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 […]

I said that the way things wrapped up in the previous volume was just enough to get me to come back for this one.  Now, if you’ve already listened to the latest podcast, then you’ll know that I didn’t think it was worth it.  The “Black Hammer” saga (or at least this leg of it) […]

Half of this volume is pretty great.  The first two issues are the tie-in with “War of the Realms” and start off with Otto phasing San Franciscans out of reality while he deals with the frost giants stomping around the city.  Realizing that a surgical strike could end this war real quick, he teams up […]