Why did Daniel leave the Dreaming?  For love, of course. The tragic story of his romance is told by “Sandman” veteran/survivor Rose Walker to a barely conscious Lucien in the hospital.  It starts off with Rose having a chance encounter with Dream himself that could’ve led to a romance, except that she decided to give […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: East of West vol. 10 Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta’s epic sci-fi western reaches the end of its road.  The story of how Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, fell in love, had a kid, and paid dearly for these things.  Oh, and he did it according to some religious […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Doctor Strange:  Surgeon Supreme vol. 1 — Under the Knife When I heard that Mark Waid’s run on “Doctor Strange” was getting a relaunch, I was just glad to hear that he’d still be writing this series.  Sure the “Surgeon Supreme” subtitle sounded a little goofy, but he was a surgeon at one […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Generation One (One-Shot) Guess what?  The DCU is getting rebooted again.  Well, maybe reboot is too strong a word.  “Continued” may be a better one based on what I’ve heard is planned for it.  Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and a lot of other current heroes are either getting aged up, retired, or both […]

The three issues actually written by Waid in this volume are arguably the best he’s offered up on his run so far.  “Strange, Visitor” has the Doctor barging into a home in Kansas to stop a demonic invasion while the parents inside try to keep up with him and his arrogance.  It’s a fast-paced tale […]

“Critical Role” is a hugely popular web series where voice actors roleplay their Dungeons & Dragons characters over the course of an evolving storyline that has spawned its own fandom, a ton of merchandise, and the most-funded TV & Film Kickstarter in history.  Because it’s always easier for me to find an entry point into […]

It only took them a little over 13 years, but DC finally has their “Marvel Zombies.”  You know, the kind of story that shows what happens when their universe succumbs to a zombie outbreak.  What happens isn’t quite as inventive or darkly amusing as that series was, but it still offers a propulsive superhero action/horror […]

I liked the first volume of “Miles Morales” well enough, even if its stories didn’t really break out from the established “Spider-Man” story mold.  Vol. 2, however, is a big step in the right direction. The first issue is essentially four-stories-in-one as Ron Ackins, Alitha Martinez, and Vanessa Del Ray join regular artist Javier Garron […]

Back in the first volume of this series, we got to meet someone who had a big influence on Aphra’s life:  Her father, Korin. Seeing him in action was a real “This explains a lot” moment for her character.  Korin was only half of the parenting equation for Aphra, as we haven’t heard a whole […]