It has been remarked elsewhere that this new hit series from Image, by writer Nick Spencer and artist Joe Eisma, owes a storytelling debt to “Lost.”  While that series focused on a group of castaways stranded on an island, and this one introduces us to a group of new students at the Morning Glory Academy […]

Image has been having a run of sleeper hits over the past year or so with titles like this, “Morning Glories,” “Carbon Gray,” “Nonplayer,” and more getting big buzz and selling out upon their release.  “Skullkickers” arrived at the start of this trend and you have to appreciate the idea behind it.  Imagine a buddy […]

Three volumes in and this series keeps getting better.  While vol. 3 provides more answers and clarification to Tom Taylor’s quest to find the truth about his father and himself that’s not even my favorite part about it.  What is, is how writer Mike Carey shows that this battle is going to be a struggle […]

A while back I talked about how my favorite superteam wasn’t the Justice Leage, or even the X-Men.  No, that honor belongs to the 3.0 incarnation of Wildcats, masterminded by writer Joe Casey.  Sure, those other teams may put on some good fights, dazzle us with surprising plot twists, and serve as metaphors for all […]

The year is 1755.  The setting is Rupert’s Land in Canada.  The place is Fort Newcastle, the home of legendary explorer Charles Lord, his son, and the many men who work under them and seek to tame the wilds in the interest of the King.  Lord is set to go back to England soon, but […]

“Groo” by artist Sergio Aragones and writer Mark Evanier is probably one of the greatest one-note premises of all time.  In my opinion, of course.  While it’s a “Conan” parody on the surface, with its dumber-than-dumb barbarian protagonist causing untold destruction wherever he goes, the concept has also allowed its creators to slip in clever […]

The Nazis’ fascination with the occult is a storytelling well that will never run dry.  Here, we have them working with the source of an ancient power which was the basis for the Dracula mythos in order to gain the edge they need in WWII.  Writer Fabien Nury crafts an intricate tale of espionage that […]

Now here’s a new volume that I’ve been anticipating!  After the previous installment reminded me how good this series can be (when I don’t know what’s going to happen next), the waiting for this one actually started to bother me.  Which is something that hadn’t happened yet during Dark Horse’s rollout of the series.  Can […]

So when I reviewed the first volume of “Green Lantern Corps” last week, it had slipped my mind that it wasn’t actually the “first volume.”  Like a lot of ongoing series, it was preceded by a mini-series to see if there was an audience for it.  “Recharge” does a good job of setting things up […]

Throughout this volume, I could hear the sound of the plot thickening.  Julie hides out, gets to know Dillon better, finds more out about her suit’s abilities, and comes face to face with the homeless guy who has part of it grafted onto his hand.  On the opposing side, Ivy successfully investigates Julie’s history and […]