Manga and Comic Reviews
We get a change of pace with this volume as it’s not one story about the title characters. It’s several and some aren’t even about them. The first is and it’s the modern version of how Superman and Batman met, learned each other’s secret identities, and learned how to work together. Writer Mark Waid comes […]
The Captain vs. Black Adam! It’s what was promised at the end of the previous volume, and it’s what we get here… After some shenanigans involving the interstellar regulatory T-Rexes, and his foster family’s new house. The latter of which hinges on the sale of the old one, which surely won’t be demolished when the […]
Now Thor is not only the God of Thunder, but also the God of Being Wanted for Murder. While we know what really happened,the optics are now that he’s persona non grata on Midgard right now. Which is fine because he’s got some godly, family business to take care of first. Tyr, the Norse God […]
If, however you manage it, you’re able to read and enjoy vol. 1, is what follows worth it? From a page count to price perspective, definitely. Not enough to make up for the gross imbalance of the previous volume, but six issues and 137 pages for $20 isn’t bad (for this day and age). Is […]
Cover Price: $29.99 Amazon Discount: $20.49 After the Buy 2 Get 1 Free Discount: $14.33 Regular readers will know that this is something I’ve been wanting to read for a while. After all, it’s Al Ewing taking on the God of Thunder, and he’s even invoking the “Immortal” moniker that finally turned him into a […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Dur-An-Ki I had completely forgotten that this was coming before I saw it in the solicitations. Kentaro Miura didn’t do much in his career that wasn’t “Berserk” – he did the art for the Buronson-written “Japan” and “King of Wolves” and did the one-volume “Giganto Maxia.” He also wrote this short series where […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Ultimate Wolverine vol. 1: The Winter Soldier The original Ultimate Universe’s use of its version of Wolverine was surprisingly restrained, all things considered. He was part of the main cast of “Ultimate X-Men,” of course, and only ventured outside the confines of that title for the occasional event series, and one crossover with […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Sandman Mystery Theatre Compendium 2 The first one came out back in May 2023, so this has been a while coming. Fortunately everyone’s patience is going to be rewarded as this means the entire series will finally be available in collected editions decades after it was originally published. Also, over a decade since […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Knives: A Criminal Book HC In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a “Criminal” series premiering on Amazon Prime later this year. So getting a new volume of the Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ crime series that inspired it makes perfect sense from a synergy perspective. Less so if you think that its […]
The bird is back, baby! After being told to retake Gotham’s criminal underworld from his nefarious children, Oswald Cobblepot, a.k.a. The Penguin, rounded up a crew made up of his stalwart enforcer The Help, a bunch of patriotic-themed low-level superheroes known as the Force of July, the Black Spider as his inside man, and his […]