Manga and Comic Reviews
Seeing the Spartan arrive at the Rig in the final pages of the previous volume was a clear indication that things were going to hit the fan in vol. 9. That’s exactly what happens here with some pretty spectacular and morally ambiguous action. We see things mainly through the eyes of the civilians caught in […]
Man, what a run! After starting as part of the “Brand New Day” writers team in 2008, Dan Slott took over writing “Amazing Spider-Man” solo in 2010 and kept writing it until late last year. That’s an impressive, almost unimaginable, run by modern superhero comic standards and what makes it even more remarkable is that […]
Who is the Queen of Palm Court and why is she in this volume’s subtitle? That would be one Annie Chesswick, the “cool mom” of this suburban community who is dedicated to looking as good as she can and isn’t averse to helping the mall cops deal some weed on the side for some extra […]
Donny Cates has certainly proved his worth working on fill-in arcs at Marvel. “Thanos Wins” and “Doctor Strange: God of Magic” could’ve come off as dull cash-grabs as the titles marked their time towards cancellation and relaunch, respectively. Instead, Cates decided to use the fact that neither of his runs were expected to matter in […]
This volume starts off in a way that suggests, for the first time in a very long while, we’re going to get a dose of “Ooku” that doesn’t have any depressing drama. We’re introduced to a man from the land of Satsuma who is given the name of Taneatsu and sent to the capital to […]
I was at the Comic-Con panel where writer Scott Snyder enthusiastically hyped up (and spoiled parts of) his upcoming run on this series. It was hard not to get a little excited about it given how he was telling us how this would be the biggest, baddest, and maddest superhero spectacle he had cooked up […]
Simon Spurrier loves his high concepts. Which is why his new Vertigo miniseries isn’t just about mother and daughter bounty hunters working out their tortured history while on a job. No, it’s about mother and daughter bounty hunters working out their tortured history while on a job in a futuristic world where people can easily […]
If there was any consensus about “Solo: A Star Wars Story” it was that Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian was the best part of the movie. So it’s only natural that we should get a miniseries that owes a lot to that particular take on this character. Writer Rodney Barnes and artist Paolo Villanelli do a […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Wicked + The Divine vol. 8: Old is the New New When an ongoing series produces spin-off miniseries or one-shots one of three things can happen to them: They won’t be collected. They’ll be collected alongside issues of the regular series. They’ll be collected in their own special volume, which is what […]