Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

One-Punch Man vols. 7 & 8

Regardless of the fact that Saitama doesn’t make good on embodying the title of his series for the concluding half of this battle, his fight against Boros is still a marvel of action spectacle.  If nothing else, one has to admire the utter balls of ONE and Yusuke Murata to depict the climactic moment of […]

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953

If what I’ve read is correct, then the next volume of “Hellboy in Hell” represents the end of his saga.  I’ll be finding out the specifics of that once “The Death Card” ships next month.  It certainly doesn’t mean the end of his adventures in comics form, however.  “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.” appears to be […]

Injection vol. 2

Right now, “Injection” artist Declan Shalvey is busy doing back-up stories for “All-Star Batman” and a “Nick Fury” serial for the “Civil War:  Choosing Sides” miniseries.  I mention this because, while they’re raising his profile, they’re keeping the artist from working on the next volume of this series.  While Warren Ellis has said that Shalvey […]

Abe Sapien vol. 7: The Secret Fire

Abe’s ongoing series hasn’t been the brightest spot in the Mignolaverse, creatively speaking.  Actually, let’s not mince words:  For the majority of its run, “Abe Sapien” has embodied some of the worst characteristics you can find in Mike Mignola’s writing.  There have been plenty of vaguely cryptic hints about the title character’s role in the […]

All-New X-Men: Inevitable vol. 1 — Ghosts of Cyclops

Between this “Extraordinary X-Men,” and “All-New Wolverine,” it seems that the direction for the franchise in the wake of Bendis’ run has been to embrace the familiar and return to what has worked before.  That means lots of character-driven drama between teams with defined members and actual fights against established members of their rogues’ gallery. […]

Marvel Previews Picks: November 2016

David Walker and Ramon Villalobos’ “Nighthawk” series was cancelled this week.  There was a bit of an uproar about this as it was apparently a well-liked series that dealt with white-hot social issues as the title character headed to Chicago to confront its gang violence problem.  Unfortunately, while the people who want their superhero comics […]

To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts vols. 1 & 2

The aftermath of the American Civil War isn’t the last place I’d expect to see as the setting for a manga, but it’s pretty close.  “Sacred Beasts” kicks right off with its high concept:  In the face of losing the war, the Northern States resorted to using “forbidden arts” to create unstoppable soldiers based on […]