Manga and Comic Reviews
I was awaiting this volume with one big expectation. After all, Mike Mignola provided an end to “Hellboy’s” saga last year, and delivered the final proper volume of “Abe Sapien” leaving “B.P.R.D.” to be the only title to advance the ongoing story of the Mignolaverse. With word that it would be coming to an end […]
I want to like this series more than I actually do. The setup of Superman being a new father is neat, I like his new son Jon, and we get to see the two of them go on adventures where dad can be as big a damn hero as he wants. Whether it’s foiling some […]
As far as getting an actual superhero story about Miles Morales’ adventures in the Marvel Universe, this volume is a step in the right direction. The main issue here is that “Miles Negotiates the Fallout From ‘Civil War II’” isn’t really a proper story. It starts off with our protagonist getting a call from Tony […]
A strain of bitter cynicism flows through all of Warren Ellis’ work for Marvel. Usually this manifests as characters openly mocking superhero conventions while expressing their friendly contempt for their comrades-in-tights. When done right, this can enliven familiar setups as seen in “Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.” Applied incorrectly and you get a strained superhero bitch-fest […]
I went into this volume with high hopes regarding the promised origin of Principal Gakuho Asano. What turned this once-caring educator into the ruthless victory-at-any-cost authoritarian that we’ve come to know in this series? As it turns out, the reason why is pretty straightforward: He felt responsible for the death of a student and changed […]
The previous volume was my pick for best comic of 2016 for these reasons: It took a storyline that I wasn’t quite sure about — Negan escaping and falling in with the Whisperers — and managed to get some quality material out of it. Then it served up a final-page twist that I did not […]
For the first major Bat-crossover of the “Rebirth” era the creators involved are going all Kaiju Big Battle on us. While the entire Bat-team is getting ready to provide emergency assistance to Gotham as a hurricane bears down on the city things take a turn for the crazy when a giant monster starts barrelling down […]
Greg Rucka’s consistently entertaining, consistently overpriced shaggy-dog P.I. reaches its fourth volume. This time around, Dexedrine Parios’ life takes a turn for the absurd but not ridiculous. She’s hired by Mr. Weeks, a rich coffee enthusiast and maker, to deliver the first pound of his inaugural batch of Wild Thai Civet coffee to him after […]
Honestly, I was worried that the direction of this new arc meant that this title’s best days were behind it. Flipping the premise to put the Shadow Student Council in prison and the boys on the outside felt too obvious a way to mix things up for “Prison School” going forward. The good news is […]