Wednesday, 09 September 2009 | sinosleep

Here's 2 things you need to know about Final Crisis: 1) If you read COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS you get a far better understanding of what's going on in this tale. 2) Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers is also highly recommended to read or at least help with who some of the future big players are. OK lets start with what the series is about. Don't worry no spoilers here for you people...
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Wednesday, 09 September 2009 | sinosleep

Secret Invasion is Marvel's summer event book this year with issue one detailing the invasion Brian Michael Bendis and the Skrulls have been plotting for years now, and what a first issue it is. Getting off to a quick start and bolsted by what I think is Leinil Francis Yu's best artwork to date, it does a good job of getting a reader excited for the rest of the series.
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 | sinosleep

Action Comics #866 marks the return of Gary Frank to the title after two issues away and the beginning of the much anticipated Brainiac arc. It also marks only the 7th issue of a comic book starring the Man of Steel in my life. The other six were the previous collaboration between Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, Action Comics #858 -863. I've just never found my self particularly drawn to Superman....
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Friday, 13 June 2008 | sinosleep

Captain Britain and the MI13 by Paul Cornell and Leonard Kirk is easily the best Secret Invasion tie-in that Marvel is putting out. Cornell does a good job of balancing humor and drama in an issue where he makes it perfectly clear that this is going to be an uphill battle for Captain Britain and crew and Kirk continues to shoot up my favorite artists list with very good pencils.   
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Monday, 09 June 2008 | sinosleep

Secret Invasion #2 picks up right where #1 left us, with two sets of Avengers just itching to beat the snot out of each other. Leinil Francis Yu's artwork maintains the level of quality that was established in the first issue and Brian Michael Bendis knocks it out of the park again. It doesn't quite reach the bar set by the first issue but it comes pretty close and is certainly a solid read.   
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