Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Green Lantern vol. 1:  Intergalactic Lawman I never planned to keep reading “Green Lantern” after Geoff Johns left.  He redefined and expanded the character’s mythos in a way that’s rarely seen in superhero comics.  It was the kind of high water mark that left you feeling sorry for the writer who was […]

I was honestly surprised with how much I liked this story by the time it was over.  This is in spite of the fact that Tom King and Mitch Gerads’ take on the New God who is also the universe’s foremost escape artist starts off in a very depressing place:  A depiction of self-harm that […]

This miniseries effectively represents the end of Marvel’s big “Inhumans” push of the last few years.  The reason for such a thing was rumored to be down to how Marvel owned the film and TV rights to these characters, but didn’t have them for the X-Men, and was looking to push the Inhumans as a […]

How successful was Donny Cates’ run on “Thanos?”  So successful that Marvel looked to find some way, ANY way to capitalize on it.  This is in spite of the fact that the nature of the story, about Thanos teaming up with his older self to murder the last things in the galaxy, made that a […]

My traditional experience with the works of Matt Kindt is that the first volume of his creator-owned series disappoints, only for subsequent volumes to improve.  Vol. 2 of “Ether” sets up a dispiriting exception to that rule as the first volume was fantastic, with this new one being a letdown.  It starts off with a […]

It took a while, but Coates has shown that he can deliver a thrilling comic with this latest volume of “Black Panther.”  Now he looks to replicate that success as the new writer on “Captain America.” It’s a good sign that Coates shows he really gets how to balance action and speechifying here, effortlessly blending […]

I’ve made no secret that I think Ta-Nehisi Coates’ run on “Black Panther” so far hasn’t lived up to my expectations.  His run has mostly emphasized talk over action and that wouldn’t necessarily be a problem if the talk was actually interesting.  There’s been some improvement as the series has gone on, which I believe […]

Well, here we are.  After *goes to check* thirty previous “B.P.R.D.” volumes, plus a volume or two of spinoffs, we’re at what looks to be the penultimate one for the series as a whole.  It even begins with a surprise: Three pages of Mike Mignola illustrating how Hellboy came back out of hell after the […]

“Deadpool” miniseries have been so prolific over the past few years…  Hey, wait a minute! We’ve been here fairly recently.  “Secret Agent Deadpool” manages to clear my threshold for buying a deadpool miniseries by coming from “The Adventures of Doctor McNinja” writer/artist and “Gwenpool” writer Christopher Hastings and artist Salva Espin.  Its hook is pretty […]