Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 29, 2009, 10:24 pm
Week’s End is here, and with it a note that I’m taking another Month off from Month’s End, rather I’m just going to say the comic of the month and the most anticipated comic of next month. Mon...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 29, 2009, 9:00 am
The Revolution has been a big fan of Mark Millar's return to the Ultimate Universe with Ultimate Comics Avengers. This title has been a great roller coaster ride thus far. While it may not be a de...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 26, 2009, 8:05 pm
... this one shot story just as interesting as the growing plots while still developing these other stories. Also he seems to be trying to widen the view on Gotham. We’re not just se...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 26, 2009, 9:53 am
Well, today I'm thankful to be back as an active member of the Revolution. You might remember me as the guy called Groovy Superhero, with the blog called Groovy Superhero. It's been a while s...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 26, 2009, 7:00 am
Though I have largely ignored Dark Reign unless it pops into Amazing Spider-Man, Daredevil, or Captain America I have actually been digging these The List one-shots. Other than the horrible Dark Reign...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 25, 2009, 11:40 pm
Some comics stick with you forever. In the days of the newstand comics, a cover could make all the difference in the world. A good Neal Adams cover was money in the bank. When I was growing up, Ada...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 25, 2009, 9:25 pm
Streets of Gotham is taking a break from it’s Dini awesomeness and brought on Chris Yost to write in a 2 part fill in story. Not a bad issue last time but still just decent for a filler story. Thoug...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 25, 2009, 7:07 pm
Shawn and I return for the twenty-third podcast for The Revolution. In this podcast we review the following issues: Realm of Kings One Shot Realm of Kings: Inhumans #1 Brave and the Bold #2...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 24, 2009, 9:40 am
The Mighty Avengers has been a true Avengers book. Dan Slott has showed that he remembers the classic Avengers format. He demonstrates that they can rise above their circumstances and work as a team...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 23, 2009, 7:32 pm
Invincible has been one of the best comics each month and with Invincible #68 I remained excited for more. Kirkman usually does a great job with this series and with the return of Ryan Ottley on art I...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 22, 2009, 10:30 am
Shawn and I return for The Revolution's twenty-second podcast.  In this podcast we review the following issues: Adventure Comics #4 Flash: Rebirth #5 Dark Avengers #11 Irredeemable...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 22, 2009, 7:00 am
I've been away from the Outsiders for a little while, but I decided to give it a read again.  At first, this issue seemed like a history lesson on Terra. I slowly began to lose interest in ...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 21, 2009, 7:00 am
Since we got two new episodes of The Spectacular Spider-Man this week Andrenn jumped on board to help me out and wrote a review for the first new episode of that night while I will provide the review ...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 19, 2009, 9:42 pm
This is a book that is floundering about looking for direction. It started off featuring Conner Kent. Suddenly, Conner is not in it and Superboy/man-Prime is the main character. A risky move at bes...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 19, 2009, 7:30 am
Spider-Man has been having a pretty good year, with the American Son, Red Headed Stranger and then Return of the Black Cat story arc it feels good to be a Spider-fan again. With Joe Kelly returning to...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 18, 2009, 12:15 pm
BOOM COMICS Irredeemable #8 DC COMICS Adventure Comics #4 The Brave and the Bold #29 The Flash: Rebirth #5 Justice Society of America #1 80 Page Giant The Outsiders #24 IMA...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 18, 2009, 8:00 am
Though Morrison initially started this Red Hood arc strong the last issue was very disappointing. From the first two issues I felt as though this is a very thin story that Morrison is really stretchin...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 17, 2009, 3:00 pm
Booster Gold is a favorite of the Revolution. Dan Jurgens and Norm Rapmund have been turning in quality work. Now the Blackest Night crossover has arrived. Overall, the Blackest Night crossovers ha...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 17, 2009, 11:00 am
Shawn and I return for the twenty-first podcast for The Revolution. In this podcast we review: The Batman and Doc Savage #1 Batman and Robin #6 Batman #693 Amazing Spider-Man #611. ...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 17, 2009, 7:00 am
Red Robin was a good read. Nothing really special about this issue but over all I enjoyed it. Tim is still overseas working with the league of assassin. Creative Team: Story:Christopher Yost...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 16, 2009, 9:00 am
Ever since the Lady Bullseye arc Daredevil has again become one of my favorite comics to read. Andy Diggle and Roberto De La Torre had a very good first issue to start their run after taking the reins...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 15, 2009, 11:00 am
Shawn and I are back for the Comic Book Revolution's twentieth podcast. In this podcast we review three Blackest Night issues: Green Lantern Corps #42 R.E.B.E.L.S. #10 Booster Gold #26 ...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 13, 2009, 11:45 am
While the Revolution has been unimpressed with Blackest Night itself, we have found Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps to be quite solid. In fact, Green Lantern Corps has been consistently outperf...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 12, 2009, 5:58 pm
When doing your first comic book interview you want it to be someone cool, someone special. I had a lot of creators contact me about my first interview. I told Bendis he wasn’t relevant enough, Mill...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 12, 2009, 7:00 am
Alex Ross' Dynamite Entertainment has produced many good comics. In addition to their work with Project Superpowers, they have teamed up with Marvel for Avengers/Invaders and this comic. I expec...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 11, 2009, 8:30 am
