Manga and Comic Reviews
The saga of Kaguya’s freedom wrapped up in the previous volume, and there’s only one volume left to go before the series wraps up entirely with vol. 28. Though the lack of a central plot to drive the action would seem like a major problem for these final volumes, it’s actually a blessing in disguise. […]
Yeah, I know. This volume has been out for a while, and the issues collected within have been out for even longer. So much so that a lot of what this volume has set up has come to pass and we’re not just moving into the “Fall of X” era, but past it as well. […]
Henry Bendix, president-for-life of the island nation of Gamorra, has a plan to make superhumans more useful to humanity. It’s a system he calls The Rising, and in addition to granting people superhuman abilities, it also allows him complete control of their actions in the process. He’s itching for a way to show off this […]
What does it take to join the Justice League? Being a well-known superhero with powers that can take on global-scale threats is one way. Being really rich, really smart, and having a really unshakeable moral code is another. For others, it’s proving that they can take on giant threats when they come – or are […]
At the end of vol. 10, Alana, Hazel, and Squire’s treehouse ship was set on fire, stranding them on their current planet and rendering them homeless as well. That would make things pretty bad for them… if the ongoing conflict between Wreath and Landfall hadn’t come to this planet as well. So now they’re dealing […]
What we have here is something that is still rarer than I’d like to see from Dark Horse. That would be a new manga with no prior connection to other media. It’s not based on an anime or live-action series, nor is it spun off from a videogame or light novel. “Innocent’s” only basis is […]
Sully and Ethan are former army veterans who served their country and paid the price for it. In Sully’s case that means he was left with a traumatic brain injury and the mental instability that comes with it. Ethan, on the other hand, lost his leg and now experiences near-constant pain as a result of […]
When Richard Corben passed away in December 2020, I was aware he was considered to be a legend in the comics industry. That said, my appreciation of him came from his latter-day work with DC (“Hellblazer: Hard Time”), Marvel (“Startling Stories: Banner,” “Cage”), and, of course, Dark Horse (“Hellboy: Makoma, The Crooked Man, and House […]
Vol. 7 in this series did something no other volume had before: End on a cliffhanger. Kippa had forced her way into Maika’s mind, while the latter’s awakened body was inflicting all sorts of chaos in the real world, in order to repair the damage done there. That was a hopeful note to end on […]
Much like “Bocchi the Rock,” this is another series that I decided to start reading after I watched the anime adaptation earlier this year. The adaptation was much-hyped as it was based on the manga written by “Kaguya-sama’s” Aka Akasaka and was going to feature a 90-minute premiere. While I was spoiled for the premiere’s […]