The space opera action continues in this volume and shifts to a new setting:  Earth. There’s still some business to take care of in Empire-space, however, as Emperor N’Jadaka makes his move to crush the Maroons once and for all.  Unfortunately he gets more than he bargained for, and his failure allows T’Challa to finally […]

After seven issues of one shots that dodged the main story (though most were still pretty good on their own terms), vol. 11 starts off with the issue I’m sure everyone was waiting for!  Batman breaks out of the dreaming machine and walks through Arkham beating up everyone in his way. It’s a genuinely cathartic […]

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 […]