“Superman:  Earth One” is a lost cause for me at this point as I still feel no inclination to check out the third volume which arrived earlier this year.  Its counterpart, however, is a different story.  “Batman:  Earth One” arrived on the heels of “The Dark Knight Rises” and gave us another look at the […]

This latest volume contains a lot of good stuff:  Carl beating down two bastards with good reason, more information about the Whispered and what their deal is, Carl potentially finding love, an assassination plan gone awry, Carl doing something potentially very stupid for said love, and Jesus Saving.  All of this is handled with Robert […]

I did complain about the lack of actual bondage in the first volume of this series, and creator Stjepan Sejic works hard to rectify that here.  Not only are some of the key scenes here set in a high-end bondage club — where we see the performers on stage — but we get some extended […]

The Snyder/Capullo run on this title has been marked primarily by big event storylines:  “The Court of/City of the Owls,” “Death of the Family,” and “Zero Year.”  It hasn’t left much room for shorter stories, but this volume collects all of the miscellany that has accumulated between these arcs.  Worth noting right up front is […]

The good news is that this volume addresses a lot of the issues I had with the previous one.  It’s clear now that the gimmicky descriptions given to the core cast members were just that, and the Queens themselves are quickly becoming their own characters.  Now it remains to be seen if writer Kurtis Wiebe […]

The first volume of this title was entertaining enough, even if its lasting contribution was underlining just how much Warren Ellis’ dialogue is starting to irritate me with its familiarity.  That’s not an issue I have with new writer Brian Wood’s style.  Granted, his dialogue is not that distinct at all, but I don’t read […]

(Yeah, about that trend I have going for Monday’s posts:  I just got back from Fanime and am completely wiped out.  This is the last post I have in the bank, so it’s going up now.  Expect a review of “Black Lagoon vol. 10” to make up for this oversight later in the week.) I’ve […]

It turns out that Image will be doing away with retailer-exclusive variants for single issues of their comics.  Apparently they don’t do much for a title’s long-term health and only serve to feed the speculator market.  Instead, they’ll be offering retailer-exclusive trade paperback editions instead. This may seem like it’d be more up my alley, […]

So, “Age of Ultron:”  Thoroughly entertaining and a worthy sequel to “Avengers.”  No, the story itself and the title villain’s scheme weren’t all that impressive, but the film was filled with plenty of entertaining details and situations to compensate.  The featured-in-previews scene where everyone had a go at picking up Thor’s hammer played great on […]