It’s very hard not to feel cynical about the concept behind this miniseries.  Even if the sales on his solo title(s) have leveled off over the past few years, Wolverine still remains an A-list character in comics and film.  Not only is the third (and now possibly R-rated) “Wolverine” film in development, it has taken […]

As I said in the podcast, it was really hard not to enjoy the first volume of “Star Wars” from writer Jason Aaron, with art for those issues provided by John Cassaday.  The problem was that after throwing in the big guns — A showdown with Darth Vader!  Boba Fett vs. Luke Skywalker on Tatooine! […]

Vol. 3?  Yes, the original two volumes of “War Stories” were originally released through Vertigo as a series of eight one-shots well over a decade ago.  This was when I was going through a phase of picking up single issues and they’re all in my collection in that form.  Those one-shots  represent the first “pure” […]

There are two complementary story threads here, both dealing with the titular organization.  Over sea and ice, Baltimore and his group of followers travel to St. Petersburg to find a coven of witches with ties to the Red King.  What they find is a city enslaved by fear and magic that has already managed to […]

Its critics said the Ultimate Universe would never last, and fifteen years later they were proven right.  Took a while, though.  That’s because for the majority of its run, the Ultimate Universe stood as an inventive reinvention of the Marvel Universe that kept throwing out new twists with each arc of its ongoing titles and […]

So how did Lando Calrissian go from being a charming rogue to a respectable city administrator?  According to writer Charles Soule, all it took was one last job… that goes bad in a way that he couldn’t have anticipated.  Deeply in debt to a local crimelord, Lando is offered a chance to have it squared […]

This series may be about the Goddess of Thunder now, but it’s still the same great read that Aaron has been delivering since taking on the character.  It all starts off with a bit of setup to illustrate the former Thor — now being called the Odinson — and his struggle to accept his current […]

Charles Soule and Alberto Albuquerque’s sci-fi crazy train rambles on a bit more unsteadily than it did in the previous two volumes.  That’s because of the two stories being told here, one of them is handled in a more entertainingly dumb fashion than the other.  This would be the story that takes place on Earth, […]

You should all know by now that I didn’t think Brian Wood’s last creator-owned series, “The Massive,” lived up to its potential.  “Misguided” is the word I’d use to describe its mix of character-driven eco-political conflicts with a sci-fi/fantasy concept bolted onto the side of it.  The concept for “Starve” is a lot more straightforward […]

There’s a new teaser from Marvel going around with the words “Dead No More” and a background that indicates it’s “Spider-Man” related.  So who’s it going to be?  I honestly wouldn’t put it past Marvel to do something crazy like bring back Uncle Ben.  I’d bet money on that being the case if Dan Slott […]