While I generally enjoyed the first volume of this series, it was essentially just setup for future stories and its “surprise twist” at the end wasn’t very surprising.  Now that these “future stories” are here, I can say that “Chew’s” future is looking pretty bright.  Re-teamed with his old partner, cibopath Tony Chu is sent […]

 In case you’re wondering about how writer Tim Truman and artist Tomas Giorello’s run on “Conan” has been going — it’s still quality stuff.  While this volume won’t make a believer out of anyone who isn’t already a fan of the legendary barbarian, it’s still an entertaining, action-packed adventure.  “Black Colossus” finds our protagonist falling […]

I wasn’t expecting much from this volume, now that the title character’s ongoing story had FINALLY gained some direction and momentum, but it turned out to be one of the better short story collections this series has offered up.  That’s mainly due to the title story which has Hellboy trekking through the Appalachian wilds with […]

When I was last talking about Marvel’s merry mutants, I mentioned how the “Utopia” crossover set up a potentially interesting new direction for the franchise.  After butting heads with Norman Osborne and his Dark X-Men and Avengers, all of mutanity has found itself living just out of his reach on a re-purposed Asteroid M in […]

For future rundowns of my ten favorite comics in a given year, I think I’ll have to set aside one slot solely to determine which was the better Robert Kirkman title of the year:  “Invincible” or “The Walking Dead.”  While vol. 11 of “The Walking Dead” did a great job of smacking genre conventions upside […]

This is the latest Vertigo Crime graphic novel and it’s, well… at least it’s readable.  The story involves Joe Ullen, a former hockey star who returns to his hometown after his old high school girlfriend dies under mysterious circumstances.  In addition to dying under mysterious circumstances, she’s also named him the executor of her will […]

Norman Osborne’s relentless pursuit of Tony Stark and the secrets in his head concludes in this volume which provides as thrilling a ride as you can expect in mainstream comics today.  Tony’s path of escape leads him though the snowy fields of Russia to the craggy mountains of Afghanistan as he tries to stay one […]

While I’ve always been entertained by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Tony Harris’ tale of the world’s only superhero who goes on to be the mayor of New York City, there are times when its narrative hasn’t flown all that smoothly.  Times like in vol. 4’s take on the War on Terror or vol. […]

Marvel’s answer to the old Roadrunner cartoons reaches its third volume.  At this point, I can’t really recommend the series to anyone who isn’t already reading it since its recent end has made it painfully clear that this was a series whose only purpose was to stall for time.  I’ll admit that its goal of […]