A couple days ago I wrote about how “The Negative Zone War” over in “X-Men:  Gold” didn’t really live up to its title. Among its many problems was the fact that the war in its title didn’t really amount to a skirmish or two before the statue of a god came to life and started […]

Have you ever wondered what it would look like when Rick Remender writes a story that puts his protagonists so far in the red that it doesn’t make sense for them to come out all right in the end, yet they manage to do it anyway?  Well wonder no more as “Extinction is the Rule” […]

Yes, those “X-Men” books do keep multiplying and piling up for me to read.  The ones that I’m actually interested in following at any rate. So it happens that I picked up three new titles in my last big order of comics.  While that includes the latest volumes of flagship titles X-Men:  Gold and X-Men: […]

The second adventure of creator Andrew MacLean’s Head Lopper — Norgal if you’re one of his friends — couldn’t have come at a better time.  We’re in the dry period between the end of Dark Horse publishing new comics and Marvel starting up their own take on the adventures of “Conan” that there’s a distinct […]

I get why “Lazarus X+66” is being released as a miniseries rather than an official volume of the main title.  Series artist Michael Lark is only providing the covers to each issue while writer Greg Rucka is just co-writing the issues collected here.  As both creators have been fully involved with the previous five volumes […]

After my experience with the previous volume I can now say that my biggest issue with this series has now been resolved:  Erin is the “new girl,” Tiffany is the gamer girl, KJ is the lesbian with a hockey stick, and Mackenzie is (as always) the bitchy redhead.  Now that I’m finally able to keep […]

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 […]