Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Aliens vs. Avengers This isn’t the first time that the Xenomorphs have faced off against superheroes, as they tangled with Batman and Superman multiple times during the late 90’s and early 00’s. It will be the first time they’ve mixed it up with Marvel’s characters, and in a way that probably won’t lead […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Adabana vol. 1 A small town is rocked by the double murder of a student and a ramen shop owner, but it looks to be an open-and-shut case after a classmate of the student confesses to the crime. The catch is that the culprit’s public defenders are convinced there’s more to the story […]
It’s 1971, the Vietnam War is still in full swing, and Col. Nick Fury has just been captured by the North Vietnamese Army. He’s being taken to the infamous prison known as the Hanoi Hilton where he’ll be interrogated and every bit of military intelligence in his head will be extracted by any means necessary. […]
The “Infinite” in the title is a misnomer because we’re still following the same two parallel Earths from the previous volume. One where Nathan is Radiant Black, and another where Marshall is Radiant Black. Both are still fielding challenges from the Catalyst army and its advent, Premier, and are dealing with their own unique issues. […]
With Aqua now satisfied regarding the identity of his father – and by extension, with the idea that the man behind Ai’s death is also dead – he’s content now to have an average showbiz career as he prepares for medical school (again). However, with Ruby now aware of how the doctor who treated her […]
It’s a brand new creator owned series written by Kieron Gillen! This is something that should be cause for celebration after his work on titles like “Phonogram,” “The Wicked + The Divine,” and “Once & Future.” Yes, there was also “Die” but that was a case of being Not Bad rather than Actively Terrible. That […]
Back when Dick Grayson got shot in the head and became Ric Grayson for a while, he got a mysterious package from an unknown source. Not knowing what to do with it, he had it stashed in The Hold, Bludhaven’s secret maritime-based storage facility. Now that he finally remembers that it’s there, he’s keen to […]
Wally West is the fastest man alive. Yet even his connection to the Speed Force hasn’t helped him solve, or outrun his current problems. From new threats like the Stillness popping up, to old villains like Gorilla Grodd and Mirror Master making their moves, to problems with his wife and kids at home, it’s enough […]
In this volume, things get worse for the survivors on the titular ship. Some kids are using the chaos to settle old scores, while others see it as their last chance to, uh… score before they die. Most of them have split up into two camps with the upper-class Hilltop kids taking control of the […]
When it was announced that Camp would be writing this latest version of “The Ultimates,” I was more than a little wary. The writer had previously given us “20th Century Men” a tiresome and pretentious riff on the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in the 80’s and America’s own global ambitions at the time. Despite including […]