Ed Brubaker’s run on “Captain America” has been in a slump for the past two volumes.  After spending so much time on selling the idea of Bucky Barnes as a worthy inheritor of the title and shield, his most recent adventures have cast considerable doubt on it.  Being outsmarted by Baron Zemo and having his […]

So the biggest news over the past week has unquestionably been the announcements coming out of the Image Comics Expo.  Yes, getting Grant Morrison to do his first non-DC creator-owned series with Darick Robertson is indeed exciting news, but that wasn’t the highlight for me.  Finding out that Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie would be […]

Though writer Tim Truman and artist Tomas Giorello wrapped up their run on “Conan the Cimmerian” a while back, they’ve teamed up again for this tale of the character’s years as a king.  This time, after being betrayed on the battlefield and having his army slaughtered to the man, Conan finds himself imprisoned in the […]

The “Avengers vs. X-Men” steamroller continues through this month.  There has also been some talk about how tie-ins to these events have been producing diminishing returns since the “Civil War” era.  So even though not every book is featuring a tie-in to the event, the fact that every “Avengers” and “X-Men” related book is still […]

Knowing that Scott Snyder had a hand in creating the story here and that it’s supposed to tie into his current “Batman” run made picking this up a fairly easy decision.  His hand isn’t the only one in the pot here, as this mini-series is co-plotted with Kyle Higgins, with Higgins dialoguing most of it […]

The first thing listed in the solicitations this month is “Earth Two” #1 from writer James Robinson and artist Nicola Scott.  Coming off the heels of the “New 52” relaunch which was designed with making (almost) every title a clear jumping-on point for fans, it does seem a bit odd that they’re bringing back the […]

Vol. 2 of this series was just about everything you could ask for in a second volume, and that’s why I picked it as one of the best comics I read last year.  It clarified the title’s direction and purpose, introduced compelling new characters and gave depth to the established ones, and set up a […]

If it hasn’t quite worked its way back to being “The X-book for people who don’t like ‘X-Men,’” this latest volume of “X-Factor” at least delivers a more consistent standard of quality than most other superhero books out there.  Peter David’s character-driven approach to the title has sustained it for over seventy issues now and […]

“Mild disappointment” seems to be the theme for the second volumes of Brian Michael Bendis’ two “Avengers” series.  Where adjectiveless “Avengers” stumbled in trying to top itself, this second volume of “New Avengers” actually gets off to a great start by having its team decompress from the world-threatening assault of Agamotto in the previous volume.  […]