Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: DC All-In Special #1 This gets the spot simply because it marks the start of the publisher’s most significant revamp since “Rebirth.” Not only are lots of creative teams changing on multiple books, some of which I’ll talk about below, but there’s a whole new line of comics starting at DC this month. […]
Unlike last year, which had “Vinland Saga” mangaka Makoto Yukimura’s first U.S. appearance, I didn’t have a specific reason for attending Comic-Con this year. The main reason I attended on Saturday was because last year reminded me how enjoyable the panel experience of the con can be, along with the sights that can be seen […]
The first two volumes in North’s run on this title weren’t on the level I was expecting them to be. There were some stories that delivered on the big-brain sci-fi concept experiences that I was expecting from the writer, and a few that felt like he was explaining to me why I should think they […]
Easton Newburn is a former police officer who now works as a private investigator for the organized crime families of New York. In the previous volume, he picked up a protege, Emily Walker, who has the same crime/puzzle solving instincts that he does. She also had a dark secret in her past where she killed […]
On a ruined Earth, an unknown amount of years in the future, humans still struggle to survive. Some have managed to band together and form settlements where a semblance of civilization resides. Others have congealed into roaming packs of raiders and mercenaries. Then there are those who have decided to go it alone, like the […]
This volume starts off with a couple brief bits of nonsense involving a vengeful superior at the hospital Loid Forger works at and Yuri Briar’s latest series of failed efforts to show that the man his sister married is just no good. The rest of vol. 10 picks up considerably as Anya, Becky, Damien, and […]
You’d think that helping save Gotham from Derek Powers as an AI projection hologram in “Beyond the White Knight” would’ve left Jack Napier without any regrets. Except that he still has two kids he never got the chance to know, Jackie and Bryce Quinn, and he’d really like the chance to rectify that. So would […]
For two (actually three) volumes, writer Tom Taylor has been building up the conflict between the title character and Blockbuster, the crime boss who runs the city of Bludhaven. That conflict reaches its next stage after Dick “Nightwing” Grayson successfully builds and opens the community outreach hub known as Haven and his nemesis orders some […]
Six supervillains imprisoned on the Raft are found shot in the head in their cells with no easy explanation as to how that happened. One of them is Whirlwind, a frequent antagonist of Janet “The Wasp” Van Dyne who feels responsible for looking into what happened because she helped put him there. Janet’s in for […]
The efforts of two heroes trying to redeem themselves by finding a way to bring a boy that died because of their actions is just the tip of the iceberg for this maxiseries. In addition to the story of Warlord and Mikaal “Starman” Tomas, you’ve got Manhunter trying to track down the remaining teenage billionaires […]