Manga and Comic Reviews
For a miniseries that effectively heralded the end of the Ultimate Universe, the original “Spider-Men” was still pretty fun. The plot, involving Peter Parker and Miles Morales teaming up to fight a dimension-hopping Mysterio, was pretty inconsequential, but it was still a great demonstration for how Bendis could write Spider-Man in any universe and the […]
Kieron Gillen takes over writing duties with this volume and reunites with his “Darth Vader” collaborator Salvador Larroca. Does this mean the main title finally has a chance at approaching the greatness of the now-concluded series that launched alongside it? Despite picking up from where “Rogue One” left off, it’s not quite there yet. Though […]
The smartest thing about Tim Drake’s “death” from the first arc of James Tynion IV’s run on this title was its immediate reveal that it wasn’t a death at all. Tim had been spirited away from certain death at the last second by an unknown player leaving everyone around him to believe that he was […]
It’s a brand new era for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, and not just in a creative sense. With the defeat of the Ogdru Jahad the Ogdru Hem terrorizing Earth have suddenly died off, ushering in an age of relative peace. At least, that’s what everyone was expecting to happen. There are still […]
From the realm of “How the hell did this happen?!” comes the announcement that Dark Horse has licensed the “Mob Psycho 100” manga. It’s from ONE, the co-creator of “One-Punch Man,” and focuses on a con man who exploits a kid with psychic powers to run a ghostbusting operation but also has to act as […]
The good news is that Marvel currently has two titles that are generating lots of buzz and burning through reprints of multiple issues at the same time. “Amazing Spider-Man” has been generating interest due to the mystery of who the Red Goblin is as Dan Slott builds to the finale of his run in issue […]
Image recently cancelled a large batch of comics that had been previously solicited. The good news is that most of these titles were not on my radar, so no big deal. Unfortunately fans of titles like “Mirror” and “Southern Cross” are now going to have to deal with not finding out what happens in these […]
Is DC headed for a “Fresh Start” later this year? In the neverending quest for better buzz and sales, the company is rumored to be planning a refresh of their line around Fall of this year. Said refresh will consist of the kind of new first issue relaunches that we’ve come to expect in this […]
Vol. 1 made for a pretty great showcase regarding family matriarch Grace Briggs as she took a hardline stance to asserting control over the title land and detoxing her husband’s influence over it. I was expecting great things from the follow-up, but the problem with vol. 2 is that the focus shifts from Grace to […]
Longtime readers should know that I’m a big fan of James Stokoe’s work. So when Dark Horse announced that he’d be working on an “Aliens” miniseries for them, I was really excited. After all, Stokoe had shown that he can do excellent work when it comes to licensed material in his “Godzilla: The Half-Century War.” […]