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Ex Machina | The First Hunderd Days

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ April 19, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

We’re in a golden age for good comic book series. I’m talking about classic series that are very well written and amazingly illustrated. Ex Machina continues that trait as Tony Harris gets down and dirty and gets stuck into a sequential story after playing around in the DC University on books like JSA and some […]

Superman | Red Son

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ April 17, 2006 ⋅ 3 comments

A few months ago I was reading a lot of Superman stories. It felt very strange because I hadn’t read a superman story since I began reading superhero comics during the death of Superman storyline from the early 90s. What happened was the the likes of Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek and Mark Millar all decided […]

Green Lantern | Rebirth

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ March 23, 2006 ⋅ 6 comments

File this one for the fanboys (of which I’m a complete and proud member of that particular group). This book is one drenched in continuity however COMPLETELY accessible to the outsider which hopefully will make more sense as this review comes along. However I’ll first give a brief introduction to the extent of my knowledge […]

Authority | Revolution | Volume 2

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ March 12, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Without a doubt that is the single best Authority story I’ve had the pleasure of reading since Warren Ellis wrote his 12 issues of pop thrill package. What makes it all different however is that Brubaker cleverly decided to step away from the established 4 issue story arcs where things blew up more and exploded […]

Authority | Revolution | Volume 1

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ March 7, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

In preparation for the release of Volume 2 of the Authority storyline this week, I’m going to reprint the original review I did on Broken Kode regarding the first volume. Expect the review for the second volume here later on this week.
Itâ€™s been a while since I read a proper Authority story. Last time it […]

Ultimate Annuals

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ January 23, 2006 ⋅ 3 comments

I just finished reading this last night. This collects the first 4 annuals from the Ultimate Universe under one cover; the cover btw is by Bryan Hitch. It’s not a bad cover, just that Hitch has done better than this, far better. Still it’s got most of the characters in there and it’s an action […]

Lex Luthor | Man of Steel

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ January 16, 2006 ⋅ One comment

Gearing up to the forthcoming movie, DC seems to be pulling ALL the stops with regards to Superman and his little Universe. They’ve gone and made me excited about a Lex Luthor comic for the love of god. So what makes this 5 issue mini-series a special treat? I’ve got two names for you, Brian […]

Young Avengers | Sidekicks | Volume 1

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ January 10, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

This is actually a newish book (compared to the average age of the books reviewed on Splash Panel). Yes it’s a traditional superhero book from Marvel but honestly that’s not such a bad thing, mainly due to the creative team involved. When this was originally announced something like a year and a half ago, I […]

Superman / Gen13

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ January 4, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

When I first heard about this crossover, to say I was sceptic is an understatement. Hell I was flat out making fun of the crazy fools at Wildstorm for thinking up this dumb crossover. Traditionally crossovers don’t work because they involve both parties fighting and no one coming out on top. So when this […]

Sidekicks | The Transfer Student

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ December 26, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

This series was originally published by Fanboy Entertainment. When their publishing model fell through Oni Press came to the rescue and saved this absolute gem. I think because of this that J Torres brings most of his indie work first to Oni rather than moving on to other pastures like Image Comics or whatever. While […]

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