Ratings for Comics Released 12-18-2013 Part 5 @Marvel @IDWPublishing @DCComics @ValiantComics

Here are the ratings for comics released 12-18-2013; Part 5. Included are Marvel Comics' Thunderbolts Annual #1, Uncanny Avengers #15, Uncanny X-Force #15, & Young Avengers #14, IDW Publishing's The Transformers: Regeneration One #97 & The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #24, DC Comics' Trinity of Sin: Pandora #6 & Wonder Woman #26, and Valiant Entertainment's X-O Manowar #20. Let me know your opinion or if you have any questions and want to discuss anything just leave a comment.

See the Review Rating Overview page for more information on how I rate each comic

Thunderbolts Annual #1

The Thunderbolts' new mission? KILL DOCTOR STRANGE.

Of course, they're gonna need a pretty special arsenal for that.

"Thrilling Adventure Hour" creators Ben Acker & Ben Blacker take the Tbolts on a whirlwind tour of the Marvel Magicverse!

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Cover & Solicit - 4
Art, Colors & Inking - 4
Layout & Flow - 5
Story - 5
Verdict - 4.6 (9/10) - (Buy Thunderbolts) SAVE 10%

The Transformers: Regeneration One #97 - The War To End All Wars Part 2

DARK FORCES RISE! JHIAXUS-the mysterious senator who deleted himself from Cybertronian history-is back... but as friend or foe? RODIMUS PRIME is forced to question the motives of Primus himself-does he drag the AUTOBOTS into a war they can't win... or side with an "enemy" who seeks only one thing: universal order?

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Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 3
Layout & Flow - 5
Story - 4
Verdict - 3.7 (7.5/10) - (Buy The Transformers) SAVE 10%

The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #24 - Dark Cybertron Chapter 5: Finest Hour

UNDER FIRE! AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS unite to battle a common foe... but will it be enough to stop the DARK CYBERTRON prophecy from coming true? SHOCKWAVE's plan reaches fruition-while in the Dead Universe, secrets are revealed!

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Cover & Solicit - 5
Art, Colors & Inking - 5
Layout & Flow - 5
Story - 5
Verdict - 5 (10/10) - (Buy The Transformers) SAVE 10%

Trinity of Sin: Pandora #6 - Forever Evil: Blight - Precious Little

A FOREVER EVIL TIE-IN! Pandora seeks answers from the one man who seems to have them…Earth-3's The Outsider! But first she must make it past a rabid Vandal Savage, who wants revenge for what Pandora has done to him! All this, and an unexpected visit from the Hellblazer himself, John Constantine!

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Cover & Solicit - 2
Art, Colors & Inking - 3
Layout & Flow - 5
Story - 5
Verdict - 4 (8/10) - (Buy Trinity of Sin) SAVE 10%

Uncanny Avengers #15 - Rapture

After the numerous deaths last issue the Avengers Unity Squad is left shattered and broken.

The fate of humanity rests in the hands of Thor, but can the God of Thunder defeat the combined might of two Apocalypses?

At the same time The Wasp fights for her life against the unparalleled might of The Sentry!

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Cover & Solicit - 4
Art, Colors & Inking - 4
Layout & Flow - 5
Story - 5
Verdict - 4.6 (9/10) - (Buy Uncanny Avengers) SAVE 10%

Uncanny X-Force #15

THE GREAT CORRUPTION reaches its conclusion!

One of the X-Men's greatest foes is rampaging through Los Angeles in the guise of the Revenant Queen. What sacrifice will one member of Uncanny X-Force make to stop her and her army?

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Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 3
Layout & Flow - 4
Story - 3
Verdict - 3.1 (6/10) - (Buy X-Force) SAVE 10%

Wonder Woman #26 - Nowhereland

Wonder Woman’s brother and sister are being held hostage by none other than Cassandra, the sadistic sibling she hasn’t even met yet! And speaking of hostages, we’re taking bets on how long chains can hold the First Born!

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Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 3
Layout & Flow - 4
Story - 3
Verdict - 3.1 (6/10) - (Buy Wonder Woman) SAVE 10%

X-O Manowar #20 - Control

UNITY TIE-IN! Head-to-head with Toyo Harada and the forces of UNITY!

X-O Manowar finally has it all, and his people finally have a land they can call home…but threats from all sides now threaten to destroy Aric and the peace he has struggled to secure. While unrest stirs and Aric’s camp threatens to rebel against him, the most dangerous strike force ever assembled – UNITY – have joined forces with the Harbinger Foundation’s Toyo Harada to achieve but one goal: kill Aric of Dacia. Robert Venditti and Cary Nord ratchet up their standalone story arc at the heart of the year’s biggest comic book event!

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Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 3
Layout & Flow - 5
Story - 5
Verdict - 4.1 (8/10) - (Buy X-O Manowar) SAVE 10%

Young Avengers #14 - Resolution Part 1

RESOLUTION (1 of 2)

We gather in a night club, and have a string of connected and overlapping stories starring our cast. It's a completely and unprecedented approach to a story in comics history. There are no parallels. We refuse to accept it.

Team Young Avengers are joined by an all-start cast of some people we really like. Each individual section gets one individual artist. It's a metaphor, probably.

It's been one hell of a year. In two episodes, one before and one after the new year, the Young Avengers get resolution. You guys do as well.

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Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 3
Layout & Flow - 3
Story - 3
Verdict - 3 (6/10) - (Buy Young Avengers) SAVE 10%

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