Comic reviews for the week of 1/11/12

Hot Pick of the Week: Star Wars Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse #2 of 5 (Dark Horse Comics) John Ostrander Writer/Stephane Roux Pencils/Julien Hugonnard-Bert Inks


   I remember having a boxset of Star Wars VHS tapes and I can tell you that those tapes got ran into the ground being the SW fan that I am. To this day I have read every single issue, mini-series and one-shots that Dark Horse has published since Star Wars Dark Empire was released in 1991. I am also here to tell you that Star Wars Agent of the Empire has earned a spot in the upper echelon of Star Wars material that has been released. John Ostrander just has a knack for writing stories in a universe already so packed with detail and steeped in lore, it makes you wonder how a man can keep a 35 year old franchise fresh as the day it first premiered on the big screen. The art team on this book complements an already outstanding title. This is a most have for all comic fans!

Also Hot:

 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: War #1 (Dark Horse Comics) John Jason Miller Writer/Andrea Mutti Pencils/Pierluige Baldassini Inks  **Good to have Zayne Carrick back in a Star Wars comic, I was upset when they canceled his last title of the same name. Off to a great start on this one**

Green Lantern #5 (D.C. Comis) Geoff Johns Writer/Doug Mahnke Pencils

Grifter #5 (D.C. Comics) Nathan Edmondson Writer/Scott Clark Pencils/Dave Beaty Inks

Wolverine and the X-Men #4 Regenesis (Marvel Comics) Jason Aaron Writer/Nick Bradshaw Art  **Runner-Up the team of Aaron/Bachalo and Bradshaw put this at the top of the X-heep of books, great take on the X-Men**

X-Men Legacy #260.1 Regenesis (Marvel Comics) Christos Gage Writer/David Baldeon Pencils

Spawn #215 (Image Comics) Will Carlton Writer/Szymon Kudranski Art/Michael Golden Cover

Cobra Annual 2012: The Origin of Cobra Commander (IDW Publishing) Chuck Dixon Writer/S.L. Gallant Art **Two weeks and 3 great G.I. Joe titles all written by Chuck Dixon, Awesome story**

Snake-Eyes #9 Cobra Command Part 2 (IDW Publishing) Chuck Dixon Writer/Alex Cal Art

Honorable Mention:

Demon Knights #5 (D.C. Comics) Paul Cornell Writer/Diogenes Neves Pencils/Oclair Albert Inks

My Greatest Adventure #4 of 5 (D.C. Comics) Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, Mat Kindt, Scott Kolins & Kevin Mcguire Creative Team

The Incredible Hulk #4 Jason Aaron Writer/Whilce Portacio Pencils **Big fan of Portacio, but I was going into this title believing that Marc Silvestri was doing the art chores???**

Wolverine #300 (Marvel Comics) Jason Aaron Writer/Adam Kubert, Paul Monts, Ron Garney, Jason Keith and Steve Sanders Art *Nice cast of creators on this issue**

X-Factor #230 Regenesis (Marvel Comics) Peter David Writer/Emanuela Lupacchino Pencils

Avengelyne #6 (Image Comics) Mark Poulton Writer/Owen Gieni Art/Rob Liefeld Cover

G.I. Joe A Real American Hero! #174 (IDW Publishing) Larry Hama Writer/S.L. Gallant Art

The Transformers More Than Meets The Eye #1 (IDW Publishing) James Roberts Writer/Nick Roche **This Re-

Launch of TF's was not as good as its predecessors, I hope when Robots in Disguise #1 drops that I am not let down as much as this issue**

Not So Hot:

Legion Lost #5 (D.C. Comics) Fabian Nicieza Writer/Pete Woods Art **This is nothing like the Legion Lost title that was released by Abnett/Lanning/Coipel, Then again that was a book that everyone knew can never be duplicated. Books like this make be have second thoughts on the New 52**

The Amazing Spider-Man #677 (Marvel Comics) Mark Waid Writer/Emma Rios Art *Hey it's on top almost every single week, sometimes a weak book will be relesed. Great run for ASM**