The title is technically a misnomer as the “first” volume of Brian Wood’s run on this title was his contribution to the “Divided We Fall, United We Stand” crossover a few months back.  Though I’ve been hyped for his run ever since it was announced that he’d be taking over this title, that storyline turned […]

I met up with some friends last weekend.  One of them I hadn’t seen in a couple years and we caught up on some of the manga that had come out since we had last gotten together.  She was surprised to learn that “Blade of the Immortal” had wrapped up in Japan, and we all […]

This represents Greg Rucka’s swan song with the character (and with Marvel for the forseeable future) and I was all set to enjoy it. The third volume ended strongly and with the Avengers being brought in as antagonists, things looked like they were headed to the next level.  Unfortunately that turns out to be a […]

While I’m always up for a good science-fiction story, this title also had the benefit of Robert Kirkman’s seal of approval since it comes via the writer’s Skybound imprint at Image.  Unfortunately Kirkman’s endorsement was misapplied here as the first volume of “Clone” introduces us to Dr. Luke Taylor and his predicament in terms more […]

Crossover season continues and kicks into even higher gear this month as the “X-Men” get in on the action now.  “Battle Of The Atom” begins an event centered around the “All-New X-Men” and has that title’s premise coming full circle.  You knew that those X-Men from the past were going to have to go back […]

Picking up where the “Avengers vs. X-men” spinoff fight title left off is this new anthology series teaming up — wait for it — an Avenger and an X-man in adventures that are as wacky as they are random.  That’s the catch here as most of these stories have very little significance to them outside […]

We’ve got several new #1’s premiering this month: four ongoing titles and two one-shots. There’s one more if you count Howard Chaykin’s “Century West” graphic novel as one too. Speculators should take note that two of the ongoing titles are marked as “Gems of the Month” and are coming from established creators. I imagine that’s […]

What’s the best way to establish a new villain’s credentials?  Have him kill off a member of the main cast in his very first appearance.  That’s what Negan, leader of The Survivors, did and it made him instantly hateable.  Of course, death is really cheap in this series and a real bad guy in this […]

Come September it’ll have been two years since the start of the “New 52” and just as they did last year with “zero month” DC will be putting out a new event for this anniversary.  “Villains Month” will see the start of a new mini-series called “Forever Evil” which kicks off from the premise that […]