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Mind MGMT vol. 5: The Eraser

If the previous volume was The One Where Everything Goes Wrong, then this is The One Where Things Start Turning Around.  After nearly losing everything to Julianne — The Eraser, Meru is only able to make it out of Hong Kong thanks to some posthumous help from Dusty and his music.  Making her way to […]

Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto vol. 1

I almost want to call this, “I’m Sorry, I Can’t Hear You Over the Sound of How Awesome I Am:  The Series.”  That’s basically the deal with the title character, everything he does is effortlessly stylish while he also manages to maintain an air of aloof indifference/humility that keeps him from becoming entirely insufferable.  Essentially […]

Dark Horse Previews Picks: November 2015

Mike Richardson, publisher of Dark Horse Comics, went on record to Comic Book Resources about how the company’s sales have been going up over the last few years.  Which is good because an industry without Dark Horse is a lesser one for that.  While he shrugs off the loss of the “Star Wars” license (as […]

DC Previews Picks: November 2015

“Mad Max:  Fury Road” director George Miller takes on “Man of Steel 2?”  That’s the rumor right now with all of the people who have been reporting it saying that it feels like little more than wishful thinking at this point.  It’s not entirely inconceivable as Miller was associated with a proposed “Justice League” movie […]

Daredevil vol. 3: The Daredevil You Know

This volume starts off as so much fun!  We get a two-parter involving a former *ahem* daredevil known as the Stunt-Master who asks for Matt Murdock’s help in dealing with this new kid who has took his name.  Murdock agrees only after the new kid’s self-aggrandizing tactics drive the former Stunt-Master to suicide  What follows […]

Final Fantasy Type-0 Side Story: The Ice Reaper vol. 1

After the not-bad manga exclusive to the collector’s edition release of the game, we’re now getting the official manga spinoff to “Final Fantasy Type-0.”  While people who have played the game will know that the title of “Ice Reaper” refers to Kurasame, the instructor to Class Zero, those who don’t probably won’t find enough connection […]

Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3: Guardians Disassembled

In a realization that makes me feel old more than anything else, it’s been ten years since “Avengers Disassembled” was published.  This was the story that saw Bendis take over writing the “Avengers” and turned them into Marvel’s new best-selling team, bringing them a relevance they hadn’t seen in decades.  Whatever your feelings about that […]

Usagi Yojimbo vol. 29: Two Hundred Jizo

While “Senso” marked Stan Sakai’s return to his signature creation, this latest volume of “Usagi Yojimbo” finally catches the series up to where it stopped before going on hiatus.  It’s also one of the better volumes in recent memory.  Not just another great example of the consistent quality of the title, but featuring some excellent […]

Superior Iron Man vol. 1: Infamous

Originally I was going to discuss this in a separate post about some collections I picked up for half-off their cover price at Comic-Con (maybe expect that sometime this weekend).  Yet the more that I thought about it, the more I came to realize that this volume deserved a takedown of its own.  The idea […]