I’m convinced that writer Nick Spencer conceived this volume as a final test to weed out the readers who aren’t completely on board with his “Hydra Cap” storyline.  How else to explain the “Civil War II:  The Oath” one-shot where Cap demonstrates an almost demonic glee as he gloats to a comatose Tony Stark about […]

The Turtles and Usagi have had a long fruitful relationship dating back to the late 80’s when Kevin Eastman asked Stan Sakai if he wanted an Usagi action figure as part of the Turtles’ toy line.  Since then Usagi and the Turtles have met up a few times in comics and Usagi even guest-starred on […]

Even as Nick Spencer gleefully trolls fans over in “Steve Rogers” he manages to tap into the current social zeitgeist in “Sam Wilson” to both entertaining and depressing effect.  Vol. 4 is where most of the fun stuff happens as Sam and Steve team up to take on U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M., Sam and Joaquim go to see […]

This volume kicks off with a flashback two-parter featuring some wonderfully brutal art from Rafa Garres about a viking who drank dragon blood to become the Asgardian equivalent of a Hulk.  All thanks to Loki, of course.  The story hits its familiar notes from the song of Thor/Loki sibling rivalry while the present-day sequences tie […]

The Art of Metal Gear Solid V hasn’t even hit stores yet, but Dark Horse is apparently convinced that it’s going to do good business for them.  How good?  So good that they’ve announced that The Art of Metal Gear Solid I-IV will be arriving next May.  If you read that and thought that they’d […]

The holiday spirit is strong with Image this year.  They’ll be publishing three very different comics that spotlight the holiday season and its many attractions and horrors come December.  Of the three, I’m looking forward to The Wicked + The Divine Christmas Annual the most as it pairs co-creator/writer Kieron Gillen with an impressive array […]

This month’s round of solicitations contains a couple of “Classified” advance-solicits for January.  Apparently Marvel thinks that “Avengers” #675 and “Guardians of the Galaxy” #150 are going to be so big that the company not only has to get the word out about their existence a month in advance, but price them at $5 each. […]

Every so often Marvel and DC will go through a period where they give a push to adding brand new superheroes to their respective universes.  What this usually amounts to is an enormous amount of crap being thrown at the wall with one or two characters sticking around to achieve some measure of cult/mainstream success. […]

This volume is a little closer to what I want to see in a “Superman” story as co-writers Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason attempt something few writers do these days:  Follow up on a concept laid down by Grant Morrison.  In this case, that would be his epic “Multiversity” series as Superman teams up with […]

This wraps up the main story for Greg Rucka’s run on the title and he does bring the narrative into much sharper focus here.  Even though Diana of Themyscira is struggling with a mental breakdown for the first half, she overcomes it through her own strength and with a little help from some of her […]