The first volume of this series had the verve of real adventure and discovery to it and wound up being very entertaining as a result.  I come bearing good news regarding the second as those traits are maintained quite well here.  After surviving the plant zombie outbreak, Lewis and Clark’s crew continue their journey westward […]

You know the deal with anthologies:  The most you can hope for with any of them is that the “hit to miss” ratio is somewhere north of fifty percent.  A lot of anthologies have shown that minimum requirement is a rather difficult one to hit.  However, over the course of four volumes (so far) “Batman […]

This long-running European series has been on my radar for a while now.  Every time I’ve heard someone talk about it, they’ve mentioned how good it is and what a shame it hasn’t been brought over here properly yet.  Now that it’s here, I’m thinking it might be a while before its appeal becomes apparent […]

Yesterday, I talked about the latest volume in a series that comes out on an irregular basis because it appears that its creators can’t get their act together.  Meanwhile, writer Scott Snyder and artist Rafael Albuquerque put “American Vampire” on hiatus for a year so that they could work on other projects and eventually bring […]

(For those of you who have noticed a trend with my Monday evening posts, the reason for this one is that I’m actually all caught up on the manga I’ve been reading.  Instead, have some Bendis!) Credit where credit is due, Bendis and Oeming managed to get the final issue of this volume (and series) […]

I realize that my reviews of the past couple of volumes of this series have harped on one particular issue.  That the series, entertaining as it is, didn’t seem to have a direction or gameplan for what it wants to do besides showcasing the questionable decisions made by great scientists and men of power.  Until […]

If you came here for all the preludes to the title event you could want, then you’re not going to be disappointed!  Really, with the exception of the two issues of “Amazing” collected here, all of the stories work to set up a different aspect of “Spider-Verse.”  Most of them introduce us to new characters […]

“Convergence” is upon us!  The fill-in-as-event has arrived and normal service in the DCU has been interrupted for this and the following month with the weekly series continuing here and the first half of some forty-odd two-part miniseries kicking off as well.  I won’t lie, there are several miniseries that I’m interested in, but I […]

“This is the story of how my parents split up.” Reading Hazel’s narration at the end of the first issue in this collection is a great way to put a damper on your enthusiasm for the rest of it.  After all, wasn’t this series billed as a family struggling against a galaxy that wants them […]

The fun thing about having the Image Expo earlier this month is that several of the titles announced are having their first issues solicited here.  It makes them seem less far off than originally announced, you know.  There’s still a ton of other titles that we’ll have to wait for later this year to get […]