IGN Reviews for 11/16/11!

The Walking Dead #91


Ultimate Comics: X-Men #3


Venom #11


Thunderbolts #165


Avengers #19


Morning Glories #14


Green Lantern Corps #3

Review: Morning Glories #11 (I finally crack the mystery!)

Morning Glories #11

Ike has proven to be the sleazebag of the cast, always making sexually explicit remarks towards the female characters, bragging about his superior upbringing, and betraying his fellow classmates during the escape attempt. Based on what we have been shown before, watching him behave in a personable manner at the start of the issue proves to be a shock. As the story continues flashing back to show how Ike came into his fortune during a scandal where he was convicted of his father’s murder, the first showings of his crude behavior begin to show. Suddenly the question arises, was he always this outrageous, or is it a front he’s putting on as part of a bigger plan? That’s the kind of mystery I can sink my teeth into because it’s grounded in an interesting character and not giant spinning tops and 14^th century Spanish prisoners. Check out the rest at Broken Frontier!

Reviews: Flashpoint: Batman - Knight of Vengeance #2, Shinku #2

Flashpoint: Batman - Knight of Vengeance #2

A lot of the fun with reading Flashpoint tie-ins is seeing how long-standing characters have drastically changed in this altered universe. Catwoman, the Joker, and Batman himself are obvious standouts, but Azzarello goes one further and twists the usually collaborative Gordon into a detective who prefers to work solo without Batman’s help. Watching him attempt to locate the Joker makes for a page-turning plotline that climaxes into a huge reveal. The reveal is shocking at first, but the theme of this Flashpoint Batman series makes it feel intuitive; Azzarello perfectly set up all the pins and delivers an earth-shattering strike. Keep reading at Broken Frontier!

Shinku #2

Shinku, who wears a permanent scowl with high-arching eyebrows at all times, violently slays vampire after vampire in an attempt to get to Asano, who is responsible for the death of her clan over 400 years ago. This second installment has more blood, more action, and more vampires, but still makes some of the same mistakes as the first. Keep reading at Broken Frontier!