Even if I did enjoy Warren Ellis’ brief run on “Moon Knight,” there was little doubt that his style was starting to wear on me.  Years after they first captivated me in “Transmetropolitan,” the rhythms of his dialogue were starting to irritate with their familiarity in that project and even more so in “Avengers:  Endless […]

Brian Wood’s run on “Conan” comes to a close with this volume, as does the title character’s romance with the pirate queen.  These last four volumes have been interesting in comparison to the rest of the ongoing series published by Dark Horse in the sense that they’ve been bound together by Conan and Belit’s tempestuous […]

Given the amount of titles that Bendis writes at any given time in the Marvel Universe, it’s honestly pretty surprising that we haven’t had a full-fledged crossover between them until now.  This team-up between the “Guardians” and “All-New X-Men” comes with a pretty interesting hook as the young Jean Grey is kidnapped by the Shi’ar […]

While it’s nice to see someone like Garth Ennis, who has been around a while in this industry, explore other genres the results of his most recent projects have been decidedly mixed.  “Rover Red Charlie” had some good parts, but the “talking animals” part of it was awkwardly executed.  Now we have this riff on […]

The era of fill-ins is over!  What we get with this final volume are six issues of delightfully mean-spirited entertainment from writer Nick Spencer and artist Steve Lieber (with Rich Ellis pitching in on one issue).  Thanks to the Owl, Boomerang is now back to working with some of his former partners — Beetle, Overdrive, […]

The first volume was one of the most gloriously stupid things I’ve ever read, so I had to put it on my “best of” list for 2013.  Now we have the first volume of the ongoing series, and it’s just as dumb as before while also managing to raise the craziness to near unsustainable levels. […]

The legend of King Conan lives on in this two-volume adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s only “Conan” novel!  As part of recording the chronicle of his life, the beyond-grizzled, ultra-cantankerous Old King Conan relates the story of how he was deposed as King of Aquilonia through the sorcerous machinations of its former rulers who have […]

Spoiler Warning:  These “Sacred Places” aren’t really all that interesting.  Much like the previous volume, the majority of the stories here lack a clear direction to tell us why we should care about the title character’s ongoing journey.  After freeing a captured woman, Grace, in the opening story, she follows Abe as he gets mixed […]

Only one volume left in Si Spurrier’s run on this incarnation of “X-Force.”  Sadly, sales on this title managed to crater even faster than the previous run so it would appear that there really isn’t room in the market for an irreverent, quirky take on the most militant and proactive of mutant teams.  I’m disappointed […]

I have yet to watch the finale of “Agent Carter” as I sit down to write this.  Given the “never quite as good as it should be” quality of “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” this event series has been more consistently entertaining and utilized its Marvel Universe setting in a far more satisfying way.  While the whole […]