Yeah, writing up all of the Previews Picks in one column didn’t turn out to be shorter or more fun.  So we’re back to the old way for the foreseeable future. Well, with one minor change… Above-the-Board Recommendation: S.H.I.E.L.D. by Hickman and Weaver — The Human Machine Unlike certain other comics series, it’s easy to […]

There’s no Terex in this volume. Seeing the First Order’s craftiest, liveliest (when he’s not being mind-controlled by their implants) operative one more time was the one thing I wanted to see from this final volume of “Poe Dameron.”  Instead I got the one volume of the series which has the closest ties to the […]

There’s still one more volume of “X-Men:  Gold” to go, but I feel confident in calling “X-Men:  Blue” the more successful of the two flagship X-titles.  Yes, “Poison-X” was utterly dire and derailed this title’s momentum, but “Blue” was still the more forward-facing of the flagship titles and it even managed to turn out a […]

Here we are, Jessica Jones’ first solo adventure in the post-Bendis Marvel Era.  We’ve got the very talented Kelly Thompson writing this story along with Mattia De Iuis providing some very nice art for the majority of the volume, with Marcio Takara pitching in at the end.  It begins with Jessica chained to a chair […]

The big day is finally here!  Now I get to find out exactly why Batman and Catwoman don’t get married!  Yes, I realize that saying this straight out is arguably a spoiler. Except that it’s been months since the events of “Batman #50” and the fact that the two of them aren’t a happy couple […]

An ongoing series featuring Domino?  “How the hell did this happen?” is what I thought until I remembered that she was featured — to pretty great effect — in “Deadpool 2” earlier this year.  So here we are with the first volume of her ongoing title and… it’s alright. The idea of a devil-may-care mercenary […]

I was thinking about reviewing this for a podcast.  After reading it, I decided against it. That’s in part due to the fact that this is essentially sixteen issues (two one-shots and four four-issue miniseries) of setup for the main event that is the “Return of Wolverine.”  The other part is that this is a […]

Listeners with long memories might recall that I mentioned the first four-issue “The Paybacks” miniseries when I talked about the stuff I was reading on my Kindle that one time.  It’s idea of a superhero repo squad that targeted other superheroes who couldn’t afford the payments on their flashy tech was a fun one with […]

The first volume of this series was hamstrung by the fact that it felt like setup for the stories that Grant Morrison really wanted to tell with the character.  With that out of the way, vol. 2 should be a fantastic read. Right? Well it certainly has its charms with the inventive art of Yanick […]