Manga and Comic Reviews
Christopher Chance makes a living by impersonating people who’ve been targeted for murder. His latest job has him taking the identity of someone who a lot of people in the DC Universe would like to see dead: Lex Luthor. While he has no problem foiling the main assassination plot, the backup plan to get Luthor […]
The “intervention” Aphra’s friends staged for her at the end of the last volume goes about as well as you’d expect here. Which is why they’re left floating in space and the Spark-possessed Aphra is off to parts unknown not long after. Fortunately the real Aphra is still around, trapped in her own mind but […]
In this volume, Asa Asada and Mister Kasuga take to the skies again against the kaiju that’s menacing Japan. While government men in a boardroom angst about what its presence means for the country – will America step in to pacify it with nukes – they’re all about bringing the fight to it. Even if […]
We all know the story of Simon Spurrier’s run on “Hellblazer.” That it was canceled after a year even though the writer still had plans for John Constantine’s further adventures (in America). While he’s getting a chance to resume that run with the forthcoming “Dead in America” miniseries, the writer wasn’t going to let this […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Captain Momo’s Secret Base vol. 1 Dark Horse has been committed – COMMITTED, I say – to making mangaka Kenji Tsuruta a name to remember in the North American manga market. I say this because this is the third series of his that they’re publishing after “Wandering Island” and “Emanon.” It bears mentioning […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Star Wars: Doctor Aphra vol. 7 – Dark Droids I wondered if something was up when I saw that this volume was collecting issues #32-40. That’s nine whole issues, which means that we’d be getting the post-”Spark Eternal” issues in addition to the ones that tie into the “Dark Droids” event. That seemed […]
The Second Battle of Goryokaku got underway in the previous volume as this series reached its climax. It was a great example of this title’s ability to mix intense action, compelling drama, and wacky humor as the stakes kept getting higher with each new twist. It wasn’t enough that Tsurumi showed up at the site […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Feral #1 “Stray Dogs” was an out-of-left-field hit for writer Tony Fleecs and artist Trish Forstner. It was so successful that, while the miniseries reached a definitive end, they published a two-issue anthology of stories to fill out more (mostly inessential) backstory for its canine cast. Now the two creators are back with […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Poison Ivy vol. 1: The Virtuous Cycle “Poison Ivy” by writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Marcio Takara was originally greenlit as a six-issue miniseries and conventional wisdom dictated that you wouldn’t have been wrong to bet against it being just that. A one-off miniseries by some respected creators who would move on […]
The cover to this volume has a happy-looking Joan in a familiar housewife getup that suggests a veneer of domestic normalcy. Which doesn’t come through at all because it also shows that she’s poisoned her husband and two sons while saying, “Hello again! My name is Joan Peterson… and I probably love my family!” It […]