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 […]

This volume gets off to an amazing start with a one-off issue that spotlights the Iron Fist of 1,000,000 B.C.  Actually, she’s not called that at first because she winds up being the very first… in probably the most ignominious way possible.  Sentenced to die for teaching cavemen the city of K’un-Lun’s greatest secrets (read: […]

I think it’s safe to say that “The Sandman Universe” was meant to save Vertigo.  A series of titles spun off from the imprint’s most-loved, -acclaimed, -iconic series — done with Neil Gaiman’s blessing and input — that would revitalize the imprint’s flagging fortunes and usher in a new golden age.  Maybe that’s overselling it […]

As far as penultimate volumes go, this is ahead of “Curse Words” but behind “The Wicked + The Divine.”  I do appreciate the fact that vol. 9 of Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta’s opus is still an accessible read.  This is in the sense that it never felt like I needed to go back and […]

It’s launch day for Stark Unlimited’s biggest project:  The eScape. It’s the most immersive form of virtual reality known to man and it’s up for sale to everyone in the Marvel Universe.  While most people are content to play around with all the toys that Tony Stark has made for them, there are those who […]