Blog Posts on comic reviews

Avenging Spider-Man #5 review by Coke and Comics on Apr 9, 201220 pages of story at $3.99 by Marvel Comics (www.marvel.com) The story here does a great job connecting to people with its good moral in the end. Even if it has to do a retcon to do it. SPOILERS BELOW This book is basically about Spider-Man...

Avengers vs X-Men #1 review by Coke and Comics on Apr 5, 201234 pages of story at $3.99 by Marvel Comics (www.marvel.com) The first issue of Marvel's epic event Avengers vs X-Men has arrived in full force. The story is set up right away explaining the reason why these two super teams, who are allies, are now...

The Flash #5 review by Coke and Comics on Feb 4, 201220 pages of story at $2.99 by DC Comics (www.dccomics.com) This issue brings to an end (sort of) the first story arc of The Flash by Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato. It wraps up the Mob Rule story with a twist and leaves some hanging plot t...

Justice League #5 Combo-Pack review by Coke and Comics on Feb 3, 201220 pages of story and 6 pages Bonus Material plus Free Digital Copy at $4.99 by DC Comics (www.dccomics.com) If you’re looking to take all the iconic heroes of the DC Universe, band them together, and have them fight the biggest, baddest villain...

Uncanny X-Men #4 (2012) review by Coke and Comics on Feb 3, 201220 pages of story at $3.99 by Marvel Comics (www.marvel.com) I am very much intrigued by the current incarnation of X-Men led by Cyclops. It is without question the most powerful group of mutants ever assembled to protect their species, hence call...

Uncanny X-Men #1 (2011) review by Coke and Comics on Dec 7, 2011As some of you well know, the hugely successful Uncanny X-Men concluded last October with #544 after the "Schism/Fear Itself" storyline. The book has recently been relaunched as Uncanny X-Men #1, a brand-new ongoing featuring Cyclops' X-...

Justice League #2 review by Coke and Comics on Oct 22, 2011This second issue improves a lot from the first one. It feels much more like a team book now because majority of the members are here. The action continues as our heroes start to come together to uncover the mystery behind the alien attacks and the...

Justice League #1 review by Coke and Comics on Sep 27, 2011Justice League #1 isn’t just the premiere issue of the new Justice League book. It is the premiere issue of DC’s entire “The New 52” line. It is the “monumental issue” that can be seen as the “beginning of a new universe”, as co-pub...

Fear Itself #4 review by Coke and Comics on Jul 12, 2011The fourth installment for Fear Itself has finally arrived and I'm here again to share my thoughts. SPOILERS BELOW Bucky Barnes is dead. The Worthy continue their destruction across the globe and we learn that their true purpose is to spread as...

Fear Itself #3 review by Coke and Comics on Jun 3, 2011“The Serpent is coming. Tell them. Tell them all. It won’t help, “ says Skadi as she walks away victorious from her latest kill. This comes after the big shocker that just happened, which is also the biggest loss for the Avengers so far in...