The history of the Marvel Universe is a living, breathing thing that changes with each new comic published.  It’ll look different from one year to the next, and possibly even unrecognizable between decades.  So the idea that someone was going to do a comic that was going to outline it all, up to the point […]

I wasn’t sure why we needed another random “Amazing Spider-Man” one-shot when this was solicited, but the creative team attached to it sold me on the idea of picking it up (eventually).  Contributing to this story are (deep breath):  Jonathan Hickman, Chris Bachao, Gerry Duggan, Greg Smallwood, (current Spider-Writer) Nick Spencer, Mike Allred, Kelly Thompson, […]

Aliens are invading!  Los Angeles is doomed!  The world is next, unless its superheroes can convince the one man capable of saving it to do so!  That man:  Peter Cannon, a man who is capable of seeing nine times more than others due to the scrolls of a dead people who were unjustly wiped from […]

In the years since I finished with Eric Powell’s signature series, “The Goon,” he’s returned to it and is two volumes into the latest series.  While I’m not about to see if it’s worth reading again, his Image miniseries with Tim Wiesch, “Big Man Plans,” made it clear that I should still make time for […]

How successful was the launch of this new series from Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora?  So successful that initial orders to comic shops cracked the 50k barrier.  So successful that the first issue went into EIGHT printings.  So successful that what was originally going to be a miniseries, was upgraded to an ongoing series.  That […]

I really liked the first volume of Bendis’ “Superman,” but vol. 2 sees him falling back into some of his bad habits.  Specifically, wanting to enact major plot developments without putting in the work to make them feel earned.  This starts off with the return of a now-teenaged Jonathan Kent, last seen when his  grandfather […]

I wasn’t planning on writing a review of this volume, or any of the other first volumes coming out of the “Dawn of X” relaunch.  No, my original plan was to bring in Myron and Rob (who was supposed to be with us on that podcast but had some last-minute scheduling conflicts) so we could […]

Vol. 1 of Coates’ run reminded me of the most annoying parts of Ed Brubaker’s run.  Vol. 2 gave us a good super-hero-in-a-super-prison story.  Vol. 3 does a bang-up job of threatening to derail my interest in this series.  Part of that’s due to a confusing plot which initially starts off with the return of […]

The last time we were in “Oblivion,” I mentioned that the Faceless Men were a genuinely interesting challenge facing Nathan Cole and the rest of the cast.  Vol. 4 manages to dispel a lot of that interest early on.  That’s when we find out that they’ve managed to learn English and are able to communicate […]

Doctor Doom is unquestionably one of Marvel’s A-List villains.  Even though his main nemeses are the Fantastic Four, it’s always a big deal whenever he shows up to tangle with another hero or team like Spider-Man or the Avengers.  While the character’s stature and popularity have been enough to warrant a few solo miniseries over […]