Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Wonder Woman by Tom King vol. 1: Outlaw

He’s had a lengthy run on “Batman.”  He’s also done a really good “Superman” miniseries.  Now writer Tom King completes his DC Trinity trifecta with his and artist Daniel Sampere’s first volume of the ongoing “Wonder Woman” series.  It’s also off to a great start too as the creators have found a worthy adversary to […]

1949

Detective Sebastina Blank is one of the most brilliant homicide detectives around, having caught multiple killers over the years.  However, she’s currently facing her most challenging case as she tracks down the murderer known only as the Gray Water Killer.  Things are so bad that the FBI has even sent in an agent to help […]

Houses of the Unholy

It’s a new original graphic novel from the team of writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips!  That should be reason enough for celebration, given their track record over the years, right?  You may recall that I didn’t think their last effort, “Where the Body Was,” turned out to be all that great.  A story […]

Titans vol. 1: Out of the Shadows

Nightwing.  The Flash.  Beast Boy.  Donna Troy.  Starfire.  Cyborg.  Raven.  They once made up the most powerful group of teenage superheroes in the DCU.  These days they’re looking to step up in a world that’s currently without a Justice League.  So when the giant ape known as Titano attacks a nuclear power plant, that’s something […]

Operation Sunshine vol. 1: Blood Run

Hex has been a vampire for over 350 years.  Steve has been one for just over six months.  They both hate it, but they’re still justifiably skeptical when a cure for their condition is suddenly dropped in their laps.  Smarmy upper-class vampire Anwar Gobin has found out where an item known as the Onyx Object, […]

Aquaman: Andromeda

Point Nemo is a spot on the Pacific Ocean floor which happens to be the furthest place from civilization on Earth.  This is important because an extraterrestrial object has just splashed-down on Earth there and an American operation is currently working to recover it.  Made up of a crew of specialists who may-or-may-not have their […]

The Man From Maybe

“Weird Work” was a miniseries that lived up to its name with writer Jordan Thomas and artist Shaky Kane delivering a dementedly gonzo sci-fi take on the police procedural.  It was good enough for me to keep an eye out for their next project, which turned out to be “The Man From Maybe.”  The creators […]