Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

DC Solicitation Sneaks: February 2025

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Gotham City:  Year One I guess I feel obligated to pick the softcover edition of this story as I just ordered the hardcover from Amazon in a “Get 3 For the Price of 2” deal.  (What were the others?  “Batman:  Hush” in paperback and “Superman vol. 1:  Supercorp” in hardcover.  All of these […]

Marvel Penguin Picks: February 2025

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman vol. 2:  The Paper Yeah, this feels too easy.  There’s some other stuff I was considering for this spot – first volumes of relaunched X-titles, the climax of Ewing’s “Venom” – but when it came down to it, this is the one I wanted to read the most.  […]

We Called Them Giants

Lori’s found herself a new foster home and her new parents are promising to get her a cat.  Sounds great, right?  Well, Lori has been through this kind of thing enough to know that the promise of a cat usually doesn’t pan out – and that’s before she wakes up one morning to find out […]

Usagi Yojimbo (vol. 39): Ice & Snow

“Usagi” is back at Dark Horse and all is right with the world.  I exaggerate as the Rabbit Ronin’s adventures at IDW were unchanged in style and quality from when they were at his previous publisher.  That being said, creator Stan Sakai has decided to ring in “Usagi’s” return at Dark Horse in a big […]

Oshi no Ko vol. 7

The “Tokyo Blade” 2.5D Stage Play is still in full swing, and now it’s time for Aqua and Kana’s big moments.  Well, “big” in theory as Kana’s current mindset has her pulling back to support her co-stars so they can shine brighter than her.  Meanwhile, Aqua, for all of his technical skill, still doesn’t actually […]

Star Wars: Darth Vader by Greg Pak vol. 9 — Rise of the Schism Imperial

He’s survived the menace of the “Dark Droids,” but can the Dark Lord of the Sith triumph over the Schism Imperial?  They’re a coalition of officers who have run afoul of Vader over the course of Pak’s run, led by the newly-promoted Administrator Moore, and they believe that the Emperor is unsuited to rule the […]