Manga and Comic Reviews
Vol. 3 left off with Mista getting the upper hand on Pesci and his Fisher Man Stand. Which means that it’s time for the bad guys to get it back and they do with the formal introduction of Prosciutto and his Thankful Death Stand. They still have to find the turtle that’s housing Bucciarti, Giorno, […]
I’ve already talked about him once this week, but this miniseries gives me cause to think about Garth Ennis again. That’s because I think he’d hate “Arrowsmith.” As the writer who is doing his best to singlehandedly keep the War Comics genre alive, he’s written a lot of stories about the struggles of real men […]
If you thought that Master Sskeer had sacrificed himself to stem the onslaught of the Drengir at the end of the previous volume, think again. He’s still alive and still connected to the plant-based hive-mind and his former padawan turned Jedi Knight Keeve Trennis is determined to save him from it. Which is a good […]
The title character isn’t actually the main one in the series. No, she’s just the skin worn by Death who is informed near the beginning of the story that she’s out of a job. Why? It turns out that the person who has invented immortality has just been born and her services are no longer […]
Outside of the Punisher, seeing Garth Ennis write a major superhero doesn’t inspire much confidence these days. Most of that is down to his status as writer and co-creator of “The Boys” which made his contempt for the genre and most of its characters explicit as well as the fact that he effectively graduated from […]
You know who we haven’t seen in a while? The twins Laila and Lely and their husbands Sarm and Sami. We’re reintroduced to them as the girls are being their usual energetic selves and making the repair of their roof more of a hassle than it should be for their husbands. Everyone’s attention is subsequently […]
Contrary to what I thought last time, the previous volume was not the penultimate volume… Saya was not in a good place when we last saw her. The good news is that Marcus showed up to not just nurse her back to health, but to also finally help her get revenge on her dirtbag yakuza […]
The gimmick behind “The Defenders” has always been that it’s the team of superheroes that were forced to be together. Usually it’s by some kind of magic, and that’s the case here after Doctor Strange summons a group of heroes to stop the threat of one Carlo Zolta after he’s sent traveling through time by […]
You can’t keep a good revival down, and that’s why we’ve been graced with a second “season” of this series from co-writers Paul Dini and Alan Burnett. As the first season saw the integration of characters like the Red Hood and Deathstroke into the “Batman: The Animated Series” continuity and style, this time The Court […]
Vol. 21 gave off clear “beginning of the end” vibes. Vibes which were confirmed when it was announced that the series would be ending with the release of its 28th volume. It also marked the first time in the series where I felt that the drama overwhelmed the comedy. Not that the drama was bad […]