Manga and Comic Reviews
This latest volume is basically two separate arcs threaded together by illness. It’s an alien illness brought from the stars because this is the Marvel Universe after all. When an alien crash-lands on Roosevelt Island and people start dropping dead from a mysterious pathogen, Wolverine is sent in to find out what’s going on because […]
Remember kids: It may not say so on the side of this volume, but this is actually vol. 2 of the new “Weapon X” series. Its first volume was a surprisingly entertaining start to what is basically the next iteration of “X-Force” and a prelude to this crossover between “The Totally Awesome Hulk.” Greg Pak […]
Al Ewing’s “other” superhero team book got off to a great start with its first volume, was waylaid by its “Civil War II” crossover and some dodgy fill-in art for its second volume, and looked to be turning things around in its third. The last of which I never got around to writing about. My […]
Vol. 12 may have ended with the promise of a new female shogun dealing with Commodore Perry’s arrival in Japan, but that seismic event only plays a small part in the political intrigue here. Most of the focus is on newcomer Masahiro Abe, the quick-witted Baron of Ise, who rises to the position of Chief […]
Yeah, I think I’m done with this series. While there was plenty of early praise for Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason’s take on “Superman” at the start of “Rebirth” I never really felt that it measured up. With the payoff this fourth volume tries to deliver for the threads that the co-writers have established in […]
After I read the first volume of Jason Aaron’s run on “Star Wars,” I was left with the feeling of, “Where do you go from here?” “Skywalker Strikes” had the core cast facing off against Darth Vader in a balls-out action story and subsequently featured Luke squaring off against Boba Fett while Han and Leia […]
There was a time, back in the days of “Hitman,” where Garth Ennis’ superhero-baiting humor felt transgressive and genuinely funny. Whether it was Hitman puking on Batman’s shoes, Kev taking the piss out of the Authority, or seeing the Punisher run over Wolverine with a steamroller, there was a time when I genuinely enjoyed seeing […]
Are you ready for another rousing volume of adventure as the title character struggles to take back his homeland from those who have stolen it from him? Well, that’s not what happens here! Vol. 7 is the beginning of an extended diversion from the main plot as Arslan and company have to deal with an […]
…With a title like that, what more do you need to know? Maybe that he’s also “Pantsless Bear-Fighter” for a good portion of the first issue? Or how about that this series does a decent enough job of delivering enough insanity to live up to that title. You’ve got Shirtless himself, who lives in a […]
This latest volume of “Jessica Jones” gives me hope that Bendis is going to end his tenure at Marvel on an upswing. I still have to catch up on “Invincible Iron Man” and “The Defenders” but “The Secrets of Maria Hill” is good stuff. It even gets off on the right foot by addressing my […]