“Die,” written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Stephanie Hans, has been the writer’s Least Good series.  For me, at least.  His titles are usually marked by clever plotting, strong characterization, imaginative twists, and a charming wittiness.  That series, about six teens who were brought to a fantasy role-playing game inspired realm, escaped and then […]

This collects multiple stories from creator Dustin Weaver’s “Paklis” anthology, with some co-writing work from D.J. Bryant and Jeremy Barlow.  I could give you individual write-ups of “They’ll Bury You Where You Stand!,” “Mushroom Bodies,” “An Empty Shell in the Ocean,” “Defects in the Hand-Drawn Line,” and the title story but they can all be […]

Duckberg’s darkest day has descended:  The city is under assault from the interstellar menace of the Conniseurs and their army of coin-operated robots.  Though none fought harder against them than Scrooge McDuck, he was captured by them in the end and is now being subjected to their mental probe.  That’s because while they managed to […]

The Justice League may have defeated Gorilla Grodd’s plan to become master of reality, but the timestream is still in chaos after the fact.  So it’s a surprise to everyone when the Time Trapper (who used to be Doomsday, the villain who killed Superman) and Alpheus (brother to the Monitor and Anti-Monitor) show up to […]

The Power Bank.  It contains a copy of the power of every member of the Justice League.  After the events of “Absolute Power,” it became necessary in case someone ever managed to de-power a superhero or steal their power, and it’s currently stored on the League’s Watchtower.  Cheetah and Cheshire know that if they were […]

The Empire may have fallen, but Doctor Chelli Aphra is still up to her old tricks.  Which is how she winds up in the custody of the New Republic’s Department of Artifacts and Archive Goods Retrieval, a.k.a. Daggers, after a botched job.  While the department’s head is inclined to ship Aphra out to a mining […]

Sabrina Spellman has a dilemma:  She wants to bring her beau Harvey to the Witches & Warlocks ball, but he’s just a regular human.  Fortunately there’s a magical loophole that allows a witch to bring one guest of her choosing in exchange for an artifact of ultimate power.  Sabrina gets a lead one, and it […]

The year is 1893, four years after Batman’s encounter with the Ripper and something uneasy stirs in Gotham again.  It isn’t just that a glowing green ring from a museum exhibition is stolen by a female thief dressed up like a cat, but that this act also attracts the attention of the infamous assassins known […]

Ostensibly, this series is about Lauren Thomas trying to figure out what her heart’s desire is and how it can be granted by the succubus and incubus that are competing to do so.  Except Lauren’s issues cause Leila (the succubus) to get some lingering scars when she has to rescue her from being sucked into […]

He was once the most feared asset of the Eurasian Republic, and their greatest weapon against the mutant freedom fighters in the Opposition.  Now, he’s back to who he was and Logan is fighting with his friends and comrades again against those who would see them all dead.  That means taking the fight to the […]