BOOM COMICS THE ANCHOR #2 DC COMICS ACTION COMICS #883 BATMAN #693 BATMAN AND ROBIN #6 BATMAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL #1 BOOSTER GOLD #26 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #42 JSA VS KOBRA #6...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 10, 2009, 7:00 pm
Welcome to a new feature at the Revolution. A manifesto is defined as a public declaration of principles and intentions. I (Jim) will be talking about what I think is right and wrong in the world of...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 10, 2009, 1:00 pm
Shawn and I are back for The Comic Book Revolution's nineteenth podcast. In this podcast we review the following issues: The Torch #3 Superman: World of New Krypton #9 Incredible Hercule...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 10, 2009, 7:00 am
With Iron Man 2 out next year and Natasha Romanoff appearing in the movie it was inevitable that everyone's favorite Russian super spy would get her own mini-series. I am not too familiar with Nat...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 9, 2009, 8:07 pm
Haunt did not blow me away with it’s debut issue. It was a good read but it had some choppy storytelling and it’s characters where interesting, but still lacked some of the depth I was hoping Kirk...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 9, 2009, 1:00 pm
Shawn and I come back for the Comic Book Revolution's eighteenth podcast. In this podcast we review: Captain America: Reborn #4 The Great 10 #1 Ultimate Spider-Man #4 ...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 1, 2009, 8:00 am
Tony Daniel's writing on Battle for the Cowl was very unimpressive. Still, since the end of Battle for the Cowl I have been enjoying the new direction of the Batman universe with Dick Grayson as B...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Nov 1, 2009, 12:30 am
Happy Halloween! Ah, horror, how I love you so. Though it seems that there being simply one lone horror movie is becoming a rarity as over the years the idea of sequels just became more and more ...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 31, 2009, 3:05 pm
All right, it is time for another Revolution Podcast. We picked up some new equipment and mics and have recorded what is our best sounding podcast so far. Shawn's voice is almost equal in volume...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 30, 2009, 4:15 pm
Like the other Avengers titles written by Bendis, New Avengers has been disappointing for the Revolution. Rokk decided it was time to review the newest issue and see if the title has improved. Marve...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 28, 2009, 8:30 pm
The Revolution dropped Justice League of America during McDuffie's run on this title. I just could not stomach the lame roster and the endless tie-in issues for stories to take place on titles ou...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 27, 2009, 11:51 pm
After some light weeks Marvel and DC seem to have decided to release almost all of their books in one week, or at least most of the comics on my pull list. With eleven titles this week this is probabl...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 27, 2009, 1:00 pm
Since Dan Slott began writing this book, the Mighty Avengers has been more in the style of a traditional team book. I like that on the Avengers. Will he continue to build on that in the newest issue...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 27, 2009, 7:02 am
Shawn and I tackle three more issues in this fourteenth podcast for The Revolution. The issues we review in this podcast are: Outsiders #23 Invincible Iron Man #19 The Brave and The Bold #28 ...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 26, 2009, 6:00 pm
The Revolution has not been a big fan of Matt Fractions Invincible Iron Man. Though he has had his moments in this series Fraction's run on this title has been largely unimpressed. And World's...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 26, 2009, 8:00 am
Shawn and I are back to take on a fresh batch of comic books with this thirteenth edition of the Comic Book Revolution's Podcast. In this podcast we tackle the following issues: Dark Avenger...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 25, 2009, 8:03 pm
Comics and Horror are an interesting blend when you think about it. Horror can be very effective in novels as the descriptive nature of a good author can help build the tension that some of the classi...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 25, 2009, 7:30 am
The Brave and the Bold. How many people remember the days of Bob Haney and Jim Aparo on the original Brave and the Bold title? One of the great things about that book was the one shot stories. Ever...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 24, 2009, 1:45 pm
For this week's cartoon review of Batman: The Brave and Bold Andrenn was able to get enough strength, after spending the past week out sick, to write up a review of the episode. So for the special...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 24, 2009, 8:00 am
Dark Avengers started out as the best of the Bendis Avengers titles. The first few issues were very good. Around issue 5, the title started suffering from the same problems (lack of focus, a lot of ...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 12, 2009, 10:26 pm
We’ve got an evil 2 in 1 post for all you zombie lovers out there. Rather then separate posts I’m merging the Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil: Degeneration review into one post! Twice the daily ...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 12, 2009, 6:00 pm
Morrison has been doing a great job so far on Batman and Robin. The work he is doing on this title is some of the best work he has done on Batman as he not getting in his own way like he did in the la...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 12, 2009, 7:00 am
I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Almond at the Pittsburgh Comicon. He agreed to an interview for the Revolution. Bob inked one of my personal favorites-Black Panther-where he worked with Christophe...
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 11, 2009, 3:49 pm
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Rokk K. posted an article on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution - Oct 11, 2009, 2:00 pm
Daredevil #501 marks the first issue of the newest creative team, Andy Diggle and Robert Del La Torre, run on this title. I am not too familiar with Diggle's previous work but I was not very impre...
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