Ok another Wednesday another batch of new comics. I think from now on I am going to make it a regular feature to review the comics that I buy. So with no further ado. This weeks batch consists of Wolverine #50 which brings us a new writer and artist to the title. Criminal #4 the ongoing noir heist story brought to us by Brubaker. The Return, a civil war tie ion which brings back on old Marvel favorite. Moonknight #7 which is his first civil war tie in. X-Factor #15 a title that has yet to have a bad issue. Punisher War Journal #3 still dealing with civil war. Hellblazer #228 wrapping up the whole empathy engine story arc. Lastly the first issue in the Silent War.

Wolverine #50
Thank god that we have a new writer and artist. The last creative team that was doing this title was well below par. Here though we have some of the most intense art I have seen in a Wolverine comic well ever. Everything is so crisp Sabertooth has never looked meaner. There are many blood splatters in this issue and they all look good. This is something that can make or break the art in a comic for me and here it comes off looking like you might get some on your hands just turning the pages. As for the writing it was a well paced story and it looks like we are finally going to get the whole story as far as Sabertooth and Wolverine goes. The banter between the two old rivals was fiitng and none of it seemed out of character especially the scene where Wolverine barges in on Sabertooth drinking beer and watching the spice channel. This one gets 5 rereads out of 5 for the ending alone.

Criminal #4
I love noir. I cant get enough of these types of stories. From the flawed and twisted main characters to the dirty and conniving well not bad guys but badder guys. This story just keeps giving and giving. Each issue seems to go so fast a fast pace and enough plot twists to keep your grandmother in knots. If anyone liked Casablanca or the Maltese Falcon read this fucking comic. Dark and dirty just the way I like it

The Return
Well I have to say I found this comic not only boring but kinda stupid. It is a civil war tie and as the title foreshadows we have the return of an old Marvel character everyone thought dead, Captain Marvel. Well I say blah the issue features Captain Marvel brought back to life through a time warp caused by the heroes trying to access the negative zone. So it is not like he was miraculously brought back to life he just time warped so that he didn't die from cancer but is still going to. Whoopie cant wait till that happens. Anyway he is the overlord of the negative zone prison and it looks like he is going to have fight all the anti reg heroes that are trying to bust up and out of there. I gotta say I cant really stand the pro reg side so anybody siding with them gets the stink eye from me to begin with but a long dead hero here to save the day, weak. The other half of the issue was showing the Sentry and why he decided to join the pro reg side. Again don't like the pro reg side and I already didn't like the Sentry, I mean come on "The power of a thousand exploding suns." LAME! so yeah this comic was a bust don't waste your money and if you are reading civil war don't worry this one isn't needed to understand what is going on.


Moonkight #7
Well I have been enjoying this comic mostly for the art and in this issue we aren't let down. The scene where Moonkight is beating a baddy to a pulp with a piece of scrape wood as spidy looks on in horror is amazing. Right down to the blood covering the wood and dripping off. This issue though didn't do much as far as the story goes. It was a civil war tie in so I guess thats why. I just felt let down though it was mostly just Moonkight wandering around trying to get people to fix things for him. This story really needs to pick up because with the artist soon to be changing I need a reason to keep buying it.

X-Factor #15
I love this comic. I was never a big X-Factor fan but the new team and the dynamic between them is great. This comic revolves all around the deep characterization of everyone. Each issue so far has been great and moved the characters along at a good pace but at the same time letting them express themselves enough to make them all believable. The art in this comic is not something that I focus on as it seems like every week we have a new artist so as long as it doesn't suck and the writing maintains this high level I will keep enjoying it.