Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Battle Angel Alita: Last Order vol. 19

My experience in reading the previous volume of this title left me concerned for its future.  What had once been a dense, thoughtful, sci-fi martial-arts extravaganza had apparently turned into a fairly simple sci-fi adventure story.  Then it was announced that mangaka Yukito Kishiro was ending the series and I thought that “Last Order” had […]

Marvel Previews Picks: December 2014

It turns out that the finale of “Time Runs Out” and whatever DC is planning for the month of their move to the West Coast are happening at the same time.  Based on that and some interesting coincidences in the comics that shipped this week, some are speculating that this could lead to the first […]

Other Lives

The idea that a person can live one life in the real world and a completely different one online isn’t exactly a new idea.  At first, it looked like that was where writer/artist Peter Bagge was going in this graphic novel about four people who are friends to varying degrees in real life, yet hiding […]

Dark Horse Previews Picks: December 2014

There really isn’t that much to talk about with the publisher right now.  It’s been one of those months.  However, they did announce at Kumoricon that they’ll be releasing the “Fate/Zero” manga that was adapted from the prequel novel for the popular series.  Adaptations like this are usually of inconsistent quality, so I don’t see […]

DC Previews Picks: December 2014

It was recently noted by DC co-publisher Dan Didio that it has been almost ten years since the “Countdown to Infinite Crisis” one-shot that heralded one of the publisher’s most successful crossovers.  “Success” in this case being defined in the amount of sales it racked up along with the buzz it generated.  The actual quality […]

Daredevil by Mark Waid vol. 6

What we get here is a real letdown compared to the excellence of the previous volume.  That’s mainly because Marvel decided that this collection could be better served by reprinting the Dardevil team-up from Waid’s run on “Indestructible Hulk.”  If you’ll recall, I found that particular story to be fairly underwhelming.  It’s a shame that […]

All-New X-Men vol. 4: All-Different

This volume has a bit more going on in it than the previous ones.  In the four issues collected here from the main series, the cast deals with the fallout of “Battle of the Atom,” and tangles with the Purifiers.  Then, to pad things out, “X-Men:  Gold” is also collected here.  It’s a one-shot featuring […]

Silverfish

Mia Fleming hates Suzanne, her new stepmom.  So when she goes along with Mia’s dad on his annual mountain retreat, Mia makes it her business to find out just what kind of person has wormed her way into her family.  With the help of some friends, and a stolen addressbook, they find out that Suzanne […]