Archive for December, 2012

2012 in review

Posted in Reviews on December 31, 2012 by murthareviews

Thanks to everyone that read our blog in 2012. We appreciate it and hope you come back in 2013. Here is a summary from WordPress.

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 84,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

Review of Aquaman #15

Posted in Comic Book Reviews with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 30, 2012 by murthareviews

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“They were aiming for you, not me. When I wrote those war plans I knew even before we met that you’d be a threat.”

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Review of Justice League #15

Posted in Comic Book Reviews with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 30, 2012 by murthareviews

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“My god, they’re following the Atlantean War Plans.
How do you know that?
Because I wrote them.”

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY STAN

Posted in Not a Review with tags , , , , on December 28, 2012 by murthareviews

Choice Collectibles Publishers of MARVEL Fine Art Hosts Stan Lee Signing at New York Comic Con

Today is Stan Lee’s 90th birthday. All of us at Murtha Reviews wish him all the best. My kids were very excited to tweet him and wish him a happy birthday.

His works include;

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #1–100, 105–110, 116–118, 200 (1962–80); (backup stories): #634–655 (2010–11)[105]
Avengers #1–35 (1963–66)
Captain America #100–141 (1968–71) (continues from Tales of Suspense #99)
Daredevil, #1–9, 11–50, 53 (1964–69)
Daredevil, vol. 2, No. 20 (backup story) (2001)
Epic Illustrated No. 1 (Silver Surfer) (1980)
Fantastic Four #1–114, 120–125 (1961–72); No. 296 (1986)
The Incredible Hulk #1–6 (continues to Tales to Astonish #59)
Journey into Mystery (Thor) plotter #83–96 (1962–63), writer #97–125 (1963–66) (continues to Thor #126)
Ravage 2099 #1–7 (1992–93)
Savage She-Hulk No. 1 (1980)
Sgt. Fury #1–28 (1963–66)
Silver Surfer #1–18 (1968–70)
Silver Surfer vol. 2, No. 1 (1982)
Silver Surfer: Parable #1–2 (1988)
Solarman #1–2 (1989–90)
Strange Tales (diverse stories): No. 9, 11, 74, 89, 90–100 (1951–62); (Human Torch): #101–109, 112–133; (Doctor Strange): #110–111, 115–142, 151–158 (1962–67); (Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: #135–147, 150–152 (1965–67)
Tales to Astonish (diverse stories): No. 1, 6, 12–13, 15–17, 24–33 (1956–62); Ant-Man/Giant Man: #35–69 (1962–65) (Incredible Hulk: #59–101 (1964–1968); Sub-Mariner: #70–101 (1965–68)
Tales of Suspense (diverse stories): No. 7, 9, 16, 22, 27, 29–30 (1959–62); (Iron Man): plotter #39–46 (1963), writer #47–98 (1963–68) (Captain America): #58–86, 88-99 (1964–68)
Thor #126–192, 200 (1966–72), 385 (1987)
What If (Fantastic Four) No. 200 (2011)
The X-Men #1–19 (1963–66)

DC
DC Comics Presents: Superman No. 1 (2004)
Just Imagine Stan Lee creating:
Aquaman (with Scott McDaniel) (2002)
Batman (with Joe Kubert) (2001)
Catwoman (with Chris Bachalo) (2002)
Crisis (with John Cassaday) (2002)
Flash (with Kevin Maguire) (2002)
Green Lantern (with Dave Gibbons) (2001)
JLA (with Jerry Ordway) (2002)
Robin (with John Byrne) (2001)
Sandman (with Walt Simonson) (2002)
Secret Files and Origins (2002)
Shazam! (with Gary Frank) (2001)
Superman (with John Buscema) (2001)
Wonder Woman (with Jim Lee) (2001)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Posted in Not a Review with tags , on December 25, 2012 by murthareviews

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Drew here, just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and thank you for reading our stuff. We branched out a lot into new territory this past year. In the coming New Year we are going to make more of an effort to post our stuff in a more timely manner. I hope that you all have a safe and happy holiday season and remember to come back to check out our reviews.

Review of Supergirl #15

Posted in Comic Book Reviews with tags , , , , , , , , , , on December 23, 2012 by murthareviews

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“I’d give all my powers back in a heartbeat if it meant going home.”

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Review of Avengers Arena #2

Posted in Comic Book Reviews with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 22, 2012 by murthareviews

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“You do exactly what I tell you–or you die.”

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Review of Red Hood and the Outlaws #15

Posted in Comic Book Reviews with tags , , , , , , , , , , on December 22, 2012 by murthareviews

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“You and me, Kid! Same as it ever was.”

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Review of Nightwing #15

Posted in Comic Book Reviews with tags , , , , , , , , , , on December 22, 2012 by murthareviews

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“It’s a nice touch, right? Bat-lite’s own little knock-off!”

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Meet the new team: A review of Avengers #2

Posted in Comic Book Reviews with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 21, 2012 by skychaserr

So excited for this issue, if you read my Avengers #1 review you know that it gave me chills. This issue lives up to that and shows us some of the new Avengers and some old ones staying with the team.

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