Comic Picks by the Glick

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Get Fury

It’s 1971, the Vietnam War is still in full swing, and Col. Nick Fury has just been captured by the North Vietnamese Army.  He’s being taken to the infamous prison known as the Hanoi Hilton where he’ll be interrogated and every bit of military intelligence in his head will be extracted by any means necessary.  […]

Oshi no Ko vol. 9

With Aqua now satisfied regarding the identity of his father – and by extension, with the idea that the man behind Ai’s death is also dead – he’s content now to have an average showbiz career as he prepares for medical school (again).  However, with Ruby now aware of how the doctor who treated her […]

The Power Fantasy vol. 1: The Superpowers

It’s a brand new creator owned series written by Kieron Gillen!  This is something that should be cause for celebration after his work on titles like “Phonogram,” “The Wicked + The Divine,” and “Once & Future.”  Yes, there was also “Die” but that was a case of being Not Bad rather than Actively Terrible.  That […]

Nightwing by Tom Taylor vol. 6

Back when Dick Grayson got shot in the head and became Ric Grayson for a while, he got a mysterious package from an unknown source.  Not knowing what to do with it, he had it stashed in The Hold, Bludhaven’s secret maritime-based storage facility.  Now that he finally remembers that it’s there, he’s keen to […]

The Flash vol. 2: Until Time Stands Still

Wally West is the fastest man alive.  Yet even his connection to the Speed Force hasn’t helped him solve, or outrun his current problems.  From new threats like the Stillness popping up, to old villains like Gorilla Grodd and Mirror Master making their moves, to problems with his wife and kids at home, it’s enough […]

Leviathan vol. 2

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 […]

The Ultimates by Deniz Camp vol. 1: Fix the World

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 […]

Birds of Prey vol. 2: Worlds Without End

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 […]