Manga and Comic Reviews
I liked the first volume of “Miles Morales” well enough, even if its stories didn’t really break out from the established “Spider-Man” story mold. Vol. 2, however, is a big step in the right direction. The first issue is essentially four-stories-in-one as Ron Ackins, Alitha Martinez, and Vanessa Del Ray join regular artist Javier Garron […]
Back in the first volume of this series, we got to meet someone who had a big influence on Aphra’s life: Her father, Korin. Seeing him in action was a real “This explains a lot” moment for her character. Korin was only half of the parenting equation for Aphra, as we haven’t heard a whole […]
Mangaka Gou Tanabe’s art is once again the major selling point for the second half of his adaptation of Lovecraft’s novel. Whether he’s drawing carvings of the history of the Great Old Ones, or actually showing it to us, or displaying two men of science fleeing for their lives in abject terror, there’s a confidence […]
I said that the way things wrapped up in the previous volume was just enough to get me to come back for this one. Now, if you’ve already listened to the latest podcast, then you’ll know that I didn’t think it was worth it. The “Black Hammer” saga (or at least this leg of it) […]
Half of this volume is pretty great. The first two issues are the tie-in with “War of the Realms” and start off with Otto phasing San Franciscans out of reality while he deals with the frost giants stomping around the city. Realizing that a surgical strike could end this war real quick, he teams up […]
As you all know, Bendis unleashed a flurry of creator-owned projects when he arrived at DC. “Pearl,” the story of a young tattoo artist who gets a crash course in her connections to the San Francisco Yakuza, is the only one of them to receive a follow-up at this point. While I liked the first […]
Savor this volume. Not just because it’s good, but because it’s likely the last we’ll see of this series until late 2021. That’s if we’re lucky and mangaka Makoto Yukimura keeps to what has been a slightly-faster-than-annual-release of new volumes in Japan. At least vol. 11 doesn’t have a cliffhanger in store for us as […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Against Hope Her family was killed by a crazy family of Neo Nazis. She spent her teenage years grieving before she turned herself into a ruthless bounty hunter as an adult. Now Hope has found out that the family who ruined her life is running for public office while they run a secret […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 Yes, I know what I said about DC needing an intervention regarding these anniversary issues. This isn’t even the only one arriving this month: Catwoman is also celebrating her 80th anniversary in similar fashion in these solicitations. Still… a Joker-centric anniversary issue feels like more […]