Right now, Sean Murphy is one of the most compelling artists in the industry no matter what kind of script he’s working from.  When he’s given a good one, such as Grant Morrison’s “Joe the Barbarian” or Jason Aaron’s two-part “Hellblazer” story, it becomes a joy to pour over the detail he invests in each […]

If nothing else, writer Gerry Duggan and artist Phil Noto have to be commended for having the ingenuity to think that “The Odyssey” could be reinvented as a near-future take on the War on Terror and one soldier’s efforts to get home.  This solder has no name, save “Captain” and “father,” but we’re introduced to […]

I wrote about how I wasn’t expecting much from the new creative teams for the “Green Lantern” family of titles last month, and apparently DC has tried to rectify that by adding DRAMA to the equation.  Josh Fialkov, slated to write both “Green Lantern Corps” and “Red Lanterns” walked off both titles after he said […]

After avoiding it for much of his time in the industry, Brian Wood has certainly taken on a lot of work-for-hire projects recently.  He’s been doing work on various “X-Men” titles for Marvel with a new “adjectiveless” title to start next month, and launching new takes on “Conan” and “Star Wars” for Dark Horse.  It’s […]

Savor this volume folks, because it’ll be the last one we see for at least a year as Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque pursue other projects at DC and work to get some issues in the can before the series returns.  Yes, I’d have preferred it if Snyder had kept this title on the front […]

One of the most impressive creative turnarounds I’ve read in years continues with this volume.  As the title implies, Tony Stark is currently in the process of losing everything dear to him.  His friends.  His status as an Avenger.  His company.  Even his role as Iron Man, and it’s all part of a dastardly plot […]

Have you ever read something and thought, “This isn’t bad, but it’s been done much better somewhere else?”  That’s the experience I had while reading this collection of writer/artist Bob Fingerman’s otherwise entertainingly filthy saga of a New York couple struggling to find their place in the big city.  If it wasn’t for the fact […]

“Wolverine and the X-Men:  Alpha & Omega” is essentially a single plot point stretched out into a five-issue miniseries.  Even though Quentin “Kid Omega” Quire psychically intervened with Krakoa and saved the Jean Grey School from being destroyed, he still has it in for its headmaster Wolverine.  So Quire uses his Omega-level psychic talents to […]

The first volume of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s “Batman” was easily one of the highlights of DC’s “New 52.”  Sharply written and tightly plotted by Snyder with some very stylish and detailed art from Capullo, the story of Batman finding a new threat in a city he thought he knew from top to bottom […]