With the mutant race now saved, growing (a little), and still fairly hated and feared writer Matt Fraction kicks off the post-”Second Coming” era by getting back to basics.  This is in the sense that the main story in this collection is about doing two things that we haven’t seen in the X-titles for a […]

This is technically vol. 8 of the ongoing “Incredible Hercules” saga, but the first since the series was “cancelled.”  That’s because while the series ended with the last volume, the story goes on in the two mini-series collected here.  First we get the two-issue mini “Hercules:  Fall of an Avenger,” where many notable heroes of […]

It is, quite frankly, impossible to hate a comic that begins with its main character, gun in hand, pointing out to his blood-splattered girlfriend that this was not exactly a conventional first date.  Really, any comic that then goes on to incorporate a caveman fighting sabertooth tigers, the intrigue surrounding a prize fighting rooster, a […]

While we’re on the subject of series that have maintained a consistently high standard of quality throughout their run, let’s talk about the latest volume of “Fables.”  With the utter destruction of all reality averted in “The Great Fables Crossover” and the various cast members returned to their proper books, we now return to the […]

It’s such a genius move that you’d want to put Robert Kirkman and co. in charge of selling ALL comic books.  I’m referring to the fact that the most recent collection of the series, vol. 13 “Too Far Gone,” was released right in the middle of the TV series when interest in it was at […]

For those of you who also listen to “No Podcast for Old Men” you’ll hear me on the latest one lamenting the fact that I was recording it when I could’ve been watching the East Coast premiere of the season finale.  Three hours after that and I’m sitting on my couch, impressed at the finale […]

I’m not even going to try to convince anyone that hasn’t already been following writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning’s cosmic Marvel epic through the pages of “Annihilation:  Conquest,” “Nova,” “War/Realm of Kings” and previous volumes of “Guardians of the Galaxy” that this volume is worth their time.  As someone who has, I can appreciate […]

All superheroes are bastards has been the running theme of this series since its inception.  However, writer Garth Ennis stated that the title arc of this volume would take a look at the superheroes who weren’t complete asshats.  The kind of heroes who genuinely want to help out other people and make the world a […]

The first volume, “Bloody Liars,” was a lot of fun.  It was about Combat Magician William Gravel killing some very, very bad magicians in imaginative and gruesome ways.  That’s not the highest aim in the world, but it was done with such style and efficiency, and a few clever twists that it didn’t matter.  The […]

(Or, vol. 12 in Ed Brubaker’s run for those of you still keeping track at home.) Now that Steve Rogers is back in the present, the next item on this series’ agenda is settling who gets to be Captain America in the “Who Will Wield the Shield” one-shot that kicks off this volume.  Surprise:  it’s […]