Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor is dying.  After an experiment involving Kryptonite goes horribly wrong, he finds that his cellular structure is burning itself out and he only has days to live.  Which is why he goes to his greatest enemy and asks him to save his life.  Which is fortunate for Luthor as Superman has a lot […]

Wolverine: Revenge

When Asteroid M crashed through the atmosphere and Magneto breathed his last, he released the largest EMP the world had ever seen.  It fried nearly every electrical device in the world and in order to save hundreds of millions of lives in the western hemisphere, Nick Fury assembles a team to go to Russia and […]

Dark Horse Penguin Picks: October 2025

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken vol. 8 Initially, the main reason I picked this volume for the top spot was because I was glad it was finally coming out after being delayed and re-solicited in previous solicitations.  Then I ran a search through my previous write-ups to find out how many times I […]

Marvel Penguin Picks: October 2025

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Daredevil:  Cold Day in Hell HC New York in the future isn’t a very happy place, but Matt Murdock is still doing the best he can to make it livable for its many citizens.  Even without his powers.  However, when catastrophe strikes the city, leaving many dead or injured, and Murdock with his […]

Oshi no Ko vol. 10

The fallout from “Dig Deep One Chance’s” cosplay interview continues here, but it’s nothing to worry about.  That’s because Ruby has a plan to deal with it all.  She’s got the cosplayer who made the tweet ready to speak on the show, and the director behind the segment to… well, it’s best that you see […]

Image Advance Arrivals: October 2025

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Invincible Universe:  Battle Beast vol. 1 Mark Grayson’s story may be done and over with, but the universe of “Invincible” has plenty of other colorful characters ready to have their backstories explored.  Particularly in the wake of the massively successful animated series it inspired.  You could argue that writer Robert Kirkman and artist […]

DC Solicitation Sneaks: October 2025

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Absolute Green Lantern vol. 1:  Without Fear Al Ewing did some really great work in the cosmic corner of the Marvel Universe on “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “S.W.O.R.D.” that, unfortunately, didn’t make a dent in the market.  The hope is that working with a blank slate in the Absolute Universe on its […]

Comic-Con 2025: It Was Fine

I approached Saturday at the con the same as I have for Comic-Cons in the past few years:  Get up.  Drive down to San Diego.  (Get my badge.)  Attend panels.  Leave and meet Steve for dinner.  Then drive back home.  It’s a setup that has yielded good times in years past and I was expecting […]

Snegurochka of the Spring Breeze

Vol. 11 of “Wave:  Listen to Me!” has been delayed until April 2026.  The next volume of “Die Wergelder” won’t be arriving until who knows when.  So what’s someone to do if they need their fix of new manga from Hiroaki Samura this year?  Fortunately Kodansha has us covered with the release of “Snegurochka of […]

Dr. Werthless

Dr. Frederick Wertham is infamous among comics fans for his lifelong crusade against the evils of comic books.  The doctor was convinced that the violent and lurid tales from crime and horror comics directly contributed to delinquency in children and wanted to see them stamped out.  This led to the creation of the Comics Code […]