Comic Picks by the Glick

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Dark Horse Previews Picks: March 2018

So how about that Disney/Fox merger that just happened?  Assuming it goes through it’ll wind up being the biggest entertainment merger ever and likely to have a huge impact on the films and TV we watch.  The “X-Men” and “Fantastic Four” joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe might actually wind up being on the low end […]

Star Wars: Poe Dameron vol. 3 — Legend Lost

Three volumes in and writer Charles Soule is still finding decent, but not spectacular ways to make the pre-”The Force Awakens” adventures of the title character interesting.  He succeeds best in the opening story which has Poe meeting up with an old journalist friend, Suralinda Javos, after she tells him about a big story she […]

Spider-Man: Miles Morales vol. 3

If there’s one character that Bendis has been most closely associated with during his time at Marvel, it’s been the “Ultimate” incarnation of “Spider-Man.”  He wrote every issue of the continuity-free modern update of Peter Parker’s adventures from the start, showed us the character’s death (and eventual resurrection), and gave us a new one in […]

The Wild Storm vol. 1

For me, and a lot of other fans, Warren Ellis was the defining creator of the WildStorm imprint.  While it had a lot to offer followers of great superhero art prior to his arrival, the writing on most of its titles could charitably be described as “total crap.”  His debut on “Stormwatch” didn’t change things […]

The Walking Dead: Here’s Negan!

It’s not that there haven’t been “The Walking Dead” spinoffs outside the comic before.  They’ve just been limited to shorts appended to issues spotlighting certain characters or Comic Book Legal Defense Fund annuals.  “Here’s Negan!”  originally serialized in the first sixteen issues of “Image+” is the first spinoff to be long enough to warrant its […]

Star Wars: Screaming Citadel

Marvel’s first “Star Wars” crossover was a no brainer between the ongoing series of the same name and “Darth Vader.”  It certainly had its moments and great art, but it didn’t really accomplish much besides shuffling the cast around between the two titles.  This time around “Star Wars” is crossing over with the lower-profile “Doctor […]

Plastic

Readers with long memories (or the ability to click on this link) may recall that I’ve had my eye on this series ever since it was first solicited.  It’s got a setup that’s just wrong enough to get me interested:  Edwyn used to be a serial killer.  He retired after he met Virginia online as […]