Marvel has been cancelling a bunch of their second printings over the past few weeks.  Up until now, the easiest thing to infer from this was that the shine has come off of their “All-New, All-Different Marvel NOW!” initiative.  Now it’s being reported that several series will be getting new printings in a different manner […]

The first half of the title arc is an incredibly tense and nerve-wracking read as we pick up well into the inter-family war that kicked off at the end of vol. 3.  With family head Malcolm still in a coma and his condition declining steadily, things aren’t going well for Family Carlyle against the Hock […]

Last time, I expressed my disappointment that Dan Slott and Mike Allred’s run on this title would be coming to an end with this “Last Days” tie-in to “Secret Wars.”  It turns out that I was wrong and their “Silver Surfer” is getting a new first issue out of this current relaunch.  This is great […]

Well, we know what “Rebirth” is now.  A series of one-shots followed by rolling relaunches of the company’s entire line — except for “Action Comics” and “Detective Comics” which will return to their original numbering — starting with a one-shot before the ongoing monthly, or twice-monthly, series kicks off.  Effectively marking the end of the […]

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 […]