Book Review: Teen Wolf issue #3

Book: Teen Wolf issue #3 by David Tischman with illustration by Stephen Mooney, color by Adam Chong and letters by Ed Dukeshire

Cover by Joe Corroney

Edition: Digital

Description:

PARTY! Scott goes on the offensive, attacking Allison's father and the Hunters in a last-ditch attempt to get the serum that will enable him to return to human form. And he better do it quick. Lydia's party is in two hours and Allison's laid down an ultimatum--if he doesn't show up, their relationship is over.

Jackson gets off on watching Scott's life crumble, but nothing motivates a teen-age Werewolf like a hot girl threatening to break up with him. Can a last-minute assist from Derek and Stiles help save the day? Scott deals with the idea that he may never be human again, as the first comic book story based on MTV's new hit series concludes!

Book Review: Teen Wolf issue #2

Book: Teen Wolf issue #2 by David Tischman with illustration by Stephen Mooney, color by Adam Chong and letters by Ed Dukeshire

Cover by Joe Corroney

Edition: Digital

Description:

Scott is on the run as he tries to deal with life as a full-time Werewolf. His Mom, school, Allison, the team--the excuses are piling up and everyone wants to know what's wrong. Adding to the drama, Scott's arch-rival Jackson is using Scott's disappearance to try and poison Allison against him. It's up to Stiles to discover the truth: a bio-engineered virus is causing Scott's condition. But who's behind the attack? And is there an antidote? Derek Hale may have the answer.

Book Review: Teen Wolf issue #1

Book: Teen Wolf issue #1 by David Tischman with illustration by Stephen Mooney, color by Adam Chong and letters by Ed Dukeshire

Cover by Stephen Mooney and Adam Chong

Edition: Digital

Description:

Scott McCall's life is a living nightmare. Sure, he's co-captain of the Beacon Hills High Lacrosse Team and he's got a hot new girlfriend named Allison who adores him - but Scott was bitten by a werewolf. And every time he gets excited, the claws come out. And the hair. And the fangs. Which might be okay, except Allison's father leads a specially trained group of Hunters who want him dead. Scott's managed to keep his secret safe, but what happens when he can't reverse the process? In this original comic book story based on MTV's new hit series, Scott's stuck - and nothing can change him back. Will he stay a Werewolf forever? The horror begins here.

Book Review: Blood Stain vol #1

Book: Blood Stain volume #1 written and illustrated by Linda Sejic

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Description:

Mad science at its finest. Chemistry major, Elliot Torres has been unable to keep a steady job and eventually accepts a job by a rumored mad scientist Dr. Vlad Stein. Humorous hijinks ensue as their collaboration becomes epic.


Rating: 5 stars

Review:

Blood Stain volume one is a humorous look at one young woman's ups and downs of trying to find a job.

27 years old Elliot Torres was having a terrible time holding onto a job. For the past two years, she has been fired from one job after another. However, her sister Clara who was out on maternity leave told her point blank that Elly needed to try harder at finding and keeping a job. Clara and her husband's finances were dwindling a bit and with Clara and Elly's mother recovering from surgery they couldn't continue to let Elly loaf around the house doing nothing.

Elly did find a job that would be perfect for her, being an assistant to a scientist. However, speaking with Dr. Vlad Stein over the phone creeped her out. So she put off doing anything to get the job but after losing yet another job, she finally realized she desperately needed a job. She decided to reapply for the assistant position.

After speaking with Dr. Stein for a second time she officially had the job. Well, that is on a trial basis. But there was a catch. She had to leave immediately to catch a flight, he would have someone at the airport to meet her. Everything was happening so fast that she didn't even have time to tell her sister or her boyfriend that she needed to leave. All the trouble she had getting there, may have been the easy part in this ordeal. Because after meeting Serge Wells, the guy who was waiting for her at the airport, she soon was in full on panic mode with her paranoia reaching high levels as they traveled to the doctor's home. The whole situation felt like she was in a horror movie and meeting the doctor didn't help.

I love this story, it's so funny yet has a slightly creepy vibe to it especially the scenes with the doctor. I also love the artwork, it's bright and colorful as well as dark and mysterious (with really good shading). After reading this, I immediately added vol #2 to my wishlist. Now all I have to do is wait,  unfortunately the sequel won't be out until September.

