CBR Review: Malignant Man #1

I recently reviewed Malignant Man #1 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "Somewhere in this comic is a good idea. Man gets cancer, later finds out that that’s a good thing and gives him powers of some kind? That has potential. Unfortunately, Malignant Man squanders all of it by presenting a by-the-notes rundown of this sort of story: man seem hopeless, inciting incident occurs, mysterious bad guys want him dead, he’s rescued by even more mysterious do-gooder who knows all about him and will reveal all in a shocking manner. It’s clichéd, uninspired storytelling coupled with clunky, laughable dialogue, and art that’s too good for what it has to draw."

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CBR Review: Pale Horse #4

I recently reviewed Pale Horse #4 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "Pale Horse concludes this week in a manner that attempts to bring together the various disparate elements of the story in a powerful, emotional payoff and doesn’t quite succeed. Beginning as a straight-forward tale of revenge and shifting to a story about a bounty hunter who has a bounty on his head and a young son in tow, Pale Horse ends with the end of the American Civil War, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and a conspiracy to ensure a Confederacy victory post-surrender. The ideas behind each of the parts of the series are interesting, but mashing them together in four issues and expecting a strong finale is an incredibly difficult thing to pull off, and it doesn’t happen here."

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CBR Review: Robert E. Howard's Hawks of Outremer #1

I recently reviewed Robert E. Howard's Hawks of Outremer #1 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "Unlike other adaptations of Robert E. Howard works, Hawks of Outremer isn’t set in some distant or fantastic setting. It takes place in 1190 AD and deals with the Crusades. Despite this difference, BOOM! picked a solid enough property for adaptation since the period in question was a time of violence and bloodshed, something this first issue has plenty of thanks to its protagonist, Cormac Fitzgeoffrey, a Gaelic warrior that’s out to avenge the deaths of his friends."

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CBR Review: Swordsmith Assassin #1

I recently reviewed Swordsmith Assassin #1 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "When I first heard about Swordsmith Assassin from BOOM!’s marketing director, Chip Mosher, he assured me that it was a book that I would enjoy. The man was right. While the concept of a Japanese swordsmith becoming dissatisfied with his life as a maker of deadly weapons and wanting to undo the damage of his work isn’t entirely original, the execution in this opening issue is strong and sets the stage well for the rest of the series."

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CBR Review: Dead Run #1

I recently reviewed Dead Run #1 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "Oh, look, another obvious concept meant for another medium that Eureka creator Andrew Cosby has brought to comics for another writer to write. Yes, it’s that obvious. And, yes, no one doing these books has yet to figure out that comics are different than movies or TV and what works there (or, in this case, didn’t even work there) won’t necessarily work here."

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