Manga and Comic Reviews
Napoleon Archimedes has it all. He’s the arch-nemesis of the world’s greatest superhero and has confounded her and her comrades time and time again. As industrialist Stanley Tyler, he makes a fortune providing the tech the world runs on. In addition to being married to the greatest assassin in the world, he also has three […]
Namor is in prison, but he’s fine with that. With Atlantis in ruins and its people in diaspora – largely through his own fault – its former king is willing to resign himself to an above-ground prison with no intent to return to the sea ever again. Until he learns of the war that has […]
Princess Ignelia has been kidnapped by the evil necromancer who slew her father! He has taken her to the top of the floating tower and a call has gone out to everyone in the kingdom for warriors valiant enough to help get her back. Answering the call is Yuva, a farmboy who is incredibly strong, […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Uri Tupka and the Gods: Another Tale From Lands Unknown It turns out we didn’t have to wait that long for creator Mike Mignola to return to his newest fictional universe. This second installment of “From Lands Unknown” is set to arrive a little over a year after the first and may be […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Lazarus vol. 8 Whenever a series goes on hiatus, it’s usually done with the expectation that it’ll return. Of course, saying something is on “hiatus” is also sometimes the polite way of saying that it’s never coming back and you shouldn’t get your hopes up. The longer something remains on hiatus, the chances […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Superman Unlimited vol. 1 Dan Slott may have broken into mainstream comics with “Arkham Asylum: Living Hell,” but he made his name at Marvel with his legendary run on “Amazing Spider-Man.” Now that things have cooled off for him at the House of Ideas, he’s found his way over to DC who has […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Imperial Jonathan Hickman is doing another reinvention of a specific part of the Marvel Universe? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!! No, seriously. The man has crafted lots of classic stories through his work on “Fantastic Four,” “The Avengers/New Avengers,” and “X-Men.” Even when he doesn’t hit it out of the park (looking […]
The last time I checked in on this series it had just finished up its second arc where Chise and Elias started attending a college for magic users and wound up stopping a power-mad sorceress from using the power of a dead god to resurrect her son. Vol. 20 features a little bit of follow-on […]
A new means of dealing with mutants is deemed necessary in the wake of “Raid on Graymalkin.” Enter the Wolfpack Sentinels, cyborg dogs trained to go after mutants wherever they are. Even if that means taking down a group of them that have headed out for a day of fun at the mall. Dealing with […]
As if butting heads with the “Uncanny” team during “Raid on Graymalkin” with little to show for it wasn’t bad enough, Cyclops and his team of X-Men now find themselves dealing with an interstellar threat. Which is heralded by his spacefaring father, Corsair, and it may not have anything to do with him (directly) this […]