Manga and Comic Reviews
They gave us Conan’s first solo epic in his Second Age at Marvel, and now Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar have reunited to give us his last. With the rights to the character leaving the company again, Marvel has decided to give the character a proper send off by showing us Conan in his days […]
In case you’re wondering what the big event was in vol. 22, The Lonely Island are here to catch you up on it. From Miyuki’s POV, I would assume… Vol. 22 left off on kind of a big cliffhanger as it let us know that Kaguya was going to have to finally break the news […]
Tom King has written a lot of comics for DC, but he seems to have a particular affinity for the twelve-issue “maxiseries” format. Some of these have been great (“The Sheriff of Babylon,” “Mister Miracle”) One is quite overrated (“The Omega Men”) and another missed the mark (“Strange Adventures”). There’s also one that I’m not […]
It’s January 24th, 1991, in Medford, Pennsylvania, and three bodies have just found their way to the local coroner’s office. Detectives Dyer and Harvey have shown up to hear the coroner’s analysis of the bodies and causes of death for James Wells, Shane Wyatt, and Charles “Chuckie” Hayworth. This serves as a setup for the […]
Oddgoat was originally home to just the Aster family and their goats. Living was hard on the plains, but they got by. Until the day that an entrance to the Dungeon spawned into the bottom of their storehouse. Now Delvers, people who explore the Dungeon to find fame and fortune, have come from far and […]
There’s been a major change in Seiichi’s life since the last time we checked in on him: His mother has been arrested for pushing Shige off of the cliff way back in the first volume. She’s currently undergoing psychological examination to determine if she’s competent to stand trial, but her absence from her son’s life […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Wild C.A.T.s #’s 1&2: This month is unofficially Geoff-vember, for reasons which I’ll get into after the break, but you could also make a case for calling it Wildstorm-vember if you really (really, really…) wanted to. That’s because the characters from the imprint founded by Jim Lee are getting a bigger push here […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Legion of X vol. 1 “Way of X” initially seemed like it would be right up writer Simon Spurrier’s alley as the idea of Nightcrawler founding a mutant religion appeared to mesh with the writer’s desire to avoid telling superhero stories that embraced the obvious conventions. That turned out to not be the […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Deadly Class vol. 12: A Fond Farewell, Part Two You know what they say about all good things… Rick Remender and Wes Craig’s series about the kids attending a school for assassins who ultimately decide to burn it all down reaches its conclusion with this volume. While I was a little disappointed that […]