit selves and knows the man to be the Red Rogue aka Dimitri Tomkin. Tomkin is responsible for the black out and was believed to be dead.

Marineman #2 – Review

Ok, so we learnt from the last issue that the sea is the home for many fish, as well as Steve Ocean, aka Marineman, biologist. We also learnt that Steve’s dad works for the Navy. The second issue answers some questions raised in the previous, only to open a whole web of new ones.

In this issue Steve is showing Charlotte (the Lieutenant from the last issue) around the place, and it is clear she does not wish to spend any time with him, making it awkward for Steve. When they are having lunch a child screams as his mother has fallen over from a great height into the crashing waves below, Steve dives straight in and pulls her out. Demonstrating his skills to everybody around.

Marineman #1 – Review

The ocean, what is it? Its the big
blue wet thing that covers about 70% of the earth. The inner-space if
you will. It is full of life. Be that sharks, whales, squids,
penguins and…extremely muscly men. Marineman is Image’s answer to
the oceanic hero genre.

Opening up with a free-diving sports
event going wrong, to then go straight into the story. The comic
follows Steve Ocean, a famous oceanographer with his own
documentaries. The public actually know him as “Marineman”, but
only as a nickname. With his friend Jake Clearwater (another fitting
name), they go to the institute where Steven’s father works. When
there Steven goes down the “basement” level which happens to be a
secret navy base where he meets a Lieutenant Charlotte Greene.

The Spider #1 – Review

Moonstone is back with another dose of Pulp and this time it’s the Spider who dates back to the 1930’s. The story opens with a Miss Van Sloan running for her life. She makes it to a gas station and begs the man inside to help her that is until some undead arms break through the glass of the door. Meanwhile, Richard Wentworth (The Spiders alter-ego) is having a friendly drink with Commissioner Kirkpatrick that turns into an interrogation. Kirkpatrick seems to believe that Wentworth has some connection to the Spider, but alludes to it being more of a supporting role rather than actually being the masked man.

Twilight Guardian #1 – Review

Twilight Guardian is the most realistic take on a masked vigilante living in the real world. Forget Kick-Ass, for as much as it did Kick-Ass still fell into the same pitfalls of any other comic. Twilight Guardian on the other hand is completely different. Our main character is an unknown woman that patrols a nine block radius in her own neighborhood. She has different routes and routines to throw off anyone from figuring out her routine, but what she doesn’t have is a villain.