Above-the-Board Recommendation: Lazarus vol. 8 Whenever a series goes on hiatus, it’s usually done with the expectation that it’ll return.  Of course, saying something is on “hiatus” is also sometimes the polite way of saying that it’s never coming back and you shouldn’t get your hopes up.  The longer something remains on hiatus, the chances […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Superman Unlimited vol. 1 Dan Slott may have broken into mainstream comics with “Arkham Asylum:  Living Hell,” but he made his name at Marvel with his legendary run on “Amazing Spider-Man.”  Now that things have cooled off for him at the House of Ideas, he’s found his way over to DC who has […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Imperial Jonathan Hickman is doing another reinvention of a specific part of the Marvel Universe?  SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!  No, seriously.  The man has crafted lots of classic stories through his work on “Fantastic Four,” “The Avengers/New Avengers,” and “X-Men.”  Even when he doesn’t hit it out of the park (looking […]

A new means of dealing with mutants is deemed necessary in the wake of “Raid on Graymalkin.”  Enter the Wolfpack Sentinels, cyborg dogs trained to go after mutants wherever they are.  Even if that means taking down a group of them that have headed out for a day of fun at the mall.  Dealing with […]

As if butting heads with the “Uncanny” team during “Raid on Graymalkin” with little to show for it wasn’t bad enough, Cyclops and his team of X-Men now find themselves dealing with an interstellar threat.  Which is heralded by his spacefaring father, Corsair, and it may not have anything to do with him (directly) this […]

It’s a new era for the “World’s Finest” team-up title as Adrian Gutierrez takes over from regular artist Dan Mora.  Jumping onto a title that was illustrated by one of the best artists in comics is a difficult thing, but the new guy isn’t bad.  Gutierrez’s art does have a squirrelly look to its linework, […]

When “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” was relaunched last year, its first issue was a blockbuster success.  The continued relevance of the comics franchise was made clear to all when it sold over 300,000 copies and paved the way for what will hopefully be another run as successful as the previous 150-issue one from publisher IDW.  […]

Meet Shiteater.  He’s the small-human-sized sentient fly who used to be a henchman for the bug-themed supervillain known as (wait for it) The Entomologist.  These days he works a degrading job at a burger joint, frequents The Lower Lair for drinks every night, and takes on the odd hench job here and there.  None of […]

Mike Mignola is responsible for one of the largest and most entertaining fictional universes in comics:  The Mignolaverse, which encompasses all of Hellboy’s adventures, those of his comrades in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, his antagonists, and those who came before and after them as well.  He’s also responsible in part for Outerverse, […]

The Birds caused a lot of trouble on Paradise Island back in vol. 1 as they tried to rescue Sin.  Lots of Amazons, including Wonder Woman herself, got knocked around and even though things worked out in the end, a debt was owed because of it.  Now Queen Nubia has come to call it in […]