Book Review: The Tithe vol #1

Book: The Tithe volume #1 written and co-created by Matt Hawkins and illustrated and co-created by Rahsan Ekedal with color by Bill Farmer and Mike Spicer

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Description:

A heist story unlike any before! Mega-churches are being robbed for millions of dollars by a crusader hacker group known as Samaritan who is giving the money to causes they deem more worthy. This modern day "Robin Hood" is being pursued by two FBI agents who actually admire their quarry, but want to stop the theft before it escalates.


Rating: 3 1/2 stars

Review:

This first volume of The Tithe has an interesting take on the modern day heist with a Robin Hood type hacker group going after fraudulent churches.

The group known to the public simply as Samaritan included Samantha Copeland as the brains/hacker, Kyle Araman, his younger brother Kyle and Kyle's girlfriend Rachel Marvin. The group targeted some of the most high profile churches and devised elaborate plans to not only steal large amounts of money and jewelry (which they donated to worthy charities) that had been hidden away from their congregations. But also to put the spotlight on some of the illicit and bad behavior the priests and minsters were getting up to such as drugs, embezzlement and more.

But with each bold attempt, a team of FBI agents were trying to track down Samaritan. Leading the team was Dwayne Campbell and James Miller (a hacker) who were using all of their resources to find the group before things got out of hand. With public support growing in favor of Samaritan, the FBI desperately needed to bring in the group.

This started out so strong but it was the ending that ruined it. Not only was it very cliché but also very sloppy and predictable. I guess I was expecting something a bit more out of the box for the ending with the interesting way this story was being told.

For the most part this was a good story, unfortunately it had a very weak ending.

Book Review: Wildfire vol #1

Book: Wildfire volume #1 (issues #1-4) by Matt Hawkins with illustrations by Linda Sejic

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Description:

Is genetically modified food an end to world hunger - or a first class ticket to the apocalypse? Dan Miller is a plant biologist working with a small team perfecting an accelerated plant growth process. When things go wrong, Los Angeles pays the price in a disaster story unlike any before!



Rating: 5 stars

Review:

I love the story and the illustrations. Just imagine what would happen if an experiment went horribly wrong? That's what this story is about. Scientists were in the process of developing a way to accelerate the growth of plants and produce which could possibly be a way help with the world hunger crisis.

However, when scientist Dr. Beth Silva was being interviewed by reporter Michelle Crawford she made a huge mistake by letting the world know that her experiment was ready when it was far from it. But she didn't want her team to lose funding and which mean they needed to put together some kind of presentation.

She along with fellow Dr. Dan Miller presented a live modified experiment but after an accident happened following a disturbance on stage spores from the experiment were soon out into the world. It didn't take long before most of Los Angeles was being covered with plants and was causing other problems.

Disaster was spreading throughout the city and after a major tragedy, Dr. Miller was left to try to figure out how to stop the destruction of the city. Also, on his mind was trying to locate his sister Ashley who was with Dr. Silva's daughter Violet, they were somewhere in the city.

I really liked this story because not only does it deal with the ramifications of big business controlling the advancements of science but also the ethics of some experiments. Just because something can be done doesn't mean that it should.

This was very well-written and the dialogue felt natural while the characters seem like real everyday people who found themselves in a terrible disaster trying to cope with everything. Reporter Michelle Crawford (see image below) reminded me of Lois Lane because she wanted nothing more than to report real news, she feels like journalism has turned into nothing more than celebrity gossip and sensationalism.

I did mention that I love the artwork. It was simply fantastic with some illustrations seem almost real. I don't know who is the colorist was for this but they did an amazing job.

This is one of those what if stories that deals with genetically modified organisms (GMO) and I think the author did a good job of showing that. The story was interesting and kept my attention all the way through. At the end of the story, there is a section "Science Class" that gives information about GMO and also gives the pros and cons for them. Wildfire was truly a scientific nightmare and the story ends by setting up the next volume which I am actually really interested in reading.

Wildfire is something that I would definitely recommend to readers.