While the solicitations I riff on each month can be found in Previews Magazine, it was recently announced that Image will be offering its own magazine to complement it.  Titled “Image+,” after a similar promotional magazine offered by the publisher back in the 90’s, it will not only spotlight new releases, but offer new creator-focused […]

Marvel has been cancelling a bunch of their second printings over the past few weeks.  Up until now, the easiest thing to infer from this was that the shine has come off of their “All-New, All-Different Marvel NOW!” initiative.  Now it’s being reported that several series will be getting new printings in a different manner […]

The first half of the title arc is an incredibly tense and nerve-wracking read as we pick up well into the inter-family war that kicked off at the end of vol. 3.  With family head Malcolm still in a coma and his condition declining steadily, things aren’t going well for Family Carlyle against the Hock […]

Last time, I expressed my disappointment that Dan Slott and Mike Allred’s run on this title would be coming to an end with this “Last Days” tie-in to “Secret Wars.”  It turns out that I was wrong and their “Silver Surfer” is getting a new first issue out of this current relaunch.  This is great […]

Well, we know what “Rebirth” is now.  A series of one-shots followed by rolling relaunches of the company’s entire line — except for “Action Comics” and “Detective Comics” which will return to their original numbering — starting with a one-shot before the ongoing monthly, or twice-monthly, series kicks off.  Effectively marking the end of the […]

It’s very hard not to feel cynical about the concept behind this miniseries.  Even if the sales on his solo title(s) have leveled off over the past few years, Wolverine still remains an A-list character in comics and film.  Not only is the third (and now possibly R-rated) “Wolverine” film in development, it has taken […]