Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Ultimate Comics Hawkeye

I don’t think the market was exactly clamoring for a mini-series featuring Ultimate Hawkeye.  Were I a betting man, I’d say that the whole reason we got this when we did is because Marvel wanted some Hawkeye product in the bookstores in time for the arrival of “The Avengers” movie.  Even though it comes to […]

Swamp Thing vol. 1: Raise Them Bones

(Or, “Raise ‘Dem Bones” if you’re going by the title of the opening issue.) Alan Moore’s run on “Swamp Thing” is rightly regarded as a watershed moment in comics.  Not only did it pioneer the idea of the “retcon” or the “Everything you know is wrong!” school of thinking and do it well, but it […]

Demon Knights vol. 1: Seven Against the Dark

This is Paul Cornell’s other contribution to the New 52 after the “finally got its act together at the end, but since he’s not writing it anymore why bother” Wildstorm import “Stormwatch.”  It’s also a much better fit for his style, allowing for plenty of humor that tweaks the conventions of the genre (not quite […]

Prophet vol. 1: Remission

I’ve been looking forward to reading this ever since the book was launched earlier this year to almost deafening acclaim.  On paper, it sounds like a project destined to fail:  a relaunch of a character created by Rob Liefeld who nobody remembers from a creator whose best-known work had to be license-rescued from another publisher […]

B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth vol. 3 — Russia

This volume was  solid… and not a whole heck of a lot more.  In the wake of Abe Sapien slipping into a catatonic state following his shooting in the previous volume, Kate and Johann find themselves on a plane to Russia after the dead start rising north of Moscow.  However, that’s not the only surprise […]

Dark Horse Previews Picks: November 2012

This round of solicitations sees not one, but TWO collections of “Conan” for us.  Unfortunately, it signifies the start of a trend that I’m not really that keen on.  You see, a few weeks back the second volume of the “Road of Kings” series (subtitled “Throne of Aquilonia”) arrived in hardcover.  This was unusual because […]

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score

This latest adaptation of the “Parker” novels by Darwyn Cooke offers up the immense thrill of seeing highly competent professionals plan and pull off a job that is, shall we say, “unreasonable.”  After six months of idleness, the title character agrees to take part in a new job through an old contact.  It’s a job […]

Marvel Previews Picks: November 2012

Looking at a lot of the Marvel NOW! relaunches, I’ll concede that they’ve certainly done a good job of getting top talent on A-list characters.  Of course, looking at some of these launches still has me scratching my head at what they were thinking.  There’s also one that has a great idea for a mini-series […]