Vol. 5 was where this series finally started living up to its potential, leaving me actually looking forward to the next volume for the first time ever.  The good news is that vol. 6 keeps the excitement high as it starts off with an accounting of where everyone in Wausau is — both physically and […]

I had no idea this existed before I saw it for sale at a Book-Off in La Jolla a few weeks back.  A graphic novel about the fall of the Templar order published by First Second and by “Prince of Persia” creator Jordan Mechner — how did this fly completely under my radar?  Regardless of […]

I doubt we’ll ever see the original artist of “The Walking Dead,” Tony Moore, ever come back to that series for anything besides a variant cover.  Meanwhile, over at “Invincible,” original artist Corey Walker just can’t seem to stop making return trips to that title after all these years.  He usually shows up to pinch-hit […]

“Rebirth.”  That’s the buzzword from DC publisher Dan Didio on Twitter, leading most everyone to think that the company is planning ANOTHER relaunch later this year.  Rich Johnston seems to think that this will involve another round of new #1 issues and a tighter focus between the company’s TV and film projects.  This year will […]

Not only is this a volume all about the organization’s ectoplasmic medium Johann, it’s also the concluding chapter to the story of Pvt. Patrick Redding that was started in “Sledgehammer ‘44.”  Things start off on a down note as Johann finds himself to be at odds with the members of his current team after a […]

One of these days I’ll eventually migrate to reading comics digitally instead of in print.  Not yet, though.  Not when titles like this, originally published online in a “pay what you want” metric can still find their way into being a physical product.  (Particularly when the way involves a handshake deal between Brian K. Vaughan […]

Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca’s series was the standout amongst Marvel’s initial round of “Star Wars” collections and this second volume shows that its quality wasn’t a fluke.  Vader continues the rebuilding of his power base with an ambitious heist of a deceased crimelord’s fortune from the Empire.  Though the act, masterminded by his associate […]

I actually had to go back and re-read Garth Ennis’ previous “Phantom Eagle” miniseries, surtitled “War Is Hell,” to refresh my knowledge of the main character. That’s because Karl Kaufmann comes off in this story as an arrogant, self-entitled little shit that deserves every indignity heaped upon him here. As opposed to the previous miniseries […]

When it was announced that this “Secret Wars:  Warzones!” miniseries would focus on a married — with child — Spider-Man, I thought I knew what the story would be about.  We’d get to see how Peter Parker would handle these things while interacting with other heroes and villains in some semblance of current Marvel continuity. […]