“A new western from Tim Truman with text on the back promising a horror-filled take on the genre?  SOLD!” That’s what I thought when I picked up this at Comic-Con, as the idea that Truman was going in for another take on the kind of material that made “Jonah Hex:  Two-Gun Mojo” one of my […]

While Jonathan Hickman’s “Avengers” is meant to represent the action-oriented superhero side of the franchise, this is something much different.  You see, “New Avengers,” isn’t really about a separate team of Avengers as it was under Bendis’ tenure, it’s about the Illuminati.  To recap:  the Illuminati are a secret cabal of the most prominent minds […]

While Bendis’ accomplishments with the franchise over the past few years are many, there’s no denying that he set a rather low bar for his successor to overcome with his final volume.  Could it have been intentional now that I think about it?  Maybe.  Now Jonathan Hickman has been given the keys to the “Avengers” […]