Looking at Marvel’s actions over the years, the publisher clearly thinks that any major event they have is worth overdoing.  Which is why in addition to the renumbering of several of their ongoing titles to match their “Legacy” numbering, we’re getting several additional one-off revivals of cancelled series from yesteryear.  Why?  Most likely because Marvel […]

After hitting it big as the writer of “God Country” and “Redneck” for Image, Donny Cates has been busy transitioning his backlist over from Dark Horse to his current publisher.  This includes a miniseries which had an unusual route to its collected editions.  “The Ghost Fleet” was an eight-issue miniseries about a trucking company that […]

The big ticket item in this month’s solicitations is the first issue of Doomsday Clock, the twelve-issue maxiseries from Geoff Johns and Gary Frank that will further the integration of “Watchmen” into the DCU.  This is problematic for a couple of reasons — aside from the fact that integrating “Watchmen” into the DCU is still […]

This series gets further back on track with its fourth volume (never mind the renaming/renumbering) as Olive Silverlock and her friends dive deeper into the mysteries surrounding the Academy.  Things start off fine with Olive and her friends investigating a cult of witches that has sprung up on campus and the introduction of her new […]

I’ve said before that there are two sides to writer Charles Soule.  The one most commonly on display is the one with his ruthless competence that you see in the majority of his superhero work.  His writing on those titles can be involving and even quite enjoyable, but genuine surprises and cleverness are usually few […]

The big news for this series in the post-”Clone Conspiracy” world is that Stuart Immonen is now its regular artist and — OH DEAR GOD WHAT DID THEY DO TO HIS ART!?!?!? If you’ve ever wondered how important good coloring is to art these days, you’re going to want to check out this volume.  Immonen’s […]

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these.  Yet the constant flow of new Image collections into my library continues unabated.  Sometimes, however, there’s not much more to say about them than “title is still good,” “title is still average,” or “Rick Remender is back to his old tricks again.”  There’s also the […]

After saying that you should buy this collection over Becky Cloonan’s latest volume of “The Punisher” yesterday, I figured an explanation as to why was in order.  “By Chance or Providence” collects the creator’s three self-published one-shots along with a heaping collection of sketches.  Though they all share the same feudal, nordic setting and feature […]

This volume collects the final pieces of sequential art that Steve Dillon did in his legendary career.  I say “final pieces” and not “full issue” because Dillon was only able to complete a few pages in the beginning, middle, and end of the first issue of this collection.  The rest are filled out by the […]