If you went into this volume expecting to see Lewis, Clark, and their associates take on the legendary “Bigfoot” then you’re not going to be disappointed.  In fact, they find themselves up against many sasquatches fairly early on, all thanks to the actions of the explorers who came before them.  That’s what sets this volume […]

Whether they wanted to be a part of it or not, pretty much every Marvel comic released in the past few months offered some sort of tie-in to “Civil War II.”  While this proved to be a sure-fire sales-booster for titles who tied into the original event series, this time around has served as a […]

You know, it’s really disappointing that this series isn’t selling all that well in single-issue form because it’s a ton of fun.  I realize that the first volume takes a while to get going and to make its purpose clear, which is a liability when you’re drip-feeding your audience information on a monthly basis.  Three […]

What the hell happened to the art in this volume!?  I’ve warmed up to Joe Eisma’s work on this series considerably since it began, but he really drops the ball here from the first page.  All of the characters have weird-looking googly eyes, awkward facial expressions, and misshapen noses.  It’s insanely distracting to look at […]

I’m honestly surprised it has taken this long for us to get a Han Solo miniseries in comics.  Yes, he was a featured player in several comics from the Dark Horse era, but even Marvel held off for over a year after re-acquiring the rights to “Star Wars” before giving Solo his own solo vehicle […]

Sometimes progress in a series is not always in a straight line.  There are times when creators will forego the steady forward progression of the plot to focus on the characters in a story.  Mind you, the idea is not to forego progress entirely.  If this approach is done right then the reader is rewarded […]

This volume of “Worldwide” is all about setting up the next big Spider-event as the title of the arc collected here, “Before Dead No More,” indicates.  Vol. 3 left off with the cliffhanger of Jay Jameson, father to Jonah, wife to Peter’s Aunt May, collapsing suddenly.  He’s in the hospital and things aren’t looking good. […]

Image Comics launched 25 years ago this month.  If you told me back then that they wouldn’t have lasted this long, I probably would’ve believed you.  That said, if you had told me that they’d be leading the vanguard of creator-owned comics that were actually worth reading, I certainly would’ve laughed my ass off.  While […]

The main reason we see so many spin-off titles in comics is because they tend to represent the safest bet of all.  If you liked Title X, then it stands to reason you’ll like Title Xa, Xb, and Xc as well.  This kind of approached worked really well during the 90’s (it’s how we wound […]