Manga and Comic Reviews
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. There really hasn’t been a need for one, what with my “To Review” pile coming very close to being exhausted at a few points in the last year. However, as the postal network sorts itself out post-pandemic, I cash in a gift certificate, and make […]
Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve talked about Meguru’s (and Maki’s) efforts to work his way to the top spot in the Nationals. You can chalk that up to a mix of digital titles being somewhat “out of sight, out of mind” when it comes to reviewing them, as well as the inherent predictability […]
…With the wrap-up coming here as the Sin-Eater takes the fight to the current administrator of the Ravencroft Institute, Norman Osborn. The thing is that based on what the vigilante has been doing to all of the other supervillains, why shouldn’t he be allowed to do that to Spider-Man’s arch-nemesis? As Peter points out, they […]
…Well, it turns out they’re leading to the kind of grim, dark storyline that’s the antithesis of what we got in the previous volume. It all starts with a special issue devoted to refreshing and modernizing one of Spidey’s foes who has managed to stay dead for a few decades now: The Sin-Eater. Stanley Carver […]
Vol. 7 was a bit of a misfire for this series as the storytelling and the art didn’t click as well as they usually do. “Threats & Menaces,” however, represents a return to form as writer Nick Spencer gets back to what he does best on this title: Showing us familiar and weird bits of […]
Imagine if you’re Mob at the start of this volume. You’ve just been defeated by the members of a secret organization of super-humans who are out to use their powers to take over the world. You’re currently trapped in a room with your brother and a former rival. Some of the other kids who were […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Orphan and the Five Beasts #1 (of 4) It’s a tale as old as time: A warrior sets out on a quest to kill the corrupted disciples of her former master, spurred on by his dying words. What makes this version of the tale special? The fact that it’s being written and illustrated […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Ultramega #1 I wouldn’t say that the premise for this new series strikes me as being all that interesting: A cosmic plague is turning people into giant monsters and the only ones who can fight them off are three individuals with extraordinary powers. They’re collectively known as the Ultramega, of course. It’s a […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Suicide Squad: Bad Blood “DCeased: Unkillables” was great fun, and it showed that writer Tom Taylor knew how to have fun when playing around with some of the DCU’s less scrupulous characters. Now imagine him and artist Bruno Redondo, at the wheel of comics’ least reputable team. I would think that this is […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Star Wars: Legends of the Old Republic Omnibus vol. 1 You’d think that diminishing returns would start to set in when you’re doing a licensed spinoff comic based on another property within that same license. “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic,” however, is here to prove you wrong. The series, written by […]