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Star Trek: Defiant vol. 4 — The Stars of Home

At the end of vol.3, the remaining crew of the Defiant – Worf, Spock, B’Elanna, and Ro – found themselves at the mercy of Sela’s father, General Revo.  When this volume begins, we find out that Worf, B’Elanna, and Ro have been press-ganged into abducting some key Romulan officials while Spock has been sent to […]

Ultimate Black Panther vol. 2: Gods & Kings

The African continent is wracked by war!  On one side are Khonshu and Ra, who make up the force known as Moon Knight which sits at the Maker’s table.  On the other is the continent’s secret power, Wakanda, and its young king T’Challa who is determined to put his opponents in the ground.  Standing in […]

Redcoat vol. 1

His name is Simon Pure, and he’s anything but as you’ll know after reading through this volume.  As a soldier in the British Army during the American Revolution he ran for his life after witnessing what George Washington was really capable of, and found himself right in the middle of a mysterious ceremony involving Benjamin […]

Feral vol. 2: Cat Lady

Elsie, Patch, and Lord Fluffy Britches were housecats who found themselves struggling to survive an outbreak of super-rabies.  By the end of the first volume, Patch was infected, Lord was lost, and Elsie had met up with Gigi, who managed to survive giving birth to three kittens.  Months have passed and this latter clutter of […]

Kagurabachi vol. 1

To say that Chihiro Rokuhira’s dad, Kunishige, was something of a living legend is to still sell the man short.  He was, after all, the legendary swordsmith who forged six magical swords of such power that they were used to bring an end to the Seitei War.  Kunishige took ownership of the swords after the […]

The Holy Roller

Levi Coen may have been the reigning “Paperboy” champion at his local bowling alley, but he left that behind years ago because bowling and his champion dad were terminally uncool.  Now he lives the high life on the seas, smoking up and saving whales for Greenpeace.  Until he gets word that his dad is and […]

Plastic: Death & Dolls

Before he met Virginia, the inflatable love of his life, Edwyn was just your average diner worker taking life a day at a time.  Which also included taking the lives of people who he felt deserved it – like the guy who tried to play cat soccer – by sawing off their heads with his […]

Dark Horse Penguin Picks: August 2025

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Innocent Rouge Omnibus vol. 1 It was a little frustrating to get to the end of Dark Horse’s release of Shin’ichi Sakamoto’s “Innocent” manga and realize that it wasn’t an ending at all.  That the story would continue in the follow-up manga “Innocent Rouge,” which hadn’t been confirmed for U.S. release at the […]