He’s survived the menace of the “Dark Droids,” but can the Dark Lord of the Sith triumph over the Schism Imperial?  They’re a coalition of officers who have run afoul of Vader over the course of Pak’s run, led by the newly-promoted Administrator Moore, and they believe that the Emperor is unsuited to rule the […]

Almost 200 years ago Don Diego De La Vega saved the people of his town from Spanish tyranny and began the legend of Zorro in the process.  The townspeople of La Vega still remember what he did and still honor his memory after all this time.  At least, they did until the cartel lord El […]

The original run of “Ultimate Spider-Man,” written entirely by Bendis, with the majority of it illustrated by Mark Bagley, a decent chunk by Stuart Immonen, and still smaller chunks from Davids Lafuente and Marquez, managed a really cool trick.  That would be being really good for a really long time.  It managed to frequently surprise […]

DSTLRY is a new digital-first publishing operation from one of the co-founders of ComiXology.  So it’s natural that the first thing I’m reading from them is the print edition collection of this three-part miniseries from writer/artist Jock.  It takes place in the future in a run-down settlement next to a bustling spaceport where the inhabitants […]

Writer Tony Fleecs and artist Trish Forstner, with Tone Rodriguez on layouts, scored a major hit with “Stray Dogs” a couple years back and now they’re back with a cat-focused follow-up.  It’s about one family’s three cats – Elsie, Patch, and Lord Fluffy Britches – as they find themselves in the middle of a highly […]

It’s just another evening for Lois and Clark when the latter’s beeper goes off and he goes to help out the Justice League deal with an interstellar object that has crashed in the ocean off of Luzon Island.  So far, so standard.  Except that when Lois wakes up that night upon her husband’s return, he’s… […]

Blockbuster is dead, and with him organized crime in Bludhaven has lost its head.  Which means that there’s going to be a lot of crooks making their plays to either take his place or take advantage of the chaos.  Fortunately Nightwing is not only up to the task of tackling this chaos, but he’s got […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Strikeforce:  Morituri Omnibus HC The Earth is under attack from a race of brutal aliens called the Horde, and humanity is losing.  Fortunately our scientists have come up with the Morituri Process which confers superpowers on individuals who are compatible with it.  The catch?  If it works, not only do people get superpowers, […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Penguin vol. 2:  All Bad Things Oswald Cobblepot was ready to enjoy life as a normal guy away from all of the chaos in Gotham.  Then he was press-ganged by a zealous federal agent into taking back his criminal empire from his kids.  Now, with the assistance of the crew he put […]