Manga and Comic Reviews
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 […]
Last time we found out that someone from the future was trying to kill Barbara “Batgirl” Gordon. That led Dinah “Black Canary” Lance to put together a team and start some trouble on Paradise Island. With that trouble now behind them, they’re now trying to figure out who’s been trying to kill Barbara. Their only […]
Adventureman was once the greatest hero of his time. He and the likes of The Gentleman, Ace Aviatrix Sally Sweet, Phaedra Phantom, The Gentleman, and more had protected our world from the likes of Baron Bizarre and his henchman until they didn’t. At least, that’s what the books read by Claire Connell and her son […]
You’d think I’m a glutton for punishment at this point, following this series and its spinoffs for as long as I have. Through twelve issues of the original series, and now four one-shots featuring the further adventures of Unute, the titular berserker there has only been one part of it that I was thoroughly entertained […]
The Five Digits came to Roanapur to take out Dutch for what they think is his role in a long-ago criminal action. Then they found out firsthand just how little pity this city has for those who waltz into it unprepared. Particularly when one of their own, Le Majeur, is just itching to settle scores […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation(s): Transformers vol. 3: Combiner Chaos & Void Rivals vol. 3: The Key to Vector Theta Both of the Energon Universe titles that John and I read are getting new volumes in this round of solicitations. While vol. 1 of “Transformers” established it as the title to beat, the quality dipped just a bit […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Shade, The Changing Man by Peter Milligan and Chris Bachalo Omnibus vol. 1 The first time they tried collecting this, we got one volume. The second time they tried collecting this, we got three volumes. Third time’s the charm? It will be if you thought the series should’ve ended with issue #50, which […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Stoneshore Register A couple decades back, writer G. Willow Wilson and artist M.K. Perker broke into DC/Vertigo and the comics industry with the graphic novel “Cairo.” It was a charming story of humans and magical beings interacting within the Egyptian city and it still retains a place on my bookshelf today. While […]
The arc that wraps up at the start of this volume may have started out annoyingly dumb, but it at least concludes with some likeable dumbness. Which involves Nightfall overcoming the limits of a human’s built-in damage restrictions to take out the enemy double-agent and send herself into the hospital afterward. It’s all quite silly […]