Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Mosley

A while back, Marvin Mosley decided to give his time and life knowledge to enlightening AI about what it means to be human on behalf of his government for an entire year.  What was supposed to be an experience that would benefit himself and all of humanity has left the man divorced from his wife, […]

Superman: Son of Kal-El vol. 2 — The Rising

Henry Bendix, president-for-life of the island nation of Gamorra, has a plan to make superhumans more useful to humanity.  It’s a system he calls The Rising, and in addition to granting people superhuman abilities, it also allows him complete control of their actions in the process.  He’s itching for a way to show off this […]

Danger Street vol. 1

What does it take to join the Justice League?  Being a well-known superhero with powers that can take on global-scale threats is one way.  Being really rich, really smart, and having a really unshakeable moral code is another.  For others, it’s proving that they can take on giant threats when they come – or are […]

Saga vol. 11

At the end of vol. 10, Alana, Hazel, and Squire’s treehouse ship was set on fire, stranding them on their current planet and rendering them homeless as well.  That would make things pretty bad for them… if the ongoing conflict between Wreath and Landfall hadn’t come to this planet as well.  So now they’re dealing […]

Bad Karma

Sully and Ethan are former army veterans who served their country and paid the price for it.  In Sully’s case that means he was left with a traumatic brain injury and the mental instability that comes with it.  Ethan, on the other hand, lost his leg and now experiences near-constant pain as a result of […]

Den vol. 1: Neverwhere

When Richard Corben passed away in December 2020, I was aware he was considered to be a legend in the comics industry.  That said, my appreciation of him came from his latter-day work with DC (“Hellblazer:  Hard Time”), Marvel (“Startling Stories:  Banner,” “Cage”), and, of course, Dark Horse (“Hellboy:  Makoma, The Crooked Man, and House […]

Monstress vol. 8: Inferno

Vol. 7 in this series did something no other volume had before:  End on a cliffhanger.  Kippa had forced her way into Maika’s mind, while the latter’s awakened body was inflicting all sorts of chaos in the real world, in order to repair the damage done there.  That was a hopeful note to end on […]

Batman & Joker: The Deadly Duo

The Joker is running amok in Gotham and Batman is chasing after him.  Sounds like your average Tuesday night in the city, right?  Well, when the Caped Crusader catches up with him, he finds a feral, super-strong creature with sharp teeth that bears only a superficial resemblance to the Clown Prince of Crime.  What’s going […]

The Human Target by King & Smallwood vol. 1

Christopher Chance makes a living by impersonating people who’ve been targeted for murder.  His latest job has him taking the identity of someone who a lot of people in the DC Universe would like to see dead:  Lex Luthor.  While he has no problem foiling the main assassination plot, the backup plan to get Luthor […]