Above-the-Board Recommendation: Rock Candy Mountain Complete This series passed me right by when it came out because its creator wasn’t on my radar at all.  Seven years later and I now look forward to whatever writer/artist Kyle Starks does next.  Looking at the solicitation for this collection of the entire eight-issue series, it’s clear that […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: DC vs. Marvel Omnibus Believe it or not, DC and Marvel heroes used to meet up on a fairly regular basis before relations froze over at the start of the Joe Quesada/Bill Jemas era at Marvel.  First, Spider-Man met Superman, then the X-Men met the Teen Titans, and before you knew it Batman […]

I know it’s very out of season to talk about an anthology with this title, but it didn’t come back into stock (at a discount) with one of my preferred online retailers until recently.  Still, you could argue that it’s always the season for a collection of stories from Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Becky Cloonan, […]

It’s not easy being Christopher “Peacemaker” Smith these days.  Sure, he may have earned his release from the Suicide Squad, but his former comrades think he’s a degenerate weirdo and don’t want to hang out with him.  He doesn’t have any friends, and the only normal interactions he has with the public involve his surprisingly […]

I’ve always enjoyed these crossover team-ups between the Rabbit Ronin and the Heroes in a Half Shell.  More so because it feels like they represent two storytelling universes that developed independently of each other, but fit together remarkably well.  Sure, the stories they’ve appeared together in have also been fun, but the best one still […]

Vol. 4 of this series was a pleasant surprise as it showed Eddie Brock actually coming out ahead for once as he realized his place in the grand scheme of things and gained control over his violently crazed future self, Bedlam.  He also found out that while his mind can travel through time, it was […]

The first volume of this Jason Aaron-written series about young love in the post-apocalyptic era was fine for what it was, up to a point.  If you were in sync with the writer’s sensibilities then seeing hardened former Wasteland Ranger Mezzy and eccentric inventor Maceo find themselves in this harsh world was good fun.  Then […]

It’s more like “The Adventures Conclude” as this volume is billed as the finale for this series which sought to offer more stories within the setting of “Batman:  The Animated Series.”  So, what does it have to offer?  Two opening one-offs as Batman gets involved with protecting a hired killer from the mafia’s vengeance, and […]

Vol. 1 wasn’t quite the home run I was expecting for the start of this talented writer’s run.  However, the promise of seeing North tackle Doctor Doom was more than enough to get me to come back for this volume.  So how’d he do?  Pretty good with an issue that starts off as clever misdirection […]

The Synmar Utopica is back!  And he’s got his eyes set on taking all of Earth for himself.  Before he can do that, though, he’ll have to take on the Justice League… and the United Order, the peacekeeping force of the United Planets.  While this is going on, Green Arrow and Black Canary find their […]