Above-the-Board Recommendation: Lazarus vol. 6:  Risen I Greg Rucka and Michael Lark’s dystopian sci-fi action/drama made its long-awaited return to the realm of serialized comics earlier this year in a new quarterly format.  The idea was that this new schedule would allow the creators to deliver the series on a more consistent basis compared with […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Superman:  Heroes #1 This is a one-shot featuring a stellar cast of creators:  Bendis, Greg Rucka, Matt Fraction and Jody Houser share writing duties, while Kevin Maguire, Steve Lieber, Mike Perkins, and more provide the art.  So what kind of event would bring all these creators together? Nothing more than exploring the fallout […]

Okay, so it’s been… *goes to check the publication date on vol. 2* TEN YEARS since the last volume of this series was published?!  I guess I should be glad that only two volumes were published before now. If more had been released, and then we’d been hit with a ten-year gap between volumes, I’d […]

Here it is, folks:  The storyline that led to Tom King getting kicked off “Batman.”  Don’t worry about him too much. He’ll be finishing his storyline in the “Batman/Catwoman” maxiseries with his “Sheriff of Babylon” and “Mister Miracle” collaborator, Mitch Gerads.  It’ll still be short of the 100-issue run that he had planned to have […]

The first two volumes of this series were good, fun riffs on the kind of sword and sorcery action made famous by “Conan.”  This one digs a bit deeper into the title character and his world as we start by finding out that the death of Zhaania in the previous volume really got to him.  […]

Big Red’s name may be in the title, but he’s almost an afterthought in this volume.  That’s because it’s all about exploring what else was going on with the B.P.R.D. during his ill-fated trip to Mexico.  Margaret is busy running the day-to-day operations of the organization while Professor Bruttenholm has secrets kept from him by […]

Warren Ellis and Jason Howard decided to take a break before they dove into the third and final volume of “Trees.”  I also believe it was Howard who told Ellis that he wanted to do something with a lot more action. Thank god he did because the end result is likely going to be the […]

*Looks at “to review” pile.* *Looks at “to read” pile.” Yeah, there’s a lot in each right now.  You know what makes up a lot of the former?  Marvel titles! So let me throw out my thoughts on the latest volumes of “X-23,” “Black Panther,” “Immortal Hulk,” “Captain America,” and “Domino.” Credit where credit is […]

First things first:  Adam, apology accepted. Vol. 10 of “Empowered” didn’t just leave off with the series’ first-ever cliffhanger.  No, it left off with a downright brutal one by the standards of any title. After a big, dramatic heart-to-heart between Emp and Thugboy about their status, it looked like we were going to get a […]