Welcome back to another edition of comic book reviews round-up! This week we’ll be covering Blood & Thunder #4, Green Lantern Corps #7, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III #1, Transformers #23, Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #3, and The Ultimates #15. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below.
BLOOD & THUNDER #4
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Benito Cereno
Artist: E.J. Su
Colorist: Msassyk
Letterer: Rus Wooton
Blood & Thunder #4 dives fully into the mystery angle of the series. While it is good that Benito Cereno and E.J. Su develop this side of the story the lack of our series lead presence is heavily felt. It makes this issue feel like a comic book for a different series. What is developed does have some interesting moments with the big threat that we’ve seen in the shadows. While interesting the lack of action and presence of Blood and Thunder hurt the overall impact of this issue.
Overall Rating: 5 Night Girls out of 10
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #7
CREATIVE TEAM
Writers: Morgan Hampton and Jeremy Adams
Artists: Fernando Pasarin and Oclair Albert
Colorist: Arif Prianto
Letterer: Dave Sharpe
Green Lantern Corps #7 certainly captures the minimal emotion left in the DC Universe. Fernando Pasarin and Oclair Albert’s artwork steals the show in setting the mood for what the Green Lantern Corps and their allies have to go up against. That said, because of how well the mood was set there were moments where Morgan Hampton and Jeremy Adams should’ve let the artwork carrying the story. The dialogue was fine for traditional comic book storytelling, but this could’ve been even more special if there were more moments of silence.
Overall Rating: 7 Night Girls out of 10
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES III #1
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Ryan Parrott
Artist: Vincenzo Federici
Colorist: Raul Angulo
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III #1 is a fantastic continuation of one of the most epic crossovers. Ryan Parrott and Vincenzo Federici utilize the history established in the previous two crossovers to create an even bigger story. The ending of this first issue was jaw-dropping. If that ending is a hint of what could happen then we are in store for memorable story. Click here to read the full review.
Overall Rating: 8.5 Night Girls out of 10
TRANSFORMERS #23
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Daniel Warren Johnson
Artist: Jorge Corona
Colorist: Mike Spicer
Letterer: Rus Wooton
Transformers #23 sets the stage for the finale of Daniel Warren Johnson and Jorge Corona to be as epic as it could possibly be. The dramatic tension is off the charts as important decisions are made by both the Autobots and Decepticons. The difference in where each side helps add greater anticipation to find out how this story will end. Click here to read the full review.
Overall Rating: 9.5 Night Girls out of 10
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: INCURSION #3
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Deniz Camp and Cody Ziglar
Artist: Jonas Scharf
Colorist: Edgar Delgado
Letterer: Cory Petit
Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #3 was a step-up from the previous issue. Miles Morales chemistry with the Ultimate X-Men was a big key in this improvement. There are still problems with how Deniz Camp and Cody Ziglar are portraying The Maker’s Council. Hopefully the last two issues are able to tap the strengths of this mini-series to help the weaker parts. Click here to read the full review.
Overall Rating: 6 Night Girls out of 10
THE ULTIMATES #15
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Deniz Camp
Artist: Von Randal
Colorist: Erick Arciniega
Letterer: Travis Lanham
The Ultimates #15 is a mess of ideas that never came together for a cohesive narrative. There’s an attempt at a lore dump at the beginning of the issue that just appeared to be random and never added anything. Then there is the main story with the Ultimates that does very little to progress the overall narrative of this series. It does not help that in what ended up being a spotlight for Ultimate She-Hulk the artwork became messier as it went along.
Overall Rating: 3 Night Girls out of 10
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