Tag Archives: action

Fu Jitsu #1 (AfterShock)

Posted on September 28, 2017 by comicspectrum

Rating: 4.5/5 – James Dean, an Atomic Katana, and the Enlightenment of Whataburger. by ComicSpectrum EiC Bob Bretall I read a 5-page preview of Fu Jitsu #1 in AfterShock’s Dark Ark #1.  I liked that preview more than the main … Continue reading →

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Savage Things #1 (DC/Vertigo)

Posted on March 10, 2017 by comicspectrum

Rating: 5/5 – Jason Bourne Meets Seven in Vertigo’s New Thriller. by ComicSpectrum EiC Bob Bretall Savage Things bursts out of the gate strong.  I’ll recap the 1st 3 pages, not really a spoiler since you’re going to hit these … Continue reading →

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Vampire Hunter D: Message From Mars #1 (Stranger)

Posted on November 23, 2016 by comicspectrum

Rating: 4.5/5 – New Reader Friendly Intro to a Classic Character by ComicSpectrum EiC Bob Bretall. Vampire Hunter D has been around since 1983, and has been in over 30 novels as well as a couple of popular Anime films.  … Continue reading →

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Mycroft Holmes #1 (Titan)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by comicspectrum

Rating: 4.5/5 – A Fun Adventure with Sherlock’s Roguish Brother. by ComicSpectrum EiC Bob Bretall Playing Basketball & writing comics…  Two things Kareen Abdul-Jabbar is pretty darn good at.  Everyone knows about the basketball thing.  Doing comics is new and … Continue reading →

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Throwaways #1 (Image)

Posted on July 17, 2016 by comicspectrum

Rating: 3/5 – Assassins, Conspiracies, and Super-Powers by ComicSpectrum EiC Bob Bretall Throwaways is espionage slang for a disposable asset, an assassin meant to die along their intended target.  At it’s heart, Throwaways is meant to be an action thriller … Continue reading →

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Paper Girls #1 (Image)

Posted on November 10, 2015 by comicspectrum

Review: 5/5 – What the Heck is a Newspaper? Who Cares? Read This Series! by ComicSpectrum reviewer Al Sparrow. This falls into the “better late than never” category, since #2 came out last week, but I get my comics once … Continue reading →

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Shaft #1 (Dynamite)

Posted on December 5, 2014 by comicspectrum

Rating: 3.5/5 – Exploring Shaft’s Early Days, Can You Dig It? by ComicSpectrum EiC Bob Bretall. This is an all new tale of John Shaft, looking at the days before he was a ‘black private dick that’s a sex machine … Continue reading →

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Sally of the Wasteland #1 (Titan)

Posted on August 7, 2014 by comicspectrum

CREDIT: Titan Comics Rating: 3.5/5 – Something Familiar This Way Comes. by ComicSpectrum reviewer Al Sparrow. It’s an apocalypse we’re all used to seeing: giant mutant monsters, society devolving into cannibalism, might making right, and of course, women immediately divesting … Continue reading →

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Blood Brothers #1 (Dark Horse)

Posted on August 10, 2013 by comicspectrum

Rating: 4/5 – Vampires can be fun! What if the two buddies in one of those “buddy crook” action comedy movies were vampires who are a thousand years old?  Well, turn it into a comic book and you’d have Blood … Continue reading →

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