Hey everyone. Welcome to this edition of Unleash the Fanboy’s Weekly Comic Reviews, I’m your Godzilla-loving host, Daniel Alvarez. The biggest news this week was that Jurassic Park IV is coming out next year on June 13th, pretty exciting stuff. (So we’ll be having dinosaurs and Godzilla on the big screen next year, sounds good to me.) This week is a smaller one for comics, but we still have plenty of good stuff, such as the start of Bionic Man vs. Bionic Woman and the next installment of Pathfinder. Let’s get started.

Creator Owned Heroes #8

Creator Owned Heroes has been a bold experiment for comics, and its end doesn’t bode well for an industry that continues to struggle (despite recently reported sales increases over previous years). Here’s wishing all the best to all the creators involved, and hoping that any similar offerings meet with better reception in the future.

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4/5

Hoax Hunters #6

Hoax Hunters is back with the start of a new arc. While this series did have a bit of a slow start, it picked up quickly. The last issue was a one-shot story featuring the legendary Jersey Devil, here we have the start of ‘HAUNCHYVILLE.’ This series is pretty unique, there are not many like it. In many ways it’s a parody of those ‘reality’ shows where people look for ghosts and paranormal things. But instead of these characters trying to find prove urban legends true, they want to prove them false even if they’re real. Why? I’m still trying to figure that out, but whatever works. In this issue we have a new (very cool) antagonist and the debut of, are you ready for this…the…Hoax Hunters Hunters!

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4/5

Bionic Man Vs The Bionic Woman #1

First of all, this series takes place before Bionic Woman; the little notes on the inside cover explain all of this, although not everyone reads those. Regardless, this story focuses on the titular characters of Steve Austin and Jamie Sommers. As with any cross over, there’s a general plot that takes some time to develop. This, unfortunately, makes Bionic Man vs Bionic Woman #1  a little underwhelming at times.

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3/5

The Bionic Man #15

Its been two months, but Bionic Man #15 kicks off right where December’s issue left things. With Steve and The Sasquatch surrounded by other, enemy-controlled Sasquatches. Its a strange concept, but its executed fairly well, even if it does move rather quickly for one issue.

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3.5/5

Green Hornet Year One Special

Year One is a famous title in the comic world. When one says it, they are usually referring to Batman: Year One. The cool thing about a Year One is that it’s able to explore a character’s yesteryear, whether it be the origin or a past adventure. The Green Hornet: Year One Special  is an interesting comic. Rather than explore the yesteryear of the Hornet and Kato, it’s told through a 13 year old girl. It was definitely one of the most heartfelt comics I’ve read in awhile.

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4.5/5

Lord Of The Jungle #11

Moving back into familiar territory, Lord Of The Jungle #11 shows that Tarzan is best left to the jungle. Using the classic setting to show new promise and potential, the series is still shackled by its constant use of Jane Porter and the repetition of over-used themes and love stories (that are getting a little complex for a minimal payoff).

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3.5/5

Pathfinder #4

Pathfinder is back with a spider and goblin filled fourth issue. This series has been very good, with some of the most fun characters you’ll read. It’s all-out fantasy, dwarfs, goblins, swords, it’s what you get when you combine The Lord of the Rings with something a little more lighthearted. This issue sees the heroes take on the giant spiders from last time, we meet a new character and…the goblins return. Another extremely fun issue, everyone should be picking up this fantasy epic.

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4.5/5

Chasing the Dead #3

Chasing the Dead is back with its penultimate issue. I haven’t read too many comics like it, it’s part thriller, psychological horror, and…zombie? There are many readers (myself included) that had never read the novel, so this would be something completely fresh. Susan is just a mom who wants her daughter back and is constantly being tormented by phone calls from the ‘Harvester.’ In this issue we learn some interesting things about the kidnapper, and the body count sky rockets.

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4/5

The Crow: Skinning The Wolves #2

The Crow: Skinning the Wolves has a number of problems. Depending on what O’Barr and Terry do in the final issue, most of them could be solved, in which case the story will function quite a bit better when it’s collected in trade format. Unfortunately, that doesn’t fix the individual issues as we read them now.

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3/5

G.I. JOE #21

Moving away from the previous plot and developments, so forget about ninjas and everything else, G.I Joe #21 provides a singular story framed very well throughout one issue. Whilst there are obvious repercussions and future story plot points, it reads well on its own from start to finish, even if it is a little unoriginal and cliched at times; you can’t argue originality when its done well and played to its best strengths.

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4/5

Transformers Spotlight Thundercracker #1

Similar to last month’s issue on Orion Pax. This month there is another focus with Transformers Spotlight: Thundercracker. These spotlight issues do strongly rely on their choice of character to focus on, but utilizing a secondary character such as Thundercracker actually appears to be more of a benefit at times.

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4/5

2000AD #1815

As always, there’s another issue of 2000AD. This week in 2000AD #1815 there’s Judge Dredd, Savage, Ampney Crucis Investigates, The Red Seas and Strontium Dog. Let’s take a closer look.

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3/5