Manga and Comic Reviews
Kieron Gillen loves, “Warhammer 40k,” the far-future version of venerated RPG series “Warhammer,” a whole lot. How much does he love it? He loves it so much that when Marvel picked up the license to make comics based on “Warhammer 40k,” Gillen came back to the company to write one and oversee future comics much […]
Vol. 1 was a rollicking good time as writers Scott Snyder and Charles Soule established their vision of a world that America cut itself off from. When a specific group found their way back in, we found a vision of the American frontier by way of “Mad Max.” It was as fun as it sounds, […]
What do you do when you’ve got a hit Netflix series based on a creator-owned comic, but the creators are too busy to deliver more (than one) new volume of the series? Get some talented people to publish spin-off “Tales of” that series, that’s what! That’s how we got “You Look Like Death,” which gives […]
When we left off, Minare was preparing to accompany Mizuho and Katsumi on the latter’s research trip for his next novel. Minare is mainly going along for moral/tech support, though she’s rooting for her roommate to make some progress in getting recognized by the novelist. The plan is for the three of them to head […]
The last time I wrote about Nick Spencer’s “Amazing Spider-Man” run, I said that the writer had plowed it into territory that I didn’t find fun or entertaining to read about. Finding out the identity of Kindred, the demonic being who has been tormenting Spidey from the shadows of Spencer’s run, was the only reason […]
Vol. 1 had Doom framed for sabotaging a black hole experiment on the Moon, deposed from his country, being arrested and then escaping before he was able to regain his armor and go after those responsible for his situation. So if you’re thinking that vol. 2 sounds like this is where the series gets to […]
The main story of “ElfQuest” wrapped up in the final volume of “The Final Quest.” As you would expect from a storyline with that title. However, you can’t keep a good franchise down for long and so here we are with the first post-”Final Quest” storyline. Joking aside, “Stargazer’s Hunt” actually has a pretty good […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Superman & The Authority #1 (of 4) During their brief heyday at the turn of the millennium, “The Authority” were a team that made you question the relevance of Superman. After all, if this team was able to handle global, interdimensional, and intergalactic threats with a maximum of violence, the murdering of bad […]
How do you follow up a volume that ended with the protagonist’s mother trying to strangle him? If you’re mangaka Shuzo Oshimi, then you have things get a little worse before they get better. This involves Seiichi kicking a teacher’s desk during cleaning duty, getting reprimanded for it, and then moping on a bench after […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Mob Psycho 100 vol. 7 *lets out a long exhale* You can’t imagine my relief when I saw this volume in these solicitations. While vols. 5 & 6 were promptly re-scheduled after the pandemic interrupted Diamond’s schedule last year, and the “Reigen” volume arrived in November, there’s been no word on new volumes […]