Manga and Comic Reviews
Hellboy’s roots may have been in WWII, but we haven’t seen a whole lot of stories in the Mignolaverse set during that time. “Sledgehammer 44” aims to correct that with it’s story of a Vril-powered armored suit — nicknamed Sledgehammer — fighting on the side of the Allies during the war. What’s it’s job? To […]
He’s been trying for years to create a series that could stand alongside “The Walking Dead” and “Invincible” as long-running comic series, and it looks like Robert Kirkman has managed to hit it out of the park with his latest. Early word is that his new horror series “Outcast,” with artist Paul Azaceta, has outsold […]
After two volumes, we finally get a traditional superhero story involving the time-displaced X-Men. It’s not that I haven’t enjoyed seeing young Scott, Bobby, Hank, Warren and Jean interact with their modern-day counterparts and the rest of the X-Men, but even Bendis has his limits as to how long he can make superheroes sitting around […]
Apparently Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter is so incensed at the terms of the deal struck between the company and Fox that allows the latter to make films involving the “Fantastic Four,” that the comic series would be cancelled in the run-up to the new film arriving next year. This has been denied by several people […]
Who would’ve thought that the legacy of Han Solo would be less interesting to read about than Luke Skywalker’s. That’s something which continues to be true here as the story of Han’s granddaughter Ania doesn’t do much to improve on the first volume. After surviving Darth Wredd’s plans in the Carreras system, Ania Solo and […]
DC’s big move to Burbank will be happening through April and May of next year. As a result, all of their monthly titles will be going on hiatus to be replaced by something Rich Johnston is calling the “DC Band-Aid.” This is how the project will continue to be called until the company itself formally […]
It was inevitable that this series would get to here eventually. Given the character’s name, origins, and regular battles with demons, having a “Hellboy” story set in Hell was always a matter of “when” not “if” where this series was concerned. Now that he’s here, what kind of plans does his creator Mike Mignola have […]
Comics based on the “Aliens” movies been one of the cornerstones of Dark Horse’s publishing efforts over the years. More often than not, they’ve also been a very good example of the company’s commitment to raising the standard of quality for licensed comics and treating them as projects to be invested in as opposed to […]
I’ll be sad to see “Fables” go when it hits issue #150, but not its latest spinoff title. Particularly if this volume is any indication of the quality of stories we’ll be getting from here on out. It starts off in the Indus realm of the Indian Fables as the strong, proud and capable Nayalani […]
To this point, Jonathan Hickman’s long-form works have been marked by a degree of long-term planning. You can clearly see that in his run on “Fantastic Four” and in “Secret Warriors” to a lesser (possibly truncated) extent. It has also been clear from the beginning of his terms on “Avengers”/”New Avengers” that he’s basically telling […]