Jonathan Hickman’s “House of X” and “Powers of X” are halfway done and the response has been pretty good so far.  Critical acclaim, good word of mouth, strong sales — it sounds both are going to be great reads when I pick up the edition collecting them both in December.  However, out here in the […]

The title of this volume seems like good advice.  After all, what good ever came to Marcus and the rest of his friends while they were at King’s Dominion?  That’s exactly what winds up happening, however, and the results may not be what you were expecting. Unless you were expecting to see Marcus and Maria […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation Undiscovered Country #1 What if The Wall got built?  What if it wasn’t just between the U.S. and Mexico?  What if it was built to encompass the entire United States?  That’s the premise of this new series from co-writers Scott Snyder and Charles Soule, and co-artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Daniele Orlandini.  The fun […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Pearl vol. 2 The first volume of “Pearl” wasn’t the best of the creator-owned bunch of titles that Bendis delivered when he set up shop at DC.  If I’m being honest, it was just ahead of “Scarlet.”  Yet it’s the only one which is being followed-up on by its creators after that initial […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Punisher:  Soviet #1 (of 6) This is a pick that, on the surface, was incredibly easy to make.  After all it’s Garth Ennis writing “The Punisher” again with his “Crossed” and “303” collaborator Jacen Burrows.  It even has a premise that makes it sound like it’ll fit right in alongside the other “Punisher […]

I don’t think the world was crying out for a sequel to the thoroughly alright “Avengers:  No Surrender,” which served to wrap up the various “Avengers” series Al Ewing, Jim Zub, and Mark Waid were writing at the time, but we got one anyway.  “No Road Home,” however is the exceedingly rare time when a […]

You could ask, “Is this a good volume of ‘Conan’ comics?” and it would be a perfectly valid question.  A better one to ask would be “Is this volume of ‘Conan’ good enough to justify Marvel snatching the license away from Dark Horse?”  To the first question I’d say, “Actually, it’s fine.” To the second, […]

It’s a brand-new series written by Kieron Gillen!  With art from the immensely talented Stephanie Hans!  And it has a literal fantasy RPG setting! What could possibly prevent me from declaring this one of the best comics before I’ve even read it?  Common sense really — having little is not the same as having none […]

You may have already heard that Kelly Thompson will be the writer of “Deadpool’s” latest ongoing series come November.  I’m hoping it’s a big smash and boosts her profile accordingly. Much in the same way that “The Immortal Hulk” has done for Al Ewing.  Because if that happens then maybe she’ll be able to do […]