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Conan vol. 16: The Song of Belit

Brian Wood’s run on “Conan” comes to a close with this volume, as does the title character’s romance with the pirate queen.  These last four volumes have been interesting in comparison to the rest of the ongoing series published by Dark Horse in the sense that they’ve been bound together by Conan and Belit’s tempestuous […]

Caliban

While it’s nice to see someone like Garth Ennis, who has been around a while in this industry, explore other genres the results of his most recent projects have been decidedly mixed.  “Rover Red Charlie” had some good parts, but the “talking animals” part of it was awkwardly executed.  Now we have this riff on […]

The Superior Foes of Spider-Man vol. 3: Game Over

The era of fill-ins is over!  What we get with this final volume are six issues of delightfully mean-spirited entertainment from writer Nick Spencer and artist Steve Lieber (with Rich Ellis pitching in on one issue).  Thanks to the Owl, Boomerang is now back to working with some of his former partners — Beetle, Overdrive, […]

Gantz vol. 34

If you’re familiar with the web machinima series “Red vs. Blue,” I want to to remember all the way back to the first season.  Back to the moment when Sarge, taken out of action by a grenade to the face, is revived through the heroic efforts of Grif’s administration of CPR.  Sarge is grateful until […]