Comic Picks by the Glick

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Star Trek: Lower Decks vol. 2 — Mixed Signals

When Mariner drags Boimler through another wild time in the lower decks, it’s down to Captain Freeman to bust her chops for it.  Yet was Carol really any different from her daughter when she was her age, and why does this cause her to think of an encounter with Romulans involving former U.S.S. Enterprise-D medical […]

Image Advance Arrivals: September 2026

Above-the-Board Recommendation: G.I. Joe vol. 4:  The Hunt For Energon It may be subtitled “The Hunt for Energon” but payoff looks to be the name of the game for the fourth volume of this series.  I mean, just look at that cover.  Duke’s hatred of all things Cybertronian following his close encounter with Starscream has […]

Dark Horse Penguin Picks: September 2026

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Marvel’s Most Villainous:  Magneto In case you hadn’t heard, Dark Horse is getting into the Marvel reprint business with themed and prestige collections coming your way.  “Marvel’s Mightiest Monsters” is also in these solicitations and you can look forward to a black and white collection of Barry Windsor-Smith’s “Weapon X” next time.  While […]

Marvel Penguin Picks: September 2026

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Iron Man by Joshua Williamson vol. 1:  A New Nightmare His early work definitely struck me as being too formulaic for its own good, but Joshua Williamson’s runs on “Superman” and “G.I. Joe” have shown me that the writer is capable of finding new twists on old properties.  That’s what I’m hoping to […]

Drifting Dragons vol. 17

Last time, the crew of the Quin Zaza managed to bring down an epic dragon:  The Descender!  Now they’re ready to party with the locals, the Malotao, to commemorate the occasion.  A night of fun, fashion, and furious revelry is had by all with the morning giving way to the all-new spectacle of a horde […]